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texas_reddmann in politicartoons

Government 101 at Palin University

Oct 22, 2008 21:38

Since it goes so well with my previous post here about "Pro-Americans," I repost the following explanational drawing of where the Pro-Americans REALLY are.

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palin, vice-president wannabe, politicians, mockery

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darkblood777 October 23 2008, 04:56:21 UTC

Ok he was quite pompous, but that was entertaining!

texas_reddmann October 23 2008, 04:57:48 UTC

He's usually pretty good at mixing the pompous with the funny. It's a delicate balance.

vivianc1968 October 23 2008, 05:19:23 UTC

Wow. Olbermann really is an idiot. He reads only one section of the Constitution (Article I, section 3) when the VP duties are mentioned in three sections (he missed Article II, section 1 and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment).

He really doesn't know what a Vice President can do? A quick search will show anyone the history of the job including this information:
Under the original code of Senate rules, the presiding officer exercised great power over the conduct of the body's proceedings. Rule XVI provided that "every question of order shall be decided by the President [of the Senate], without debate; but if there be a doubt in his mind, he may call for a sense of the Senate." Thus, contrary to later practice, the presiding officer was the sole judge of proper procedure and his rulings could not be turned aside by the full Senate without his assent ( ... )

dwer October 23 2008, 14:53:25 UTC

and yet, still none of that mentions POLICY.

vivianc1968 October 23 2008, 14:57:44 UTC

Ummm, policy? We were talking rules and responsibilities specific to the VP.

dwer October 23 2008, 15:01:43 UTC

And Sarah Palin said that part of that was working out policy in the Senate.

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anfalicious October 23 2008, 05:46:35 UTC

I prefer Stewart to Lolbermann.

red_pill October 23 2008, 09:58:01 UTC

stewart was spitting acid over the real america stuff.

jlc20thmaine October 23 2008, 12:07:40 UTC

Biden didn't know the roles of the Vice President either.

ltmurdoch October 23 2008, 21:14:24 UTC

Yes he did.

ice_hesitant October 23 2008, 16:45:32 UTC

What an odd choice of states in that cartoon. Nevada (Bush, Obama) fake but New Mexico (Bush, Obama) real? Virginia (Bush, Obama) fake but Ohio (Bush, tossup) real? Both Colorado (Bush, Obama) and Florida (Bush, tossup) real?

If this were about States McCain hadn't given up on, it should include Pennsylvania as real.

How odd.