This got kinda buried in all of the usually meaningless resolutions that get passed in the Georgia House of Representatives, but, as the Athens Inbox noted in February, Winterville native Thomas Harrold is being considered to serve as President Obama's ambassador to Germany. Of course, what should be a rather innocent resolution from the state legislature recommending the president choose a local boy done good is now all tangled up in politics.
The defeat of a resolution honoring President Obama and making him an honorary member of the Georgia Black Caucus by House Republicans in March, and its inability to get some type of compromise passed, has put Harrold's resolution in jeopardy.
This Atlanta Business Chronicle story offers a nice profile of Harrold for those interested.
I'm still trying to understand how Georgia Republicans, who apparently disagree so vehemently with the president, apparently feel it's perfectly legitimate to represent citizens of this state to serve under him.
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In this country, Jmac, we have a thing called "state sovereignty". Hollowed out and disregarded, it does still exist, and the Feds are subordinate to the 50.
ReplyDeleteSo you're saying that the General Assembly is illegitimate? Why? Is it because they pass too many irrelevant resolutions? Because I agree with you, there.