I would like to apologize to you for assuming that your private assurances to me regarding your desire to cooperate in our efforts to negotiate bipartisan lobbying reform legislation were sincere. When you approached me and insisted that despite your leadership"™s preference to use the issue to gain a political advantage in the 2006 elections, you were personally committed to achieving a result that would reflect credit on the entire Senate and offer the country a better example of political leadership, I concluded your professed concern for the institution and the public interest was genuine and admirable. Thank you for disabusing me of such notions with your letter to me dated February 2, 2006, which explained your decision to withdraw from our bipartisan discussions. I"™m embarrassed to admit that after all these years in politics I failed to interpret your previous assurances as typical rhetorical gloss routinely used in politics to make self-interested partisan posturing appear more noble. Again, sorry for the confusion, but please be assured I won"™t make the same mistake again.
As you know, the Majority Leader has asked Chairman Collins to hold hearings and mark up a bill for floor consideration in early March. I fully support such timely action and I am confident that, together with Senator Lieberman, the Committee on Governmental Affairs will report out a meaningful, bipartisan bill.
You commented in your letter about my "śinterest in creating a task force to further study"ť this issue, as if to suggest I support delaying the consideration of much-needed reforms rather than allowing the committees of jurisdiction to hold hearings on the matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. The timely findings of a bipartisan working group could be very helpful to the committee in formulating legislation that will be reported to the full Senate. Since you are new to the Senate, you may not be aware of the fact that I have always supported fully the regular committee and legislative process in the Senate, and routinely urge Committee Chairmen to hold hearings on important issues. In fact, I urged Senator Collins to schedule a hearing upon the Senate"™s return in January.
Furthermore, I have consistently maintained that any lobbying reform proposal be bipartisan. The bill Senators Joe Lieberman and Bill Nelson and I have introduced is evidence of that commitment as is my insistence that members of both parties be included in meetings to develop the legislation that will ultimately be considered on the Senate floor. As I explained in a recent letter to Senator Reid, and have publicly said many times, the American people do not see this as just a Republican problem or just a Democratic problem. They see it as yet another run-of-the-mill Washington scandal, and they expect it will generate just another round of partisan gamesmanship and posturing. Senator Lieberman and I, and many other members of this body, hope to exceed the public"™s low expectations. We view this as an opportunity to bring transparency and accountability to the Congress, and, most importantly, to show the public that both parties will work together to address our failings.
As I noted, I initially believed you shared that goal. But I understand how important the opportunity to lead your party"™s effort to exploit this issue must seem to a freshman Senator, and I hold no hard feelings over your earlier disingenuousness. Again, I have been around long enough to appreciate that in politics the public interest isn"™t always a priority for every one of us. Good luck to you, Senator.
The fact is, McCain sank his own campaign by attempting to run a positive one and by not attacking
obama from the outset. We will soon see what sort of slimy eel this obama turns out to be.
Rig for silent running....
The fact is, McCain sank his own campaign by attempting to run a positive one and by not attacking
obama from the outset. We will soon see what sort of slimy eel this obama turns out to be.
Rig for silent running....
LOL, your post is hillarious, McCain has never run a positive campaign..lmapo
The fact is, McCain sank his own campaign by attempting to run a positive one and by not attacking
obama from the outset. We will soon see what sort of slimy eel this obama turns out to be.
Rig for silent running....
LOL, your post is hillarious, McCain has never run a positive campaign..lmapo
And the anointed one is? come on, he's as crooked as a they come. When are you liberals going to wake up and smell the coffee, or are you guys waiting for the government to give you some?
Just let Obammy take over, we got in this mess because of the Democraps thinking everyone had the right to own a home even if they could not afford it. Obammy will make sure everyone has a home, of course it will be government housing. I like my 40000 square foot house that I pay for and never missed a payment in seven years, you know why, becasue I could afford it. I didn't need Fanny, Freddy or Acorn to insure my loan. I also paid over 40 % down.
Yeah, I suppose you got your money out of your FLOCK, I kinda know how most REV'S work also........and after your last post, I don't mind saying it..............................
LOL, your post is hillarious, McCain has never run a positive campaign..lmapo
You're obviously too partisan to have watched the Republican race earlier this year, the media hated it when Huckabee and McCain were running against each other, because there was nothing to report, no negative ads, McCain and Romney traded shots at certain points, but McCain and Huckabee were on good terms during the primaries.
Heaven help us if the socialist Obamination is elected! [:@]
But rest assured, every single day I will remind those who helped put the socialist, mega-taxing, baby killing, racist in office he's there because of them...NOT ME!
When he destroys our country's economy, takes away our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, and castrates our military, I'll remind Rainmaker and Wahoohunter they're to blame.
[align=center]Defeat the socialist cancerBarack Hussein Obama[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Save America, Vote McCain/Palin! [/align]
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LOL, your post is hillarious, McCain has never run a positive campaign..lmapo
