Upset TNDems want to recall Republicans

There’s an effort afoot in the Volunteer State to amend Tennessee state law to allow voters to recall state elected officials. From their Facebook page:

This page serves to educate voters and lawmakers on amending Tennessee state law to empower voters with the right to recall state elected officials.

Tennessee voters have shown a great deal of prudence in their use of the state’s current recall law in local county politics. It’s time to give Tennessee voters the power to recall state elected officials as well by amending T.C.A. 2-5-151.

17 other states empower voters with the right to recall state elected officials. Just like Tennessee’s current recall law, they are rarely ever used.

Tennessee currently has an “ouster law” (T.C.A. 8-47-101), but this law only protects voters from criminal politicians. It doesn’t protect voters from politicians who lie in the interview process and then switch to their own personal agendas and that of outside groups and donors.

The state’s current recall law works so well, not a single state lawmaker has tried to repeal it. If we’re going to treat government like a business, it’s time to give the real boss the power to fire politicians who feel entitled to a full term of insubordination. Let’s protect Tennessee from politicians who serve themselves before the great state of Tennessee.

While “Recall TN” – as it is being termed – does not expressly announce a partisan slant, the organization is no doubt the creation of liberal Democrat activists, who have seen their influence dwindle in recent elections. A full 80% of the other pages “Recall TN” supports are either Democrat in nature or of a left-of-center slant. Also, most of the chatter on the “wall” is of a Democrat nature.

Just as in Wisconsin, they’re undoubtedly hoping to capitalize on the populist idea of throwing out elected Republicans who make tough decisions in state government.

As I’ve said before, we already have a process to recall politicians. It’s called the next election. Unless a politician does something illegal or unethical, they were elected to serve a term mandated by law.

Just because you don’t like something a politician does, that doesn’t mean they’re not doing what they think is in the best interest of the electorate.

Seems to me “Recall TN” is made up of a bunch of sore losers, who don’t appreciate the democratic process of elections.