Thune votes against the goofy "no confidence vote"
The Associated Press is reporting that Senator Thune voted against the Democrats' goofy "no confidence vote" on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:
But the last time I checked, we're not Europe.
Meaningless legislation from a bunch of yahoos who are only interested in symbolism, not substance.
Thune and other Republicans successfully blocked the measure; a 53-38 vote to move the resolution to full debate fell seven short of the 60 required.Read it all here. They take these types of votes in European parliamentary systems of government all the time.
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"In the next couple of months the Senate needs to pass an energy bill, a farm bill, a defense spending bill, a border security and immigration bill, and instead of working on these and other important issues, the Democrats instead have chosen to use limited Senate floor time to play politics with this vote simply to embarrass the president," Thune said in a statement.
But the last time I checked, we're not Europe.
Meaningless legislation from a bunch of yahoos who are only interested in symbolism, not substance.
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Whose time clock and bankroll are they wasting????
TAXPAYERS!
Nor is his support of torture or the long list of other attempts Gonzales has made to turn the legislative branch of government into an extention of the president's staff and political party.
Nor is his inability to remember what meetings he went to and what he said at them, time, after time, after time.
Either Gonzo is lying through his teeth or he is completely incompetent or both. None of this is meaningless.
Say what you will, but it's clear to me that Larry Long and his staff could pick up, move to Washington and we would leap forward in terms of intellect, ability, ethics and practice.
If those who support the president can't see the incompetence at all levels of the federal government brought on by the "MBA President" then their kool-aid had better have tasted good. This is truly a sorry state of affairs.
ps-Roger Hunt is 10 times the lawyer that Monica Goodling and Kyle Sampson are. Think about that.
Signed,
A GOP loyalist who is sick of it all.
Then he tries to gloss over the fact that we are stuck with one of the most inept ship-of-fools administrations this nation has had in history.
Maybe he should stick to writing BBQ recipes.
Anyway, it's good to see that some Repubs still know how to think straight. Here's to you, and those like you.
Damn few left.
(Roger Hunt? ...well, ok, if you say so...)
Just one of those "hear no evil, see no evil" monkeys.
You know, Thune could garner some respect for himself if he says what everyone already knows: Gonzales at best is incompetent, at worst corrupt.
Gonzales's continued presence in the Justice Department hurts that department and hurts the Republican party. How much more damage are GOP officeholders going to let Bush inflict on the party (just sit quietly and watch)?
Thune's on the titanic as it sinks below the waves, but all he can do is stay put and defend the captain. Some leader we have there.
The worse you do, the more PP likes you. He must be very proud of Bush.