Some Craptastic Results: Alaska Edition
Nov. 5th, 2008 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feste_sylvainI used to believe that the southern states had so many problems because the weather never got cool enough for people to engage their brains. This theory was dealt a severe blow last night by Alaska, which does not suffer from that problem, and yet managed to re-elect Senator Ted Stevens.
This, of course, prompts the question, "What the fuck?" Following this is the question. "I mean, what the fucking fuck?" And then, of course, "So what the blue-bloody fuck does it take to get rid of that guy?"
The answer, upon sober reflection, is that the Senate can and has ousted members for being convicted felons. What with a solid Democrat majority (super-majority not required), they can can his ass first thing in January.
Which means two things for Alaska: first, their governor gets to appoint a seat-holder until a special election can be held. (The same is true for Illinois and Delaware, which also lost Senators last night.) Remember who the governor of Alaska is? Yeah, her.
And then it means the special election itself. How much you wanna bet that Palin runs for the seat?
After all, she was just cleared in Troopergate.
This, of course, prompts the question, "What the fuck?" Following this is the question. "I mean, what the fucking fuck?" And then, of course, "So what the blue-bloody fuck does it take to get rid of that guy?"
The answer, upon sober reflection, is that the Senate can and has ousted members for being convicted felons. What with a solid Democrat majority (super-majority not required), they can can his ass first thing in January.
Which means two things for Alaska: first, their governor gets to appoint a seat-holder until a special election can be held. (The same is true for Illinois and Delaware, which also lost Senators last night.) Remember who the governor of Alaska is? Yeah, her.
And then it means the special election itself. How much you wanna bet that Palin runs for the seat?
After all, she was just cleared in Troopergate.
