Friday, January 02, 2009

Nepotacracy

The conventional wisdom is that republicans are the party of "silver spoons in their mouths".

Yet how do you describe the current shenanigans of democratic appointments to the senate.

Riddle me this batman

In Illinois, you have a man appointed by the sitting governor with a decent resume of public service within the state.

In New York, it appears the governor will appoint a debutant who's never held a meaningful job for any extended period of time.

Yet the democratic senate leadership looks to bar entry to the chamber of which candidate?

Apparently, if you are a democrat it's more helpful to be a Kennedy than to actually have a job.

From Althouse....
The aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders' plans said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber, the Senate doorkeeper will stop Burris. If Burris were to persist, either trying to force his way onto the Senate floor or refusing to leave and causing a scene, U.S. Capitol Police would stop him, said the aide.

So at at time when there isn't a single black person in the U.S. Senate, a black man arrives at the doorway and means to go forward to take what he believes is his rightful seat...

More....

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