Wow. Talk about holding an elected official’s feet to the fire. Some voters in New Jersey are attempting to recall Robert Menendez, a Democratic Senator. Once again, a cranky constituency wants to feel that their elected officials are concerned and concentrated on the issues confronting the very voters that put them in office in the first place. LOL

In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a Constitutional scholar, an attorney or even a court reporter – I do miss Boston Legal though. Honestly I have little, if any, education regarding the recalling of a sitting U.S. Senator. So, witnessing all the experts and pundits today fill the airwaves and websites with the legalities of this case, their imagined eventual outcomes and the habitual labeling of opposing viewpoints with ridicule and disdain, I did what I often do in situations of this ilk. I opened the Constitution and read a bit for myself.

Now, before everyone attacks me for daring to interpret or translate the Constitution without a law degree, buzz off. You should also know that an old friend of mine once told me “Opinions are like assholes, everyone’s got one” and truth be told, I really don’t care all that much about yours. So, don’t  follow me on Twitter, don’t Fan me on Facebook, you don’t even need to read any further and by all means, don’t bother calling me. If I lose you as a reader, that’s the consequence I’ll face for telling you to “Buzz Off.” The repercussions for my rudeness are mine alone to bare. I’ll accept the outcome for my actions.

If any of you are still here, I thought you might find this interesting. In Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution it defines the parameters for The Senate. Contained therein was this fragment, “Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election,” and though the sentence continues, the word “Consequence” yelled out at me.

I know it’s not terribly popular anymore to admit that our actions have consequences, our deeds come with corollary ramifications.

I accept full responsibility for dropping Newtonian Science on you by mentioning that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” Truth is, there is a certain physics to electrons and elections both. The action of voting someone in often leads to them reacting by going to Washington.

Instead of placing all of our energies on recalls, perhaps we should pause next time to think seriously about the outcome of voting (or not voting) for a particular Senatorial candidate. When we cast a ballot, the by-product of our vote is six years for a U.S. Senator. Apparently, there are consequences for constituencies as well.

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