tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post2817646512772288231..comments2024-03-10T09:53:06.804-07:00Comments on ZZ's blog: Coincidence?zoltan zigedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376602245528691381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-8118990825541891582008-12-11T05:21:00.000-08:002008-12-11T05:21:00.000-08:00They say in politics, timing is everything. ZZ ha...They say in politics, timing is everything. <BR/>ZZ has it right. <BR/>There nothing in the indictment but talk, just talk between the Gov and his aides. Not even talk with a possible buyer of the seat.<BR/>The Senate democrats, who have the last word on who gets seated, are saying now they won't seat a Gov.s pick. Can you imagine that the senate democrats would have seated him or his pick if he or his pick were indicited after being selected?<BR/>No way. So why the hurry to arrest?<BR/>What the rush to arrest did was to drive any news of the factory sit in out of the mainstream news Which could be expected given that the news industry is camped out in chicago because of Obama.<BR/>The seizing of private property by workers, the President Elect forced to comment favorably on their demands because it's in his own backyard, the Gov. visiting the seized site and announcing his support for the workers and that the state would not do any business with BA, Chicago Alderman calling for the city of Chicago to also drop the bank, the favorable publicity the workers were getting and the open hostility towards "the banks" that was growing, this was all too much and had to be driven off the front page. <BR/>This was Especially necessary while all the talk about an auto bailout is going on and workers, and everyone else, could compare the response in Chicago & Detroit. <BR/>ZZ's right! It really does Take A Fight to Win <BR/>ZZ could have additionally pointed to the weak response of the democrats, especially in an area of major concern to labor.<BR/>The first thing Sen. Durbin did was to call for a special election. Does anyone think that the democrats will win such an election in this atmosphere? that the US Chamber of Commerce, NAM, RNC will not pour in millions to win it for the republicans. What would that do for Employee Free Choice Act?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-40034319937390623182008-12-11T05:12:00.000-08:002008-12-11T05:12:00.000-08:00Maybe Governor B was, maybe he wasn't set to make ...Maybe Governor B was, maybe he wasn't set to make the appointment. While that may sound like a "justification", there would be many other, later opportunities to expose the Governor's misdeeds before confirmation would be completed. And, of course, other ways to bring the the governor's misdeeds were available, including alerting the Senate leadership. <BR/><BR/>But, as you aptly point out, the drama of Monday's arrest drove the Republic solidarity to the back pages.<BR/><BR/>Check out today's Wall Street Journal with headlines dragging in Jesse Jackson, Jr. and SEIU. The blood lust is expanding, increasing the chances of a Republican Senator in Illinois.zoltan zigedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09376602245528691381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-36259413426157578892008-12-10T21:00:00.000-08:002008-12-10T21:00:00.000-08:00What's wrong with the prosecutors' explanation pro...What's wrong with the prosecutors' explanation provided in background to the press: the governor was set to appoint a senator, possibly himself, the day of the arrest?<BR/> <BR/>A notable point about the Republic sit-in is the sympathetic portrayal of the workers in most of the media, including Lou Dobbs. One explanation is that severance and vacation pay for 60 workers is a very cheap cost for a story to displace attention from the huge giveaways that Obama and Congress demand of the autoworkers. How much publicity have you seen for the autoworkers' protest caravan to Washington, DC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com