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Sen. Gregg Withdraws Nomination as Sec. Commerce
foxnews.com | 2/12/2009 | staff

Posted on 02/12/2009 1:59:41 PM PST by kellynla

Sen. Gregg withdraws nomination as Sec. Commerce


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To: FormerACLUmember
"The plans to criminally corrupt the Census were the final straw for Gregg."

I'd guess you're right.

41 posted on 02/12/2009 2:11:37 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: iceskater
that and pitchforks
42 posted on 02/12/2009 2:11:50 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: detective

He voted FOR the tax cheats. He’s marginally more honorable than the rest of those scumbags.


43 posted on 02/12/2009 2:11:58 PM PST by iceskater (Just say NO to porkulus!)
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To: Guenevere

The “stimulus” plan should be renamed the “Welfare Expansion Act of 2009”. It will vastly increase federal spending, but will do next to nothing to alleviate the current, government-caused, economic crisis.

If the Obama administration had any common sense, it would eliminate mark-to-market accounting. If Congress and the president had brains, they would eliminate the federal income tax and all its excess baggage, replacing it with a national sales tax.

The above two actions would result in an unprecedented economic boom.


44 posted on 02/12/2009 2:12:01 PM PST by pleikumud
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To: maxter

Sounds to me as if Gregg ‘Cowboyed-up’ and grew a backbone, hair on his chest and a pair of cajones!

Kartographer

Code of the West
by James P. Owen
1. Live each day with courage.
2. Take pride in your work.
3. Always finish what you start.
4. Do what has to be done.
5. Be tough, but fair.
6. When you make a promise, keep it.
7. Ride for the brand.
8. Talk less and say more.
9. Remember that some things aren’t for sale.
10. Know where to draw the line.


45 posted on 02/12/2009 2:12:08 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: kellynla
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46 posted on 02/12/2009 2:12:35 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: kellynla

I for one am glad this all played out this way — shows that republicans were willing to meet Obama half way but he chases them away with radical left policies...

Gregg may be naive but he is basically smart and NOT a RINO — more centerist than some — but no Arlen Spector — who (by the way) maybe Obama’s next target to flip to the darkside... “Arlen “not proven” Spector, Special Envoy to Scotland” — he can study arcane elements of Scotish Common law...


47 posted on 02/12/2009 2:12:58 PM PST by NYC_BULLMOOSE ("extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" -- BG)
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To: Doogle
Now that's what I'm talking about!
48 posted on 02/12/2009 2:13:15 PM PST by iceskater (Just say NO to porkulus!)
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To: kellynla

Thank you, kellynla, for this post. Very good news.


49 posted on 02/12/2009 2:13:58 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: cripplecreek

Love it!


50 posted on 02/12/2009 2:14:25 PM PST by iceskater (Just say NO to porkulus!)
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To: kellynla

Who would want to be Secretary of Commerce for a President who intends to destroy commerce?


51 posted on 02/12/2009 2:14:37 PM PST by Mojave (Barack Obama is a joke)
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To: kellynla

Or for the hard core: 22:30 ZULU


52 posted on 02/12/2009 2:14:58 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: dashing doofus

Interesting theory. Thanks for posting.


53 posted on 02/12/2009 2:15:55 PM PST by PGalt
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To: cripplecreek

Ha! Good one.


54 posted on 02/12/2009 2:16:34 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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YahooNews

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire abruptly withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary Thursday, citing “irresolvable conflicts” with President Barack Obama’s handling of the economic stimulus and 2010 census.


55 posted on 02/12/2009 2:16:41 PM PST by icwhatudo
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To: dashing doofus
I may be off base, but I firmly believe that this rather intrepid action by Gregg will guarantee his re-election when he's up next.

People like this kind of stuff......it has brought him attention and the chance to look like a really upright guy......plus a little star power rubbing off on a rather colorless Republican.

If the crapulus bill doesn't stimulate anything except Chris Matthews' leg, Gregg could come off being elected Pope next time around.

Leni

56 posted on 02/12/2009 2:18:48 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: kellynla

Obama’s style blackmail by corruption and conversion by hypnosis did not work its charm this time.


57 posted on 02/12/2009 2:18:56 PM PST by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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To: Mojave

I think the good Senator just noticed all of the red flags on this nomination that we all saw from the start. Better late than never.


58 posted on 02/12/2009 2:19:12 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: kellynla

What do you want to bet Zero will replace Gregg with “Joe the Plumber,” since Joe W. at least has the requisite tax problems?


59 posted on 02/12/2009 2:21:44 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: iceskater
"He voted FOR the tax cheats. He’s marginally more honorable than the rest of those scumbags."

I know, and it really upsets me that he (and other Republicans) voted for the tax cheats. But I hope refusing to join Obama was an act of integrity and he is at least starting to make decisions based on principles. He will probably now be targeted by liberals and the MSM as a result of his decision. Let's hope he actually grew a pair.

60 posted on 02/12/2009 2:28:49 PM PST by detective
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