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Reid: We’ll defeat Olson
The Hill ^ | 8/13/07 | Elana Schor

Posted on 09/12/2007 4:47:59 PM PDT by Jean S

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To: popdonnelly

What doesBush have to lose?
Bring on the fight and show what kind of a$$clowns these guys are!


41 posted on 09/12/2007 5:54:49 PM PDT by Holicheese (1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
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To: Phlap

Especially when Olsen starts talking about his wife eing killed on 9-11 and how all he wants to do is stop terorism...What will Ted kennedy say? “ ohh errr ahhh he is not main stream enough ahhh when I was drinking scotch ahh errr common man ahh err working families ahhh scotch Bush’s Vietnam...”


42 posted on 09/12/2007 5:59:17 PM PDT by Holicheese (1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Either that, or recess someone even more objectionable to them just to spite them. What's John Ashcroft doing these days?

The President had better hang tough on this, in all seriousness. I "endorsed" Olsen for President Thompson's AG on my profile a while ago. A patriot who paid a very personal price for America's lack of vigilance on September 11, and a member of the Federalist Society to boot!

By the way, my pick for VP on my profile is on Hannity and Colmes right now.
43 posted on 09/12/2007 6:03:31 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.... Valor.)
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To: Thebaddog
No. You would have to change the Constitution to strip the Senate from its power to confirm cabinet nominees.
44 posted on 09/12/2007 6:08:37 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: The Pack Knight

If I could, I’d relay to President Bush that he ought to end his speech tomorrow night with something like “Since the congressional democrats have shown their inability to be bi-partisan, I hereby appoint Theodore Olsen by recess appointment as the next attorney general of the United States. He is a fine man and unworthy of the same disrespectful and blatant harrassment that the democrats showed to General Petraeus.”


45 posted on 09/12/2007 6:10:51 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: JeanS
"effort to uncover possible misdeeds by then-President Clinton and his wife, now-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)."

Make a Recess Appointment of Olson, and let him IMMEDIATELY begin a full-blown investigation of Hsu's connections and contributions from Chinese and other Communist entities.


46 posted on 09/12/2007 6:13:46 PM PDT by traditional1 ( Fred Thompson-The ONLY electable Republican Candidate)
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To: JeanS

The President should nominate his choice, be it Olson, Karl Rove, Robert Bork, or Ann Coulter. Let the Dems shoot the nominee down, then just make a recess appointment when they go on their year-end break.


47 posted on 09/12/2007 6:21:52 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Will Schumer hold Hillary’s AG nominee to the same standard, if he gets to confirm said nominee?

Of course not! They never made a peep about Janet Reno. From Waco to Elian Gonzalez, I don't think she was too familiar with the rule of law. Even before being AG she made her reputation on very questionable child abuse cases....

48 posted on 09/12/2007 6:26:14 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: JeanS

Dirty Harry would pay an enormous price attacking Olson.

Even if the ‘rats succeedded in blocking him, Bush could make a recess apointment.


49 posted on 09/12/2007 6:27:39 PM PDT by spna (Lawton-Ft. Sill OK.)
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To: JeanS
Image hosted by Photobucket.com separated at birth???

50 posted on 09/12/2007 6:27:39 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: JeanS

I can understand where the “patriotic,” cowardly DemocRATS would not want someone whose spouse was murdered by their Islamofascist buddies being confirmed as Attorney General. The DemocRATS have too much invested in America’s defeat by Islam.


51 posted on 09/12/2007 6:31:38 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRATS own failure and defeat. Success and victory really depresses them.)
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To: JeanS

Harry Reid and the Dems would really like to avoid questioning Olson. They’ve never much liked him to begin with, but it will be tough (even for shameless Dems) to bring up the Patriot Act when they know full well that Olson’s wife was on board the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11.


52 posted on 09/12/2007 6:33:54 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: Perdogg

“Just wait til Congress adjourns and make the appointment.”

Or just nominate Estrada.

Would love to see the RATS talk about this one. Especially when the documents from kennedy come to light and the Michigan Affirmative Action case comes out with this.


53 posted on 09/12/2007 6:35:40 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (When O'Reilly comes out from under his desk, tell him to give me a call. Hunter/Thompson in 08.)
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To: JeanS

Reid is such a drip. How ‘bout you focus on defeating al-Qaeda instead of someone who you deem to be “too partisan”? Dingy’s certainly the expert on being a partisan, isn’t he...


54 posted on 09/12/2007 6:35:50 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (If you can't say something intelligent, don't say anything at all. Congress goes silent...)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Will Schumer hold Hillary’s AG nominee to the same standard, if he gets to confirm said nominee?”

The words Hillary and rule of law in the same sentence are just laughable! Maybe Sandy Burglar can be her AG nominee.


55 posted on 09/12/2007 6:42:28 PM PDT by keepitreal
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To: JeanS
"If they were serious when they cried out for new leadership at the Justice Department, they will follow Senate precedent,” McConnell said on the floor. “They will carefully weigh the qualifications of the nominee and vote in a timely fashion.”

OK, Senate Republicans, it's time to put up or shut up.

56 posted on 09/12/2007 6:44:03 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: The Pack Knight

Nice picks you have there. I would love to see Tommy Franks in the next administration. But I don’t know how any of these fine military folks can stomach the filth in D.C.


57 posted on 09/12/2007 6:46:24 PM PDT by SueRae
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To: JeanS

Looks like “defeat” is the only word the dems know.


58 posted on 09/12/2007 6:59:10 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: SCHROLL
Bush should tell them it’s Olson or a Bork recess appointment.

Now THAT’S the ticket!!! Talk about generating some great lib/rat cerebral strokes. Hell they might get on the train with Hsu.

59 posted on 09/12/2007 7:08:16 PM PDT by dusttoyou (FredHead from the git go)
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To: popdonnelly

The people of Nevada must wake up. He is a disgrace. He cannot handle the power of decision and it seems he is very afraid of his own personal confidence.


60 posted on 09/12/2007 7:12:42 PM PDT by eyedigress
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