The vote was 60-39.
Kentucky’s Jim Bunning, a Republican who is retiring from the Senate next year, had thrown up his hands and gone home already. Probably had the right idea.
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Publisher’s note: between now and Sunday, the Hayride will be going into Christmas Vacation mode. We’ll have a few items over the next few days, but we won’t be back up to full speed until Monday.
This post was written by MacAoidh on Thursday, December 24, 2009, 10:08. MacAoidh has written 706 posts on this blog.
“We will probably hear leaks about an undisclosed Romney ailment — only to wonder why Obama, alone of major candidates in recent decades, has never released his medical records. We should expect to hear that Romney got a B or C in some college course — only to remind us that Obama, alone of major candidates, does not want anyone looking at his college transcripts. Do we really wish to hear how an admitted prep-school serial use of beer, marijuana, and occasional coke, and a history of skipped classes, translated into admission into Occidental and then Columbia? We will hear another 19th-century Romney family polygamy story only to be reminded of a 20th-century Obama counterpart. We will be lectured about a fiery Mormon bishop only to hear it trumped by another racist rant from Jeremiah Wright.”
Have a merry Christmas, Hayride. We all need to rest and prepare for the work that lies ahead.
Have a merry Christmas, Hayride. We all need to rest and prepare for the work that lies ahead.