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Submitted by CJK on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 20:11
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According to the Senate rollcall, just 21 Republicans voted against Holder compared to 34 who voted against Geithner.

Apparently to thirteen Republican Senators, cheating on your taxes is a worse offense than pardoning a fugitive billionaire that traded with Iran during the hostage crisis and commuting the sentences of unrepentant terrorists for purely political reasons. Disgusting.

I originally stated that Senate Republicans should vote against Geithner, Holder, and Clinton. In the end, they only voted against Geithner citing solely his tax problems. I guess the point is that Holder and Geithner didn't technically commit any crimes, but that low standard wasn't

I can't even comprehend how any person who was alive in the last 10 years could conclude that Clinton's minimal involvement in foreign affairs made her appropriate for State and that Holder's blatant kowtowing to the Clinton pardons made him the prime candidate to uphold the justice system. Am I missing something here, or do we all have the attention spans and memories of gnats?

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Have you read any articles about Clinton in the Senate?

Submitted by RisingTide on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 09:38.

she's a DAMN fine negotiator, and the Clinton name carries a lot of weight around the world. She won't need to "establish herself" -- everyone's already comfortable with her, worldwide (except the Iranians, who are cautiously optimistic).

Besides, her main job in the next two years is to get the rest of the world to leave us the hell alone. We got an economy to fix, and we can't afford no wars no more.

Huh?

Submitted by Cahnman on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 21:28.

While I freely admit I haven't lived there in over one year (although I have visited a couple of times since then) I did live in NYS during most of Hillary's senate term(s).

What has she ever done as a Senator besides getting pork for upstate New York?

"what have you done for me lately?"

Submitted by chemjeff on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 21:35.

What has she ever done as a Senator besides getting pork for upstate New York?

She (a) lived in New York and (b) breathed air.  Isn't that enough, you Hillary-hater? :)

got byrd to be the "third senator from new york"

Submitted by RisingTide on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 09:47.

among other things. (this was after 9-11). [he's appropriations chair]

she's done a lot of bills with republicans.

here you go

Submitted by RisingTide on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 09:57.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200611/green-hillary/5