Posted on 06/24/2011 6:53:04 PM PDT by Paul Kib
To tell the truth, I expected the Dems to arrange to have her vote whatever way they wanted in absentia. Evidently that isn’t working out for some reason.
I looked up the writer, and he appears to be a liberal.
Here’s his web page at Youngstown:
http://class.ysu.edu/~polisci/sracic.html
Like Scott Brown (RINO that he is) taking “Ted Kennedy’s”seat?
Remember that she’s a democrat and doing whatever Nanny Pelosi tells you to do does not require much so if she stays, nobody will notice.
Who cares about her district anyway, the important part is that the seat stays democrat, right?
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Exactly, she can't vote anyway, so let her keep the seat.
DId you nod off when Giffords was shot? There was a full week (or more) of media and political blather about the “contentious dialogue” in the country being the cause of the shooting.
Palin’s name was brought up more than once.
Oh, that’s just cruel and heartless. I mean, Patsy Mink served in the House while dead. Ted Kennedy served while he was nearly dead. And Robert Byrd? Might have been out of it long before the end came.
To say a Democrat can’t serve with a hole in their head is just mean-spirited and hateful. I mean, some Democrats actually do better when near death than they do when they’re functional.
Giffords is in the HOUSE. Palin would have to move to the 8th District which is Tucson. Sheesh!! (Do some research before you post.)
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Doesn't work that way. Congressman can't vote by proxy, they have to be there in person, no matter what condition they are in. Senator Claire Eagle of California was terminally ill with brain cancer and couldn't speak hen he was wheeled from the hospital to appear in the Senate chamber and cast a tie-breaking vote for closure on the 1964 civil rights act.
Forgive me, I forgot Tim Johnson of North Dakota who was re-elected despite a stroke than left him nearly brain-dead. Of course, Johnson is a Democrat.
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Did I really need to include the /SARC tag?
Of course she should be allowed to "serve" out her term,especially if no American citizen of good sense is available or likely to run.
What, if anything, does the Constitution say regarding the inability of a member of Congress to fulfill their sworn obligations due to incapacitation?
The media has built this woman and her husband to the level of sainthood.
I never understood what was up from day 1 when her Dad declared the shooter must have been a Tea party member. The MSM hung on to that and had daily updates on her progress, completely ignoring the others killed or hurt during the melee.
I think they can also agree to pair off with a Republican. But as you say, if necessary, they can wheel someone in and pretend to cast their vote.
Giffords is in the HOUSE. Palin would have to move to the 8th District which is Tucson. Sheesh!! (Do some research before you post.)” ====
So? That’s no step for a stepper. Sheesh!
Giffords will run for and win the next U.S. Senate seat.
Geezus.
Give the girl a chance.
I’m rooting for you Gabby!
You go Girl!
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