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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:07 PM Original message |
Reid installs Baucus to the committee of six. The question is: who leaned on him to do this???? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. He always appoints Baucus--he's Chairman of the Finance Committee |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Utter nonsense. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh, so now you're admitting no one "made" Reid do it. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Not even close...one does not negate the other. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lemme guess... |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "The President" or "the people who REALLY control the President" |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Nope no hidden meaning. nt |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Referring to the repeated "black dude" references on the part of that poster (nt) |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. sorry I misread. nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. so it's four against two..... |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You have faith in |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Its two "moderates" (willing and waiting to compromise) and one rabid Dino |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Max has earned the position unfortunately for us. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. exactly...nt |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I mean exactly in the sense that Baucus earned it by selling us down the river |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's going to be a Committee of 12. 3 Dems and 3 Rethugs from the Senate AND House. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. How long have you been paying attention to the Senate? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. bullcrap... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Odds are far longer than you have. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. There might be no law, but the senate is an organization wedded to |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. My question is, |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. +1 nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Any recommendation they make still has to be voted on. |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Up or down is all they get |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's Called "Seniority"... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. thats crap and you know it. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. It's Called Being Archaic... |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nobody. It is a logical appointment. It would be a big surprise |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. More pretend excuses from the good ol' boy apologists. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. all it takes is one n/t |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wow. As Bill Paxton would say, "Game over, man! Game over!" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. They need a corporate suit that will always say yes to them and no |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. wait, you think *leaning* was involved? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes that is true, but Reid is just a willing pawn with the same motives. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. Nobody leaned on him. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. My God I'm stunned...what powers of deduction. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. My powers of deduction are nothing compared to my powers of extraordinary vision. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It can only be complete delusion and an abject aversion to facts and reality |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're not fooling anyone. |
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