From KELOTV:
Even though they sit on opposite sides of the aisle, Senator John Thune is very much in Senator Tim Johnson's corner.
Thune was in Iraq on a fact finding mission when he heard the news concerning Johnson's health. Thune returned home from Iraq this week. He immediately paid a visit to Senator Johnson's wife, Barbara to find out how his colleague is doing.
Republican Thune doesn't always agree with Democrat Johnson on issues, but is angry that some people are more worried about the balance of power in Washington than Johnson's health.
"I'm very troubled by the way this has been covered by the national press, it really is almost beneath the level of professionalism you'd expect," said Thune.
Thune met with Senator Johnson's wife, Barb as soon as he returned home from Iraq.
"They had a very good day yesterday, she was upbeat, family is in good spirits and everybody is hopeful, prayerful of support and I think they are very encouraged by his progress and we all want to see him make a complete full and speedy recovery," said Thune.
Thune says any talk of replacing Johnson should stop.
"All this is speculation and hype that the national media has applied to the situation it's very disturbing in my opinion," said Thune.
Thune says he, Johnson and congresswoman Stephanie Herseth have always had a good working relationship and he doesn't see that changing because of Johnson's health.
"My expectation is Senator Johnson will be back in the saddle, on the job so to speak, soon, but clearly our state will be well represented as a delegation we work very well together he's got a very capable staff, they work closely with my staff and we'll continue to do that, it's worked well in the past and it'll work well in the future."
I certainly agree with Senator Thune. And since he was in Iraq when this came down, he may not know that it was more than just the "National" media that immediately gbegan seculating about the balance of power in the US Seante. Todd Epp posted an Argus Leader we site report dated 12/13/2006 3:05PM that had this excerpt:
South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson said that under state law, the governor would be responsible for filling a U.S. Senate vacancy.
"If there is a vacancy in that office, the governor appoints a replacement who serves until the next general election," Nelson said.
Nelson said state law is silent on the issue of whether an office holder is incapacitated. The law only has a stipulation for a "vacancy."
Todd responded with this:
Um, let’s wait and see before we pull the sheet over our senior Senator. In the meantime, let’s drop our partisanship for a day or two (which I am going to do) and hope and pray for Sen. Johnson’s recovery and for his family. Let’s hope it’s nothing serious.
But then a couple of hours later (5:50PM), Epp succumbed to the media, broke his promise, and posted the legal details regarding vacancies. Here is his introduction to post titled, "Breaking: What Happens if Sen. Johnson Can't Serve" :
Since I’ve been asked this question by members of the media and others, here’s how vacancies for U.S. House and U.S. Senate are filled under S.D. law. There are different processes for each.
So it was not just the National Media, but also the pro-Democrat Argus Leader and Democrat activist Todd Epp who also jumped on the speculation band wagon regarding the balance of power.
I posted a WorldNetDaily report that contained this reaction by Tom DeLay when he was asked to speculate:
"Let's just keep him in our prayers and hope that he's going to be all right," former House Speaker Tom DeLay told host Neal Cavuto on the Fox News Channel.
Asked about why a senator's health is getting the scrutiny it does, DeLay said: "Because this town is so eat-up with power. That's all they think about. It doesn't matter [the subject]. You go and ask somebody for a cup of coffee, they question why you asked. There must be an ulterior motive to you asking somebody for a cup of coffee in this town. It's a pretty mean town."
I guess this helps demonstrate the moral values of conservatives versus the lust for power of the far-left proponents of secular humanism. The humanists are not always humane, which is also obvious from the their pro-abortion position.
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