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Originally Posted by pantophobia

not really appeasing when it's kinda true, least for me, i am bored and otherwise

i think the marc rich thing is all on bill clinton, holder had no personal motivation on it, obama knew it would come up and if he didn't think he could get confirmed he wouldn't have asked, like wtih larry summers, no way he was gonna be confirmed with the outcry from women's groups, so he made the much smarter move of getting tim geithner for treasury

no i mean when porky tries to be a twat i don't think he's asking for a reasoned response-- he's just trying to be a twat when he's bored with his life. i just find it funny because his argument don't hold water as an argument, it's just a kind of venting he does, and you gotta let him. but i digress.

re: summers, i heard some ridiculous shit about him from some women's groups on npr, that obama was not pro-women if he chose summers-- as if some random ass coment he made trumps his skill at saving us from ruin. in any case, summers is a fucking genius, even with this foot-in-mouth disease. reminds me of that story of lincoln being told that grant was a drunk, and he said find what grant drinks and send a barrel to each of my generals (he was the only one winning at the time). some people's priorities, ayayay... anyway, geithner looks like the soft-spoken, concilliatory, politically palatable choice for sure and he's well respected, i just hope he listens to summers.

about holder, sure he can be confirmed, but it strikes me that cohen makes this to be some kind of tragic flaw, oedipus sleeping with his mother kind of thing, and i really don't know if this is a good argument he's making (he can't stand up to power, he's the next alberto gonzales) or if it's just partisan bullshit. gotta think on it...