The Billiken's Bluff

I need help understanding this. So today our beloved U.S. Congress formerly certified Bush as the victor of the election and the winner of a second term as our president. They did this because, you know, Bush got more Americans to vote for him and received more electoral votes, which as defined by our Constitution makes him eligible to be president for four more years.

So why is Barbara Boxer and her cohorts lodging a protest this certification, necessitating a 75-1 vote in the Senate? You get the electoral votes you need, you get certified as the victor. Apparently the reasoning is that this protest is done to highlight "electoral irregularities" and point out the need for election reform. BALDERDASH, as the Got would say. Electoral irregularities happen in every election - does anyone on God's earth actually believe she would be protesting the certification of John Kerry had he won? Where was she when Clinton got elected?

Look at the tears streaming down her face. I think she's a little more emotionally involved here then just wanting to point out the need for election reform. I myself am all for election reform and fixing irregularities. But there's a time and a place for everything isn't there? Boxer is clearly throwing her little tantrum in Congress because she is upset that Dubya was re-elected, and feels that it is her right to vent on the floor of Congress while it is conducting the nation's business of certifying our president as the victor of a legitimate election. Her motives could not be more apparent than when she reportedly dedicated her protest to Michael Moore.
Wow. This is what the opposition has come to.

No wonder the American people do not trust liberals to run the country. Boxer is a U.S. Senator, she should be able to do her job. Sure it may be legitimate to bring up concerns about voting irregularities at the appropriate time. But when a candidate gets the votes needed to win the election and become president, her job as a U.S. Senator should be to certify that victory.

Timberlake said it best: Cry me a river.