Paul Kirk Quietly Sworn into Kennedy's Seat

Paul Kirk became a senator yesterday.  He will be one for four months as he has been appointed in the interim between the vacancy created by Ted Kennedy's death and the special election on January 19th, 2010 which will elect his successor.  It seems the Democrats have played it dirty and won again.  There has been not a mention of the hypocricy or fastracking of this bill on CNN.  They are too busy rerunning clips of Obama on David Letterman.  He was sworn in just before 4 pm yesterday.  Often things that are believed to be controversial are announced late on a Friday in an attempt to bury them over the weekend.  It's a long weekend for many with schools closed in several areas for Yom Kippur. 

Paul Kirk was sworn in by Joe Biden, with John Kerry, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi looking on.  What a group.  Paul Kirk is the critical 40th Democratic Senator, which makes the Senate fillibuster proof.  He is 71 years old.  He is a former DNC party chairman who once suggested means based testing for social security.  He served as a super-delegate in 2008 and pledged his vote to Barack Obama.  Super-delegates are unique to the Democratic Party and are controversial because are not elected but rather seated automatically by the Democratic Party, they are free to vote for whomever they wish for the Presidential Nomination.

Harry Reid Only Speaks to Those who Agree with Him

Senate majority leader Harry Reid recently held an invitation only town hall to push health care. He clearly had no interest in hearing the views of his constituents who did not agree with him. This is only interested in the views of those that do. This is a growing problem, senators are supposed to represent the people and they get such an ego that they start believing that their judgment is better than the people they represent. He has no interest in what anyone thinks, this session was just a circle jerk. It's really quite ugly. Who is he to take away the voice of those that disagree with him?

This is the same man who declared, days ago, that Ted Kennedy's death was really going to help the democratic party in the health care movement. A lot of people have exploited Senator Kennedy's death lately, but that blatancy of that statement just shows that this man is so power drunk that he no longer has a filter. Historically speaking, the power drunk are a dangerous breed.