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Jack Lew testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Feb. 13.
The Senate has confirmed Jack Lew, a former budget director and chief of staff to the president, as the next secretary of the treasury.
The vote was 71 to 26.
Lew's critics said he failed to adequately explain why he received a hefty severance package when he voluntarily left his job as an executive vice president at New York University.
Lew left the school in 2006 to take a position at Citigroup Inc., a post that some said made him too cozy with big banks.
But foes failed to muster enough opposition to prevent the wonky former Office of Management and Budget chief from ascending to the Treasury Department job -- one that sits at the center of debate over the nation's spending and debt.
By a vote of 19 to 5, the Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to recommend Lew for a full Senate vote.
All five of the votes against him came from Republican committee members; six Republicans on the committee supported him.
Lew, a native of New York City, began his career in Washington in 1973 serving as a legislative aide. He went on to spend nine years as chief domestic policy adviser to House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
He most recently served as the president's chief of staff, a post he took in January 2012.
Lew accumulated minor Twitter fame for his cartoonishly illegible signature, which by law will appear on U.S. bills.
The president himself poked fun at Lew's penmanship upon making the nomination, saying that his pick had promised to make at least one letter of his signature legible "in order not to debase our currency."
This story was originally published on Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:09 PM EST
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Who lit the fire under them?
The Senate has done more work in the last 48 hours, than they have since the first of the year combined! lol
PS: Where did they stash
Ted CruzJoe McCarthy?It's been a couple of days since we've heard any crazy talk out of him...
The Cruz control button must have been pushed to "off"!
If you see Jack Lew on the airplane, don't greet him with a 'Hi, Jack', OR you will be immediately arrested (for saying 'hijack'?) and sent to an undisclosed location - Guantanamo...they will tell you.
Congratulations, Jack! (this is ok ...even on the airplane).
Chilled -- ZING! LMAO!
Perhaps, having lost his crusade on Secretary Hagel, Senator Cruz has decided to go sit in the corner and sulk.
...or maybe if we're lucky, someone on behalf of the GOP has decided to tell Senator Cruz that now is an apropos time to sit down and shut up.
How could foes possibly muster enough opposition? He's wonky.
Maybe more would happen in Washington if really important stuff had the wonk factor ratcheted up!
What, no Republican filibuster?
Could it be that the GOPTPeers have had their fill of getting busted?
Their bubbles certainly seem to getting busted a lot lately.
Jack Lew is the right person to lead the Treasury Department for the next four years, during which it may need to refinance much of its debt as well as deal with significant changes to tax law and policy.
Congrats to Sec Lew!....
Cruz burst out like a moth to the flame..... National lights, camera.....got singed by even McNasty!
But Cruz is out of the TeaPeople protected bubble in Texas....Maybe he makes no comments about Lew because of his wifes' position at Goldman, Sachs (Investment Mgmt Div) SW....as he insinuated all kinds of illegal activity involving money, against Sen Hagel.
Oh Good...the guy who invented "The Sequester"....and and the COO at Citigroup in the run-up to the 2008 Financial Meltdown....took a $940,000 bonus in 2009 to step aside.....Another Wall Street Crook
Not only that....But Jacob Joseph "Jack" Lew is a (Practicing) Orthodox Jew.....Where are all the Newsvine Anti-Semites bemoaning having a Jew in charge of the Nations Money Supply ???? I'll bet ol' Jack says Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel....
I guess if he's P.0bama's Jew / Wall St. fatcat crook, he's acceptable.....The duplicity of the Left knows no bounds.....
Obama's jew ? How despicable a comment. If you don't have anything to contribute, you should shut... I mean stay away from this forum.
Mike,
What does a person's religion have to do with his job?
Why did you bring it up only to make a complete fool of yourself perpetuating stereotypes.
Adolph Hitler's long lost grandson finally rears his ugly head!
NorthstarDFL...(#1.11)...."What does a person's religion have to do with his job?"
I asked a question.....Try re-reading it....The 99%-ers and OWS crowd were all over the "Jewish" bankers, U.S support for Israel, are suddenly very quiet.....Why is that ???
I have no problem with Jack Lew's Jewishness....The Old Testament is the first part of my Bible....I dislike Jack Lew because of his monetary ideas and his being in The Wall St. Boys Club....If Wall St. likes it, then you have to wonder why....Good for Wall St. maybe ???
Sure could of fooled me - why did you find it necessary to bring it up?
Calling him "Obama's JEW" doesn't really bolster your weak attempt to crab-walk it back!
Scratch a tea-bagger and uncover a BIGOT!
SFTU idiot..you refer to Oblamo as the Angry Blackman we should fear....Fuking Tool
werent you too making fun of Rubio and his heritage...oh thats right, you can only be minority if you're a democrat....IDIOT
Besides you libtards hate Jews.
@CA,
Wow. Lotsa name calling there.
Nice new avatar too.
Actually enjoyed your more reasonable posts.
What happened?
Come on bob...you have to put a place holder and type out some inane comment and yet you wont worry about the Fisted Shltheads moronic rants...it outta be good my indonesian friend
considered freedom of speech..you're ok with that right?
Come on...Nothing out of my mouth is reasonable...besides I figure if your comrades can act like barbarians why cant I?
See Fisty and a few others have a penchant for vitriol and vile name calling but you(and your non hypocritical friends) never worry about that...you worry about my 'reasonable' posts...it's all for naught. So fvck it, can't beat em', join em. I like the new me, its really the old me with colorful words
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL....
You have a problem with reading comprehension ???
I asked where all the Anti-semites were regarding Jack Lew's Nomination.....They have no trouble speaking out and protesting anything to do with Israel.
As usual the Left Wing rags only published how great Lew is......Wonder what they would have published if he were the nominee of a Republican ????
Mike,
You start with Mr. Lew's religion, a comment about our foreign policy with Israel, throw in reference of 99%, OWS, revelation that you read the bible, all to make your point that you are suspect of anyone who worked on Wall Street.
You need a good editor.
Limp-boy has nothing left! lol
Little Sleazure only comes here to wave his; "HEY pay attention to ME flag"!
Poor thing is only a LEGEND in what is left of his mind! lol
Put him on ignore, it will make your FR experience all the more enjoyable rather than having to wade through his ignorant crap!
If you're 12....
Uh... NOPE!
You on the other hand have a severe problem with your communication skills! SEIG HEIL to your Grampa!
Not even close, you bigot! lol I'll leave it up to the readers to decide about your inflammatory comment! ;o)
Hey look...it's Commodus the Coward! Hows my little bigot today? How's that "infrastructure" coming along? Boss dock your pay yet?
So, you ok with Mike the jewhater exercising his constitutional rights? And you know your offensive avatar isn't "free speech", it makes you a bigot. I say bigot because you're too @!$%#ing stupid to be racist. You simply don't know any better.
Maybe it's that warped view you have of the constitution...you know...the wrong view?
Sure it is...
@CA,
I like the new me, its really the old me with colorful words
Good luck with the "new" you and your "colorful" words.
LMAO..thanks for the laugh Fisty Rotten Crotch
Hey MonkeyFvk NY...where have you been...seem to come out after dark today eh? Whas tha matter, ass still sore from the kicking it received
want to shoot the new SKS when you come? it will take that limp outta your wrist
Bob im sure i'll be ok, see you didnt mind Fisty Rotten crotches mouth...hypocrite
Almost quitting time, "infrastructure boy". Got any pearls of wisdom, little toad?
@CA,
Have called out folks previously for their approach (including Feisty).
Just expressing alarm at the sudden change in yours.
oh come on Bob...spare me....dont worry I wont go Lanza or Holmes.. DOnt listen to Monkey
im sure you have....seeing is believing...Fisty has the right idea, there is the ignore..i have MonkeyFuk Ny on it...lovin' it
I hear they use clear duct tape on Cruz so he can't say anything. GOP Senators call him Jim DeMint without the charm. Pretty bad when John McCain, who was incredibly rude and accusatory toward Chuck Hagel, call out Cruz for making unfounded accusations against a veteran and patriot.
I think Caesar's drunk.
Commodus, you've proved you simply don't have the balls to put me on ignore...admit it...you need me.
Jody,
Tonight is different... HOW?
The little man is a impotent liar who craves attention whether it be negative or positive...
PS: Mixed bag - lives... LMAO
Feisty, is that BagBoy?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I think Caesar's drunk
Reckon CA's on meth. Would be mellower maybe if he were drunk.
I suppose it's too much to ask, but maybe they learned something from the clown-car circus show they put us all through over the Hagel nomination.
GOOD - another win for President Obama!
.
FORWARD! :-)
I gotta say, it's worth some of the abuse on this website just in order to see Mickey wipe the floor with "Commodus"! Mickey, you never fail to put me into fits of laughter!
Feisty, true, but he aims for totally blitzed after he thinks the FR monitors are gone!
The president himself poked fun at Lew's penmanship upon making the nomination, saying that his pick had promised to make at least one letter of his signature legible "in order not to debase our currency."
Yeah, Ben Bernanke's job is to debase the currency!
Jack Lew is a terrible pick for our secretary of the debt.
AlaskaGirl, will you marry me? ;)
When and where? :) You beat me to it, I was gonna ask you, but I didn't want to be too forward!
What, no filibuster to slow down the nomination? Is the Obstructionist group called the Republicans taking this one off? Wow, not sure what else to say, this has never happened with President Obama before. Should we declare this a No Republican holiday?
Mickey -- OH YOU BETCHA!
I was convinced our little douche-bag was a re-reg from the start, he has now shown his true colors!
Anyone who thinks for minute, the old CheeWOWa gang isn't up to their old tricks, is blind!
The little pricks live.... lmao
Ahh but I like your forward-ness..ness...can I invite Commodus? He does make a good piñata...he can be the entertainment!.
I knew Caesar was a multireggie...is that what you mean? I'm gonna find my posts of my run ins with MB and post them for Caesar. That should bring him nightmares. He's brought up MB and spanky recently...twice in fact.
Speaking of Jack Lew, wasn't he and Barrack Hussein along with Rob Nabors the architects of the sequester?
Yeah, I think Bob Woodward exposed them all recently.
BUT WAIT, IT GETS EVEN BETTER!!!!!!!
Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him in an email that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to slam President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the sequester.
CNN host Wolf Blitzer said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined.
"I think they're confused," Woodward said of the White House's pushback on his reporting.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-white-house-reporting-price-politics-2013-2#ixzz2M9jT5KzT
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like the White House is threatening a reporter.
Threatening the FREE PRESS OUR CONSTITUTION ALLOWS US!
So, now not only is Barrack Hussein moving the goal posts and lying to the American people, HE’S THREATENING THEM!
And you limp-wristed Libbies want gun control. You claim our government would never become a threat to us and our God given Rights, Freedoms and Liberties.
Go drink some more Kool-Aid, your boy-toy Barrack is starting to unravel.
Don’t tell us we didn’t warn you!
FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, Mr. "Drama" Obama's "Shadow Government" is taking shape.
Hagel as DOD: continue to decimate the military.
Lew as Treasury: come up with a NEW word for TAXES when imposing taxes on everyone during his re-write of the Tax Code regulations (no Congressional procedure required). He did so well with "sequester".
Yep, Mr. Obama said he would NOT HAVE Wall Street Fat Cats in his administration. Another lie.
I wonder who Mr. "Drama" Obama will select to replace Helicopter Bernanke as Head of the Fed ? Sandusky or Billy Ayers ?
Just another EVIL BANKSTER, when are you Leftist gonna figure you've been had by da BANKSTERS and they have stolen TRILLIONS from this and the previous administration. Both DEMOs and REPUGs are OWNED by da same BANKSTERS. Different puppets,, same puppetmaster. LOL!
Hello.....Orthodox jew from new york.........Ring.... Ring .....clue phone......The jews are making lots of room in there coffers.......The israelis are going to bask in all the american money...... At the good old american expense.....The pack of wolves are guarding the sheep....Folks....
Democrat playbook: Campaign against greedy bankers who caused the financial meltdown, Wall Street executives that get huge bonuses after receiving government bailouts and the wealthy 1% with secret Caymen Island accounts.
Then pick one to run Treasury.
Way to go hypocrites!
Ido - I still see you are upset that President Obama won the re - election in a landslide. He won the majority vote, the electoral vote, and all the swing states. Must really get to you that he is doing all this in spite of the once powerful Republican GOP stating that they where going to make him a one term President. Now he is making the Republicans look like fools. That must really get to you. Don't go away mad, just..... Go away, lol. But whatever you do, please stop your crying about it. It is starting to get boring.
Since his boss is named Hussein-Obama, can we call this guy Abdul-Jabbar?
No wonder you jobless, with a comment like that, you to stupid to get a Job. Another mentally challenge right wing nut..
What? Jon Corzine wasn't available? Another low-life incompetent lying academia-type to assist Dear Leader in screwing us further.
Lew said of the Obama budget two years ago, it would not add to the deficit. So we now have a Secretary of the Treasury that cannot do math. Lew also can't explain what he did to earn massive bonuses while working on Wall Street. But the American people should have total confidence that Lew will be working in their best interest.
SO, THE BARRACK HUSSEIN SEQUESTER DRAMA, AND MORE, CONTINUES TO UNFOLD!!!!!!!!!!
Thinly veiled threat or outright attempt at intimidation?
I’m sure the limp-wristed Libbies will just dismiss this as Beltway bluster and the criminally complicit Liberal media will ignore it.
Hell, CNN broke this story yesterday and already has it reduced to a sidebar story while their headlines are all about Pope Benedict. It’s amazing how quickly the lamestream media becomes religious to cover for this incompetent POTUS, isn’t it?
Had this been George Bush CNN, PMSNBC and every other network would be running this in a looped-reel all day long.
Politico has identified the White House official as Gene Sperling. Of course the WH will try to spin this as a “misunderstanding”. Or they will claim that Sperling “misspoke”,,,,for half an hour!
So, a WH official “yells” at Woodward for half an hour but he is mistaken to take it as a threat? This would be considered intimidation, coercion, workplace violence or a hate crime in the private sector. But at the Barrack Hussein WH no threat was “intended”!
What’s most incredulous is that Politico claims that,,,
SINCE WHEN IS IT WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTS RIGHT TO YELL AT ANY JOUNALIST?
Bob Woodward is an American citizen. No government official has a right to yell or intimidate anyone, no less a member of the press. The free press.
The government works FOR US!
ROTFLMAO!!!
This WH is so thin-skinned you can see right through them. Any challenge is dismissed and ignored. But then again the fawning media is more concerned about Barrack Husseins golf game with Tiger Woods or Moochelles Academy Award appearance than they are with a crumbling economy because we don’t have a leader, we have an endless campaigner.
Barrack Hussein lies,,,,AGAIN!
More importantly is something that many of us have been claiming.
BINGO!!!!!!
It was Barrack Hussein who moved the goal posts and caused our first, and so far only, credit downgrade!
All you Libbies must be so proud of how your golden boy is ruining our great Republic.
Hypocrites!
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/woodward-at-war-88212.html
The little pricks live.... lmao
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Nasty DumbFux: Please keep your sex life with your spouse/significant beast private.
So, ANOTHER Dem Wall ST. "bankster" is running Barry's federal govt Treasury, and the MORON lefty liberals are all licking Barry's A$$ about it.
Morons.
I really don’t see where Mr. Lew’s religion has anything to
do with anything. We have a secular government and no religious affiliation is
required to hold any position. It is Unconstitutional to consider one’s religion when filling a public office.
Mr. Lew may have been part of sh!itty bank and the bail -out
, perhaps he learned from it. His career at the bank seems to have been a short
one as he was doing other things in DC and NYC most of the time.
As far as bankrolling Israel, we have been doing that for
decades before Obama became President. I really don’t expect that to change
with or without Mr. Lew.
Note to JobSeeker…Shouldn’t you be out pounding the pavement, rewriting your resume, networking or something rather than wasting time on this blog? Jobs aren’t going to come to you, you have to go get them.
It's funny how the Republicans posting on here try to make the President look bad, but it only makes them look bad and they don't even know it. That is the funny part, they are making fools of themselves and don't even know it. Too funny. Take Jim Spence or Ido and their rantings. The more the protest against the President, the more they make themselves out to be fools. Their party is dying and they can't even see it. Way too funny. Now they will post a response, but it will only look like they are crying and saying "I know you are, but what am I?" LOL!
Well, His Royal Highness Obama wanted Lew, so what else COULD they do? Listen to his never-ending little b!tch-tantrum if he didn't get his way? I don't blame them! The lesser of two evils...
Elections have consequences. Barack Hussein Obama is your President. Get used to it.
And for the record, Jacob Lew is an Orthodox Jew.
All presidents have been able to choose their cabinet members, mostly without much interference from the committees to confirm. What has been happening this term is unprecedented, so at least the Republicans will have that in their legacy. I'm surprised that Jack Lew has been confirmed so quickly. Maybe the Republicans are paying attention to all the bad press they are getting, especially in the context that they are trying to do the makeover thingy so that Americans will like them again.
@ mag(got): See, now if it wasn't obvious before that you are an extreme right wing nut job tea baggin' conspiracy theorist birther, the Harrison J Bounel(if you are going to be led by the nose at least get the @!$%#ing spelling correct) reference does indeed seal the deal as to your extreme right wing nut job tea baggin' conspiracy theorist birther ignorance. What is even funnier, is that you fly your freak flag loud and proud. You are such a fool.
You ain't seen nothing yet. POTUS has just begun putting us back on track. I'm pleasantly surprised that Republicans back off on this one except I think they are just tired of their own battles. It's like shadow boxing until you pass out and than wonder why you couldn't knock out your opponent. Sorry you did , it was yourself. Congrad Lew on your approval without the filabustering that would not have stopped it anyhow. Next round coming up soon I'm sure. Hope everyone got some rest before the bell of democracy rings again.
republicans have a new strategy give the dems what they want and watch the country fail even worse and in 2 yrs they will re-take the senate !
More obama yes men !
Yes elections do have consequences. The Republicans control the House, get used to it. In fact you should point that out to Obama, so maybe he will start working with them, then always trying to go around them. In Washington it takes three to tango, just a simple fact of life.
Why would Republicans oppose a bankster? These are the very people they love as they control all the money. The Republicans seem to care more about money than people so opposing Lew wouldn't make sense to them.
Lew has been confirmed. That must mean all questions concerning Benghazi-gate financing were answered to the satisfaction of the NoTell Motel duo that is McCain/Graham?
Let's be formal now, RedDev, and call them Mr. & Mrs. Lindsey McCain.
HA!
Too funny AlaskaGirl.....but It does have a ring to it!
very interesting to see the enthusiasm for this "fat-cat wall street banker". i thought the left despised the 1%. what gives?
Billybob,
Its only okey When it's one of their Own: Progressive Commies ;)
Billy Bob, Look up who gave Trotsky 20 million in Gold and sent him and 200 Bolsheviks from NYC in 1916 to start the Bolshevik revolution. Ya, it's Jacob Schiff, also a founder of the FED and to show it's a small world, the Grandfather of Al Gore Jrs daughter's husband.
And of course Al Gore Sr was Armand Hammer's business partner in the Senate and a big supporter of Joesph Stalin. He got 6 million in Occidental Oil stock for his troubles. Ya can't make this stuff up. LOL!
Time to fire ALL of our Congressional representatives! Obama and his mediocre, lawless cabinet is an insult to America, our values and ethics. What in the world has gone wrong with the country with liars, frauds and criminals are allowed to run this country????? Time for term limits. Time for Impeach of Obama!!!! He is a traitor to everything good, great and honorable, not to mention derelict in his duties.
Oh, looky! We got us another one! This one is using treason, traitor and impeach in the same comment! With the added exclamation marks and question marks, she must really really mean it! Sweetie, go find your tea bags and find a corner to squat in.
She already stapled her tea bags to her forehead! ;o)
It's called a tea-bagger lobotomy!
alaska Girl,
I think Alllie playing some weird word game... gets three points for the second sentence, but on only two points for the last sentence. And of course no points for the "impeach" in a sentence, it is overused by their group.
Apparently Allie thinks that liars, frauds and criminals(oh, my!) are new in the world of politics. I wonder if she was yelling this when Bush and Cheney were concocting and making up @!$%# in order to get us into a war?
Allie F. posts about liars, fraud, ethics, lawless, values, etc., and the lack thereof.....
I thought she was talking about Dubya/Cheney!...You mean she isn't talking about the prior administration?
Allie F seems to be suffering a flashback to the Bush/Cheney years. Last time I checked, the Office of Presidential is term limited and it is my understanding we can limit the terms of Congress with our votes. Joe Walsh, Allen West and others of the GOPer liars, frauds, cheats, ethically challenged, lacking values crowd found out just how quickly those term limits can be imposed.
I hear the Bush/Cheney flashbacks can be something awful! I hear many righties have taken to drugs to try and forget. Thankfully we are here to make sure they remember!
Wow,You Kids Above With your Oh so tollerent ,Enlightened comments full of rational thought and engaging debate are the Heart of the Progressive/Commie/Socialist Nation,Congrats,on Acting like School Yard Bully's.
Allie ; You need to have those hemorrhoids looked at. You are in a really bad mood.
Allie,
Wonderfully intelligent rant (NOT). You realize that impeachment is just not going to happen, right? OK, BTW, A lot of people on ALL sides of the issue would love to see our duly elected representatives (but not quite all) doing something else in a few years.
But hey, you probably voted for Bush, which got a couple of ultra conservatives on the supreme court, who upheld Citizens United, which really means it's more obviously about the money than ever before.
RIGHT?
Allie,
Time for Impeach of Obama!!!!
On what charges? Please be specific.
She hasn't a CLUE, only parroting what NewsforDumbFux tells her... lol
@Feisty,
I understand that there are people who get paid to write and promote this stuff, but I am saddened that there seems to be so many who actually BELIEVE it.
Bali Bob,
It's why the GNOP is so anti-education - it's called the dumbing down of America for a reason!
What makes it even more egregious, is how LAZY people have become when it comes to doing their homework!
@Feisty,
Yep. The Corporatists like their "Useful Idiots".
And WE are the "Low Info Voters"!
it's called the dumbing down of America for a reason!
That explains why Rush is so poopular! :)
"Useful Idiots". Isn't that an oxymoron? Low information voters, indeed.
Bali, Allie is waiting to get the talking-points from higher headquarters.....Faux, Limbaugh or TP-Central!
She'll get back....like never!
@Alaska,
"Mega Dittos".
Allie is waiting to get the talking-points from higher headquarters.
Don't you mean from her "hindquarters"?! :)
As my right-wing Gov would say Oops.....my bad AlaskaGirl....lol
Where did Allie go? Her message receiving tin-foil hat must have tilted too far to the right.
The vampires now have control over the blood bank.
Jack Lew's is eminently unqualified to be secretary of Treasury - unless you call loosing multi-millions at Citibank prerequisite experience. They even gave him a bonus to go away.
Yup, just a great financier who should be in jail, but that can't in the way of progress. Ain't it great those financiers who were playing Deliverence with the populace never saw a day in prison. Forward
Also thank you GWB for the same thing
What do conservaturds call it when they start turning the water in the toilet bowl brown?
A tea party.
I wonder if he also inherited "Little Big Headed Timmy's" ink and monopoly money paper stash.
He will be getting orders from Obama pretty soon.
Well, he is the president of the United States and Jack Lew is his "employee". Those of us that have jobs do often get orders from our bosses, why would this be any different?
Viewer,
All cabinet members report to the President, that is why it is called the President's Cabinet.
No kidding, and it was okay for Timmy to print up one Trillion dollars in unbacked cash?
All on Obama's order?
AND to even think about coming out with the one trillion dollar coin?
Folks, you cannot spend what you do not have and are not able to back up.
Viewer, the Fed has been printing money since it was founded...which was long before President Obama was born let alone elected President.
Jody,
It's been Running like A Vegas Slot Machine the Moment Obama Placed his Bets !!
Really? Well I am so excited that you told us that!!
Why do conservaturds use the word "socialist"?
Because their tin foil hats are on too tight.
Why do conservaturds use the word "communist"?
Because the air is getting stale in their bunker.
Why do conservatives use the word "dictator"?
Because they've locked the door and started on their stash of beans.
Why do conservaturds keep losing elections?
Because there aren't enough crazy people living in bunkers.
Why don't some liberals work?
Because walking to the mailbox to them is work.
Why don't liberals find the means to get real jobs?
Because it's easier to sit on the porch and wait for the mail.
Why don't liberals understand they are not entitled to everything?
Because they really think they are.
Why do liberals vote liberal?
That, we may never know.
big bad bob = Useful idiot as well as The Block Bully,Nothing of use to say, just bashing as usual.
Big Bad Bob and Feisty Redhead are nasty talking big mouths who have nothing to offer.
You are nasty.
Nasty Big Bad Bob.
Really Bob, when your comments get this meaningless, people are going to block you.
I believe the President has the right to pick his own cabinet but I am surprised at the support Mr. Lew is receiving here. He was in charge of derivatives for Citibank in 2008 when the collapse happened. When they were about to receive TARP money he took a bonus of almost $1 million and then went to work for the government. He had investments in the Cayman Islands.
I in no way am saying he did something wrong but these are the things that you have blasted Republicans over.
I get what you are saying, Jerry, in regards to the Cayman thing, but in his defense, it was an employee investment fund that he was part of. I am not exactly condoning it, I do find it somewhat troubling. He did only have the investment fund from 2007 to 2010 and he did declare it and paid all taxes due. I'm not so sure we can say that about others, especially when requests for income tax returns are refused as part of the public vetting process.
I thought this was an interesting article(link provided), and one that shows that the Republicans and the committees have known all this since his last two confirmations, so it's not as if it were something new. Sounds kinda like the committees just like to stir up trouble for people. Jerry, thank you for your decent rebuttals. I've noticed that about your comments to me and to a few others. It's appreciated.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/cayman-islands-investment-jack-lew-87400.html
I AM saying he did several things that were probably not illegal for members of Citigroup and Citibank and of course government officials.What he did was immoral.
I agree with AlaskaGirl Jerry. If we could have true discussions vs. mindless or gross rants (bob), that would actually be exciting, if only because it's rare. Most folks just blurt out one emotional thing or another without information.
Thank you.
antiC, you're probably right. There is an AWFUL amount of immorality at all levels of our government. We should fix that and we should start with Citizen's United.
What do conservaturds call it when they hit the side of the bowl and leave a brown streak down the side?
Trickle down economics.
You have a nasty mouth.
Another fox in the hen house.
Why do conservaturds like Dumb fux news so much?
They like to float next to their own kind.
Mitt Romney allegedly has some of his money in the Cayman Islands...the outrage among th eclass warfare moonbats was over the top...
Guess what?
Jack Lew stashed his loot in the Cayman Islands....
Since he is a Democrat Obama insider, he gets the mulligan from state run media and the attack hounds here at First Read.
.
What is worse is he invested $56,000 and lost money when he sold it in 2010. So the person in charge of finances for the country lost money as the market went up 50%.
Hey Vaginal Probe Bob from Virginia!
Why did you scamper off on the other thread like the coward you have repeatedly proven yourself to be?
Say, why don't you tell us how many Newsvine accounts you currently hold?
If you had a shred of integrity you would be dangerous! ;o)
Feisty Redhead you have a nasty mouth.You should be ashamed of yourself.
What do you call a pile of conservaturds that reaches the top of the bowl?
One "rush".
What do you call 10 rushes?
One "palin".
What do you call 10 palins?
One "rupert".
Big Bad Bob wash out your filth ridden mind and mouth
"White House Threatens Bob Woodward of Watergate fame: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'..."
How dare a journalist criticize Obama and tell the truth? Dont hold your breath for First Read actually doing something similar to Woodward practicing real journalism...
This will not be headlined at Obama poodle First Read, may not even be mentioned...So the moonbats can go on and pretend how loving and transparent the Obama Administration is....Shhhh.
The White House doesnt have to worry about First Read and NBC, they are bought and paid for.
Woodward is posturing so he can sell his book.
GOP Comeback 2014,
The story is all over the place.
Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him in an email that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to slam President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the sequester.
CNN host Wolf Blitzer said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined.
"It makes me very uncomfortable to have the White House telling reporters, 'You're going to regret doing something that you believe in,'" Woodward said.
Lets see if the media picks up on it.
LIBERALS
Q: What do you get when you offer a Liberal a penny for his thoughts?
A: Change.
Q: How do you confuse a Liberal?
A: You don't. They're born that way.
Q: Why is it good to have a Liberal passenger?
A: You can park in the handicap zone.
Q: What's the difference between Elvis and a smart Liberal?
A: Elvis has been sighted.
A Liberal died and a friend went around collecting for a fund for his funeral. A woman was asked to donate ten dollars.
"Ten dollars?" she said. "It only takes ten dollars to bury a Liberal?
Here's a hundred - go bury 10 of them!"
Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy?
A: Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper.
Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy all day?
A: Put him in a round room and tell him to wait in the corner.
Q: What do you call a Liberal with an IQ of 130?
A: A foursome
Q: How do you get a one-armed Liberal out of a tree?
A: Wave to him.
Q: What do you call a basement full of Liberals?
A: A whine cellar.
Q: What is foreplay for a Liberal?
A: Thirty minutes of begging.
Q: What is the Liberal doing when he holds his hands tightly over his ears?
A: Trying to hold on to a thought.
Q: Why did the Liberal have blisters on his lips?
A: From trying to blow out light bulbs.
Q: Why do Liberals work seven days a week?
A: So you don't have to retrain them on Monday.
A Liberal found a magic genie's lamp and rubbed it. The genie said, "I will grant you one wish." He said, "I wish I were smarter".
So the genie made him a Republican.
Q: What the difference between a Liberal and the rear end of a horse?
A: I don't know either.
Q: How is a Liberal different from a sewer rat?
A: Some people actually like sewer rats.
Q: How many Liberals does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They prefer to walk in the dark.
Q: Why do so many Liberals live in L.A.?
A: Its the only city that is easy enough for them to spell.
Q: What's five miles long and has an IQ of forty?
A: A Liberal parade.
Q: What is it called when a Liberal blows in another Liberals ear?
A: Data transfer.
Q: Why don't they let Liberals swim in the ocean?
A: Because they can't get the smell out of the tuna.
Q: How do you plant dope?
A: Bury a Liberal.
Q: What's the difference between a Liberal and a sack of manure?
A: The sack.
Q: What's the definition of a Liberal running for Congress for the first time?
A: A mouse trying to become a rat.
Q: What's the difference between God and a Liberal?
A: God knows He's not a Liberal.
By Scott21
I post my own thoughts. Any dumb fux can cut and paste.
I do too.
Look up Jr.
Since you wanted to be a smart ass instead of part of the discussion.
I figured you might like the cut and paste part.
Big Bad Bob you have a nasty mouth.
What do conservaturds call it when they get explosive diarrhea?
Rush Limbowel
You have a filthy mind.
Remember when Obama thought Corzine was the best candidate for this position?? ......I'm shocked Obama didn't appoint Jesse Jackson, Jr. to Secretary of Education!
What do you call RWNJs' posts?
Conserva-pies.
You have nothing to offer except a filthy mouth.
A protracted fight against Lew would have been of little value the GOP at this point. Too many other daily headlines and a fight against this nomination would have been overt and inexcusable partisanship.
Lew's nomination was akin to Kerry's in that there was certainly opposition, but mostly punditocracy talking point opposition. There was just not enough dirt (legit and faux) to defeat the appointment.
The GOP and allies spent much $$ (several millions) and political capital trying to derail the Hagel nomination, but still failed. Though many (i.e. WSJ editorial board, Bill Kristol, etc...) believe that they achieved their 'goals and aims' in fighting Hagel. Time will tell, but it appears that this manufactured crisis of the republic failed as well.
The Brennan nomination will be the grand finale for this cycle of appointments and I expect a real spectacle by the GOP. Not necessarily a battle of annihilation to stop the appointment since the confirmation will inevitably happen, but grandstanding about drones, intel leaks, etc... A fight against Lew at this point would have drained the public's attention. A new battle against Brennan will allow the GOP to attempt to damage another Obama nominee with the ultimate goal of embarrassing the president. Let's face reality, that is always the goal with these righties.
I'll admit that the use of the Senate to fight proxy battles against the WH regarding these appointments is good politics, but just a waste of time and ultimately effort. Brennan will be confirmed just like the others.
Anthony Seta,
Thank you for a well reasoned post.
You have restored my faith that some posters can really think and write at the same time.
Look foward to reading more of your posts.
I agree that the GOP are still in their war mode against the White House, and a proxy fight can waste mony and time for these GOP Senators.
Northstar
The sad part of them being in war mode is that they are fighting a war that they lost in November. They wanted a one term President and what they got was a double win 2nd Term President. Their lose to Obama was total and final. Has no-one told them they failed and to move on to the next election by putting together a sensible and electable opponent to take on either Hilary or Biden. Stop wasting energy, money and time on something they can not undo. In their effort to embarrass President Obama they are turning into a circus full of clowns with no amusement to enthrall the audience. We are getting bored and tired of the same ole antics. At first we looked at it in amazement, fasination, and yes sometimes shaking our heads in utter disbelief but we paid attention. Now we are turning the page on them looking for when their program and tenor will come to an end it has become so predictable. They scream and hollar, pose and parade and than cave in. It is a sad commentary for a once formidable opponent. Nothing the republicans here can say or do to change these facts. Obama is here to stay for another 4 years like it or not. His agenda will be his to excel in or fail and no America will not cease to exist because he is in the White House. These weepers act like he is the sole law maker of our land. The Congress and the Senate play as much a roll as our POTUS does otherwise we would not even be discussing this whole thing. Obama would make a rule and it would be law.
The war is against the American people by a criminal president and congress who can't seem to take enough of OUR money to spend on themselves and on a bunch of immoral programs.
No that is ridiculous.Bipartisanship as you call it is when conservatives give in to liberals.
watchingboth sides,
Yes, the "weepers" do act like they are impotent to do their jobs, and only want to blame the President.
Congress and the Senate have a whole year to get some things done before, the next campaign cycle gears up again. Lets reform immigration, even reform the tax code to make it more equitable, work on some enviromental issues, pass a jobs bill to repair our infrastucture.
I think the Republicans have totally lost their way as a political party.
Anthony, good post. antiC, give some reasoning with your arguments (what immoral programs?).
Northstar, you're absolutely right. I had a boss once who taught me: don't bring me a problem, bring me a solution. We should stop shouting each other down and start bringing solutions.
Why do conservaturds have a purple hue when they first hit the bowl?
They prefer the grape koolaid.
Big Bad Bob you have a nasty mind and a nasty mouth.I will pray for you.