Senate Confirms Rice As Secretary of State (85-13)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/26/05 | Barry Schweid - AP

[jsh3180]

Who are the 2 no votes, if you please?

[NormsRevenge]

If nothing else, this vote helps to clearly define where the DSA has its operatives installed.

It took them quite a few years to come out in full view, but now, emboldened by pain after there last electoral debacle, here they are.. The Enemies Within

[RetiredArmy]

Hang on a while, the fine senator from West Virginia, Senator Robert Byrd (KKK-WV), will shortly burn a cross on the State Department steps and White House lawn in protest.

[The Old Hoosier]

Bayh is running for President...

[the Deejay]

Dem NAYS: Boxer Bayh Harkin Kennedy Byrd Kerry Akaka Levin Jeffords [I] Durbin Dayton Reed Lautenberg

The (dirty) baker's dozen.

[Phantom Lord]

My major beef with McCain is not his mod side, or siding with the liberals on things, or his love of the media spot light.

Its his absolute and total lust for power and control. It seems there is nothing in America that McCain doesn't think the IFG (Imperial Federal Government) should have some control over, and that he should lead the way on all of it.

[Pompah]

John McCain. Groan a rare flash of pure brilliance. Is there anything this guy won't exploit.?

[A Citizen Reporter]

Those 13 voted NO. The two Senators who did not vote remain unknown, to my knowledge, at this time.

[SierraWasp]

What happened to "Filthy Harry" Reid of NV???

[F16Fighter]

"Hara-kiri (hara is belly, kiri is to cut/slice). Also known as seppuku ."

Thank you for the spelling correction.

It's always messed me up in crossword puzzles as well.

I may as well refer to the act as : Harry Carrey (probably spelled that wrong too ;-)

[Daus]

McCain said. Since Rice is qualified for the job, he said, "I can only conclude that we are doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness over the outcome of the election."

OK.. who has the Captain Obvious graphic? :)

[chiefqc]

Will someone get this whining, crying, ugly smelly old moron away from me before I stick my foot up her as*.

Boy it sure is difficult to soar like an eagle when you are surround with turkeys like boxer shorts boxer around you.

[OldFriend]

Andrea doing her part to protect the dems. Saying the NO vote is not about Dr. Rice, it's about the President's policies.

Would someone please remind her that this debate was carried on for one year and her side LOST LOST LOST. The house, the senate, and the presidency.....and oh yes, governor's offices too.

[gov_bean_ counter]

McCain's face has no symmetry. The man is ill.

[SierraWasp]

"McCain is not nearly as bad as he is made out to be"

Yes he is! And Bill Jones along with Lindsay Graham, his ignorant cheering section are getting just as bad!!!

[ChromeDome]

Surprises me too. *IF* he were to run for President in 2008 and Iraq turns out well, this vote could bite him. I had always thought Bayh one of the more moderate democrats. I'll have to reconsider that...

[NorCalRepub]

if that is your opinion then I can't disagree, I just think he gets a bad rap sometimes cause you only hear the negative things (as usual) that he does. I think I admire him for his POW escapades but mostly cause he wants to get rid of alot of the pork in the budget.....I think that is obscene. I'm puzzled by some of his antics but when it comes to the war and taxes and stuff he is all Repub...

[ShowMeMom]

Starting today, I'm setting aside money to support whoever. runs against these jerks in their next election. We did it with Thune and we can do it again.

Akaka
Boxer
Byrd
Bayh
Dayton
Durbin
Harkin
Jeffords
Kennedy
Kerry
Lautenberg
Levin
Reed of RI

[F16Fighter]

"Hang on a while, the fine senator from West Virginia, Senator Robert Byrd (KKK-WV), will shortly burn a cross on the State Department steps and White House lawn in protest."

And in his wildest dreams he's borrowing John Kerry's 'Nam lighter to do it.

[SunkenCiv]

On the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., suggested Democrats are sore losers. Rice had enough votes to win confirmation, as even her Democratic critics acknowledge, McCain said. "So I wonder why we are starting this new Congress with a protracted debate about a foregone conclusion," McCain said. Since Rice is qualified for the job, he said, "I can only conclude that we are doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness over the outcome of the election."

Oddly enough, I don't think Sen M is running for president. He must realize that he's unelectable as president, but practically unbeatable as a senator. He is working to build party unity I think. That could make him a viable (if not competitive) candidate, so long as he has no more Dean moments, and cozys up to the president. At the very least, it will give him influence within the RP, and that is sure to tick off some people. With GWB, his negatives were almost entirely seen among people from the minority party who weren't going to vote for him anyway. McCain is better known for his non-conservative positions, rather than for his conservative ones. And by 2008, with the DP shredding itself, and no big issue out there (that one is a big if), the MOR vote would roll this way.

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