'09-McConnell to Reid: nominee "financial disclosures must be complete... prior to hearing schedule

[kpete]

Mitch McConnell to Reid in 2009: nominee "financial disclosures must be complete... prior 2hearing being scheduled."



https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/818068447716409345
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ethics-official-warns-against-confirmations-before-reviews-are-complete/2017/01/07/e85a97ee-d348-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.e6fc529fdef0


Here is the full @OfficeGovEthics letter to senators. The ending is ominous: "For as long as I remain director..

https://twitter.com/tamarakeithNPR/status/817778160595009536

[treestar]

1. I despise that friggin' hypocrite

It should be pointed out every step of the way.

[Cha]

2. They don't give a shite how hypocritical they are or

who knows it. The US m$m is in their pocket.

[Kilgore]

3. Is anyone really surprised??

The party in power pushes the limits. Does anyone expect anything different? Its called human nature.

[kacekwl]

5. This and the many other power grabs go way beyond pushing limits.

These are sub-humans hungry for power & wealth they cheat and manipulate to get it before anyone finds out and has a chance to stop them.

[Kilgore]

8. So contrast today to 2009

I have no support for what the repubs are doing, but instead pointing out human nature is consistent regardless of party.

[kacekwl]

9. This goes beyond Human Nature what these

kind of people do regardless of party is a sickness. I believe most people don't act this way , hopefully.

[Crunchy Frog]

10. The Republican party pushes, or simply ignores the limits, when in power.

The Democratic party plays by the rules and bends over backwards to accommodate the Rs, and be "bipartisan".

Any other statement is playing the false equivalency game.

[avebury]

4. Do as we say, not as we do. nt

[Volaris]

6. If Sen Schumer were as serious as he claims,

He would change the letterhead, copy and paste the body, and mail that shit right back to the Beshelled One. If it were ME, I would be a dick and include everyone on the transition team and all nominees in the email chain. Let Mitch take the angry phonecalls.

[CanonRay]

7. That statement is no longer operative.

I think the Nixon administration said that somewhere around 1969...