Looks like the fight developing over Illinois Governor Balgojevich’s appointment are over. The AP is reporting that Roland Burris will be seated today. The drama yesterday apparently told the picture that didn’t look good. With the huge issues facing the country, Senatorial technical games just reminds we the people that Congress just doesn’t get things done. Then again, some Senators are known for their procedural thinking, so I like what Senator Diane Feinstein had to say:
“I can’t imagine the secretary of state countermanding a gubernatorial appointment,” Feinstein said. “The question, really, is one in my view of law. And that is, does the governor have the power to make the appointment? And the answer is yes. Is the governor discredited? And the answer is yes. Does that affect his appointment power? And the answer is no until certain things happen.”
And that is why we are supposed to follow the rule of law and not the emotions of men, to paraphrase John Adams.
Today’s History Lesson…………..
Norman M. Thomas
November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968
Mr. Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
The Socialist Party candidate for President of the US, Norman Thomas, said this in a 1944 speech:
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism.
But, under the name of “liberalism,” they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”
He went on to say: “I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has
adopted our platform.”
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
Margaret Thatcher