Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Our Prayers for Senator Tim Johnson
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), who narrowly defeated John Thune in 2002 before Thune took out the Senate Minority Leader Tom Dashle in 2004, has suffered a stroke, which some call a severe one, and is in the hospital. Although he's on the wrong side of political aisle, he's not a bad guy at all and our sympathy to his family and hopes for his complete recovery go out to them all.
The political upshot is that if he is unable to return to the Senate, the Republican Governor in South Dakota can name his successor and will undoubtably name a fellow Republican which will switch expected control of the Senate in January back to the Republicans, although only because VP Dick Cheney can vote to break any tie.
UPDATE: Now some of the news services are reporting that Senator Johnson only had stroke like symptoms (so not a real stroke). I hope that's true.
I have to admit I'm getting a little of hospitals and doctors myself, although I really like my South African doctor, Mervyn Lifschitz.
UPDATE: Now Fox News is reporting that Johnson had neither a stroke nor a heart attack. Whew!
The political upshot is that if he is unable to return to the Senate, the Republican Governor in South Dakota can name his successor and will undoubtably name a fellow Republican which will switch expected control of the Senate in January back to the Republicans, although only because VP Dick Cheney can vote to break any tie.
UPDATE: Now some of the news services are reporting that Senator Johnson only had stroke like symptoms (so not a real stroke). I hope that's true.
I have to admit I'm getting a little of hospitals and doctors myself, although I really like my South African doctor, Mervyn Lifschitz.
UPDATE: Now Fox News is reporting that Johnson had neither a stroke nor a heart attack. Whew!
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 4:58 PM 
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Thank you, Roger, for being another Republican who is letting the rest of the world know that there is a line where politics must end.
Perhaps the line is both at waters end and life's end . . .
Perhaps the line is both at waters end and life's end . . .
You're welcome, but no sane person wishes fellow countryman ill just over a slight difference in political beliefs.
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