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Gates claims he never saw Clinton's reply to Edelman and seems to disagree with what Edelman said. One of the commenters at TPM has found out Edelman's term expired in January of this year. What the hell is he doing still there, much less replying to a U.S. Senator?
Gates' reply:
"I have long been a staunch advocate of Congressional oversight, first at the CIA and now at the Defense Department. I have said on several occasions in recent months that I believe that congressional debate on Iraq has been constructive and appropriate. I had not seen Senator Clinton’s reply to Ambassador Edelman’s letter until today. I am looking into the issues she raised and will respond to them early next week."
Back to the original story...
Based on a true story:
During the debate over the bill to increase college financial aid Thursday night, the Republicans brought forth many amendments totally unrelated to the bill being debated.
The Democrats retaliated but, in the end, each side basically got to call foul on one amendment, wipe those from the record, and get back to business.
First jab taken by Mitch "The Douche" McConnell pushed (and passed (94-3)) an amendment saying the Senate does not think the prisoners should be transferred from Guantanamo to prisons on U.S. soil. This lands solidly on Diane Feinstein, who had proposed closing down Gitmo and bringing them here.
Next shot comes from Norm "See My Teeth?" Coleman. He misses with his amendment to bar the FCC from re-instating the Fairness Doctrine. [He seems a little dizzy after this swing and miss, or maybe he just was momentarily blinded from glimpsing his teeth in the mirror.]
Jim DeMint steps in the ring, winds up and, oh, no! He slips and falls short of convincing the Senate to pass an amendment to require secret ballots for forming unions instead of it being the option it is now. He was trying to deliver a punch to organized labor but underestimated its strength and agility.
The Democrats, dancing around the ring, sent Ken Salazar to the middle to deliver a crowd-silencer - a measure that the President can't pardon Scooter Libby.
At this point the crowd went wild and started throwing chairs in the ring and braying and hooting. (Okay, only the braying and hooting part is true.)
The Republicans, a little dazed, countered with the old standard that Clinton made some poor ethical choices with his pardons.
Finally, the referee calls the fight. "McConnell - will you take back what you said about Clinton?" "Reid - will you take back what you said about the Libby pardon? Good. Go to your corners and get cleaned off. We'll just act like this never happened."
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