No Special Election in Illinois
The Illinois Republican Party is saturating the airways with commercials urging Illinois citizens to demand a special election to select Barak Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate.
A special election is a bad idea. Since I voted for Ralph Nader and the Green Party where I could in the last election, I think I am objective in my opinion. Governor Blagojevich has not been convicted, so it is his legal obligation to select the replacement. The charges against him are questionable coming from a Justice Department that has been politicized and corrupted. The timing alone should raise numerous red flags.
Blagojevich will be the third Democratic governor targeted by the Bush Administration. Don Siegleman, governor of Alabama was charged, removed from office and sent to jail on what now appears to be fraudulent evidence. Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York, was embarrassed into stepping down on a charge of hiring a prostitute. If every politician who has committed adultery had to step down, the House and Senate would be unable to form quorums. Both members of the Republican team for president and vice president in 2008 would be disqualified.
If a special election is held, the Republicans will be able to concentrate their election rigging and fixing expertise on Illinois and have a good chance of winning. The 1920s and the past eight years are evidence of the damage Republicans can do to this nation. The worst thing we can do is to follow the advice of the Illinois Republican Party or accept accusations made by the national Republican establishment. The Iraq War shows how disconnected from reality members of that party are.
A special election is a bad idea. Since I voted for Ralph Nader and the Green Party where I could in the last election, I think I am objective in my opinion. Governor Blagojevich has not been convicted, so it is his legal obligation to select the replacement. The charges against him are questionable coming from a Justice Department that has been politicized and corrupted. The timing alone should raise numerous red flags.
Blagojevich will be the third Democratic governor targeted by the Bush Administration. Don Siegleman, governor of Alabama was charged, removed from office and sent to jail on what now appears to be fraudulent evidence. Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York, was embarrassed into stepping down on a charge of hiring a prostitute. If every politician who has committed adultery had to step down, the House and Senate would be unable to form quorums. Both members of the Republican team for president and vice president in 2008 would be disqualified.
If a special election is held, the Republicans will be able to concentrate their election rigging and fixing expertise on Illinois and have a good chance of winning. The 1920s and the past eight years are evidence of the damage Republicans can do to this nation. The worst thing we can do is to follow the advice of the Illinois Republican Party or accept accusations made by the national Republican establishment. The Iraq War shows how disconnected from reality members of that party are.
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