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[amborin]

Obama Nominates Top Advisor To Tea Party Senator As U.S. Attorney

By Ian Millhiser posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Aug 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm

President Obama nominated a very odd candidate to be the next U.S. Attorney in Utah, the chief legal advisor to the Senate’s most radical tenther, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT):

President Barack Obama tapped Sen. Mike Lee’s legal counsel to be the next U.S. attorney for Utah, a move that infuriated Democrats from the state and ended a lengthy political drama over who would claim the high-profile position.

The White House on Tuesday announced the nomination of David Barlow. He will need to win Senate confirmation before he can claim the spot as Utah’s top federal prosecutor, a job that has remained vacant since the end of 2009.

........Barlow’s close association with Lee raises very serious questions about whether he can be trusted to enforce laws intended to protect ordinary Americans ability to earn a living, be safe from natural disasters and enjoy a secure retirement.....
........Barlow should be required to answer a number of difficult questions about whether he shares any of Lee’s most indefensible positions on the Constitution:

•Will Barlow Vigorously Protect Seniors’ Right To Social Security? As a Senate candidate, Lee claimed that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to provide “a decent retirement plan.” Barlow should disavow this radical belief before he can be confirmed.

•Will Barlow Vigorously Protect Seniors’ Right To Medicare? In the same speech, Lee also claimed that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to provide “health care” — a view that would invalidate Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Barlow should also disavow this radical belief before he can be confirmed.

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http://thinkprogress.org/

[grasswire]

1. chess?

Or what?

[amborin]

3. chess, most likely

[QC]

9. Intergalactic reverse jujitsu chess, no less. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Can we call him Conservative yet?

:grr::grr::grr:

[amborin]

5. remember how David Brooks so loved him, from early on....

[TomClash]

10. I just became nauseous

But you're right.

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Clue # GAZILLION?

:eyes: Sheesh.

[FiveGoodMen]

19. Well put.

[QC]

13. And let's not forget how ecstatic Andrew Sullivan became over Obama

so early in the game.

Yes, the same Andrew Sullivan who accused liberals of constituting a "fifth column" in the days immediately after 9/11 and who promoted a book claiming that black people are congenitally stupid.

Did no one else think it was a bad sign that so many nasty conservatives were singing Obama's praises?

[truebrit71]

4. Un-fucking-believable....

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo done with this guy....

[tularetom]

6. WTF?

I don't understand this thought process.

Don't understand it at all.

[TDale313]

20. ditto

[TomClash]

7. A favor to Hatch?

Barlow has no criminal law experience and that's pretty much the bulk of the cases in any US Attorney's Office.

[annabanana]

8. WTF?

The only thing that makes sense to me is blackmail, extortion, or plain out threats to his family.

[Skittles]

12. nope

he's their poodle now

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. Well, OF COURSE he's going to nominate a Repuke in Hatch's state!

So the excuse goes. :(

[Bluebear]

14. How is this odd?

[Bluebear]

24. .

[BlueIdaho]

15. Romney is gonna be soooooooooo pissed

When Obama announces he's changing his party affiliation prior to the 2012 election campaign.

Sorry Mittens, it's just not your turn.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. We should be so lucky. n/t

[enough]

18. WHY does he do these things? Does he believe in anything at all? (nt)

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. Not if it helps Liberals. No. He doesn't. n/t

[w4rma]

21. Obama needs to be primaried. And he needs to be run through the coals.

Last straw for me.

[Maven]

23. Thanks President Palin!