senate dems are raaaaaaaacist!

Horay for Feinstein for speaking up. I was getting pretty tired of ‘The New Democratic Party’ and all their irregular rule making and law breaking. Seat the BURRIS NOW!

The Law is the Law and Obama and Reid will just have to grow up and live with it. By them blocking Burris they are blocking ALL AMERICANS!

“If you really don’t understand why Blagojavich’s appointee won’t be seated, then you need to do some more reading and maybe go back to civics class.”

Go ahead Civics Prof, give us the Constitutional reference that gives Reid the power to block?
(hint: Article 1, Section 5.) not in there…

Aside from that, show us Illinois law that gives the Secretary of State the right to simply refuse to sign the appointment.

All his spokesman has said is:

“His feeling is we studied the constitution of Illinois, we looked at the statutes, and there was nothing there that said he had to sign the paperwork,” said David Druker, White’s press secretary.”

“We don’t believe he has the authority to hold up the appointment or veto it, to put it that way,” Druker added. “How the U.S. Senate views the action, that would be for the U.S. Senate to determine.”

So,..is feeling…that’s how the law is going to be in Illinois..not on paper, but..in feeling.
Truth is…he has no authority to simply not sign it out of his “feeling”.

SECTION 16. SECRETARY OF STATE – DUTIES
The Secretary of State shall maintain the official records of the acts of the General Assembly and such official records of the Executive Branch as provided by law. Such official records shall be available for inspection by the
public. He shall keep the Great Seal of the State of Illinois and perform other duties that may be prescribed by law. (Source: Illinois Constitution.)

Hmmm…doesn’t seem to indicate he has the individual authority to simply ignore certifications based on…feeling.

It does not say he has the right to veto the Governor’s actions….so..no such power exists. He needs to be arrested or impeached for contempt or dereliction of duty.

And, NYTimes stated:

Senior Democratic officials said if Mr. Burris won the secretary of state’s signature and made a persuasive case before the state impeachment committee that nothing untoward happened, his appointment might move forward.

At the state level this may be something that the locals can figure out, but the Federal level…Reid has no such authority under Section 5 to make Burris give a “persuasive case before the state’s impeachment committee”.

Neither is this in the Illinois constitution.

The only thing Reid can do..is verify that Burris was sent by the state (pending) and he is at least 30 years old at time of oath, obviously he is.
That is all that the Constitution allows Reid to do.

This is supposed to be a government of laws not men.
And these men are playing little games with our Constitution and Congress.

I think Blogojevich is a crock, but he hasn’t been tried so…innocent until proven guilty is the law.

These Democrat assholes need to get over their ridiculous bullshit and realize they are setting a very bad precedent by allowing their “feeling” to make determinations instead of following the law.

If the law gives you a provision out, fine, so be it. But it doesn’t, so these two assholes need to get on with biz and let Burris get the seat.

Reid needs to be removed from Senate power, perhaps through failing a re-election.

… sound of crickets from tek

I can’t believe Burris is the issue when the ONLY person not qualified or ELIGIBLE for the job is Fraudbama. It just gets sillier every single day.

Somewhere among the disappeared Internet postings was a report that Harry Reid called the Sec of State of IL and instructed him NOT to sign the certification…and he has complied. Who knows????? Considering everyone now seems to say that the political scene in IL is just a big cesspool……what does this mean about Obama’s background??? This political cesspool was part of his background…..Blago and Ayers and Rezko included.

… soud of grasping at straws by another Obot.

But what the hell – let’s just ditch this whole democracy thing – it’s just getting in their way.

You mean like they did at the RBC meeting when they stole Hillary delegates and gave Obama delegates he had no right to?

Rev. Amy — This is Chicago politics franchised nationwide. We are beginning to see why the Dems have been in the political wilderness for most of the last 30 years. This country’s economy is in free fall and the Dems fight against seating what would be the only black man in the Senate. Way to go guys. Nero fiddles while Rome burns.

Thanks RRRAmy! :OD

See what happens when the one stabs someone in the back? Blagojevich is pissed and it shows! Too bad we don’t have a President with balls like that! You know, where like Armedinejhad says something out POTUS doesn’t like and he actually barks back instead of cowering in the corner like little Barfy boy will do while wetting himself!

Look at the Obama effect on DC and then tell me that we are safe in the world when he back stabs some world leader like he did to Blagojevich. Obama uses people and then kicks them in the ass when he is done. How will that work when he does it to someone in an enemy country????

I am petrified of the Obama new world order. America lands at the bottom of that list!

“In 1969, the US Supreme Court made it very clear that Congress could not exclude a person who has been elected…”

And “selected” = “elected?”

I’ve heard that one before.

Me, too.

The Republicans are being uncharacteritically silent these days. I am praying they are planning a coup! I do not think that they are just going to sit back and observe all of this, do you? Something is up. Do you find it strange that it has been reported that all Republicans are not planning to be in DC for the inauguration?

I think if there is a civil war between the deomcrats and republicans, the democrats don’t stand a chance!

Republicans, this is the very first time in my life, I am begging you…do your worst!

apparently you don’t get the joke.

and you left out the part where i said that i found it funny that the party who threw the race card all year, were now getting it back in their faces. i don’t think the dems refusing burris was about race. reid refusing three other AA dems, it gives one pause.

and if you would click on the link, you would see that Burris called himself the magic man.

i am assuming you haven’t been following along all year, with the repeated *racist* accusations.

How about delicious irony?
After accusing the Clintons of racism the Obots are squirming when it happens to them. Hilarious.
Magic Negro was a term used by an L A Times writer to describe the phenomenon of Obama acceptance by white folk after rejecting Jessie Jackson’s bid for the presidency. Obama got votes from people who would normally cross to the other side of the street if they were approached by a black youth walking toward them on the sidewalk. A good example would be Steve Urkel character from Family Matters, he and Obama have a lot in common.

Reid is the classic bully, only taking on opponents he feels he can beat. Colman doesn’t have much of a chance overturning the election recount results and Blagojevich is an unpopular politician right now.
Notice how Harry scurried along the walls when faced with a real opponent in Bush. Hell, he even caved in to a third rate radio talk show personality when they locked horns.

Sadly, The 111th Congress will be known as the Congress that got the largest majority in over 50 years from the first elected Black President and simultaneously refused to seat the only legally appointed Black Senator from the State of Illinois.

Looks to me like “Black President” trumps every other consideration regarding race. If O is in agreement, it cannot be racist. However, if O disagrees, the MSM will immediately sniff for “racism.” One man will be the new standard for what is, and what isn’t, to be considered racist. As long as O agrees with Congress, the Congress cannot be racist.

what does magic man have to do with being black. Burris said, *i am the magic man* when asked how he was going to appear in the senate.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/station/as_seen_on/Burris___I_m_the_Magic_Man__Chicago.html

oh wait, i was being raaaaaaaaaacist! good lord.

O’Fraud, I hope you sent a cc of this prayer to Santa (it’s best to cover all bases).