Careless with the Constitution

[CrimsonWhite]

I love George Will. This is a fantastic read. Faux conservatives beware, it will only piss you off.

WASHINGTON -- From the invasion of Iraq to the selection of Sarah Palin, carelessness has characterized recent episodes of faux conservatism. Tuesday's probable repudiation of the Republican Party will punish characteristics displayed in the campaign's closing days.

Some polls show that Palin has become an even heavier weight in John McCain's saddle than is his association with George W. Bush. Did McCain, who seems to think that Palin's never having attended a "Georgetown cocktail party" is sufficient qualification for the vice presidency, lift an eyebrow when she said that vice presidents "are in charge of the United States Senate"?

She may have been tailoring her narrative to her audience of third-graders, who do not know that vice presidents have no constitutional function in the Senate other than to cast tie-breaking votes. But does she know that when Lyndon Johnson, transformed by the 1960 election from Senate majority leader into vice president, ventured to the Capitol to attend the Democratic senators' weekly policy luncheon, the new majority leader, Montana's Mike Mansfield, supported by his caucus, barred him because his presence would be a derogation of the Senate's autonomy?

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[bigbroodmaster]

Interesting article. I particularly liked the part about campaign contributions. While my mind is not fully made up on the issue, he certainly raises some good points.

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Interesting article. I particularly liked the part about campaign contributions. While my mind is not fully made up on the issue, he certainly raises some good points.

George Will is one of our countries more brilliant minds.

 

[pegwinn]

George Will is one of our countries more brilliant minds.

His mind may be brilliant, but his article wasn't. That thing bounced around more than acrobats on a trampoline.