Interesting: Hillary Ineligible for Cabinet Post?

It seems eligibility is in the news today. Via Instapundit, I read two articles, one at DailyKos and one at The Volokh conspiracy, regarding Hillary Clinton's eligibility to serve as Secretary of State for the Obama administration. My reading of the story online indicates the DailyKos blog came first.

The source of the issue is something called the Emoluments Clause, which is a clause in the Constitution that essentially states that, while a person is serving a term of office to which they were elected, he or she may not be appointed to any civil office which was newly created, or for which the compensation was increased in that same term. So because there was a pay raise given to the position of Secretary of State during Senator Clinton's current term, she is ineligible for appointment to this office. The wording: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."

That's not all, either. This is not, apparently, the first time the issue has come up. Multiple examples are available at the sources above, but one in particular would be pertinent in the case of Hillary. When President Nixon wanted Sen. William Saxbe for his Attorney General, he had Congress reduce the wage, which had been increased and triggered the clause, in order to get around the restriction. The maneuver has been dubbed the "Saxbe fix".

 

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Link: Calabe Howe

The Political Machine

Hello Idaho: SC To Have Sales Tax Free Holiday For Gun Sales

We should do this in our state!

 

Link:  Columbia, SC—Most people are probably unaware of it, but on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, handguns, rifles and shotguns will be sales tax free in South Carolina. State lawmakers passed a bill in June that includes the sales tax holiday on firearms. They called it the Second Amendment Recognition Act.

Rep. Mike Pitts, R-Greenwood, was the sponsor of the original bill. He said he got the idea after talking to the owners of a hunting outfitters shop in Clinton about the late summer sales tax holiday for back-to-school supplies and clothing. The store owners said they could use the stimulus, too. "It was to help dealers," Rep. Pitts says. "Another point was to bring recognition to the 2nd Amendment."

Kent Parsons, manager of Barron's Outfitters hunting and fishing store in Columbia, says the days after Thanksgiving are typically busy sales days anyway. He's hoping that even more people than usual will be buying shotguns and rifles from his store since they'll be sales tax free. Sales tax will still be charged on ammunition and accessories.

Global Socialists Toast Victory over America

By Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media  (11-16-08)

"...the growing anger over the endless series of taxpayer bailouts is getting louder and louder."

The American people may be losing their jobs and savings, but on Friday night, on the eve of the international financial summit, they provided President Bush and other G20 leaders a lavish banquet that included $300-a-bottle wine, Vermont Brie, eggplant fondue, and rack of lamb. Details of the "culinary delights" and "sumptuous feast" provided to the politicians who departed their black limousines were included in wire service stories. They were toasting the demise of America as a global economic and military superpower and planning to loot another trillion dollars from U.S. taxpayers. 

 

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Mythical Creatures

Quote from American Thinker:

 

I'm still searching for the mythical creature that is the "financially conservative, socially liberal" politician.  In virtually every case, the pro-abortion or pro-gay marriage politician is the first to vote against a tax cut, the first to vote for more spending and quick to compromise principles on any issue there is.

 

Using the National Journal's ratings of Senators in 2007 , the correlation coefficient between "economic" scores and "social" scores is 90%.  That means they almost always go together; financial conservatives are social conservatives and vice versa.   Every Senator scoring above 60 in economic issues, scored above 50 in social ones.  Every Senator scoring below 40 in economic issues, scored below 50 in social ones.  If there is such an animal as a "financial conservative, social liberal", it does not exist in the US Senate.

 

By Randall Hoven

Shopping, Got Deer?

Fun picture from South Carolina

United Auto Workers -- Put Up or Shut Up

UAW union bosses have said they won't budge to help the ailing Big 3 auto companies.  They just want the big taxpayer bailout.

Here is an idea:  Why don't they invest some $7-10 billion from their pension fund and buy stock in the companies?

Put up or shut up.

Knock, knock ...

Knock, knock ...

Who's there?

Kenya.

Kenya who?

Kenya tell me where Obama was born?

The biggest GOP problem

You know, the biggest problem the grassroots Idaho and national GOP has in enacting the party platform of limited government, lower taxes, reduced government spending, more individual freedom and liberty is the liberal GOP RINOs who always, and without fail, abandon candidates who promote these very principles.

 

In the future, Just say no to RINOs and don't vote for them, ever.  Just like they do to conservatives.

 

Mid-stream analysis seems to show that many conservatives sat this election out.  Good for them.

 

McCain/Bush ... good bye!

This email from my firearms wholesale buddy

Hey Bud,

Sorry for the lack of communication, life has been busy. My business has increased TEN-FOLD in the last 2 days, I am literally overwhelmed! Give me a call tomorrow if you can on my cell phone.

Replace your "W" with this "O" sticker

Here, something seriously lighthearted

Freestyle Rap Battle Translated

Will "O's" get plucked from White House keyboards?

Will Bush's White House staff trash the place, steal stuff and pop the "O's" off the keyboards?



Remember when the Clinton staff flicked off the "W's"

Don't Blame Sarah ...

DON'T BLAME SARAH ...

 

IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!

 

(RINO's get clobbered)

How YOU can "Spread the Wealth Around!"

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed. In a local restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient needed the money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

 

Hat tip:  True North

Crusty Fisher, Vasolini Stewart and Palin

The L.A. Slimes ran an article about Gov. Sarah Palin's Idaho higher education.  (Oxymoron)

 

They talked to the washed-out, crusty Jim Fisher who peaked at his current position of the little shadow of Bill Hall.

 

Then, the Slimes mentions the Vasolini Tony Stewart who had one of the most boring government financed TV programs ever produced.

 

Neither of them could spot talent given their lack of memory towards Sarah Palin.

 

But then again, how could they given their blinding liberal bias.

 

See how easy it is to write like a liberal slime journalist!

 

Sell all your stock in the the liberal media.  They are going down and fast.

Drive by media -- Pukes

Moments after the VP debate ... ABC so called GOP anal-ists were declaring Biden the winner of the debate.

Yet, Drudge Report Vote at 9:10 MDT showed Paling winning 74% to 25%.

Palin kicked his a$$.

 

Palin attacked the left wing media twice, once at leftist moderator Ifill and again the overall media in general.

 

Planned Deathhood should be very worried that should McLame win, their fat gov't handouts will disappear given their puke smelled ad claiming that rape victims were forced to pay for rape kits by Gov. Palin.

 

The objective media has died.  And, their stock prices reflect the final bell.

Shocking Video Unearthed that caused our Economic Crisis

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Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis? (Censored once by YouTube)

This video explanation is fast paced and powerful.

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Liberal Brain Chart

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Tingle, tinkle wittle star

MSNBC host Chris Mathews on hearing Barack Obama speak:

 

"I had a tingle run up my leg."

 

MSNBC host Chris Mathews on hearing Sara Palin speak:

 

"I had a tinkle run down my leg."