Comments on: Obama’s nominees stuck in the Senate. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:21:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ucsbclassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5477258 ucsbclassics53 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:49:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5477258 and if it were a Republican, the media wouldn't even report it... and if it were a Republican, the media wouldn’t even report it…

]]> By: LiberalVoter http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5477224 LiberalVoter Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:26:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5477224 drive by troll Says: i wonder why, maybe because they are all tax cheats and criminals. If us common folk did these crimes we would be in prison, but if your a REPUBLICAN you get a promotion. Its a resume builder. Fixed it for you. drive by troll Says: i wonder why, maybe because they are all tax cheats and criminals. If us common folk did these crimes we would be in prison, but if your a REPUBLICAN you get a promotion. Its a resume builder.

Fixed it for you.

]]> By: marlow http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476770 marlow Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:50:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476770 GO NUCLEAR, BARACK. We're getting sick of this s--t. How many stabs in the back are you going to take? GO NUCLEAR, BARACK. We’re getting sick of this s–t. How many stabs in the back are you going to take?

]]> By: dbearton http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476738 dbearton Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:44:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476738 What do you expect from the traitors and war criminals in the RepubliCon party! They prever the treason and crimes of Bush and Cheney. What do you expect from the traitors and war criminals in the RepubliCon party! They prever the treason and crimes of Bush and Cheney.

]]> By: DutchHenry http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476730 DutchHenry Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:43:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476730 Does this not reflect how ineffectual Harry Reid is as senate majority leader ?Is it not up to him to move the nominations along ?Won't surprise me if by spring some of the nominations have still not been brought to the floor. Does this not reflect how ineffectual Harry Reid is as senate majority leader ?Is it not up to him to move the nominations along ?Won’t surprise me if by spring some of the nominations have still not been brought to the floor.

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476648 Buckie Boy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:18:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476648 Senate Republicans have obstructed Holder’s confirmation for 63 days... ....I wonder why? Mmmmm, could it be that they want to protect their WAR CRIMINALS? Senate Republicans have obstructed Holder’s confirmation for 63 days…

….I wonder why?

Mmmmm, could it be that they want to protect their WAR CRIMINALS?

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476550 Marie Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:34:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476550 Bush's nominees sailed through because the rethugs clicked their heels and saluted der fuhrer -- crooks and incompetents one and all. Bush’s nominees sailed through because the rethugs clicked their heels and saluted der fuhrer — crooks and incompetents one and all.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476544 Marie Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:30:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476544 Hey Windsor, Watch out for the Pot calling the kettle black. People in glass houses ... Or do you think you are just ever so witty with your wry comments? Wake up, stupid. Hey Windsor,
Watch out for the Pot calling the kettle black.
People in glass houses …
Or do you think you are just ever so witty with your wry comments?
Wake up, stupid.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476538 Marie Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:30:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476538 What ever happened with Howard Dean and the Democratic party? Why shouldn't he have been considered for HHS? What ever happened with Howard Dean and the Democratic party? Why shouldn’t he have been considered for HHS?

]]> By: roksob http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476472 roksob Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:11:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476472 Getting rapid approval for nominees is not necessarily a good thing. Bush's nominations were approved quickly? So what? Look at what it got us. Getting rapid approval for nominees is not necessarily a good thing. Bush’s nominations were approved quickly? So what? Look at what it got us.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476410 tombaker Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:49:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476410 Obstruction and lying. Guess we'd better get used to it. 'cause they're certainly not going to come up with any new tricks. (one wonders what the avg. goper iq really is; 70? 80?) Obstruction and lying.

Guess we’d better get used to it.

’cause they’re certainly not going to come up with any new tricks. (one wonders what the avg. goper iq really is; 70? 80?)

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476280 Badger Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:18:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476280 FDR nominated JFK's Father, Joseph P Kennedy to head the newly formed Securities and Exchange Commission. Joseph Kennedy had a deserved reputation for playing "fast and Loose" with the Rules..and many were shocked that a man of this reputation would be appointed to oversee the Stock Mkt. He turned out to be good at it, because he Knew where the bodies were buried, which closets had skeletons, and how every devious scheme and trick to defraud investors worked. Daschle may serve a similar function for Obama's plans to remedy the Health Care System. FDR nominated JFK’s Father, Joseph P Kennedy to head the newly formed Securities and Exchange Commission.

Joseph Kennedy had a deserved reputation for playing “fast and Loose” with the Rules..and many were shocked that a man of this reputation would be appointed to oversee the Stock Mkt.

He turned out to be good at it, because he Knew where the bodies were buried, which closets had skeletons, and how every devious scheme and trick to defraud investors worked.

Daschle may serve a similar function for Obama’s plans to remedy the Health Care System.

]]> By: ljm http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476268 ljm Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:15:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476268 With every one of these obstructions the No Party shows that they are old non-thinkers who don't know or care that we are in a crisis! Half of them think they are still in power, and the other half want to obstruct everything just because they can. With every one of these obstructions the No Party shows that they are old non-thinkers who don’t know or care that we are in a crisis! Half of them think they are still in power, and the other half want to obstruct everything just because they can.

]]> By: ralph the wonder llama http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476250 ralph the wonder llama Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:10:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476250 <blockquote>Bozo The Neoclown Says: I have a question for windsor: are you princess anne? that’s the only reason i can figure you’re so bitter and nasty. just curious</blockquote> It would explain a lot. Especially the questionable judgment shown in selecting a screen name of a royal family, adopted after they'd moved from one country to another so that they would sound more like they belonged there.

Bozo The Neoclown Says:
I have a question for windsor:
are you princess anne? that’s the only reason i can figure you’re so bitter and nasty. just curious

It would explain a lot.

Especially the questionable judgment shown in selecting a screen name of a royal family, adopted after they’d moved from one country to another so that they would sound more like they belonged there.

]]> By: EugeneDebs http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476238 EugeneDebs Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:04:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476238 windsor Says: Why are you such an ignorant punk? Why in the world would you come here just to show how stupid and pathetic you are? Did your mother bring you up to think being stupid was something to be proud of? Do you really think anyone here laughs at your pitiful attempts at humor? You do realize you are only laughed at because you are a pathetic moron doing an impresonation of a retarded monkey? You are bone ignorant. You are pathetic and stupid. Go soak your head. Sit in the corner with the other dunces and STFU windsor Says:

Why are you such an ignorant punk? Why in the world would you come here just to show how stupid and pathetic you are? Did your mother bring you up to think being stupid was something to be proud of? Do you really think anyone here laughs at your pitiful attempts at humor? You do realize you are only laughed at because you are a pathetic moron doing an impresonation of a retarded monkey? You are bone ignorant. You are pathetic and stupid. Go soak your head. Sit in the corner with the other dunces and STFU

]]> By: spencers mom http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476212 spencers mom Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:58:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476212 Had Enough, a single-payer solution would also create jobs here in America. Insuring 45+ million more people would certainly lead to many new low- to mid-level positions. The jobs that would be lost, however, are the highest paid executive positions. Ya know, because we wouldn't need thousands of CEOs, CFOs, COOs, etc. if it was all managed under one umbrella. And the insurance brokers can change their focus from selling insurance to being the local portal for people to get coverage. I'm all for dumping Daschle, but it appears that Obama owes him too much to replace him now. It's embarassing to try to justify not one but two tax evaders. PEACE Had Enough, a single-payer solution would also create jobs here in America. Insuring 45+ million more people would certainly lead to many new low- to mid-level positions.

The jobs that would be lost, however, are the highest paid executive positions. Ya know, because we wouldn’t need thousands of CEOs, CFOs, COOs, etc. if it was all managed under one umbrella. And the insurance brokers can change their focus from selling insurance to being the local portal for people to get coverage.

I’m all for dumping Daschle, but it appears that Obama owes him too much to replace him now. It’s embarassing to try to justify not one but two tax evaders.

PEACE

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476196 Uncle Ho Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:54:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476196 My, my. What a SHORT memory the Rethuglic party has. When chimpy could not get his nominees a rubber-stamp approval, the fascists would howl bloody murder for an up-or-down vote. Now they don't want any up-or-down votes for a Democratic administration. Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct, delay, delay, delay. My, my. What a SHORT memory the Rethuglic party has. When chimpy could not get his nominees a rubber-stamp approval, the fascists would howl bloody murder for an up-or-down vote.

Now they don’t want any up-or-down votes for a Democratic administration.

Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct, delay, delay, delay.

]]> By: Bozo The Neoclown http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476102 Bozo The Neoclown Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:42:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476102 I have a question for windsor: are you princess anne? that's the only reason i can figure you're so bitter and nasty. just curious I have a question for windsor:
are you princess anne? that’s the only reason i can figure you’re so bitter and nasty. just curious

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476070 had enough Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:37:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476070 I am with Thom Hartman with the attitude that Daschle is less likely to support single payer health care as compared with someone like Howard Dean. Dean is a physician and had a successful program while governor of Vermont. Economic stimulus wise,single payer health care would take the burden off business, decrease bankruptcies and create a safer America and ease prison load with mental health care included. I am with Thom Hartman with the attitude that Daschle is less likely to support single payer health care as compared with someone like Howard Dean. Dean is a physician and had a successful program while governor of Vermont.

Economic stimulus wise,single payer health care would take the burden off business, decrease bankruptcies and create a safer America and ease prison load with mental health care included.

]]> By: PatrioticLiberalChristian http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-5476062 PatrioticLiberalChristian Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:35:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/02/nominees-senate/#comment-5476062 windsor Says: <em>How about nominating people that don’t have tax and <strong>questionable</strong> issues? </em> EXACTLY!! Obama needs to quit nominating people who are <strong>against torture</strong> and people who are <strong>Democrats</strong> and people with other <strong>questionable </strong>traits! If Obama would nominate a bunch of neocons with strong repressive beliefs they would sail right through the nomination process with the Republicans' blessing. windsor Says:

How about nominating people that don’t have tax and questionable issues?

EXACTLY!! Obama needs to quit nominating people who are against torture and people who are Democrats and people with other questionable traits! If Obama would nominate a bunch of neocons with strong repressive beliefs they would sail right through the nomination process with the Republicans’ blessing.

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