Letter to God

December 14, 2006 by susan

by susan
Okay, I don't do this often, and I don't write to Santa or the Easter Bunny either, for the same reason. But remember how I ended my last post, saying as a child of the sixties I've learned not to trust political good fortune? So here we are, with poor Tim Johnson hanging on by a hair and the balance of power in the senate back up for grabs. If for any reason Johnson cannot serve, Gov. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, a foaming-at-the-mouth Republican, will appoint someone to serve out the rest of his term, which ends in 2008. Read on

So get out your rosary, light candles, chant, repeat your mantra, do what it takes to pull this good man through, for his own sake, or course, but also if you were looking forward to ethics reform, investigative committees with power of subpoena -- a pitchfork into the muck of the Republican controlled Senate.
Because if the senate is divided 50-50, as it will be if Rounds gets to make the appointment, the committee chairs go to the party of the VP.
And tell me, is the death toll much higher on our side, or does it just seem that way? Can anyone name one prominent Republican leader who was mudered or died in office?
So god, if you're there, with all the respect I can muster, show us whose side your on for once, okay? I don't think there's been a time in my life when the fate of the world so depended on one man's life. Please, please, please, please . . . . .

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Amen and amen.

Amen and amen to those amens.
Abraham Lincoln was a Republican who died in office . . . but not a modern Republican and I think we can all say would not be a Republican today, so you are right, our side (yes, Lincold was on our side) has been hit much harder.

P.S. Check for radiation.

oy veh... Hopefully the Senator will be fine, sounds like an aneurysm from a congenital condition, I have a friend who has something similar, not quite as extreme, we will know as time progresses... the lack of news is not a good thing in this case. Sen Byrd is no spring chicken either folks...

All day long, I've wondered whether I dare pray for this man to survive. The Creator has my number by now, I suspect. I swear this transcends politics, at least in part. But like the rest of you, I'm acutely aware that the fate of this country and really, of the world, hangs in the balance. So with that in mind, I'm adding my prayers for Tim Johnson. Please protect him and make him whole again--please.

There will be no appointment for a new senator unless Tim Johnson either dies or resigns. Otherwise, he will serve his full term even if he is in a coma. At least that is what I understand from the snippets I overheard on the news tonight.

Have not checked with the congressional historian or whomever it is the media keep quoting! But NPR said yesterday that should the WORST happen and Senator Johnson is incapacitated, the committee chairmanships would either to be split between the two parties, or( here is a laugh), the committees would have co-chairmen, one from each party. The latter seems like more bipartisanship than this gang could deal with. But thankfully the signs are good that Johnson will recover. May the progress continue toward good health.

I noticed you asked if there were any Republicans who died while in office. We were reminded again during the 2004 Kerry Campaign that Mrs. Kerry's first husband was a Republican Senator from Pennsylvania who died in a plane crash. Lets hope he is not looking down to see who his ex decided to marry. Also, Senator Paul Coverdale from Georgia died suddenly in the late 90's and a Democrat was named in his place.

I guess it works both ways.

I had forgotten about Sen. Heinz, and didn't know about Coverdale at all. Thanks for the reminder. I think that Sen. Kerry and Sen. Heinz were friends, at least that's what Ms. Kerry said during the campaign, and Heinz was a moderate Republican, so if he's looking down at all, I doubt he's displeased. She could have done far worse than John Kerry!
I didn't mean to imply any sort of pattern or conspiracy, just seems like the bad luck usually goes against us. Thanks for pointing out that it works (or doesn't) both ways.

Who was murdered?
Paul Wellstone?
Yeah, sure.

Dear Lurch, (Why don't you guys ever use your real names?)

I was referring to Jack Kennedy, before your time, I guess, and yes, he was murdered. I was referring to leaders such as Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, also murdered. I was not referring to Paul Wellstone, as I don't believe he was murdered.
Okay? Settle down, drop the hostility. What's the point? You don't like my writing, fine, but is it worth this yammering animosity?
I've been mean and I've been nice, and nice is better. Try it.

Well then I guess that makes you a much older liberal than I thought.
I will give you credit for having a little sense. Many reactionary leftists, like Garrison Kiellor, do believe Wellstone was murdered.
Yes, JFK was murdered. But don't try and tell me he is a hero of the Left. After all, he tried to overthrow and later have Castro assasinated and he was a tax cutter. I believe Arthur Schlessinger once quoted JFK as referring to the Civil Rights movement as "Bobby's negros." He was there during the Kennedy Administration.
Lurch happens to be the name I use in the blogosphere, I think it sounds swell.
I think you're a fine writer.
Now get in there and make me some bean dip. -;)

I still think it's more gutsy to use your real name when you write, but never mind, I appreciate your upgrade in tone.
I'm not sure left or right applies to JFK anymore, at least not the sort of left/right labels we have now.
I'll tell you this. It really didn't matter to us then what JFK was. He was young, articulate, spoke of the peace corp and shooting for the moon, making a better world, and it was dang inspiring -- and crushing when he was shot, right before our eyes.
As for JFK speaking of Bobby's negroes, I'm not surprised. First of all, that was the respectful word back then, a step up from "colored people" which we northerners used, and the you-know-what word used in much of the south. But I'll make no claims that JFK --and LBJ and RFK, and most of America -- wasn't racist. It's how it was then, (and still is now, to a lesser extent) some blatant, (Jim Crow laws), and some couched, (housing and banking restrictions) and it was really ugly.
But JFK et al also understood that justice was due and the role of government in enforcing the law, and they did the right thing, and that, too, gave us hope.
So no matter where these guys might show up now on the right/left meter, back then they were visionary, courageous and true leaders and it was a tough thing to see them brutally taken out.

Wellstone was a whole other matter. He and Sheila were my friends, and to lose them broke my heart, but I believe that was a series of bad condtions, with bad pilots showing worse judgement. I know many people think the flight was sabotaged, but I'm not one of them.
When I asked the question about any deaths on the other side, I wasn't implying there's a plot to kill my guys, just couldn't think of any. And someone reminded me of John Heinz -- and Abe Lincoln -- so there you are.
Thanks for saying that I A.) have (a little) sense and B.) am a fine writer. That's a start. As for the bean dip, I don't get it. I'm too old.

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