Burr opposes Geithner nomination

So our newest Senator Kay Hagan voted to confirm a tax cheat - in lock step with her Democrat leaders - and isn't this what Senator Dole was criticized for?

She already flip-flopped on voting for more bail out money. Is she also going to vote for this stimulus bill that includes?

More money on sod ($200M) for the mall than for small business tax credits ($50M),
More money for contraceptives – so we have less tax payers in the future funding social security – why are we paying for abortions in foreign countries when we can’t pay our credit card bills here?
Money for ACORN for more democrat voters
$50M for the Endowment for the Arts – more poetry, more crucifixes’s in a cup of urine?
Money to build zoos, casinos, museums, etc.
$350M for STD prevention

We definitely know who she is lock step in line with - and it is not the citizens of NC.

When Carter came to Washington, he brought all of his Georgia friends, when Bush II came to Washington, he brought all of his Texas friends, when Bill Clinton came to Washington, he did not know who to invite until after the election. And what did it get us, quagmire, indecision, bad decisions. Boys you need to step back and let the professionals handle this situation.

I am glad to see a President who knows that when he is a deep dark hole he needs to find a person with the best shovel skills, not one of his best friends from home.

I have been out of work since June of 2007 (a year and a half) and I want to see some serious digging into our problems and get to the light at the end of the tunnel. If that means a convicted felon can get us there faster than anyone else, let’s do it and deal with that problem when we get to daylight. Now is not the time to quibble over employment tax issues. There is a bigger picture here than listening to yourselves rail about how smart you are. Let's solve the problems, get the stock market up, get housing going again, and then place any blame you feel is necessary, when there are plenty of jobs to go around.

Protzman, you are kidding with the statement that Hagan has done more constructive work in week. Please...Please support your comment with FACTS.
She has already flipped flopped on the bailout money. She opposed it during the campaign and now she supports it. She has bailed out on the taxpayers. Hey, I voted for her. However, she already has sold herself to the money that gave to her campaign. Again, please tell me what she has done that you term "constructive".

As hard as it may be for you to believe, I was and remain a vocal opponent of Wush's corruption, and big govt failures. As far as proving it,
1. I don't take orders from liberal campaign dweebs of The Obama.
2. nothing I say would convince you that what I say is true, because I call 'em like I see 'em, and I say your 'The Obama' is as corrupt and criminal as Wush. And for a believer like you, the truth doesn't matter, only that 'our team won"
3. Think about it. If I spent hours dredging up all the negative stuff I've said about Wush or McLaim for that matter, you wouldn't even reply.
4. so just go on believing a power hungry corrupt chicago politician, who's already broken many of his campaign promises -- and keep attacking anyone that dares to question him.

I've run my own businesses for 30 years. I know full well that the government can't do many things as well as the private sector can. Many things. If the past eight years have proven anything, they have proven that. The Bush-led expansion of the military industrial complex is truly a staggering development. Wouldn't you like to have that trillion dollars we flushed in Iraq back right now?

I agree with the package and the need for accountability. I am against the bail-out of banks now, just as I was the first time it happened. That fiasco was an equal-opportunity screw up by both parties and accounts, in part, for my re-registering as an unaffiliated voter.

You opposed Bush? I would LOVE to see some evidence of that. Seriously. Show me one thing you said or wrote about Bush. Please.

if the people you're ranking and filing with are sane and competent.

It's when you're ranking and filing with criminally negligent politicians like Cheney, Gonzales, Bush, et. al., that you should be called on it. It's important to keep context in mind. No?

with which I mostly agree. I'm not keen on Geithner and Burr should probably get a sliver of credit for not allowing his breathtaking history hypocrisy to get in the way of his judgment today. It's too bad he never said word one about the disastrous effects of Republican leadership over the past eight years.

Dude, that's impossible. I've written a novel about the second (and third, and fourth) coming and Barack Hussein Obama's not in it.

Dang. Guess I'll have to write another one.

James

PS I've heard WAY more lunatics on the right calling Obama the Chosen One than I've heard lunatics on the left making that claim. You guys seem to have a seriously weird god complex after eight years of King George driving us toward the end times!

Senator Richard Burr has shown the spirit of compromise and cooperation by support the vast majority of President Obama's nominees. Because he rightly opposes Tim Geithner he is being attacked for not being cooperative. I guess to Democrats being cooperative means "agree with us 100% or we will come after you." Unfortunately that also sounds like a lot of Republicans in this state.

Kay Hagan in the past week has changed her position on almost every issue she discussed during the election. But then again as a first term senator with no federal experience she is only doing what Reid tells her to do.

NCSU66 - please do not talk anymore - you very misinformed and it is showing...so save yourself from embarrassment. Lilly Ledbetter has nothing to do with fair pay or anything like that...it is really just readjusting the statue of limitations. I would not expect a regurgitating liberal like you to see this piece of legislation is nothing more than a trial lawyers' dream.

Protzman - I am sorry to say...your home girl Hagan is the one who is a rank and file now with Democrats.

As far as Burr's No vote on the bailout...good for him. The package has no accountability nor has been proved to create jobs. Until the spend money to actually create jobs instead of on contraceptives and other non-job-stimulating options, then this legislation will be as worthless as the first bailout...James...do you really think that the government and run things better than the private sector.

As far as cronies - Obama has broken his own executive order with the #2 at the Pentagon being a former lobbyist. He Treasury man was in power during the first bailout, yet did nothing to help and avoided paying his taxes...that is not really the type of change I was expecting.

Thank you Senator Burr for recognizing that the Wachovia/Citi Deal was terrible for North Carolina, and that not paying Income Taxes (unintentional or otherwise) is unacceptable for a US Treasury Secretary. I am an Obama supporter and I know he would not have tapped Geithner had he known his tax situation prior to his nomination. I plan to follow the spirit of what the President is advocating which is for us to come together and implement what's good and reject what's bad. Most of Barack's cabinet is good and I support them. Geithner's record is tarnished and I support Burr's rejection of him.

On the stimulus deal, I'd like to see where it is going, how many jobs it will create in the private sector, and how we plan to measure it's success or failure. Till then, I don't want to pay any of my money for it. $350B has already vanished somewhere.

Hey James_Protzman, I did oppose bush, because he was a corrupt criminal. Go ahead and support your demo-god-king, regardless if he breaks every campaign promise. PS, I'm not defending or attacking Burr. My point was all you Obamajerks are happy to see him load our govt with corrupt criminals, "they may be crooks, but they're OUR crooks!" -- which makes you as bad, or worse than Bush.

Hey Protzman, why not just say it, you think obama is the second coming

How easy it is to bend into the oppressed victim posture. As if any reporter would care enough about your extremism to bother to delete it.

That said, your defense of Burr is ... how should I say this ... non-existent? The entire Bush administration was filled with corrupt, criminal, political insiders. That surely can't be your complaint!

I love it. Obama nominates a self avowed socialist to his 'team', the NandO doesn't even print the news, and the obamatariat won't comment on postings that point it out. Burr Opposes a corrupt, criminal, political insider (isn't that what Obama said he was trying to eliminate?) and the Obamadroids come out and attack... Burr. This posting will be deleted by NandO 'reporters'.

I love all these Republicans who have suddenly discovered fiscal responsibility in 2009! What were they doing during the Bush administration?

Burr also voted against the Ledbetter fair pay for women act. Why would any woman vote for Burr after this vote?

Senator Burr, along with Senator Cornyn, continue to support the policies of the failed Bush regime. Their ONLY proposal to solve the economic problems is more tax cuts for the wealthy and 'trickle down'. North Carolina has had enough 'trickle down' and enough Senator Burr. Bring on the 2010 election!

Actually Richard The RINO will find himself a politician without a party in '10. His cozying in with McCain has costs him the support of Repubs .... and no Lib/Dem will ever vote for him. Stick a fork in Burr ... he's done.

After falling into lock-step in support of George Bush's Reign of Incompetence and Corporate Welfare for four years, it's funny to see our Senior Senator suddenly worried about the financial leadership of the country. He's still taking orders from GOP leadership, orders that can be summed up in a single word: OBSTRUCT.

Kay Hagan has done more constructive work in a single week than Mr. Burr has in his entire tenure.