Salazar Announces Opposition To Mukasey

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LJ wrote on November 7, 2007 3:39 PM:

Maybe Salazar is trainable. He was a big supporter of Gonzales even though Gonzales had written that the war on terror "rendered quaint" the Geneva Conventions.

Michael wrote on November 7, 2007 3:46 PM:

I don't know about this one. I am kind of on the fence, because I don't think that mukasey is that bad compared to what we could wind up with. I really think that his response was pressured by the king and his men and women, because of criminal and war crimes prosecutions. The facts are what they are and after this fiasco of an adminstration is over, I say lets have at them. Guaranteed the king won't be going to spain or italy any time soon after his administration is over. He's got france in his pocket right now, but that's only temporary. I still hope that someday I get to see him and darth vader in the dock at the Hague. Nonetheless, right now, mukasey probably isn't too bad, all things considered.

CalD wrote on November 7, 2007 3:53 PM:

Doesn't really matter, does it? Only chance of derailing this nomination at this point, barring one of the 50 Yeas switching sides, would be if all 33 undecideds join the Nays and then Dick Cheney decided to buck the president and hold out for someone who's more of a right wing extremist. Doesn't seem like a very likely scenario.

I don't actually think it's the end of the world. I'm glad of the amount of attention they were able to draw the issue through the hearing process even if the nomination does go through in spite of it. I just hope they got something good in return for letting him out of committee.

NitPicker2 wrote on November 7, 2007 4:09 PM:

You may want to change "Olympia" Snow's name. You left out the "m." Tiny typo, but I bet she'd appreciate it.

Wish it would change her vote, if you spell her name correctly.

Richard L. Adlof wrote on November 7, 2007 4:32 PM:

Arguing that the next one will be worse than Mukasey or the Chimp-in-Charge will start recess appointing just gives strength to the Administrations fear-mongering ways.

The only Mukasey should be allowed through is if a Special Prosectuter is appointed to look into the crimes and misdeeds of the Boy King and his Evil Overlord.

How many of the 'noes' will filibuster? The Senate could overrule one or two but what about 20 plus Senators?

Jane wrote on November 7, 2007 5:12 PM:

60 Senators are needed to close a filibuster so you need 41 votes to prevent ending a filibuster. So 23 more are needed.

It might be possible to tempt more Senators to filibuster if they agreed to refuse to permit the vote until after the legislation barring waterboarding had passed.

Jake D wrote on November 7, 2007 5:33 PM:

There will be NO filibuster, as there are at least 63 Senators who will vote for cloture and / or confirmation.

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Vulture Breath wrote on November 7, 2007 6:10 PM:

Webb still not sure if waterboarding is torture?

Jake D wrote on November 7, 2007 6:19 PM:

Vulture Breath:

Is 10 seconds of waterboarding, with cellophane covering the face so water does not get into the mouth or nose, "torture"? Follow-up question: can you hold your breath for 10 seconds?

CalD wrote on November 7, 2007 7:26 PM:

FYI. (You can look this stuff up.)

Jake D wrote on November 7, 2007 7:46 PM:

Thanks, CalD -- from that very website:

The waterboarding technique was characterized in 2005 by former CIA director Porter J. Goss as a "professional interrogation technique." According to press accounts, a cloth or PLASTIC WRAP is placed over or in the person's mouth, and water is poured on to the person's head. As far as the details of this technique, press accounts differ - one article describes "dripping water into a wet cloth over a suspect's face", another states that "CELLOPHANE is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him." (Emphasis Added)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding#Technique

Now, can you answer the question(s) I posed to Vulture Breath?

Troll Patrol wrote on November 7, 2007 9:23 PM:

jake knows he's been banned by tpm.

daniel155 wrote on November 7, 2007 10:09 PM:

I appreciate the author for trying to build up suspense about this nomination but it is going through unless forty-one Senators decide to filibuster it. Given the low poll numbers of Congress, it is unlikely that they would have much support from Harry Reid on this effort even though he says he will vote against Mukasey.

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