Reply #20: Blaming the victim

[SaveElmer]

1. WHat politician, at some point in their term was not popular. At his lowest Harry Truman was at 24% approval, worse than Nixon got to. Is there any doubt Truman would have been recalled had it been possible. Just because a politician is unpopular does not make recall a legitimate thing to do.

2. Davis should not have had to face a vote until the next election, that is the point. If politicians become afraid to make tough decisions because they can be recalled at the drop of a hat, it isn't too long before chaos reigns

3. This may be the first successfull recall, but I guarantee you it won't be the last. Do you think the right is going to be content with this victory. So far this extra-institutional method of overturning elections has been very successfull for them.

4. No one disputes Clintons bad bahvior, but the language in the consitution about "high crimes and misdemeanors" was put there to prevent such abuses of the power to remove the President.

5. The Gore team took it to court because of a summary judgement by the Republican Secretary of State stopping a legitimate recount. And he thought that a Presidential candidae would not want an accurate vote count is mind-boggling

6. Traditionally, in this country, redistricting is done only once every 10 years, after the census becomes available. It has never been the practice to redistrict every time there is a change in who controls the state legislature. It is simply another power grab in defiance of our long standing political traditions

7. I would be saying the same things were it the Democrats trying to subvert our political way of life.