Middle Class Populist

Archive for December 14th, 2006

Well folks let me give you a hint. Remember the 2000 Presidential election? No I am not referring to the hanging chads controversy. Forget about Florida, Al Gore was the uncontested popular vote winner nation wide. This even if we concede Florida. Ok Bush is the legal winner but I would not want to win that way.

South Dakota’s Senator Tim Johnson, who is also a cancer survivor, has had a stroke (or something similar to it). He is undergoing brain surgery. The Governor of his state is a Republican.

In the event the South Dakota Governor tries to side step the will of the people, I would urge an ethical republican Senator to announce that while he will not participate in the democratic caucus he would VOTE TO ORGANIZE THE SENATE UNDER DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP. That is until 2008 when Senator Johnson’s term would expire anyway.

For an ethical Republican Senator to step forward and take that step would show true courage and morality. He could still vote on every issue as he normally would. He would only need to vote with the Democrats when they vote to organize the Senate! By doing this he could use his vote in the stoic sense of a true American Senator. Could the Republicans wish to profit from this tragedy?

• Senator Tim Johnson fought prostrate cancer and is a role model for people from all sides of the spectrum.
• He honestly won his election.
• He is now fallen in the battle of life by a stroke.
• What is the message we are sending to our youth and to the rest of the world. Win at any price?

I don’t care even if the shoe where reversed. What is right is right. Here is a chance for Bush to show moral leadership and tell the Governor of South Dakota to do not just the right thing but to make the right choice as an AMERICAN! Here is a chance for Bush to act as Washington! Hopefully Senator Johnson will not have to leave office. But an announcement by the President, SD Governor and some Republican Senators would make Senator Johnson rest easier.