Sun-Times' Sneed gets the U. S. Constitution wrong: Sandi and Jesse Jackson, Jr. may still sleep together
Revised, supplemented and links added on Friday at 1:00 pm
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Well, Michael Sneed, as usual, is, at best, half right: Article 1, Section 2, of the U. S. Constitution, prior to Sneed’s amendment of today, stated, “No person shall be a Representative …who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.”
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Sneed’s homework assignment tonight: Read the Constitution. She might find it even more appealing than Desperate North Shore Housewives, soon to be showing at...
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Dumbsville No. 1
The nice thing about working for the Chicago Sun-Times, if you are Michael Sneed, is that you can often write dumb things and nobody- at least nobody in a position of authority over Sneed at the paper- will notice or give a damn. You might think an editor would catch Sneed’s errors. Think again.
Sneed, in her Sun-Times column of today, tells us that Cong. Bobby Rush, battling cancer, is being urged to resign “so a successor would be in place before the November election.” [Of course, this reporter wishes Cong. Rush well in his battle with cancer].
Cong. Rush urged to resign so Dem Party Bosses can rule
Actually, what Sneed means to write, is that Cong. Rush is being urged to resign so that the people in the District won’t have a say in who replaces Cong. Rush, at least initially. If Rush were to resign after the November 4, 2008 election, a special election would be called to fill out his term. The people of the 1st Cong. District, not the Democratic Party bosses, would decide who represents them.
The Stroger to Stroger, Lipinski to Lipinski hand-off
But, if Rush steps down now, the Democratic Ward bosses and Township Committeeman bosses in the 1st Cong. District would decide who replaces Rush on the November ballot. (And, then two years later, that person could run as an incumbent). Further, if Rush were to wait a bit, the party bosses could avoid the possibility of an independent stepping up and filing to run in opposition to the pols’ choice. In other words, this is sort of the Cook County Board President John Stroger to Todd Stroger, Cong. Bill Lipinski to Dan Lipinski hand-off for which the Illinois Democratic Party has become so well known.
Chicago’s Democratic Royal Families
Of course, the Stroger to Stroger, Lipinski to Lipinski hand-off is just a variant of the Democratic aristocracy or Royal Families who rule in Illinois: Madigan to Madigan, Daley to Daley, Hynes to Hynes, Jackson to Jackson and Mell to (son-in-law) Blagojevich. In short, these folks believe, as they have essentially told Forrest Claypool and others, “If God had intended for you to hold [high] public office, he would have given you a different last name.” Yes, yes, this reporter knows, Jones to Obama is sort of an exception—the exception that proves the rule. And, of course, a Senate President like Emil Jones using his power to help his mentee (with the unlikely name of Obama) become first a State Senator and then a U. S. Senator is somewhat different from the above “hand-offs.”
Committeemen and Ward Bosses
Sneed goes on to tell us that Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson (Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s spouse) is on the short list to replace Rush. Sneed also reports Ald. Freddrenna Lyle and Rush’s wife, Carolyn have been lobbying Dem. Committeemen to be appointed as Rush's replacement. Sneed should have included Democratic Chicago Ward bosses along with the Democratic suburban township committeemen she referenced to be lobbied. Rush’s 1st Cong. District spans some suburbs as well as portions of Chicago’s south side. Of course, Ald. Jackson would also be “lobbying Dem. Committeemen and Ward bosses.”
Ald. Jackson (whose spouse is the Congressman from the 2nd Cong. District) lives with her family in the 2nd Cong. District-- to the extent, that is, that they live in Illinois and not Washington, DC.
Dumbsville No. 2
Sneed goes on to tell her gentle readers not to worry about Ald. Jackson’s residence because, as Sneed says:
Please note: A candidate does not have to live in the congressional district when running for election but would have to move into the district after winning to take the seat.
Sneed, half right.
Well, Sneed, as usual, is half right: Article 1, Section 2, of the U. S. Constitution, prior to Sneed’s amendment of today, stated, “No person shall be a Representative …who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.” So, yes, Ald. Jackson would not have to be a resident of the 1st Cong. Dist. when running for election. She would just have to be an “inhabitant of Illinois,” when elected. But, Ald. Jackson would not have to “move into the [1st Cong. D]istrict after winning to take the seat,” as Sneed contends Ald. Jackson would.
8th CD Bean actually can vote for Kirk-- or Seals
Indeed, even if Sneed has not read the Constitution, you would think she might be aware of a U.S. Rep. in Illinois who doesn’t live in her District, or a number of U. S. Reps who have run and are running with no commitment to move into their Districts. For example, Illinois 8th Cong. District Congresswoman Melissa Bean [watch here], who was redistricted a block or two out of the District prior to her election to that seat in 2004, has not moved into her District, even though she is now completing her second term. Major Tammy Duckworth (D-Hoffman Estates), who ran in the 6th CD in 2006 had no plans to move into the District if she had beat Peter Roskam.
Further, the current 6th CD Democratic candidate, Jill Morgenthaler (Des Plaines), as far as this reporter knows, has no plans to move into the District if she beats Congressman Roskam (R-Wheaton, 6th CD)[Watch Roskam and Duckworth] [Candidate Morgenthaler’s [Watch here] house was in the 6th CD when she moved into that District with her husband decades ago, but they were re-districted out of the 6th CD in 1990]. Democrat Dan Seals, running for a second time in the 10th CD against 8 year incumbent Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) lives a few blocks outside the 10th CD, and Seals has made no commitment, as far as this reporter knows, to move into the 10th CD, if elected [Watch Seals and Kirk, here].
Homework for Sneed
Sneed, or a Sun-Times editor, might consider reading the Constitution some time. It’s not that long (only about 27 pages in this reporter’s Oak Hill Publishing Company pocket book edition). And, it would be very instructive for Sneed to know what’s in the Constitution and what’s not. Indeed, having mastered the Constitution, Sneed might even become a Strict Constructionist, if not an Originalist. How happy would that make Justices Scalia and Thomas?
Michael Sneed also should learn a bit more about the U. S. Representative (Bean) for the District to the west of the Illinois 10th CD, the district in which her long time North Shore residence is located. Further, Sneed should bone up on the residential facts and residential commitments (or lack thereof) of those running for Congress in the 10th CD-- as well as in other nearby, Chicago Metro suburbs.
Sneed’s homework assignment tonight: Read the Constitution. She might find it even more appealing than Desperate North Shore Housewives, soon to be showing at a theater near you or perhaps in a future edition of Playboy Magazine, re-printing, no doubt, their old interview with Milton Friedman.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Obama, McCain, Giuliani and Cox, last Monday night's show in Chicago and Aurora with State Senator and Senate Minority Whip Kirk Dillard (R-Westmont), this week's show in the suburbs with Colonel Morgenthaler and shows with many other pols at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs Youtube page include next week's show in the suburbs with State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), this week's show in the suburbs with 6th CD Democratic candidate Colonel Jill Morgenthaler, last Monday night's show in Chicago and Aurora with Sen. Dillard, and our prior shows with former Presidential Candidate John Cox, Dem. Campaign consultant Pete Giangreco, State Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago), Senator and Deputy Republican Senate Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) and many other pols
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Well, Michael Sneed, as usual, is, at best, half right: Article 1, Section 2, of the U. S. Constitution, prior to Sneed’s amendment of today, stated, “No person shall be a Representative …who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.”
**************************
Sneed’s homework assignment tonight: Read the Constitution. She might find it even more appealing than Desperate North Shore Housewives, soon to be showing at...
*****************************
Dumbsville No. 1
The nice thing about working for the Chicago Sun-Times, if you are Michael Sneed, is that you can often write dumb things and nobody- at least nobody in a position of authority over Sneed at the paper- will notice or give a damn. You might think an editor would catch Sneed’s errors. Think again.
Sneed, in her Sun-Times column of today, tells us that Cong. Bobby Rush, battling cancer, is being urged to resign “so a successor would be in place before the November election.” [Of course, this reporter wishes Cong. Rush well in his battle with cancer].
Cong. Rush urged to resign so Dem Party Bosses can rule
Actually, what Sneed means to write, is that Cong. Rush is being urged to resign so that the people in the District won’t have a say in who replaces Cong. Rush, at least initially. If Rush were to resign after the November 4, 2008 election, a special election would be called to fill out his term. The people of the 1st Cong. District, not the Democratic Party bosses, would decide who represents them.
The Stroger to Stroger, Lipinski to Lipinski hand-off
But, if Rush steps down now, the Democratic Ward bosses and Township Committeeman bosses in the 1st Cong. District would decide who replaces Rush on the November ballot. (And, then two years later, that person could run as an incumbent). Further, if Rush were to wait a bit, the party bosses could avoid the possibility of an independent stepping up and filing to run in opposition to the pols’ choice. In other words, this is sort of the Cook County Board President John Stroger to Todd Stroger, Cong. Bill Lipinski to Dan Lipinski hand-off for which the Illinois Democratic Party has become so well known.
Chicago’s Democratic Royal Families
Of course, the Stroger to Stroger, Lipinski to Lipinski hand-off is just a variant of the Democratic aristocracy or Royal Families who rule in Illinois: Madigan to Madigan, Daley to Daley, Hynes to Hynes, Jackson to Jackson and Mell to (son-in-law) Blagojevich. In short, these folks believe, as they have essentially told Forrest Claypool and others, “If God had intended for you to hold [high] public office, he would have given you a different last name.” Yes, yes, this reporter knows, Jones to Obama is sort of an exception—the exception that proves the rule. And, of course, a Senate President like Emil Jones using his power to help his mentee (with the unlikely name of Obama) become first a State Senator and then a U. S. Senator is somewhat different from the above “hand-offs.”
Committeemen and Ward Bosses
Sneed goes on to tell us that Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson (Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s spouse) is on the short list to replace Rush. Sneed also reports Ald. Freddrenna Lyle and Rush’s wife, Carolyn have been lobbying Dem. Committeemen to be appointed as Rush's replacement. Sneed should have included Democratic Chicago Ward bosses along with the Democratic suburban township committeemen she referenced to be lobbied. Rush’s 1st Cong. District spans some suburbs as well as portions of Chicago’s south side. Of course, Ald. Jackson would also be “lobbying Dem. Committeemen and Ward bosses.”
Ald. Jackson (whose spouse is the Congressman from the 2nd Cong. District) lives with her family in the 2nd Cong. District-- to the extent, that is, that they live in Illinois and not Washington, DC.
Dumbsville No. 2
Sneed goes on to tell her gentle readers not to worry about Ald. Jackson’s residence because, as Sneed says:
Please note: A candidate does not have to live in the congressional district when running for election but would have to move into the district after winning to take the seat.
Sneed, half right.
Well, Sneed, as usual, is half right: Article 1, Section 2, of the U. S. Constitution, prior to Sneed’s amendment of today, stated, “No person shall be a Representative …who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.” So, yes, Ald. Jackson would not have to be a resident of the 1st Cong. Dist. when running for election. She would just have to be an “inhabitant of Illinois,” when elected. But, Ald. Jackson would not have to “move into the [1st Cong. D]istrict after winning to take the seat,” as Sneed contends Ald. Jackson would.
8th CD Bean actually can vote for Kirk-- or Seals
Indeed, even if Sneed has not read the Constitution, you would think she might be aware of a U.S. Rep. in Illinois who doesn’t live in her District, or a number of U. S. Reps who have run and are running with no commitment to move into their Districts. For example, Illinois 8th Cong. District Congresswoman Melissa Bean [watch here], who was redistricted a block or two out of the District prior to her election to that seat in 2004, has not moved into her District, even though she is now completing her second term. Major Tammy Duckworth (D-Hoffman Estates), who ran in the 6th CD in 2006 had no plans to move into the District if she had beat Peter Roskam.
Further, the current 6th CD Democratic candidate, Jill Morgenthaler (Des Plaines), as far as this reporter knows, has no plans to move into the District if she beats Congressman Roskam (R-Wheaton, 6th CD)[Watch Roskam and Duckworth] [Candidate Morgenthaler’s [Watch here] house was in the 6th CD when she moved into that District with her husband decades ago, but they were re-districted out of the 6th CD in 1990]. Democrat Dan Seals, running for a second time in the 10th CD against 8 year incumbent Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) lives a few blocks outside the 10th CD, and Seals has made no commitment, as far as this reporter knows, to move into the 10th CD, if elected [Watch Seals and Kirk, here].
Homework for Sneed
Sneed, or a Sun-Times editor, might consider reading the Constitution some time. It’s not that long (only about 27 pages in this reporter’s Oak Hill Publishing Company pocket book edition). And, it would be very instructive for Sneed to know what’s in the Constitution and what’s not. Indeed, having mastered the Constitution, Sneed might even become a Strict Constructionist, if not an Originalist. How happy would that make Justices Scalia and Thomas?
Michael Sneed also should learn a bit more about the U. S. Representative (Bean) for the District to the west of the Illinois 10th CD, the district in which her long time North Shore residence is located. Further, Sneed should bone up on the residential facts and residential commitments (or lack thereof) of those running for Congress in the 10th CD-- as well as in other nearby, Chicago Metro suburbs.
Sneed’s homework assignment tonight: Read the Constitution. She might find it even more appealing than Desperate North Shore Housewives, soon to be showing at a theater near you or perhaps in a future edition of Playboy Magazine, re-printing, no doubt, their old interview with Milton Friedman.
************************************************************************************
Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Obama, McCain, Giuliani and Cox, last Monday night's show in Chicago and Aurora with State Senator and Senate Minority Whip Kirk Dillard (R-Westmont), this week's show in the suburbs with Colonel Morgenthaler and shows with many other pols at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
*************************************************************
Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs Youtube page include next week's show in the suburbs with State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), this week's show in the suburbs with 6th CD Democratic candidate Colonel Jill Morgenthaler, last Monday night's show in Chicago and Aurora with Sen. Dillard, and our prior shows with former Presidential Candidate John Cox, Dem. Campaign consultant Pete Giangreco, State Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago), Senator and Deputy Republican Senate Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) and many other pols
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