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1. #1
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, deadlywit said:

   My Republican Senator, George Voinovich, is also on the “yea” list. This is why we call him RINOvich.

2. #2
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   Bennett and Udall should stop calling themselves Coloradans for voting for this hunter hating, 2nd Amendment bashing, animal ‘rights’ advocating POS.

3. #3
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, happyscrapper said:

   Bennett, Collins, Hatch, Lugar, Snowe, and Voinovich.

   Buh-bye.

4. #4
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pm, d1carter said:

   The beclowning of the White House continues…

5. #5
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

   Have Snowe and Collins EVER voted against a democrat’s bill?

   Why do these two liberals pretend to be part of the republican party?

6. #6
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, tiredofit08 said:

   not that it would probably do any good but maybe we should all pound Steele about the turncoats in his party….

7. #7
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:12 pm, pueblo1032 said:

   C’MON 2010, C’MON 2010, C’MON 2010!!!

8. #8
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, pdigaudio said:

   It’sactually six RINOs, er, Republicans. You forgot Voinovich. He votedto confirm.

   Olympia Snowe was one of the Gang of 14 that allowed the blackballing of Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown and has already indicated she would vote for ObamaCare. RINO through and through. Same with Voinovich, Bennett and Collins.

   I think both Orrin Hatch, as evidenced by his recent support of the appointment of The Swimmer’s widow to fill his seat, and Richard Lugar may either be senile or just have been in Washington too long.

9. #9
   On September 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pm, letget said:

   IMO, sustein is about the worse of the worse bho has named. He has so much power over so many things that affect us. All this power is going to harm our Republic so much if he gets what he wants. I cry for my country.
   L

10. #10
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, GaMidnightRider said:

    Anyone calling themselves a Rep. and voted for this loon should be removed ASAP. I am tired of seeing my country be transformed into a socialist Marxist style Regine. I am ready willing and able to begin the watering of the tree of liberty.

11. #11
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, June said:

    I send back every piece of mail from Steele back with a big black marker writing no money from me until Snowe and Collins are removed from the party and from their committees.

    I also send e-mails from them back with the same message. I answer any phone call with the same message.

12. #12
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, iamsaved said:

    I must say I’m surprised Webb from VA voted no. I believe he still has 4 years left before re-election – what’s going on with him? I’d written him off after only a year or so in office.

    Not so for Mark Warner – the other half of Virginia’s W’s. He’s proving to be a Reid and Pelosi lackey.

13. #13
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, Hangfire said:

    It looks more and more to me that Oklahoma is the place that I want to hang my hat when I retire the second time.

    Their congressional delegation almost always votes the conservative way.

    Here in the People’s Republic of Hawaii the congressional delegation usually votes somewhere between Jimmuh Carder and Chairman Mao.

14. #14
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, tre said:

    So, next deer season, I’d better make sure the deer is DEAD so it can’t sue me!

15. #15
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    What a collection of perverse, felonious, megalomaniacal, sociopathic, narcissistic, and just plain evil monsters that are running our government. It’s truly a horrific nightmare… who they are and what they are trying to do. God, please save us!!!

16. #16
    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, right4life said:

    God, please save us!!!

    I’m afraid its gonna be the other way around….

17. #17
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pm, Freddy said:

    Seems like Boxer did not vote for him because she does not want to answer questions about him in next years election.

    She is already in enough trouble without putting herself any further into the enviro-whacko policies this loon is going to inflict on the state of California. Do not forget that the enviro-whackoes have condemned ~40% of the farm workers in this state to PERMANENT UNEMPLOYMENT!

18. #18
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, ACHefty said:

    At least the Senate had a say…Most of these “czars” simply waltz right in and take over. No confirmation. No vetting. No accountability.

19. #19
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm, beenthere said:

    Obama has tapped another 9/11 apologist as a senior policy adviser. His National Security Council aide Samantha Power is part of the blame-America crowd. She thinks America was attacked because we back “abusive regimes” in the Middle East. She also thinks 9/11 was a dose of good medicine, since the mass slaughter helped “Americans empathize with the victims of genocide” in Africa and other Third World regions. (Power’s radical husband Cass Sunstein also landed a White House job. He’s now Obama’s regulations czar.)

    From Obama’s 9/11 Prism by: Paul Sperry,
    FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, September 11, 2009

    You can read the whole thing here. Comment would be superfluous, I suppose.

20. #20
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm, cheapseat said:

    the 2nd amendment doesn’t mean much to most democrats, and i suspect the nra will remember this vote.

21. #21
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, rightwingmom said:

    Since Sustein was voted on by the Senate, SHOULD there be SOME accountability???

    Don’t you just love my con’t. optimism!?!?

22. #22
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:28 pm, Laree said:

    Now Hutchinson votes NO, now that she is running for Governor. There can’t be a bigger phony in Texas politics.

23. #23
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:28 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    beenthere said:
    

    Obama has tapped another 9/11 apologist as a senior policy adviser.

    Given that Obama is a 9/11 apologist, that would be perfectly consistent.

24. #24
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, right_on said:

    Gone! Obviously, not concerned about America’s future. The mentality of “going along, to get along” has got to stop. Vote these pseudo-cons out;

    Bennett (-over)…no vaseline?
    Collins (lapdog)..Scratch my belly.
    Hatch (a scheme)..with any liberal.
    Lugar (hock-a____)…Spit-tui!, and
    Snowe (snow job)…Keep on shovelling.

    I am astonished that two Senators from a conservative state, whose gun rights and hunting heritage is so strong, could even consider a “yes” vote for this guy! Two Mormons, at that! Unbelieveable…

    In fact, how could any Senator from states that tender stacks of hunters dollars for their local economies even consider voting for an anti-hunter, pro-animal rights person? Snowe and Collins constituency is comprised of hunters. As does Lugar’s Indiana whitetail hunters. Clueless…mindless…jobless (I hope!)

    Maybe, one day, they’ll feel the people’s pain. God forgive them…

25. #25
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, Laree said:

    Why are there so many weirdos in this Administration?

26. #26
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, letget said:

    Laree,
    I will not vote for dear kay. She is a rino. Gov. Perry is going to send the Texas Rangers down to the border because our wonderful bho and team won’t. I feel kay wouldn’t either.
    L

27. #27
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:39 pm, Romeo13 said:

    Crap… didn’t know this guy was married to Powers… thats… horrid.

    OK… we are now near the endgame.

    EPA will declare CO2 a Pollutant. Sunstein will then get to decide HOW we will regulate it, under the asupices of current Environmental law…

    He will then decide that the US must abide by UN standards… which is a step towards destroying the sovereignity of the US…

    Its all part of the plan… notice Bambi is going to host the UN?

28. #28
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:44 pm, Reg.conservative said:

    [#804034On September 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, NJ-Aviator said:]

    I say;
    Snowe and Collins should have switched when Spector did.

29. #29
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    How ridiculous. If y’all weren’t knee deep trying to find every hint of radicalism in the Obama administration, you might look up for once to figure out that Sunstein is a pretty moderate, if not conservative, pick for this job. And was endorsed by the Wall Street Journal.

30. #30
    On September 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pm, Roland said:

    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, iamsaved said:
    I must say I’m surprised Webb from VA voted no. I believe he still has 4 years left before re-election – what’s going on with him? I’d written him off after only a year or so in office.

    Don’t get taken in by Congressional politics. It is quite common that when a bill or nominee is already seen as certain to pass (or fail), politicians who need political cover are allowed by the party leadership to vote the other way.

    Webb is a DEMOCRAT. When his vote is the one that will decide a thing, it is an absolute certainty he will vote with the Democrats.

    If you care about the Constitution and the rule of law at all, you should never be voting for any Democrat.

31. #31
    On September 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, Morgan said:

    This is one more reason why I will never vote for Dick Lugar, ever

32. #32
    On September 11th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, Morgan said:

    To add on my previous comment, I voted for him once (in 2006); the biggest regret of my life as a voter.

33. #33
    On September 11th, 2009 at 3:11 pm, Roland said:

    No sense regretting it, Morgan. What were you going to do? Vote for a Democrat???

    Contrary to what a lot of commenters on this blog think, democracy is always about choosing the lesser of evils. Waiting to vote for a candidate you ‘like’ is the kind of thing people whose minds are awash in the celebrity culture do.

    Elections are not supposed to be popularity contests. They are about who gets REAL POWER. Over YOU and your FAMILY.

34. #34
    On September 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, Hannibal said:

    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, tre said:

    So, next deer season, I’d better make sure the deer is DEAD so it can’t sue me!

    To be safe, put a throw down in it’s hoof to make sure it looks like self-defense.

35. #35
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, NJ-Aviator said:
    Have Snowe and Collins EVER voted against a democrat’s bill?

    Why do these two liberals pretend to be part of the republican party?

    Because they can’t win as Democrats.

36. #36
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:20 pm, McCloud9 said:

    Sunstein is a Nut (acorn) that fell to far away from the tree.
    I have listened to him talk, and he scares me. I believe the Gauntlet has been drawn… What side are you on?

37. #37
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, TigerLady said:

    Red State Skeptic said:

    Forgive me for feeding a troll y’all–

    Cass Sunstein is not a moderate or a conservative. He is a radical liberal. RSS please pick up a dictionary for the definition of conservative.

    I repeat, Cass Sunstein is a radical who doesn’t see anything wrong with forcing people to donate organs without their consent. He believes animals should be allowed to sue humans in court. He is for a ban on hunting. He believes that animals should have at least the same rights as humans. I could go on. RSS, Y’all need to educate yourself.

38. #38
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, bmac727 said:

    The RINO Six need to be voted OUT at the earliest opportunity! They & their ilk are, at best, asleep in the Senate.

39. #39
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, TigerLady said:

    And I might add. There’s nothing racial about being against Cass Sunstein as the Regulatory Czar.

40. #40
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, RTater said:

    http://www.StopSunstein.com

41. #41
    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:55 pm, greenfairie said:

    You know there’s some strange mojo going on when you can find six RINOs to vote for this radical, but the Socialist Bernie Sanders votes “no.”

42. #42
    On September 11th, 2009 at 5:15 pm, steveegg said:

    First things first, I have to salute Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor and Jim Webb, Democrats who consistently opposed Sunstein, at least when it came time to vote on the floor.

    Combining the cloture vote on the 9th and the confirmation vote on the 10th, I honestly don’t know who is the most-craven:

    - Bennett, Collins, Hatch, Lugar, Snowe, and Voinovich, the 6 RINOs who voted to confirm the whacko (and who also voted for cloture)

    - Begich (D), Gregg (R), Ben Nelson (D),

    I do know who are the two most-craven Senators not named Harry Reid – Barbara Boxer and Robert Byrd, who voted for cloture but didn’t show up for the confirmation vote.

43. #43
    On September 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, steveegg said:

    Somehow, part of my comment got clipped. Let me try the clipped part again…

    - Begich (D), Gregg (R), Ben Nelson (D), and Sanders (Socialist), who voted for cloture but cut-and-ran from their support at the last possible second.

44. #44
    On September 11th, 2009 at 5:20 pm, right_on said:

    Snowe and Collins should have switched when Spector did.

    If one mole is good, then two is better. Unfortunately, there is no law against political espionage. There’s just the voter.

45. #45
    On September 11th, 2009 at 5:25 pm, steveegg said:

    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:55 pm, greenfairie said:
    You know there’s some strange mojo going on when you can find six RINOs to vote for this radical, but the Socialist Bernie Sanders votes “no.”

    Before you give Sanders (or Begich, or Gregg, or Ben Nelson) too much credit, they voted for cloture. Had all four of them voted against cloture, the best Sunstein could have hoped for was a recess appointment.

46. #46
    On September 11th, 2009 at 6:02 pm, happy2behere said:

    I emailed Bennet (D-CO) before the vote and got back a well-written letter extolling Sunstein’s academic creds, which are impressive. Bennet did not mention Sunstein’s statements about banning hunting, animals having lawyers, and the Second Ammendment being misinterpreted. I wonder why.

47. #47
    On September 11th, 2009 at 6:30 pm, Morgan said:

    No sense regretting it, Morgan. What were you going to do? Vote for a Democrat???

    Roland, the other option for me in 2006 was voting for a Libertarian. Senator Lugar had no opposition from the Democrats. I didn’t know until the moment I was at the voting booth that Senator Lugar had any opponents.

48. #48
    On September 12th, 2009 at 2:11 am, Rob Roy said:

    Wow, when a lefty president looses ol’ Bernie Sanders, you have a big problem.

49. #49
    On September 12th, 2009 at 9:58 am, misterbee241 said:

    On September 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Have Snowe and Collins EVER voted against a democrat’s bill?

    Why do these two liberals pretend to be part of the republican party?

    Because the only way a republican can get elected from Maine is to pretend to be one. A true republican conservative wouldnt get the time of day from Mainers. A wolf in sheep’s clothing. that’s how Romney got elected in Mass as a republican.

50. #50
    On September 12th, 2009 at 10:00 am, misterbee241 said:

    On September 11th, 2009 at 4:55 pm, greenfairie said:
    You know there’s some strange mojo going on when you can find six RINOs to vote for this radical, but the Socialist Bernie Sanders votes “no.”

    And one of my senators, Webb a socialist democrat voted no too. I’m really surprised at that. My other socialist/democrat senator Warner voted yes. No surprise there.

51. #51
    On September 13th, 2009 at 9:04 am, jangar said:

    Five Democrats voted no — Begich, Lincoln, Nelson, Pryor, Webb.

    Mine are still suffering from getting the crap kicked out of them at the townhalls last month. Maybe now they’ll stay on the short leash until their next election.