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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:01 AM Original message |
Nancy Killifer has withdrawn her nomination. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Where the fuck is the vetting on these people? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Vetting wouldn't necessarily pick this stuff up . . . |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I would get the message out that the next one will be RUINED politically. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. What the fuck? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You calling Bill Richardson a woman? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. LOL! |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes, completely normal. This happens in every administration. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I think a part of it is the media |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. This makes a lot of sense...thanks! |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. refresh my memory - who was the other woman who stepped down? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Clinton Administration, not this one...maybe I should have made |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thanks - and you're right, the women DO step aside |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Zoe Baird hired an illegal worker |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Male arrogance. Most men are like that--their flaws are someone else's problem, not theirs. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Is it because she's a female? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. She won't make it through because she's not a part of the Senate club. |
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CharmCity (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. That's not correct. |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Can't find the source for this story - link? |
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Hope And Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Here... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. MSNBC just reported and here is the AP article |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks - this says she owed $900 but I'd bet the story is bigger |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well at least we know what the GOP's 2010 theme will be..... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. "household help" |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. They don't just put a lien on your "house" |
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CharmCity (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Just hold on. We don't know why she's pulling out. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. MSNBC really trying to push the Double Standard for a woman. Daschle should just step aside |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. There does seem to be a double standard. |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
20. what an embarrassment ! |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "pissing in the punchbowl" - never heard that one, great expression |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm sorry what was she nominated for again? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. These aren't tax oversights or mistakes |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, they are oversights. Stop your overwrought, hyperbolic accusation. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Oops, my mistake. They're Democrats. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. They're oversights, unannouced compensations is common and DassHole paid when he was notified and |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Oh come on, uponit7771. These people are millionaires who hire EXPENSIVE tax |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Well, who was vetting these people? |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. Better to get it out now than during the hearing or worse, after she was sworn in. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. Do any of those people pay their taxes? |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. Here is her letter |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
37. $298 |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. and why does she withdraw her name and the others stay? her amount owed is significantly lower too. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. Can we please get a non tax cheat? I mean seriously, who is vetting? |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. Umm ... can these high-powered people not find their way to an H&R Block? |
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Cash_thatswhatiwant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. *head meets desk* |
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