I am sure this will ruin the day and lead to much shedding of tears for those Republicans who voted to confirm the tax evader, Tim Geithner, for Secretary of the Treasury. I mean, it doesn't get much more ignominous than to merit posting on my Wall of Shame!
Someone has to do it, though, and I haven't seen this anywhere else. Forthwith, here is the list of the 10 GOP Senators who folded:
Lindsey Graham--South Carolina (no surprise there)
John Cornyn--Texas (BIG surprise to me; I love Cornyn, but he was sure wrong on this one)
Bob Corker--Tennessee
Mike Crapo--Idaho
John Ensign--Nevada
Judd Gregg--New Hampshire
Orrin Hatch--Utah (the perennial reconciler)
Richard Shelby--Alabama
Olympia Snow--Maine
George Voinovich--Ohio
Kit Bond from Missouri did not vote; I'm not sure why.
I expected that the Democrats would march in total lockstep on this, but they surprised me! And those who did not vote for Geithner deserve honorable mention here, as well. Again, I'm sure this will bring a beaming smile to their faces since they all check this blog daily.
Here are the Democrats who did the right thing and voted "No" against a popular new President:
Robert Byrd--West Virginia
Russ Feingold--Wisconsin
Tom Harkin--Iowa
And surprisingly: Bernie Sanders--Independent (Socialist) from Vermont
Sherrod Brown from Ohio, Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts (for understandable health reasons, I'm sure) and Ron Wyden from Oregon did not vote.
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It really is surprising when members of your party vote away from your views, while members of the opposing party vote your views. It makes you wonder when the other shoe is going to drop.
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