Obama starting to show true colors

[jwkniska]

committee vote today, full house vote supposed to be tomorrow just said on cable news... and they picked up on the board appointment of blago's wife to burris's business partner

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

committee vote today, full house vote supposed to be tomorrow just said on cable news... and they picked up on the board appointment of blago's wife to burris's business partner

When did that happen? If it was recently then that solves all the problems, they have enough grounds to go for expulsion even if he gets seated and it is a bonehead move by Burris.

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

When did that happen? If it was recently then that solves all the problems, they have enough grounds to go for expulsion even if he gets seated and it is a bonehead move by Burris.

don't know the exact date, but was within last couple months. Also, Burris is in Springfield testifying in front of the committee today.

Also, the congress can keep him out, as they have the right to not seat anyone (the crap about the sec of state's signature is a bunch of crap... even with it, they can refuse to seat him).

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

don't know the exact date, but was within last couple months. Also, Burris is in Springfield testifying in front of the committee today.

Also, the congress can keep him out, as they have the right to not seat anyone (the crap about the sec of state's signature is a bunch of crap... even with it, they can refuse to seat him).

On what constitutional grounds?

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

On what constitutional grounds?

they have the right to not seat anyone they deem unfit to serve...
ex: throwing out Traficant, cooked congressman from Cleveland that eventually got put in jail. they tossed him out of the House by refusing to seat him, even though he won the election fairly.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

they have the right to not seat anyone they deem unfit to serve...
ex: throwing out Traficant, cooked congressman from Cleveland that eventually got put in jail. they tossed him out of the House by refusing to seat him, even though he won the election fairly.

On what basis is Burris unfit to serve?

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

On what basis is Burris unfit to serve?

he bought a senate seat

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

On what basis is Burris unfit to serve?

appointed by an indicted gov that's soon to be impeached. taints it from the beginning. it doesn't matter if Burris is unfit... since the process includes Blago, that's it. If Burris would later get appointed by someone else, or would win an election, then go right ahead and put him in, but thru Blago, he should never be allowed on the floor.

Also, the only reason Reid said that it's on Jesse White, sec of IL, is that they brought up the race card with him when they didn't seat him.... that way Reid doesn't end up on Jesse Jackson's racist list and puts it on a black guy, so they can't use the race card with White. White's signature on it means that he, on behalf of IL doesn't endorse him. Means nothing to whether they seat Burris or not, which is totally up to the leaders of the house of congress he'd be in.