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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

He Be Strokin’
by Lee

NOTE:  If you’re coming here via a link from another blog full of righteous indignation, make sure you read this first.

Maybe I’m wrong.  Maybe God does want a Republican majority in the Senate.

MSNBC is currently reporting that Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) has suffered a stroke.

There is no word, currently, on the Senator’s condition.

A call from RAW STORY to Johnson’s office has not yet been returned.

If Johnson were to pass away, or be forced to retire, the US Constitution delegates the task of appointing a replacement to South Dakota lawmakers, who in turn, often turn that task over to the Governor. The Governor of that state, Mike Rounds, is a Republican, and both houses of the state legislature are dominated by Republicans.

In the case of South Dakota, the decision would fall to Rounds, whose appointment would serve as senator until 2008 at which point Johnson’s seat would have been up for election anyhow.

While anyone suffering a stroke is a tragic event, how fucking hilarious would it be if the Democrats lost control of the Senate right before they were to assume power?  I’d laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh…

Update: His staff is now saying no stroke.  Stay tuned to see if this is really nothing or if the Democrat politburo is pulling a Fidel Castro.

Posted by Lee on 12/13/06 at 01:24 PM in Election 2006  • (3) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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