Friday, November 13, 2009

PELOSI IS IN LEGAL HOT WATER OVER OWENS' VOTE IN CONGRESS

Many of you have heard that the election for U.S. House of Representatives in District 23 of upstate New York is now in question.


While it appeared Independent candidate Doug Hoffman lost the rather unusual election (remember the endorsed Republican candidate was exposed as a hard core Liberal and she withdrew), by about 6000 votes, as of today he has cut that loss by one half.


The nervous tension that has arisen on both sides of the political aisle is that the results may very well be headed for a recount because so many of the outstanding absentee ballots aren’t due until Monday and they are expected to come largely from military people. It may not be enough to change the outcome of the election but hope has indeed been restored.


What hasn’t been reported by many is a very important effect the initial results set into motion.


Democratic candidate Bill Owens immediately boogied off to Washington and voted Saturday night on Nancy Pelosi’s pet monster project, the Health Care Bill. And here is where life beats a Hollywood script every time.


The New York Election officials refused to ‘certify’ the results of the election as soon as they notice the dramatic swing with the absentee votes. (Obviously Hillary wasn’t at home last week or this might never have happened!)


Not only did New York State Board of Elections officials hold back on their authorization, they contacted Nancy Pelosi directly and told her the Democratic candidate (who, at this point IS NOT THE ‘WINNER’) could not be legally seated in Congress.


NANCY PELOSI IGNORED THEIR CAUTIONARY INFORMATION AND SEATED HIM ANYWAY SO HE COULD HELP IN THE VERY NARROW PELOSI WIN IN PASSING THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BILL.


Knowingly allowing an ‘unelected’, common citizen from New York to sit in Congress and actually vote on a Bill stretches any semblance of legality or common sense and IT ACTUALLY MAKES THE ENTIRE HOUSE VOTE UNOFFICIAL AND VOID!


There are justifiable expectations that certification of the election will come by Tuesday or Wednesday and the overall results will not change, but that does not excuse Pelosi’s radical actions.


See should be subject to an ethics review that removes her from holding the position as Speaker of the House.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

FLORIDA'S CRIST SELF IMPLODES SENATE CAMPAIGN

It's been a mistake-prone couple of weeks for Florida Governor Charlie Crist as "political speak" (lies) are not floating in the South nearly as well as a "Baby Ruth" cruises the surface in Washington. Must be Bill Murray is tossing some C4 in the pool.

Recently President Obama flew into Florida to do a photo op with troops in Jacksonville, Crist was a no-show, claiming he didn't even know the increasingly unpopular President was stopping by the state. Guess he didn't watch the "Lame-Stream Media" (or Fox), all of whom had stories on the planned visit.

It seems obvious to most that Crist was out for a daily jog, running away from anything to do with Obama.

He is in real danger of wearing out his track shoes because for the last two weeks he's also been trying to outrun criticism for praising Obama's economic stimulus package earlier in the year. Video of him giving Barack a big hug hasn't helped Crist, but it continues to build a following for Marco Rubio, Crist's nemesis in the coming run for Senate. (Mel Martinez quit when he reportedly lined up a $750,000 a year job as a Lobbyist in DC.)

Now Crist's office has released the news that longtime Communications Director Erin Isaac has hit the road. It's the old "pursue other opportunities" thing but everyone in Tallahassee knows the Titanic is now about to set sail from Charlie's house and she gave up the deck chair.

Another "little" problem Crist is dealing with is one of his biggest financial supporters -- Scott Rothstein, a prominent Florida attorney -- has drawn the attention of the Feds for possibly engaging in a "Ponzi scheme". If indeed that was the source of nearly $500,000 he contributed to Crist and the Republican Party in Florida (yes, the same people who endorsed Crist over Rubio), maybe that is the real iceberg that will sink Crist's Senate race.

In the spirit of fairness here, I don't want the mentions of Rubio to get a completely free ride. For those who see him on his current campaign schedule, it's time to crucify Marco on his stand on illegal immigration. I'm not exactly saying he's ready to hire the buses to bring people from Mexico but boat rides from Cuba might be a whole different thing...