Hold on to your hats: David Vitter has done something right!

[jgraz]

Fourth senator joins move to block Bernanke

Update: A fourth senator has joined three other senators in placing a hold on the Fed Chairman's nomination. Louisiana Republican David Vitter will also move to keep the chairman's nomination from coming to the floor.

“Over the past year or so, the Fed has doled out several trillion dollars to any number of troubled institutions through a series of programs that were supposed to turn our economy around,” Vitter said in a statement. “These programs have worsened our economic crisis by making ‘too big to fail’ a permanent government policy and created further debt that will now be the burden of our children and grandchildren. His endorsement of these unsound fiscal policies gives me great pause.”

A bipartisan effort to block the confirmation of Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve means the White House will face tougher obstacles reappointing the man it says is the right person to lead the country's central bank.

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/bernanke-trouble-confirmation

[gateley]

1. Whoa! I get nervous when someone like Vitter agrees with someone like Sanders. nt

[GodlessBiker]

2. I'm sure this has something to do with that expression about blind squirrels and nuts.

[Lost4words]

7. or a broken clock showing the correct time twice a day!

[wizstars]

15. Yeah, but his is digital....

...it's NEVER correct--just FAR right

[notadmblnd]

3. Didn't he vote to confirm him the first time?

[LynneSin]

4. Did he finally change his stinky diaper? It's about time

And btw, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[jgraz]

14. Shit, I realized my subject should have been "hold on to your diapers"

Too late now. :dunce:

[monmouth]

5. Bernacke has no one to blame but himself. I think he's toast and I

would not be saddened if Summers and Geitner (sp?) were right behind him.

[Lost4words]

9. that would be a nice holiday present for me as well! nt

[jwirr]

6. So far 2 repugs have done this. I smell a rat. What are they so eager

to do with this? We want to stop it because he is doing a terrible job. Why do they want to stop it? More obstruction?

[Lost4words]

11. Only one reason, to make BO look bad! nt

[jgraz]

13. I don't care about the reasons if Bankster Ben actually gets blocked.

In this case, the guy who made Obama look bad was Obama. Why the FUCK did he renominate this asscarrot?

[Swamp Rat]

8. Dingaling ... ... ... ... ping........

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W1Lq44lVp38/Su93uazHcoI/AAAAAAAABSg/1hX0qwrvgtA/s400/broken+clock.jpg

[jgraz]

12. To be accurate for Diaper-boy

those clocks should have the day, month and 4-digit year on them.

[Orangepeel]

10. sometimes people do the right thing for the wrong reasons

He's doing it because he wants to reject Obama's nominee. The question of whether or not Obama's nominee ought to be rejected is likely to be irrelevant to him.