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Giving in to Geithner: The B.O. Republicans bow down
The Barack Obama Republicans are Bending Over again.
For weeks, we’ve watched capitulationsist GOP Senators rationalize away Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner’s tax, legal, and bailout failout troubles. Sen. Orrin Hatch insists he’s “very competent.” Sen. Lindsay Graham lectured us not to be “small” about it. Five B.O. Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee supported Geithner, five opposed him.
The final vote is set tonight. And the outcome is preordained (or, as Spike Lee puts it, pre-deortained): Geithner will sail through with token opposition.
The only open question is whether Sen. Hatch will chime in with a paean to Geithner’s manhood before casting his yes vote.
Behold the Party of Supplication. Bad on me for underestimating their fecklessness.
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