Collins says she'll oppose Geithner

boston.com ^ | Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor January 26, 2009 01:15 PM

[Perdogg]

Senator Susan Collins, the moderate Republican from Maine, just announced that she will vote today against the nomination of Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary.

While acknowledging Geithner's experience and expertise, Collins said on MSNBC that his failure to pay self-employment taxes while working at the International Monetary Fund -- including for two years after an audit pointed out the lapse -- disqualifies him.

[manic4organic]

Hogs on the wing!

[Badeye]

This woman is despicable. She KNOWS he’ll be confirmed anyway, and she’ll trumpet this meaningless vote forever when she’s called out for being a freakin RINO.

Watch and see.

[MrB]

I hope the Reps pound in the fact that the Dhims are showing their contempt for the citizenry by approving someone who would be in jail for what he did if he was one of “the little people”.

[blackbart.223]

"While acknowledging Geithner's experience and expertise, Collins said on MSNBC that his failure to pay self-employment taxes while working at the International Monetary Fund -- including for two years after an audit pointed out the lapse -- disqualifies him."

Now she grows a little common sense?

[BillyBoy]

Whoa... Collins actually takes OUR side on a "contraversal" Democrat nomination? Is she feeling okay?

Tom Coburn and Jeff Sessions vote for Hilderbeast, but Susan Collins opposes Geithner, and Arlen Specter is against Holder.

:: twilight zone music ::

[ken5050]

WE have a winnah!!! Bingo..

[blackbart.223]

"Hogs on the wing!"

LOL. I just got that comment. A little slow today due to a nasty cold.

Bart.

[Cyber Liberty]

The No votes are spread out just enough for Zero to get all his posse.

[theDentist]

Translation: “Vote for Sale”

[utahagen]

Look, we have to take what we can get, one battle at a time. It is possible Collins’s constituents are as ticked-off about Geithner as many other Americans are. Let's not send a message to RINOS that they may as well NEVER vote the conservative way because we won't bother to give them credit when they do.

Freepers, call your senators and tell them. “No on Geithner!”

[pallis]

RINOs have to pretend to be something other than loyal Democrats sometimes, though I wouldn’t have expect it from Collins.

[blackbart.223]

"WE have a winnah!!! Bingo.."

Do you listen to Mike Church. If you don't you should.

[publius321]

If I didn’t “know better” I would have to conclude from this unabated stupidity that there is a much LARGER plan at work. I cannot believe that these people in DC are REALLY this moronic. They MUST - MUST - I repeat MUST - be attempting to elicit civil unrest. They could not possibly have selected such an outrageous candidate to run the Treasury -especially in the midst of crisis spawned by a moral vacuum - unless they wanted to provoke a Jacobin like response from Americans.

Help purge the Republican Party at http://www.GOPenema.com

[Badeye]

(chuckle)

Collins listening to her constituents...oh man, now thats funny!

(you were trying being funny, right?)

[spacejunkie]

I called Martinez today and he’s voting against Geithner too. I told his office he better vote against that socialistic “economic stimulus” plan too. She told me he hasn’t revealed how he’ll vote on that.

Since he’s a RINO I’m not holding out much hope.

[exist]

I’m no fan of Collins but it’s pretty sad when a RINO woman has more balls than Coburn, Corynyn, McCain, etc.

[Badeye]

She doesn’t, she just wants this vote to say ‘I voted against Obama...(once)...’ when her next election comes up.

[Oldpuppymax]

Does this phony actually think she’s kidding anyone with this obvious throw away vote? Since when has she become concerned about a display of conservative bona fides...fake or otherwise?

[Badeye]

As this thread is already demonstrating, yes she does, and yes it will.