Bush acting like George Allen is still a senator.
Bush acting like George Allen is still a senator.
Yesterday, President Bush nominated E. Duncan Getchell, Jr for a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) issued a statement criticizing the appointment, noting that Getchell was not on a list of nominees recommended by him and Sen. John Warner (R-VA). Instead, President Bush relied on an outdated list created by Warner and former Sen. George Allen (R-VA), whom Webb defeated in 2006:
Warner and then-Sen. George Allen, R-Va., recommended him on a list sent to the White House last year.
But Getchell’s name was not on a list of five people that Warner and Allen’s successor, Webb, sent to the White House this June recommending appeals court candidates.
“Today, despite our good faith, bipartisan effort to accommodate the president, the recommendations that Senator Warner and I made have been ignored,” Webb said last night.
“The White House talks about the spirit of bipartisanship. . . . The White House cannot expect to complain about the confirmation of federal judges when they proceed to act in this manner,” Webb added. [...]
Warner said in a terse statement, “I steadfastly remain committed to the recommendations stated in my joint letter with Senator Webb to the president, dated June 12, 2007, and I have so advised in a respectful, consistent manner in my consultations with the White House senior staff.”
(Hat tip: TPM)
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LOL Bush never agrees to appoint decent people to any position.
September 7th, 2007 at 4:57 pmAnother Federalist Society member. ’nuff said.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:04 pmummm….. Bush is talkin’ Shadow Govt.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:12 pmThanks to my Senators! Stand tall against the Fool-in-Chief!
If necessary, and I do believe it is, impeach this criminal before his destroys everything in America.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:16 pmBubble Boy strikes again. Will someone please adjust his meds soon? He’s becoming a colossal embarrassment at this point.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:23 pmYou just can’t make this nonsense up! Is this a new skit by Comedy Central?? It gets more ridiculous every day. I think his Lyme disease progressed to his brain.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:24 pmGeorge just can’t seem to get the ma caca out of his mind.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:25 pmAction figure Commander Codpiece is kickin’ more ass! Heyell, yeah! USA! USA! USA!
(sigh)
September 7th, 2007 at 5:28 pmI don’t think even TDS would make up something this funny. However Bush did thank Australia for the Austrian troops, so who the fack knows what goes on in his mind.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:28 pmBut he’s a Uniter not a divi….oh wait, forgot, he’s a liar.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:32 pmOn a recent state visit to Ecuador, President Bush tried to appeal to the assembled masses by addressing President Rafael Correa in Spanish: “Any time you wanna visit Warshington, know that ‘me cacca, du cacca.’” Bush later asked Correa to “play some a that jazz piana” for which the President was so renowned.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:33 pmwheres the headline
“OBL new tape sounds exactly like the libs in America. ”
You guys should just all become Muslims. You hate America, GOD, Bush, everything but taxes which hillary would love to hike. don’t know about you, but i cringe every paycheck and curse the government for taking my hard earned money that the liberals want to give away to useless lazy ass people and illegals. dmit it we are winning in Iraq and liberals will do anything to achieve defeat. A victory in Iraq is a loss to the demogogs. hnks for letting me vent see you in a few.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:39 pmYo, drock, apparently OBL also hates taxes.
I guess that means he sounds just like the Repub base, right?
September 7th, 2007 at 5:49 pmComment by drock — September 7, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
I think you missed a few spoon fed talking points. Perhaps you would like to expand your rant?
September 7th, 2007 at 5:50 pmDrock = Dork – you spelled your name wrong asswipe.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:55 pmWe’ll hopefully have Allen back in the game once Warner retires.
Comment by Dean CT — September 7, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
BAHAHA, you think MACACA will EVER get elected in Va. for a federal office again? BAHAHA, now THAT’S what you call BLIND OPTIMISM!!!
September 7th, 2007 at 5:57 pmDon’t Confirm!
September 7th, 2007 at 6:02 pm“The White House talks about the spirit of bipartisanship. . . .”
Don’t you understand, bipartisanship means both parties do it his way.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:13 pmAPEC….OPEC…
September 7th, 2007 at 6:31 pmAustrian…..Australian
Dork.. Drok …..
Moron…Maroon..
See a pattern ???
maybe no one dared to tell him that Webb won the election.
its not really that unlikely.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:32 pmdrock: Stick one of your cum-stained socks up your ass and pretend it’s a petunia. You wouldn’t know the truth if it struck you in your sloping forehead — something I’d be more than happy to do for you if you think it would help.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:38 pmConsidering the respect the administration has shown for the process as congress has investigated signing statements, Federal prosecutor firings and other peoples’ work that the adminstration has obstructed, I think it would be fair to not even consider confirming one more judge for the rest of his term.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:39 pmActually in Bushworld, bipartisan means Jebusphreak Republicans and Old School,Corporate Republicans.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:40 pmYou can really see John Warner’s pain as he watches the party he gave his life to fall apart before his eyes.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:00 pmAnd this is our president, your president, the man who may attack Iran only to get Cheney’s way.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:56 pmIf John Warner is pained, he just hung on too long. Many apparently respected him for many years, but …? His head is hung in …?
September 7th, 2007 at 8:06 pmSpector may see the same end. Disappointed.
It’s sorry what has happened to the political world in America. But they strangled themselves. Money corrupts.
New political blood is sorely needed.
Vote for the challenger.
now lets see what webb is going to do. Its time to refuse every single name that bush sends up for approval. Every single name! He has lost any respect and his performance is a disgrace, The dems should not vot for and proposal yhay he wants or needs!500 days. Lets hang him out to dry.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:13 pmWhen will the members of the U.S. Senate, both Republican and Democrat, finally get fed up with being spit on by the Bush administration, say enough is enough, and slap done Bush and Cheney?
September 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pmTell gun lover Webb to shut. Bush makes the rules, not Webb.
Bush is President. There is NOTHING you can do about it. Oh and TP – you are doing a wonderful job spouting Bin Laden’s talking points.
September 7th, 2007 at 9:40 pmActually in Bushworld, bipartisan means Jebusphreak Republicans and Old School,Corporate Republicans.
Comment by Chris Whitt
Reminds me of the line from the Blues Brothers movie, where Jake goes up to the bar, and asks the bartender:
“What kind of music do you play here, ma’am?”
She replies:
“Oh, we play both kinds, country AND western!”
September 7th, 2007 at 9:43 pmThe “The Uniter” going out of his way again to be a “Divider”.
September 7th, 2007 at 10:23 pmVince — September 7, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
go feed your mothers cats you pathetic basement dwelling freak.
September 7th, 2007 at 11:32 pmdrock is the new face of the Republican party. Full of hate and immature. This new form of Republican is exactly why I left the party. It’s really quite disappointing.
Sincerely,
September 8th, 2007 at 2:01 amAt least Bush didn’t haul off and punch Webb in the face.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:23 amWe’ll hopefully have Allen back in the game once Warner retires.
Comment by Dean CT — September 7, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
Forget about it, yankee-boy. We in Virginia have had enough of macacca-head George Allen.
Sen. Warner will be replaced by another Warner — this time, Mark Warner (D-VA), former governor of our Commonwealth, who saved us from the cronyism, budget deficits and failure of Jim Gilmore (R-VA). Come to think of it, perhaps it’ll be Mark Warner vs. Loser Gilmore in the 2008 senate race in Virginia — where we’ll complete the conversion of Virginia from red to blue by having two democratic senators, a democratic governor, and throwing all of our electoral votes to the democratic presidential candidate.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:29 am