Why Burris should not be seated

Burris showed up in D.C. yesterday, hoping (against hope, I assume) to be seated. He was refused a seat, based on his paperwork not being correctly signed by the Secretary of State's office.

Mr. Burris is poisoned fruit - borne of a tainted scandal in which Governor Blagojevich of Illinois chose him to succeed the popular Barack Obama.

While Mr. Burris comes with great credentials and is probably quite capable of doing the job, my concern is based upon his lack of being a viable candidate for public office, yet he still thinks that he should get that seat.

According to my research, "Burris, 71, hasn't won an election since 1990, despite three tries for the Democratic nomination for governor and one run for mayor of Chicago. He was the first black man to win a major statewide office."

We are in for a bumpy ride.

Bill Richardson drops secretary bid - (men behaving badly?)

That is the headline that just greeted me after returning from morning services.

I can only express utter and complete disappointment in Richardson, in much the same way I expressed the same when Edwards was caught in the affair lie.

The Democratic party is in the fight for its life - Blagojevich, Franken not being seated - Burris being challenged - the list goes on and on.

There is a serious breach of ethics afoot in American politics and someone has to fix it. I don't know who will do it, nor do I profess to know how they will do it, but do it for God's sake.

The country is depending on all of you "leaders" to help get us back on track and out of this financial quagmire we have dug ourselves into, not to mention unemployment, the mortgage crisis, war in Iraq, conflict in Gaza, uprisings in several other countries et al........

Let us hope that Bill Richardson is vindicated and that this is all a terrible misunderstanding. Methinks, alas, based on my previous post today regarding Hillary Clinton that the show is just starting.....hold on to your hats folks - it's going to be one hell of a ride.

Hell no, he won't go!

Forgive the expletive, but I am fast running out of patience with that renegade faux Governor of Illinois. He is like an out-of-control three year old or teenager - take your pick. He is on restriction and cannot seem to comprehend the fact that there are limitations placed on one when one breaks certain rules. In other words, his actions would lead one to believe that rules are made to be broken, or that they simply do not apply to him.

Many in the great state of Illinois, including our President-Elect Obama, have called on him to do the right thing for the people of that state and resign or step down.

Recently he spoke of a list of some 25 accomplishments he had achieved whilst in office and indicated that the public should judge him based on that.

There is a slim chance that the FBI charges against him will be dropped and that he will be vindicated, but that is highly unlikely, given all that we know of the situation thus far.

He should perhaps look at my own former Governor Spitzer who recognized immediately what needed to be done once he had compromised the ethics of his office and thus his constituents.

To compound the issue, Blagojevich yesterday named Obama's successsor to the senate - I have nothing against this man. Indeed, from all news accounts, he seems to be a worthy successor. That is not the issue. This Governor has lost the right to make decisions on behalf of the people of Illinois and should cease and desist immediately!

Unrighteous dominion and the Governor of Illinois

What a sad day for the state that gave us our 44th President.

I was not able to track the news yesterday as I had a busy day and heard from a friend that the esteemed, or not so esteemed Governor had tried to "sell" the seat vacated by President Elect Obama.

My Mormon friends and readers will recognize the tagline of this post, but for those of you who do not, allow me to elaborate: "We have learned by sad experience, that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon get a little authority as they suppose, that they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion."

In this case, the unrighteous dominion was not perhaps so immediate, the election took place last month, after all, but since the quote is from a scripture, I think that I can speculate that "immediate" means in a relatively sort time.

Men and women in power fall in many categories. Above all, I have learned by my own experience that people in general will only do what one allows them to do - that is, if they think they can get away with doing it - good or bad, by golly, they will.

President Elect Obama has called for the resignation of the Governor as well he should. He should be impeached.

This should not stand and we as a people need to demand better from our elected officials.