Comments on: Here We Go Again

By: Scooter

Scooter — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Hmmm… almost a full week has gone by, and Wurst(less) has yet to provide any substantiation to his racist accusation…

As if I had any doubt it was a woof story.

By: Gp38dash2

Gp38dash2 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:07:00 +0000

The one set of offices one can run for with felony convictions pertain to the US Congress- US House & Us Senate.

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:44:00 +0000

The Constitution requires that members of the House and Senate fulfill three requirements:
All members of the House must be at least 25 years old, and members of the Senate must be at least 30 years old.Members of the House must have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and members of the Senate must have been a U.S. citizen for at least nine years.They have to be an “inhabitant” of the state “when elected.”
As a result, according to the Congressional Research Service, committing a crime cannot constitutionally disqualify someone from serving in Congress. And the state has no say in determining whether or not someone is qualified to serve in the House or Senate:

CRS: [S]ince a State does not have the authority to add qualifications for federal offices, the fact of conviction, even for a felony offense, could not be used to keep a candidate off of the ballot under State law either as a direct disqualification of convicted felons from holding or being a candidate for office, or as a disqualification of one who is no longer a “qualified elector” in the State. Once a person meets the three constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship and inhabitancy in the State when elected, that person, if duly elected, is constitutionally “qualified” to serve in Congress, even if a convicted felon.
Prison is not a bar to running for federal office, either. In 1798, Rep. Matthew Lyon ran for Congress from prison and won. He assumed his seat in Congress after serving four months in prison for “libeling” President John Adams. An effort was made to expel Lyon from the House, but it failed.
Ultimately, it is up to the House or Senate chamber to determine whether or not an elected official is qualified to serve if a challenge is raised

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Ernie, get out and talk to people. I was at a Broad Ripple GOP Club meeting of 5th district candidates. The meeting started by asking for people to phone bank for Lugar.

By: Scooter

Scooter — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:37:00 +0000

My point was that there are racist leanings on all sides, as well as chicken little attitudes about this whole race thing.

Idiot is a great term for those that would continue to push this race thing as a method to control others… as well as those that allow it to happen.

By: ricoC

ricoC — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:27:00 +0000

I think it’s okay to call the Black Panthers idiots AND racists (unless you work for the DOJ, that is).

By: Scooter

Scooter — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:29:00 +0000

Agree with you, but then there are some real off the edge people doing things like this;

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/racist-don-t-nig-anti-obama-bumper-sticker-162917634.html

Racist? Somewhat.

Crappy attempt at humor? Damn straight.

Worthy of being called an “… IDIOT…” in public? Sure.

Worthy of all the press & hullabaloo on social networks? No.

When there are 230 million people living in this country, one foolish person does not a racist country make…. just like those two purported Black Panthers hanging out in front of a polling place with batons during the last election…. they were just being deserving of the label, IDIOT.

By: ricoC

ricoC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:11:00 +0000

The only thing worse than racism is the false accusation of racism. And these people have taken it to new heights. Never in my life do I remember such a divided nation. Our Community Organizer-in-Chief is truly meeting his goals.

By: ricoC

ricoC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:04:00 +0000

Since when has THAT ever bothered you?

By: ricoC

ricoC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:00:00 +0000

And it’s not funny when your boy Barry does it?