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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:32 PM
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The "extremely difficult" world of DINO Schumer, w/ a soupçon of DiFi's "Mukasey's not Gonzales"
Bush Attorney General Nominee Gets Boost

DEVLIN BARRETT and LARA JAKES JORDAN | November 2, 2007 08:24 PM EST | AP

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071102/senate-mukasey/

WASHINGTON — Michael Mukasey drew closer to becoming attorney general Friday after two key Senate Democrats said they would vote for him despite his refusal to say whether waterboarding is torture.

The decision by Sens. Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein to back President Bush's nominee came shortly after the chairman of the committee, Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced he would vote against Mukasey, a former federal judge.

"This is an extremely difficult decision," Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement, adding that Mukasey "is not my ideal choice."

In announcing her support for Mukasey, Feinstein, D-Calif., said "first and foremost, Michael Mukasey is not Alberto Gonzales," referring to the former attorney general who resigned in September after months of questions about his honesty.
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:33 PM
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1. But Mukasey might as well be.
So what's different?
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:53 PM
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2. I'm glad that she said that mukasey isn't gonzales...
Because I feel that old weak ass Dee-Dee is nothing like what I feel a senator should be..
this is why I I am starting to see another face in her place and she looks alot like Cindy Sheehan or anyone else that stands for THE PEOPLE of California and by extension, the people of the country who believe that we should be governed by people who are not certifiably insane, pathological liars, fucking greedy sumbitches or weak milk toast asses.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:04 PM
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3. It would be one of the
ultimate justices on the Planet if California voted dino-fiend outta her cushiony, key job as an infiltrator in the US Senate.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:16 PM
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5. Sheehan is running against Nancy Pelosi, not against Dianne Feinstein. NT
NT
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:30 PM
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7. Thank you for correcting my mistake BUT I will make sure to look for
someone who is like Cindy and who is running against Dianne! I am sick of this fake and fold behaviour on the part of the party which wrested "control" of Congress and the Senate, yet seem determined to continue to help the maniacs in office to keep on their path to destruction.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:09 PM
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4. At least Dianne Feinstein voted against Alberto Gonzales for AG
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 08:09 PM by Eric J in MN
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:33 PM
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9. She seems determined to morph into liebermann...
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:20 PM
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6. Did it ever occur to her that Mukasey might be FAR WORST THAN GONZO???
WTF is wrong with her logic??
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:31 PM
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8. AMEN, Opihimoimoi!! I think her "logic" has found new digs in her wallet and
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 08:32 PM by Ecumenist
portfolio, along with integrity.
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