Comments on: Scottish Haggis Lives Up to the Name, Backs Holder

By: MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel

MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:12:43 +0000

The Vermont Country Store, which sells everything else under the sun, now offers haggis in a can. I wish I’d known about this during the Forced In-Law Holiday Gift Exchange…

By: karnak12

karnak12 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:06:31 +0000

So… are you saying that the game is that Specter removed his hold on Holder, because he expects that another commpatriot will step forward and put another hold on Holders nomination?

Sorry, that’s what I seemed to get from your explanation. Like your use of the reference to tagging though.

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:13 +0000

Hurray!!

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:50:46 +0000

Something else: if what we think about the warrantless spying is true, then it’s quite possible that the new administration has come into possession of all the dirt on the Congress critters collected by the previous one. This would put real fear into the hearts of the thugs, who (wrongly) believe that it might be used against them on the principle ‘do unto others as they have done unto you.’

I don’t think so. I think they took the dirt with them, then covered their tracks. The tools are still there, but the Obama admin would have to get them out and use them.

Besides, the dirt the old administration was mostly? tagged for “Democrats.” Republicans might have been hoovered, too, however, just to keep the troops in line, as with the current Rove/Holder battle.

Bob in HI

By: Adie

Adie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:24:19 +0000

Long ago, I gave up on ole Arlen. He’s too predictable to be interesting any more. His loneliness is pathetic. He doesn’t fit in with the kool kids, so he appears to compensate by diligently working toward getting his name in the Guinness book of world records for “most flip-flops per issue while on camera.”

He seems comfortable in his odd little corner of the world. I leave him be. But then, I don’t dust under the bed nearly often enough either.
On some things in life, a dusting of lint is quite becoming. But I draw the line at mold. Keep moving Arlen, so we’ll know you’re still semi-functional.

By: Waccamaw

Waccamaw — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:02:03 +0000

FYI -

O to talk about economy in about 15

By: FreedomNow

FreedomNow — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:01:47 +0000

I think that the Republicans will be happy IF Holder keeps to his pledge of no prosecutions. That was a major hangup. If there is a binding committment then the GOP doesn’t like him, but can live with him. If he breaks it, all heck will break loose.

By: Badwater

Badwater — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:55:24 +0000

The Republics are out of power so they have returned to their traditional ways of complaining about spending. While they were in power, however, they did nothing but spend. I suppose they hope that no one will notice that their rhetoric never matches their deeds.

By: Waccamaw

Waccamaw — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:53:31 +0000

O/t with good news:

Griffin and Mould gone from NASA

http://www.tipping-points.com/?p=39

By: Knut

Knut — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:50:25 +0000

I don’t think there were any backroom deals either. Obama is in the catbird’s seat right now, and he doesn’t have to give any hostages. There’s no way Holder wasn’t going to be confirmed. He was vetted before they put his name up. Specter has to run in two years, and I think he simply decided that holding Holder wasn’t in his best interests. The rightards gave their best shot at him in 2004 and lost.

Something else: if what we think about the warrantless spying is true, then it’s quite possible that the new administration has come into possession of all the dirt on the Congress critters collected by the previous one. This would put real fear into the hearts of the thugs, who (wrongly) believe that it might be used against them on the principle ‘do unto others as they have done unto you.’