On Feb 5, 1:33*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Jack" wrote in message

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On Feb 5, 3:31 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:



Unbelievable ...

A Republican Senator from Alabama has put what is by all accounts an
extraordinary "blanket hold" on almost every single nomination that
President Obama has sent to the Senate.

This is what happens when the Democratic leadership plays nice with
bullies.
The country loses. And if Sen. Richard Shelby is successful, this kind of
extortion will only get worse.

At least 70 nominees to important positions at the White House, the
federal
judiciary, and crucial cabinet agencies - including those charged with
keeping us safe from terrorism - cannot move forward until this hold is
ignored or lifted.

This is not just the typical Republican obstructionism, but a brazen brand
of political extortion. According to reports, Sen. Shelby will lift his
hold
on the President's executive appointees if the Senate agrees to pour
billions of dollars into Alabama via two federal programs:

- A $40 billion contract for Northrop/Airbus to build air-to-air refueling
tankers in Mobile, Ala.
- The construction of a $45 million FBI lab outside Huntsville, Ala.

Now I wonder how many nutcases on this forum support Shelby's action.

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Nom=de=Plume
How dare Shelby take a page out of Senator Nelson's and Landrieu's
playbooks!!
Extorting the process in exchange for favors for your home state?
Preposterous!
String everyone up that has done that in DC!!

Oh wait... we'd better have a few hundred replacements ready to go.
Not a bad idea.

Big difference, since neither of those two used a hold. But, since you're
upset about Nelson and Landrieu's actions, you'll be happy to hear that the
bill didn't pass the Senate.

So, I'm sure you're even more outraged by Shelby's hold, since it has
nothing to do with the healthcare legislation.

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Nom=de=Plume

The entire Obama administration has been an Epic Fail. They have had
filibuster proof majorities in both houses and have accomplished
NOTHING AT ALL. With such majorities why have they been unable to do
anything? The reality is that Democrats ideas are so unrealistic that
even they cannot agree on them.