Schumer, Feinstein Timed Mukasey Announcement To Avoid Liberal Anger

The Hill   |   November 5, 2007 10:58 PM


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With the support of Schumer, Feinstein and the committee's nine Republicans, Mukasey has garnered enough support to clear the panel and move to the Senate floor.

Before Feinstein's announcement, sent to the media by e-mail at about 4:28 p.m., the nomination had seemed in doubt, especially after Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced his opposition to Mukasey at a 3 p.m. news conference in Burlington, Vt. Leahy became the fifth Judiciary Committee Democrat to announce his opposition over Mukasey's refusal to state explicitly that the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torture.

Hours before Leahy's press conference, however, Schumer in a telephone call already had laid out his thoughts to the chairman and also relayed a message that Feinstein had planned to support the nominee, according to aides.

But Schumer and Feinstein withheld announcing their decisions until late that afternoon. For Schumer, a decisive meeting came later in the day, around the same time as Leahy's press conference. Mukasey assured him he would enforce any law Congress passes to explicitly state that certain interrogation techniques -- such as waterboarding -- are illegal under U.S. torture laws.

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- beerguy I'm a Fan of beerguy 14 fans permalink

The left is upset again. HAHAHAHAHA!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:07 AM on 11/07/2007
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Farging iceholes.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:10 PM on 11/06/2007
- Plowboy I'm a Fan of Plowboy 25 fans permalink

Those dirty two make a sneak attack on America for the sake of one of their own.
I believe it time for Americans to begin to look more carefully at our servants. They have been stealing the silver. Now they are helping a burgler to enter.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:54 PM on 11/06/2007
- starrianna I'm a Fan of starrianna 47 fans permalink
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I wonder how many angry voice mails FEINSTEIN had on her machine today telling her what a worthless cunt she has become?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:50 PM on 11/06/2007
- fourex I'm a Fan of fourex 14 fans permalink
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Schumer and Feinstein need to time their exit from our democracy.
Specter and Schumer are promoting a false notion that a new law is needed for waterboarding. This is a lie. Waterboarding has already been successfully prosecuted by U.S. attorneys.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:28 PM on 11/06/2007

So who is actually going to do something about these Rebulican-lite and/or cowardly Democrats other than complain on blogs?

Who here will run or organize a campaign to replace their cowardly or DLC Democratic Party incumbent in Congress with another Democrat who will stand up the neo-cons and doesn't take corrupting corporate campaign contributions as a matter of principle?

Or, who here will join the Greens or another party to create a true progressive party?

Who will help gather signatures to put electoral and campaign finance reforms on the ballot that will open up our system to other parties and to people not co-opted by corporations.

Or will people here merely complain now and then try to shame those of us next year who are trying to create an alternative because we won't vote for the Democrat as the lesser of two evils?

Put aside the Presidential contest. I have no doubts that most of the people here complaining about will end up holding their nose and vote for Hillary because of the Supreme Court.

What has this Congress done to engender any loyalty from you? They haven't even attempted to end the war, let alone stand up the Liar-in-Chief and his neoconservative puppeteers. They hide behind the untrue excuse of not have 60 votes or 67 votes and then expect you to shut up and go away and then come back in 2008 and vote for them again because they are not as bad as the Republicans.

I am voting for Henry Waxman's Green Party opponent, despite his good stands on some issues, because his party needs to be replaced.

The people who scream at me next year because I am voting Green for Congress and not the Democrat because he/she isn't as bad as the Republican, but are on these blogs right now just complaining, are going to be reminded that they had to chance to take some action and did nothing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:09 PM on 11/06/2007
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INCREASINGLY WITH EACH VOTE DIANE FEINSTEIN CONTINUES TO EXPOSE HER REPUBLICAN STRIPES. THE REASON THIS WOMAN HAS CONSISTENTLY HELPED GEORGE W. BUSH TO SELL HIS LIES, ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY, IS THAT HER HUSBAND RICHARD BLUM HAS RAKED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM "PERINI" A CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF WHICH HER BILLIONAIRE HUSBAND WEILDS A 75% VOTING SHARE! BY HER VOTES DIANE FEINSTEIN IS REAPING THE BENEFITS OF HER HUSBANDS INVESTMENTS. IT IS A DISGUSTING DISPLAY OF WAR PROFITEERING AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PRECIOUS LIVES OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS, NOT TO MENTION THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES OF IRAQI WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THIS WOMAN HAS NO SHAME. AND JUST LIKE DICK CHENEY, SHE SHOULD BE CALLED OUT FOR HER DISGRACEFUL OFFENSES AGAINST OUR BELOVED COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY SHE IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS BULLET PROOF, THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON IS JUST AS CROOKED AND CALLOUS AS THE REPUBLICANS. DIANE FEINSTEIN SUPPORTED GOING TO WAR IN IRAQ AND CONTINUES TO VOTE FOR IT'S FUNDING. SHE HAS VOTED FOR EVERY WAR THE UNITED STATES HAS CARRIED UT SINCE 1992. SHE VOTED TO TAKE AWAY OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES BY VOTING FOR THE PATRIOT ACT AND IT'S RENEWAL. SHE SUPPORTED EXPANDED WIRE TAPPING AS WELL AS A CONSTIUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN FLAG BURNING.
CLEARLY DIANE FEINSTEIN IS NO DEMOCRAT AND CONTINUES TO PURSUE HER OWN SELF SERVING INTERESTS. SHE IS A COMPELLING REASON FOR TERM LIMITS AND I HOPE THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA WILL WAKE UP AND ENACT THEIR OWN TERM LIMITS BY VOTING THIS WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING OUT OF OFFICE. GEORGE W. BUSH IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO NEEDS TO GO.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:07 PM on 11/06/2007
- hugs4u I'm a Fan of hugs4u 10 fans permalink

Feinstein has outlived her usefulness for the democratic party and needs her ass kicked out of the senate.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:28 PM on 11/06/2007
- DontSpin I'm a Fan of DontSpin 7 fans permalink

I can't believe Schumer who used to be so outspoken on civil liberties issues has suddenly gone so quiet. It almost seems as if he's lost the will to do what he was so good at doing: keeping a check on The White House. It's a shame.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:02 PM on 11/06/2007
- vfippinger I'm a Fan of vfippinger 11 fans permalink
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This Country was established on a near perfect set of principles, three separate governing authorities as provided in a remarkable document called the Constitution.
How in 6 short years can a single set of Criminal Minds destroy what has been the beacon of hope throughout the world for over 200 years?
Will we ever be the same?
Will we ever have honor?
Will we survive this Administration?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:00 PM on 11/06/2007
- freespeach I'm a Fan of freespeach 59 fans permalink

The headline

"Schumer, Feinstein Timed Mukasey Announcement to Avoid Liberal Anger"

Well of course they did.
This is classic damage control.

Politicians always engage in this kind of stuff when they vote to sell out real live people in favor of their corporate benefactors.

Sometimes they screw the people so bad that there is no way to spin it into a positive, so they use the tactic of scapegoati­ng....like now.

That is clearly on display here today as the DLC lying scum can not sell torture as good.
So the very best move for damage control is to minimize the effect on the Democratic party and put it all on Schumer and Feinstein.

Everyone just focus your outrage on two people and move along, nothing to see here, nothing the Democratic party could have done.
Pure bullshit!!

This is part of a pattern of sellouts of the American people by Democrats over the last year.
Non stop war funding for Bush for Iraq.
Support for the immoral hydrocarbon law created by Dick Cheney.
FISA bill co-operation with Bush so he can spy on American citizens.
Willful negligence by ignoring a majority of the American people on impeachment.
Confirming Mukasey.

But just please ignore all of this support for Bush, war, torture and fascism by the Democratic party......just focus all of your rage on Schumer and Feinstein. Democrats are still the good guys.

Damage control 101

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 PM on 11/06/2007
- Felicty I'm a Fan of Felicty 31 fans permalink
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Of course he'll be approved.


LET THE WHOLESALE TORTURE BEGIN!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:39 PM on 11/06/2007
- fourex I'm a Fan of fourex 14 fans permalink
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Schumer and Specter are falsely stating that Congress needs to pass law against waterboarding. This is false and would only give the Bush WH more cover for their crimes.
U.S. attorneys have already made successful prosecutions against torture/wa­terboardin­g.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 PM on 11/06/2007

What if Bush and his henchpeople allowed for Pakistan to destroy their democracy and behave a out and out fascists as a warning to the liberal Dems here in the US who might vote against his nascent fascist takeover?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:34 PM on 11/06/2007

DiFi has no reason to fear California voters. Her term ends in 2012 and she is not running again. DiFi, our very own Republican in Democratic clothing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:29 PM on 11/06/2007
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