Well, we now have our answer. Bush appointed Representative Porter J. Goss (R-FL) to the post of the CIA director. The nomination was confirmed with 77 yeas and 17 nays. No, it doesn't add up. There were abstentions. Guess who was among them?
Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina, the Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees, were absent and did not vote.
Color me unsurprised. No one in America knows where John Kerry stands on anything. He may think of that as a political strategy--his ambigous and changing stances on issues gives everyone something to like about him. However, it will backfire. It also gives everyone something to hate about him.
Among those voting against the nomination, all Democrats, were Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Jon Corzine and Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey and Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut.
Hillary likes to pass herself off as a centrist. Bullshit! Her husband was a centrist. She isn't. The thought of her becoming President in '08 is scary.
Hillary likes to pass herself off as a centrist. Bullshit! Her husband was a centrist. She isn't. The thought of her becoming President in '08 is scary.
I'm not going to deride the Democratic Party in general. There are principled people on the other side of the aisle. As the article shows, more Democrats voted for Goss than against. But as the nominations show, such people do not make the calls in the party.
Good luck with the CIA reform, Mr. Goss. For all our sakes.