B-Rod, (Rod Blagojevich), 
the now-former governor of Illinois, has been impeached by the Illinois Senate which voted unanimously both to impeach him and to bar him from public office in Illinois.
So, is it right for a Christian to shout “Yippee!” about such events? I understand that it’s most unfortunate that a governor should have to be impeached, and his fall was unfortunate. But justice is all too infrequently upheld in this world, and his brazenness was unmatched; in fact, one thing that brought the man down was a new ethics law that would have made it more difficult to trade government contracts for contributions – he had to get “extra fundraising” done by the end of 2008.
Oh, and he shook down a hospital, too – a children’s hospital.
So what do we do when this happens? Do I hide my gloating? I can certainly pray for the man, as we have done regularly ever the last half decade for both him. I am ashamed to be thrilled, but I don’t know what I should be.
January 31, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I do not know what this world is coming to. To expect that Chicago politicians should suddenly not be corrupt?
I’m sure that the other guys (from the Chicago political scene) that Obama surrounds himself with are clean as a whistle.
Should you be happy that he is gone? Of course! So am I! We Christians don’t check our brains and emotions at the door do we?
Is it right to take joy in the fall of another? If they are engaged in evil, sure?
Were Christians supposed to be sad when Hitler blew his brains out?
February 2, 2009 at 11:42 pm
The Doctrine of Two Kingdoms is helpful here. We can rejoice that justice was done in the Earthly Kingdom, but always mindful (and thankful) that we will not receive our just deserts in the Spiritual Kingdom to come. We should rejoice that a man that was abusing an office of trust in a most egregious manner was punished for it. That is good for the rule of law and good for other politicians to see. Now, we need to see the same lesson applied to public figures cheating on their taxes.