I am sorry Sen. Cornyn. You see we cannot appoint you to office until we question you about your wife's affairs. It has come to our attention that your wife works with a charity. We need to ascertain that donating to your wife's charity does not buy your vote...
Oh brother.
Sen Cornyn has blocked the appointment of Sen. Clinton until he gets to yammer on for three hours about how we cannot trust Sen. Clinton because of her spouse. Apparently women dont make up their own minds; their husband's do it for them.
Adding insult to injury, her spouse is a fucking former US President! And we just ended 12 years with Presidents who were congenitally joined at the hip with Arab oil princes not to mention the Vice President's ties to military contractors.
Frankly, it is more than oh brother, it is offensive. I was really hoping to see the first female president but it is clear that there are many Americans out there who cannot conceive of women as independent individuals themselves. Until we respect our daughters as much as we respect our sons, these situations will continue.
Senate Action Expected on Clinton
Wall Street Journal
JANUARY 21, 2009
A vote to confirm Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, whose confirmation was blocked Tuesday by Republican John Cornyn of Texas, is expected Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said on the floor of the Senate that he had reached an agreement with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) that there would be three hours of debate on Sen. Clinton's appointment, followed by an expected move to confirm.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn put a hold on Sen. Clinton's confirmation vote, citing continuing concerns he has about potential foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation, the charity run by former President Bill Clinton.
