MRIW #8

Finally, over a week after Condoleeza Rice was confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations committee to become the new Secretary of State (the only "nays" received were from Barbara Boxer and John Kerry, so it basically was a unanimous vote), she finally received an up and down vote on the US Senate floor. She won Senate approval by an overwhelming 85-13 vote in her favor.
Under the leadership of WV Sen Robert "KKK" Byrd, a vote on the first FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN candidate for Secretary of State was held up for purely political reasons. Why do the people who say they are "for the working man and for the minorities" balk everytime they have a chance to do something meaningful? Dr. Rice is perhaps the most qualified person EVER to be nominated for this position, and a small group of hate filled liberals decided to not only hold up her appointment, but even go as far as to make "protest votes" against her.

Voting against Dr. Rice on the left were Akaka (HI), Boxer (CA), Grand Wizard Byrd (WV), Dayton (MN), Durbin (IL), Harkin (IA), Jumpin Jim Jeffords (I is for Independent and not Idiot, VT), Kennedy-hiccup (Cheers), Kerry (France), Lautenburg (NJ), Levin (MI), Reed (RI), and Evan Bayh (IN).
What shocked me first of all about this vote was that the Hillary actually voted FOR Dr. Rice, my guess is that this is another attempt by her to move to the center in hopes of running for the White House in 2008. The next surprise was Sen. Bayh's vote against Dr. Rice. This too i believe is a move for him toward the 2008 primary season; he has historically been more of a centrist as a democrat, this may very well be his first move toward the left and toward the heart of the liberal extreme.
As for the rest of these yo-yo's, all i can say is that they are the usual suspects you would see in a police line-up for stupid and very self centered politics. Kerry and Kennedy (Hiccup) are still bitter about the fact that neither of them have ever been in the White House as nothing other than a guest, so anything the President presents will get a "nay" vote. Byrd, Lautenburg and Levin are among those that would be expected to actually make intelligent, knowledge based votes since they have all sold their souls to the devil in order to be in Senate for way too long. Dayton was a bit more vocal than i would have guessed, but i think he is fearing for his seat after seeing how close the democrat stronghold of MN was in the past election, and after seeing his mentor Walter Mondale get his tail whipped a couple of years ago.

Dr. Rice is going to be a tremendous Secretary of State, and is more than qualified for not only this position, but also to be in the Oval Office in the future. My hats off to those democrat Senators who crossed the aisle to do what was right. For the rest of you jokers, you are my Most Ridiculous Item of the Week!