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The Senate's 94-2 vote to confirm Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is a disgrace. There is no previous nominee, EVER, who has been confirmed for such a high post with so much ethical baggage PLUS so many conflicts of interest, past and present, including ones that directly relate to the post for which she was nominated, PLUS such a thin resume in the subject area, a resume rightly mocked last year by now-President Obama himself. In the Great Beyond, John Tower must be fuming, considering how less important (not unimportant, mind you, but just comparatively far less important) were the transgressions that blocked him from being confirmed to head the Pentagon.

Frankly, "disgrace" is not a strong enough word for the overwhelming confirmation vote. "Obscenity" is more like it. And all those senators who failed even to do due diligence, to ask a huge number of basic and very fair questions of HRC, have shown themselves utterly unserious about their own jobs. They should hang their heads in shame.

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Alan Brooks| 1.21.09 @ 6:52PM

but she wants to grab ahmadinejab by the family jewels.

all we are sayyyying, is give her a chance.
all we are sayyyying, is give war a chance.

Sean| 1.21.09 @ 9:27PM

We need to replace almost all the Republican Senators with some real conservatives.

Mike | 1.21.09 @ 9:47PM

Sean,
If what you mean by conservative is the philosophy I read at this site, you mean reactionaries.

ruth| 1.21.09 @ 10:16PM

Mike, thanks so much for your brilliant slam. Your post meant so much to us.

Alan Brooks| 1.21.09 @ 10:33PM

reactionary is just derogatory for conservative.

mike is a punk.

Jeremiah| 1.21.09 @ 10:43PM

reactionary is just marxist crap! We will bury you Mike.

ruth| 1.22.09 @ 2:55AM

Liberal is just derogatory period.

Hugh| 1.22.09 @ 3:05AM

Easy for you to say, she doesn't have your FBI background files.

Rick Venema| 1.22.09 @ 4:31AM

"Senate" and "shame"? In the same sentence? Oh that's rich, really. Ha ha. I just spilled my coffee. Ha ha. Further evidence that there is nothing to distinguish DEMS from REPUBS. They're all Democrats, they're all rich as a result of leeching the income of the employed, and we are all in servitude. Shame and Senate? Stop, your killin' me here.