I'm Going to Make this Simple

Say that the University of Louisville used a player who had been deemed academically ineligible by the NCAA to play in the Liberty Bowl verse Boise State on December 31st but he played anyway. And like they really did say Louisville won that game but through further review the NCAA realized that player did play and therefore Louisville violated the rules and therefore had to forfeit the game. That would make Boise State the winner despite what the "real" score was and there would be no "rematch". Louisville broke the rules so therefore they must pay the consequences despite what actually happened on the playing field. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?

Well lets apply that same situation that is currently unfolding in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Constitution clearly states that a person must be a resident of Kentucky for the six years prior to be eligible and to run for the Senate from that area. So in the election in November a certain Republican won the election by receiving more votes over the Democrat but it was realized that the Republican did not live in Kentucky for the 6 years prior and instead had dual residency in Kentucky and Indiana and actually voted in the past 2 Indiana elections. Sounds easy enough that the Republican should be disqualified for being an illegal canidate and the Senate seat awarded to the Democrat. But in Kentucky its not the easy.

The Republican controlled Senate refused to seat the Democrat and even seated the illegally qualified Republican. If I'm not mistaken its the GOP who loves the strict interpretation of the Constitution. Well I saw the wording of this law and its as clear as day that you must be a resident for 6 years prior. Apparently the GOP only likes strict interpretation when it suits their needs. What a joke. While there have been calls for a special election by some conservatives that still is wrong. The Republicans claim that without a special election the people who voted for the illegal canidate will be disenfranchised. No they won't. They voted for who they wanted to, it just turns out their canidate was not a legal one. Even in contempt of the court the Senate leader approved the seating of the Republican despite not fulfilling the requirements set forth in the Constitution of this Commonwealth.

It's times like these where I don't like admitting I'm from Kentucky. If we can understand such a situation in terms of a football game, why can't we understand the same situation in politics? That's just it...It's politics. It makes perfect sense why people are turned off when it comes to politics. What scares me most is the same Republicans who voted to seat the illegal canidate are the same people who have nearly enough control in the Senate to pass anything they want. Who knows what law they will ignore next? It seems as though power does corrupt.

Illegal means illegal. There would be no chance in hell that this Senate would seat an illegal Democrat if this situation were reversed. So I guess the moral of this story is if the rule doesn't suit you...fuck it. Yay to anarchy!