Posted 3:34 PM by Douglas
COMMENT--- A ROOSTER CROWED and SD GOP LEGISLATORS WOKE UP??????

I noticed in the Sioux Falls ARGUS that some SD Republican legislators are getting concerned about a shift in power from the Legislative branch to the Executive Branch. To borrow a bit from dude-speak...well DUH. The Executive branch has been Wild BILL Janklow for too many years. Whenever Wild Bill would grasp for more power, the Democratic Party might object, but the GOP majority would roll over and play partisan Republicans at the expense of being conscientious legislators.

The problem has been obvious for years and has been a disgrace for years. To now blame it on term limitations (which are a stupid idea incidentally) is a bit disingenuous. Hypocrisy and general lack of responsibility to the sense of a state or federal constitution when push comes to shove or slander or abuse of power seems to be a recent trend in the GOP. Whatever works for today in the wingnut world is good enough. To hell with the consequences and the future of respect for government or legislators and legislatures in particular.

Republican legislators have needed a backbone for many years. The have been sniveling cowards in the face of Wild Bill's incursions into the separation and balance of power.--------- Douglas Wiken