Loretta Lynch was nominated to be Attorney General. She sailed through the confirmation hearings, and no one has raised any significant substantive objections.
Yet, here she is, 163 days after the Judiciary Committee approved her, still waiting for a vote on the Senate floor. No one even bothers to pretend any more that it has anything to do with Lynch herself or her policy positions. Her confirmation is being held political hostage to a war over an abortion amendment on the bipartisan human trafficking bill -- which is totally unrelated to the job as Attorney General.
This is the political process at its worst. What happened to the Roberts Rules of Order that says the parliamentarian can overrule a proposed amendment because it is not germane to the substance of the bill?
Anyway, to lighten the mood here a bit, here are some things in our world that took less time than the 163 days it takes for a Republican controlled Senate to confirm a Democratic president's nominee for AG:
1. The entire tenure of Attorney General Elliot Richardson, who was far too moral and refused to do Richard Nixon's dirty work of firing the Watergate Prosecutor. (148 days).
2. The entire life span of mosquitoes. In fact, there will be about 20 generations of mosquitoes to live and die within 163 days.
3. The entire wedding-to-divorce span of Kim Kardashian's second marriage to the pro basketball player.
4. The First Gulf War to drive Iraqi troops out of Quwait (about 44 days), managed by President Bush 41. Bush 43's debacle in Iraq took a bit longer. Let's hope there's not a Bush 45; we might wind up in a third Iraq war.
5. The writing of the United States Constitution (less than 100 days).
6. The creation of the earth and its creatures (6 days, according to biblical accounts).
Call your senator, demand a vote on Loretta Lynch !!!
Ralph
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