Comments on: TSA Nominee Surrenders to Jim DeMint

By: laborite57

laborite57 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:02:45 +0000

Well said. Thank you.

By: afterseven

afterseven — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:03:22 +0000

WHoa Whoa WHoa WHoa, Conservative opposition to Southers crystalized around:
1. His creepy use Government resources to pull up confidential information on his ex-wife’s boyfriend.
2. His subsequent direct perjury regarding the incident to the Senate, which he later corrected after the committee had voted.

Had the issues been strictly about Unionization of the TSA, Southern would eventually have passed through…however his tainted past and the way he handled it were the nails in his own coffin.

WHY can’t the Administration find amongst 300 million Americans, just one, who is not a freak, who doesn’t lie to Congress and who doesn’t abuse Government power to illegally invade private citizens confidential data??? It can’t be that hard.

How can you people continue to rally around these naer-do-wells? It’s truly laughable and somewhat frightening, have you learned nothing from Massachusetts…it wasn’t just Health Care, it wasn’t just Congressional Power grabs, it wasn’t just the deficit…it was also a series of absolutely bizarre appointments of people who simply have no business holding important positions in OUR government. You have to do better. Don’t attack the messenger….think about the message.

By: laborite57

laborite57 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:37:27 +0000

I’m not sure that Southers’ withdrawal has a lot of meaning for labor rights for TSA workers. One reason Southers had to withdraw was that he was caught lying to Congress as part of his confirmation proceedings. We will have to wait till the WH nominates a new appointee before we’ll know if Obama is retreating on labor rights for TSA workers

By: jeden

jeden — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:59:14 +0000

I agree with Michael Whitney that Southers is not at fault here. And Kafka: is “surrender monkeys” really worth repeating at all?

By: Michael Whitney

Michael Whitney — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:23:18 +0000

you’re absolutely correct that obama surrendered, not southers. i got that re-reading my post after i was afk all day.

By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:18:22 +0000

I was surprised that they re-nominated her. I suspect that represents a real desire to get her into that office. It's hard to think of any alternative explanations, as much as the cynical side of my nature suspects that there has to be one.

By: ShotoJamf

ShotoJamf — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:07:10 +0000

And if the Wingnuts start whining about the opposition playing too rough, rub their noses in it, pay it no mind. It ain’t exactly like they’ve been acting all civilized (and in good faith) for the past….feels like eternity. A lot more attack dog, and lot less Harry Reid is indicated.

By: PopeRatzo

PopeRatzo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:45 +0000

It wasn’t the “nominee” who surrendered to Jim DeMint, it was the good-for-nothing President.

Any day now, I expect him to throw Michelle and the kids under the bus and ask them to leave too.

We made a terrible mistake, electing Barack Obama. He is setting back the progressive agenda by decades.

By: atillathebun

atillathebun — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:22 +0000

Have to agree with Shoto for the most part. We need to get a spine, Unite and start getting “our” agenda off the ground in Congress in a hurry. This endless kissin t-bag butt in the hope that they will accept progress has to end now. We need to get angry and get even at the opposition rallies as well…just like they do at ours. No more MR. Mrs. nice person to t-bag barbie and t-bag bill. The voters will hold us accountable “for what we did” and we cannot afford to mess things up like the pubs did when they controlled congress. Lets get this going…NOW !!! Unite and Fight !!

By: solerso

solerso — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:57:36 +0000

i dont know if its a spine he lacks. I thinks its political skill. I think most of these appointments were made to appease the base (oh that SO hasnt been working out). And he thought no one would notice as they were dropped one by one.