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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: American Spirit who wrote (42789)4/22/2005 10:39:16 PM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
Reid fired back.

“In the span of three minutes, the vice president managed to reinvent 200 years of Senate history and ignore the fact that Congress has already approved 205 of this administration’s nominees," he said in a statement. "Apparently, a 95 percent confirmation rate is not enough for this president. He wants it all, even if it means shattering the checks and balances in our government in order to put radical judges on the bench."

rawstory.com

"The former US secretary of state Colin Powell has waded into the dispute over John Bolton, nominated to be the next US envoy to the UN, by expressing reservations to senators about Mr Bolton's suitability.

Mr Powell's intervention further damaged Mr Bolton's chances of Senate confirmation, which was postponed for several weeks after some Republican moderates had second thoughts over the outspoken conservative's reputation for bullying subordinates.

The affair also marks Mr Powell's most serious conflict with the White House since leaving the administration in January"

guardian.co.uk

===========Looks like everyone's pushing back against the extremist Republican rightwing tyrants and their corrupt backers. Lately Bush-on-the-stump frequently looks like he's going to sit down on stage and cry.
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