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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:46 PM Original message |
Republicans to hold up on Eric Holder nomination |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Senate Republicans Delay Vote on Holder Nomination (Update1) |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. They can't hold'im forever.... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. The article goes on for a statement from Leahy that... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Hint, Arlen, he is going to enforce the fucking law |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. exactly |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Unlike Mukassey he said waterboarding was torture. Oh that's what the hold up is about. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. GOP lawyer: Facts 'misconstrued' in Rich case (March 2001) |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. is this the guy against torture unequivocally n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. No pardons from chimpy, are they scared? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They could be.... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. they are scared shitless after what holder said about torture being illegal. nt |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because as conservatives they are concerned with the rule of law |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. IMO, Holder telling Leahy that waterboarding is torture and... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And the funny thing |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. So true.... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Take *that* Mr. Post-Partisanship-President! |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Learn what? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That some fists will never unclench, no matter how extended his hand is |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Exactly..he is a President.. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You misunderstand what I'm saying |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Oh sweet jayzus.. |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. How long wil this 'hold up' last before Holder gets the go ahead? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Another up date re: further Holder Hearing |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is there any nominee they're not planning on "holding up"? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Gates? |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Gates doesn't need confirmation |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Thanks for the info....but I thought they would have to have a re-do on him. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. More from Nora on MSNBC: |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. "Of course, Mercury is retrograde now. Smirk." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Does this give the Justice Dept... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. We rubberstamped their incompetent pigs. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. I guess they're having a little trouble establishing the new identities |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Many reasons for the delay, but this one is funny! |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's time that we start shoving some shit down their throats. |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. What racist assholes |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I don't think this has anything to do with race.... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Damn, they are deliberately being obstructionists, first with Senator Clinton |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. GOP = "Grand Obstructionist Party" |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. Watch it, Repubs -- this is the guy who will decide who gets investigated by the Justice Department. |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. He'll be approved after the hissy fit. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Filibuster? Then we need 3 republican votes for cloture. Lieberman |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. They'll never filibuster Holder. Hatch has already come out in support of him. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. Repubs declare they are the anti-law and order party ! |
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