Conservatives May Target Schumer As Retribution For No-Confidence Vote
Conservatives May Target Schumer As Retribution For No-Confidence Vote
To counter the fallout of an Alberto Gonzales no-confidence vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has repeatedly said he will bring an alternative resolution to the floor. Today, Roll Call previews what that alternative, targeting Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), may look like:
“He may get a dose of his own medicine,” said Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.), adding, “Schumer is clearly way out of order. … This isn’t going to be free.”
One Senate Republican source explained that such a resolution would not name Schumer directly, but instead instruct the Senate to vote on whether a Senator who runs a campaign committee should be “using his political capacity to run the show” on an investigation such as the U.S. attorneys scandal. Schumer is the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
“My sense is, we’re going to let them get cloture, and we’re going to talk about it,” the source said. “We have more dirt to throw at them than they have at us.”
This line of attack — that Schumer has a “conflict of interest” because he is investigating the U.S. attorney scandal while also serving as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — was first raised three months ago by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). It’s a complete distraction.
Schumer has no conflict of interest. The investigations led by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees are focused exclusively on the Executive Branch and not on Congress. Potential investigations into improper behavior by members of Congress would be conducted by the respective congressional ethics committees, as they should be.
Moreover, for many senators, the resolution is deeply hypocritical. None of those who previously attacked Schumer complained about the apparent “conflict of interest” that was raised in the 1990s, when then-Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY) was chairman of the Senate Whitewater Committee investigating President Clinton. As ThinkProgress previously noted, during that time, D’Amato was serving as national co-chairman of then-Sen. Bob Dole’s (R-KS) presidential campaign, as well as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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You poor bastards who live in Kentucky. My deepest sympathies.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:58 amCrooks. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is as common as a pile of dogs**t on the sidewalk.
I can’t wait ’til ‘08.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:00 amMcConnell is a little smartass that talks with a lithp.
Lott, you already got a taste of your own medicine; want some more?
Schumer can take this heat; no problem. But anything to obfuscate, deny or distract,eh?
McConnell is like the Trolls here. Job #1 is to change the subject, deny wrongdoing, get even or just outright lie.
Gonzo is going down, baby!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:00 amLittle Mitchie is well-acquainted with impeachment, no-confidence and other such votes. He was one of the ring-leaders in the Clinton witch-hunt. When he talks about how the Gonzo vote “isn’t going to be free”, he’s right. After all, he wrote the book on retribution.
What a crock!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:01 amperhaps the democrats should return the favor. so far, arlen specter has enjoyed political cover and not called out by his colleagues for inserting the provision that bypassed senate confirmation of u.s. attorneys.
maybe now is the time to highlight that particular favor senator specter did for bushco.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:01 amI’m beginning to think this “no confidence” vote might have some merit — since the crooked Repukes are trying so hard to thwart it. Hmmmm…..
June 11th, 2007 at 11:03 amI don’t see how the no confidence vote, aside from throwing a bone to democrats could mean anything. Unless Bush is impeached, Gonzalez will stay. Bush won’t replace him. A no confidence vote doesn’t mean much, because congress to the best of my knowledge cannot fire the AG, only the president can.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:05 amYou know we have them by the short hairs when they continue to resort to 5th grade school yard bullying tactics. Gotta love it. The new Repugnican motto should be “We’d Rather Be Slobs That Grow Up”. Jerks
June 11th, 2007 at 11:07 amSimple solution if the Republicans go down this road.
The Democrats should scrap the no confidence vote (which is stupid anyhow) and push for impeachment AND criminal charges.
More to the point, I have yet to see anyone in the House or Senate address the issue of all these attorneys who are now in career positions who obviously want to push a political agenda at the DOJ.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:08 amMitch is still living in aworld where he thinks the networks control the message and are the only mouthpiece for his slime. Times change.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:08 amUh … why are they protecting Gonzo? Thanks to him, the actions of the Justice Department are an open joke. We now know that it’s nothing more than Bush’s bunch of thugs. If they investigate someone, it’s because he’s a Democrat. If they don’t investigate someone, it’s because he’s a Republican. Two such case have already been literally laughed out of court on appeal, they were so transparent.
The Dept. of Justice has no credibility and it happened on Gonzo’s watch. So why are the Republicans throwing their little hissy fit? Are they supporting the corruption of Justice?
Good. One more nail in their coffin.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:08 am.
Hmmm… McConnell would appear to have no lips, rather like a chicken…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:09 amhahahahah!!
What is this? A little dose of “I know you are, but what am I?”
June 11th, 2007 at 11:10 amInteresting that the GOP thinks they should get all of Gonzales’ favors for free, with no strings attached. The Repugs have been using the Justice Dept for partisan gains for some time now — for free.
Sorry Bushies. That bill has arrived.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:11 amQ: When you put a real estate lawyer in a real job, what happens?
A: The same thing as when you put an AWOL Guardsman in as President!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:11 amWe should exercise care in dredging up the GOP conflicts of interest dating so far back as D’Amato. I realize that they highlight the hypocrisy of these current moves, but they also run the risk of lending some credibility to the breathless “but…but…Clinton did it, too!” arguments with which the trolls plague us daily.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:13 amCaption:
“I’ve got Paris on my mind.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:14 amI’ve got to keep Alberto on the job, so she can be freed, and I will have earned her undying gratitude. She will be mine, I tell you, MINE!”
You poor bastards who live in Kentucky. My deepest sympathies.
Comment by RUCerious — June 11, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Thank You!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:15 amKraz, if the only result is Rebumblingcons going on record as supporting the criminal, job well done.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:16 amCaption Contest:
Everytime Mitch laid eyes on him, he was startled to realize just how dreamy Mitt Romney actually was…..
June 11th, 2007 at 11:18 amZooey sez:
Indeed. The smartest thing the Repukes could have done regarding this “no-confidence” vote would have been to simply abstain from voting one way or another, claiming that they refuse to legitimize the “partisan stunt” by participating in it in any capacity. After all, the vote is meaningless in anything but a symbolic sense, and if the Repukes could short-circuit that symbolism by claiming the moral high ground, it would be completely meaningless.
Fortunately, most Repukes aren’t all that bright. The more they vow to sling mud to try to shut the Dems up, the more legitimacy they hand this “no-confidence” vote. The Repukes are remarkably adept at digging themselves deeper and deeper…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:22 amI think the Democrats ought to jump on board and support it in a bipartisan manner, in an expanded format – not only should no member of any investigation be an officer of any political committee, but no sitting member of Congress should be a member of any political party or be allowed talk to anyone who is. In fact, to preclude the opportunity of being able to let money influence their political decisions, no member of congress should be able to talk to anyone with any money whatsoever.
Yay! It was hard work, but I managed to top their stupid.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:22 amEverytime Mitch laid eyes on him, he was startled to realize just how dreamy Mitt Romney actually was…..
Comment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 11:18 am
Initially I thought Romney wasn’t bad looking, but after his 60 Minutes interview, he was so creepy that now I find him to be odd looking… Almost cartoonish. Funny how it works that way.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:23 am“we have more dirt to throw at them then they have at us”? Give me a break. your whole party is a pig sty of corruption. The repugnacans have managed to destroy their entire party by lying, cheating and stealing. The only surprise is that people fell for their bs in the first place.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:24 amDemos have lost their spines to impeach, so they’ll send their “We don’t likee” certificate to the President instead just so he can run it though his Government-owned super-shredder.
Ya’ll caint tell a rough Texan how to run his Guberment!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:24 amJust checked his bio, no he never served in the military, so chicken hawk, chicken lips, chicken is as chicken does. Graduated in 1964 from college, should have been draft age? What happened, anybody shed any light on his lack of service?
June 11th, 2007 at 11:24 amInitially I thought Romney wasn’t bad looking, but after his 60 Minutes interview, he was so creepy that now I find him to be odd looking… Almost cartoonish. Funny how it works that way.
Comment by unbelievable
He’s a frickin’ mannequin in an expensive suit. He makes our Gov Otter aka Plastic Man 2, look like a real person.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:26 amHeh Heh Heh Heh.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:28 amFortunately, most Repukes aren’t all that bright. The more they vow to sling mud to try to shut the Dems up, the more legitimacy they hand this “no-confidence†vote. The Repukes are remarkably adept at digging themselves deeper and deeper…
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Thank goodness for the dim Repukes — in comparison, they make the Dems look like they actually have a collective spine.
**eyes rolling**
June 11th, 2007 at 11:29 amIdea!! We should send Nancy Pelosi tables, and Repukes shovels. :)
And for all the Republicans who say that it’s a political vote and they shouldn’t express their opinion of the AG, will they abstain? Doubtful. They will vote against – showing that they are also political even as they accuse others of being political.
Bottom line is Gonzo is a f*ck up, and none of this would be necessary if the administration had any dignity at all. But because they don’t, it is necessary.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:31 amYou know, Mitt does happen.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:35 amI agree with Krazny: Impeachment is the only way to go. It’s called “killer instinct” – when your opponent is reeling, you have to finish them off. If they get their second wind, your chances of success decrease. Defensive posturing in the face of a dangerous and disadvantaged enemy does not advance the cause.
The dems need to go nuclear. They also need to police their own and maintain dicipline – individual concerns about reelection need to be addressed and put into context for the rank and file. The leadership must take a parental stance over their own members, as well as those of the minority. God knows they should be treated like children.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:35 amCaption : “If only I could go shopping in Baghdad instead of getting myself involved in this no-confidence crap”
June 11th, 2007 at 11:35 amTime to IMPEACH Gonzales.
The Dems need to stop wussying around.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:37 amMitch the Bitch McConnell.
He definitely looks like a Republiqueer with that receding chin.
Alot of these Pillsbury Doughboy Repukes are power bottoms.
I bet Mitchy has Jeffy Lube Gannon on speed dial.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:38 amFull steam ahead with the No Confidence vote on Gonzo. Bitch McConnel can’t punk Mr. Schummer. This repugnicant’s bark is is as weak as its bite.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:39 amI just finished the Al Gore Attack on Reason book.
Excellent read, it talks about all the stuff we’ve been saying in here.
I felt like Al Gore was reading my mind when I read his book.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:40 amIt is unclear to me how any Senator could possibly have any confidence in an Attorney General where he either has outright lied to the congress in his testimoney or he is so incompitant tha he can’t remember anythig of substance.
He should lose his job either way. He is either a liar or an idiot. Pick one.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:40 amcaption: and they think Mitt Romney is dashing.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:41 amYou know, Mitt does happen.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
That’s a good one, CT.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:43 amBush will thumb his nose at anyone, even his base. If he (and Rove) had any sense they’d jettison Gonzo and then pardon Libby.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:44 amLet’s call this what it is: desperation. McConnell and other Republican senators are being lobbied hard by the White House. There are deals being made and they’re being urged to block this thing any way they can. They have to keep Gonzales in there. If he leaves, the only way a new AG is going to get confirmed by the Senate is if it’s someone who is absolutely not going to help the White House cover up its crimes. If that were to happen, it’s over for Rove, it’s over for Cheney, and it’s over for Bush. The end.
Meaningless vote, my ass. Nobody gets that worked up and makes threats like that over a meaningless vote.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:44 amThis is just BS coming from Republican idiots like McConnell who simply don’t grasp what is going on outside their cozy little Beltway world. Even though I believe that the Democrats are a bunch of useless wimps, the GOP is self-destructing so fast under Bush that it hardly matters what the Democrats do. McConnell and his ilk will have a world of hurt forced down their throats in 2008.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:44 amWill the Repukes EVER admit the Chimpy regime is crooked?
What will it take?
Chimpy humping a Boy Scout on the White House lawn on live TV?
Well, actually it would be more like the Boy Scout humping Chimpy.
Everybody knows Chimpy is the Bottom-In-Chief.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:46 am…..Politians just throwing stones
It’s all too clear we’re on our own….
If only there was a way to provide the needed check and balance without it becoming just another mud-slinging contest. No matter how corrupt one party actually is, they always claim it’s a partisian witch-hunt.
Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:47 amAnyone? Anyone?
Gonzales perjured himself in testimony.
Time to impeach that little fairy.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:48 amIt really does happen.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:48 am#1>IOKIYAR
#2>coMPtROLLER 1-Connecticut, not Texas-please don’t insult Texans like that. Hell they’ve already said that as soon as he is out of office(whatever way that may be), they’re taking down the sign proclaiming his residence in Texas.
#3>What’s up POPStar(TM)!!!
#4> I don’t feel that reminding people about D’Amato(see #1)does any harm to the Democrats. It just (once again-sigh)reinforces the hipocracy of the Republican party(see #1 AGAIN)
#5>“We have more dirt to throw at them than they have at us.â€-You’re just kidding, right? RIGHT???
June 11th, 2007 at 11:48 amSave us all Jeebus, save us all…..
I am so sick and tired of watching these worthless bastards with (R) after their names play games to put their party above the US constitution and the country. They have wasted more time playing political games in the past twelve years than the law should allow. It is time to vote every swing dick with the (R) after their names out of the government they hate so much. They have no business in government.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:48 amComptroller V!> OOOOH!! Great Bumpersticker for ‘08!
“Mitt Happens”
June 11th, 2007 at 11:49 amYou kids get off my yard!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:49 amGonzales is History.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:52 amMitt Romney is dead on arrival.
Over 60% of Americans say they refuse to vote for a Mormon.
I hope Romney wins the GOP nod so he can be beaten like a rented mule.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:52 amOk CT, you’re outed. Last week you say you couldn’t recognize humor and today you are cracking jokes, Not a bad one either.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:55 ammcconnell already lost his ‘no-confidence’ vote in kentucky’s republican gov. primary.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:56 amSchumer deserves to be bitch-slapped. I’m just surprised that the Repubs are finally showing some stones.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:57 amYeah, let ‘em do it. Then the Dem sens need to point out the hypocrisy. Loud and long so the MSM will cover it.
And as much as I want Scooter to go to jail, I hope Bush pardons him or commutes his sentence soon. No way you get to be the Law and Order party (even with Sen. Fred in the race) and have your leader give his toady a get out of jail free card. People may not be terribly bright, but only the ‘base’ is too stupid to get that.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am#38
June 11th, 2007 at 11:59 amI’m going to go with “lying idiot”.
Is the GOP familiar with Cheney and Halliburton??
Not long ago, Fox News went out of their way to attack George Soros because he allegedly has shares in Halliburton.
I find this amazing.
The repeated line has been that Halliburton secured no-bid contracts because they are best suited for the kind of work that is under contract.
Yet-now, the Fox News pundits are blasting Soros for being affiliated with this corporation as if it represents a clear conflict of interest.
A conflict of interest how?? And why the free pass on Cheney??
I mean, just how convulated is this?? Two wrongs make a right. There’s little doubt about this.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:59 amMy son says every time he hears Mitt Romney, he expects to see a German dessert with something nasty on top.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pmSen. Mitch McConnell is one of the most corrupt GOP members of the Senate. He is ethically sleazy and takes money from unethical lobbyists. Mitch would be wise to leave Schumer alone, or Dems should attack him.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pmRepukes, Demorats.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:02 pmThis is classic Republicanism! It’s not about right, or wrong. No! It’s all about getting even! Those damn Democrats! They know full well that they’re just supposed to turn their heads and cough, and we’ll do the same and all will end swell!
Mr. McConnell, and I purposefully not call address him as Senator, in his own way has shown us all the reason that there was no oversight, or accountability for six years of the Bush Administration. People like this that live in and on dirt will surely resent any form of questioning of their ethical standards.
Kentucky? Are you listening? All of you folks have a job to do in 2008, and I think you know what I mean.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:04 pmMitch had better wake up, the Dems have 68 dumptruck loads of dirt just waiting to fill up McConnell’s office the minute he steps out to go relieve himself.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pmIt seems like every time the Dems try to introduce legislation that would bring some good back into the system, the Republicans threaten to introduce some piece of nonsense, or close down the Senate, or add a hundred amendents. Let them do it! If we can’t get the people’s agenda through without compromises and amendments that negate the purpose of the legislation, then introduce the legislation we know the American people want and let the Republicans take the fall for its failure to pass. And why don’t we start throwing that word “obstructionists” back at them.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:10 pmit is good when mitch admits that he is a corrupt practitioner of the new mantra, “obstruct justice” they have found the way to protect themselves. get mules to do their work to hide the crimes.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pmthis is the last straw. congress is completely corrupt and there is nothing they are going to do about it.
ARLEN SPECTOR as usual acting as a white house TOOL.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pmComment by whiteyfresh — June 11, 2007 @ 11:48 am
Hey whitey, how’s life?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pmMy son says every time he hears Mitt Romney, he expects to see a German dessert with something nasty on top.
Comment by powkat
That’s what Mitt’s wife expects, as well. Poor thing. :P
June 11th, 2007 at 12:16 pmI don’t comment very often, but I would just like to say, skip the no confidence vote and go directly to impeachment of AG AG. There is more than enough evidence that he has lied under oath.
I’m so sick and tired of this whole thing. If the Dem’s are waiting to get Rove, they may never get him. They just need to get moving and start impeachment proceedings with AG AG, move on to the impeachment of Cheney and then Bush.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pmDemos have lost their spines to impeach, so they’ll send their “We don’t likee†certificate to the President instead just so he can run it though his Government-owned super-shredder.
Ya’ll caint tell a rough Texan how to run his Guberment!
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
The Dems could bring it to the floor of the House and get a simple majority to impeach, but they’d never get 2/3 in the Senate. Apparently repubs don’t mind keeping a man in office that most of world sees as a war criminal.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pmlets se if this will make those magic 12 posts show up…
June 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pmdoes the distraciton technique surprise anyone anymore?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pmMitch is also one of the ugliest Senators and his face shatters mirrors in the next room as he passes them > lol.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pm-+Of course ms.mitzy has to act tough while lisping….the Junta probably has videos of him blowing little boys…how do you think he got those bj lips?
June 11th, 2007 at 12:44 pm#26
June 11th, 2007 at 12:47 pmI filed a FOIA Request Friday, for his Selective Service Record,and from St. Louis a FOIA to determine why he was discharged after only a few weeks in the Army !
You can’t tell a President from Connecticut how to run his Government and a Senator from Connecticut how to be a warhawk!
You cant!
June 11th, 2007 at 12:48 pmI saw this quote from Bush regarding the no-confidence vote.
“They can have their votes of no-confidence but it’s not going to make the determination about who serves in my government,” Bush said Monday. “This process has been drug out a long time. … It’s political.”
MY GOVERNMENT…..
June 11th, 2007 at 12:50 pmComment by the republic of stupidity
Oh, I know he’d never be removed from office, but the stain of impeachment would be stuck-on. If anybody deserves to be the third president impeached, it’s Mr. Bushident. In fact, he should have only been the second.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pmI continue to pray that those who know of wrongdoing by the ruling class and those serving in government continue to come forward with testimony and evidence.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pmThe Republicans are god damned fascists. The only wayt to deal with them is death. They need to be picked up, placed in detention camps and (after their style of due process) executed.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:01 pmNolo Confidenta
June 11th, 2007 at 1:01 pmOh, I know he’d never be removed from office, but the stain of impeachment would be stuck-on. If anybody deserves to be the third president impeached, it’s Mr. Bushident. In fact, he should have only been the second.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
And to try and not succeed would just bring howls of mock indignation from teh Cons, and tons ‘o ridicule. “The stain of impeachment”? Uh, that’s not “impeachment” that’s staining Brush at this point, and no, that stain does not come out w/ repeated soaking. I suppose we could try waterboarding, over and over… you never know… it’s worth a try…
June 11th, 2007 at 1:03 pmBig deal, so Republicans are having another tantrum.
They need to realize that no one particularly cares what they think anymore. They’re isolated, irrelevant and becoming more helpless by the day.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pmIt’s the cornered animal that’s the most dangerous, War4Sale.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:17 pm[Test]
June 11th, 2007 at 1:21 pmMitch McConnell has become the “poster boy” for narrow-minded bigotry, dirty tricks, and little washwoman tactics in Congress. His credibility is zero at this point. Case in point: His Schumer threat! Everyone knows that Chuck Schumer is perhaps the ONLY member of Congress at this point with the balls to save this democracy from tanking itself.
Time to air some of Mitch’s dirty laundry. I’m sure there’s plenty of dirt on this dirtbag.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:27 pmLet’s do some investigating now on McConnell….He’s been around long enough to have plenty of conflicts of interest himself….that along with probably much, much more. Let the details fly…..Mitch should know that it’s never a good idea to throw stones when one lives in a glass house himself.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:29 pmIf you have any good threads on McConnell’s antics, let them fly.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:29 pmGood one Zooey – I’ll pass it on to my son
June 11th, 2007 at 1:37 pmI type one comment, 50 appear.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:08 pmMore strong arm, weak brain behavior from the neoCons. What a bunch of pathetic losers.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:19 pmReally, we should cheer on this kind of juvenile behavior on the part of the rethuglians. It just shows the public in no uncertain terms how stupid these people are.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:22 pmHow come these republicans continually whine when their laundry is hung out?
June 11th, 2007 at 2:22 pmHow come these republicans continually whine when their laundry is hung out?
Comment by theswan
Because they got away w/ it for so long they actually started to believe they were bullet-proof, and oops, they’re not after all.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:35 pmI do believe it is now time to mount a full scale attack on Mitch McConnell, who himself has many conflicts of interest as Senate Minority leader. He’s a corrupt man who has many dirty business dealings which are making him wealthy from his tenure in the Senate.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:59 pmIt’s time for the Democrats to investigate every single Repub Senator and to advertise all of the dirt they find in each of the Repub Senator’s own home states.
June 11th, 2007 at 3:31 pmBillboards, full page newspaper ads, commercials, websites, everywhere.
Repubs want a scorched Earth battle, then give it to them right in the kisser. That’s how you deal with Repub p*ssies who think and act like they are bullies. Send the Repubs running home to their Mommies.
I can’t wait for Larry Flynt’s investigation into these hypocrite scumbag’s closets is revealed.
Does anyone besides me remember the old Republic refrain…let it have an up or down vote? I remember it and I remember the Republics threatening to kill the filibuster entirely because that was the only tool the Democrats had to make any impact on legislation. Now, the Republics are doing it and doing it a lot more often and over very trivial matters. They just can’t see what a bunch of hypocrites they are, can they.
June 11th, 2007 at 3:32 pmRefresh….
June 11th, 2007 at 3:33 pmrefresh
June 11th, 2007 at 3:46 pmRefreshing……………
June 11th, 2007 at 4:20 pmWhat’s McConnell gonna do – have a “Lindsay” meltdown???
Sheesh!
June 11th, 2007 at 4:49 pmNice picture.
June 11th, 2007 at 5:58 pmMcConneland Lott are TRAITORS…
…THEY should be TARGETS…
…along with their inbred constituents…
June 11th, 2007 at 8:01 pmTP is gettin’ FREAKY with these posts…
…it was worth repeating anyway…
June 11th, 2007 at 8:02 pmOh my God! The turkey I slaughtered for Thanksgiving dinner has come back to life!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pmCan’t wait to get McConnell’s ugly mug out of the US Senate?
Check out http://www.ditchmitchky.com We’ll be ready for Nov. 2008.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:52 pmLeave it to the Brain-Dead (aka RepubliCONS). Gonzales is fair game as the target of a “no-confidence” motion since the man is NOT an elected official. Schumer, on the other hand, IS an elected official and faces his own “no-confidence” motion at the voting booth (in 3 years, if I’m not mistaken).
June 12th, 2007 at 3:53 amIt was the SENATE which confirmed Gonzales, and it should be the SENATE which now says “We don’t have confidence that you’re able to do your job any longer.”