Special, special lady confirmed as Secretary of State
posted at 4:41 pm on January 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
94-2, with an assist from Maverick in his first floor speech since the election. Cheers broke out in the gallery when they gaveled it. I wonder how she feels about being the first secretary of state appointed by a genuine author-president.
Not sure who the two no votes were; I’ll update once I hear. Exit question: You do realize that MSNBC anchors are laughing openly now at the GOP’s lack of “cojones,” don’t you? Click the image to watch.
Update: The no votes were Vitter, who tangled with her at the hearing over the Clinton Foundation, and Jim DeMint. I wonder what his problem was.
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So is McCain the defacto leader of the Republican party now?
If so I’ll have to change parties…
Skywise on January 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Yep, they’re all in her testicle lock box now.
Brat on January 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I believe so Sky. To further make your day, I believe that he’s also Obama’s go to guy on getting deals done with the GOP.
dakine on January 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Bill is busy interviewing interns as I type.
milwife88 on January 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Well, it is laughable.
ddrintn on January 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Now the coronation of Princess Caroline as senator?
Wethal on January 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Good. Now she can get on with the business of being “troubled” with Iran’s nuke program…with smart power, that is.
Weight of Glory on January 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Obama is now loading up the clown bus.
grapeknutz on January 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
In fairness to McCain, who were we really going to get out of Obama better than Clinton? It’s not like he’s about to appoint John Bolton. If Clinton were blocked, how does Secretary John Kerry or Secretary Samantha Power sound?
amerpundit on January 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Seems that our representatives on the right never had any in the first place.
BoomJunkie on January 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
So who were the only 2 republicans that still have a set of balls?
MDWNJ on January 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Anyone want to start a new party with me? I’m done with the GOP.
cadams on January 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
McCain makes me want to vomit.
He definitely gets the “Take this man’s beer” award.
unrealcitizen on January 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I am so ashamed. We need to regroup, and send some conservatives with BALLS into Congress!
stonemeister on January 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Man, I hope he gets dumped in his re-election bid.
a capella on January 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Hillary as SOS is not nearly as laughable as Barry as CIC.
DeweyWins on January 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
If they’re going to oppose someone, Geithner or Holder would be more worth fighting for, although I think Geithner will make it through. Holder may get through, too.
Wethal on January 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Best Wishes to Hillary Clinton. If she has no opponents to her confirmation than all we can do is hope she does well.
I trust her more than Barry.
portlandon on January 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
DeMint has no problem, 94 other members of the Senate clearly do though.
cadams on January 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Remember this day………….
………… when it comes back to bight us.
Seven Percent Solution on January 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Channeling Joe the Plumber:
Principles, man. You just don’t get it.
VolMagic on January 21, 2009 at 4:51 PM
And we know who will get the 3:00 phone calls.
NeighborhoodCatLady on January 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
No problem. If there is, then I have no problem with his problem.
Brat on January 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Why did he feel the need to go to the floor in defense of her confirmation? He knew as well as you and I that no real opposition was going to exist. Even Cornyn, who offered the only verbal “concern” admitted that he was going to vote for her. So why does our standard bearer feel the need to tell congress what Americans want, more Clinton. But what should I suspect this is McCain simply being McCain.
Weight of Glory on January 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I’m not a fan of Hillary Clinton but she does seem qualified for the job.
Advise and consent folks.
Save the battles for arenas where it will really matter.
JadeNYU on January 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Well, the GOP has to pick it’s battles wisely right now. Putting up a fuss over Hillary would have ended in defeat eventually so they did the right thing.
Go RBNY on January 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Well put Jade.
dakine on January 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
What does the SoS do, besides hob-nob and get nothing done?
lorien1973 on January 21, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Is it wrong that Hillary gives me the horn?
LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Why does everybody thinks she’s so tough? Look at the way Bill rolled over her. Don’t you think the Arabs will do the same?
RWLA on January 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Now all she has to do is get rid of Byrd, Pelosi, Biden, and ‘him‘ and she’ll have what she really wants.
If I were on that list I would sleep very lightly and never pick a drink back up.
KCSteve on January 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
They can be very effective ambassadors at conveying American weakness and ineptness to our lethal adversaries. Consider Madeline Albright.
JiangxiDad on January 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
R.I.P.
The Republican Party
1854-2009
Cause of Death: No cajones
ToddonCapeCod on January 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Go RBNY on January 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM
The GOP always picks their battles, and the current battle never seems to be the right battle to stand up for conservative principles.
theotherKate on January 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Wow – Vitter complaining about the morals of other people.
Ugh.
A Axe on January 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
But I hear they throw the best parties
LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Vitter was upset because he needed his diaper changed, and DeMint is just a d-bag.
Noneya on January 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Most definitely.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
That comment was well worth the bandwidth.
LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Confirmed: Senate is comprised of 94 Obamatons and 2 regular Americans.
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
We’ll know if they’ve lost their “cojones” should Geithner and Holder sail through with similar vote counts. And if a majority of them go along with the stimulus nonsense, then they’ll officially have sold us out and the party can be declared dead.
Doughboy on January 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Any prayer of bouncing McCain next go round? Will any actual Republican challenge him in Arizona?
Sugar Land on January 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
*gulp*
Noneya on January 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Most definitely wrong, or she most definitely gives you the horn too?
Maybe I’ll start a HillPorn.com site….
LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
theotherKate on January 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Yep. I’m sick of the “keep yer powder dry” argument. We’ve been stockpiling warehouses of metaphoric gunpowder over the last two decades, but nobody in DC is willing to strike the match.
innominatus on January 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
As if worries about cojones are worth the bandwidth…
starfleet_dude on January 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Whew…yeah….in my dreams she’s gulping alright
LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Thank you, maverick.
I didn’t even get a kiss.
HornetSting on January 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Was it all her talk about nuking Iran (in the primary) that did it for ya?
Noneya on January 21, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Tuzla
rob verdi on January 21, 2009 at 5:03 PM
HornetSting on January 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Ain’t it wonderful to see he’s consistent?
kingsjester on January 21, 2009 at 5:04 PM
94-2 with DeMint and Vitter voting no.
getalife on January 21, 2009 at 5:04 PM
I assume we’ll be getting full disclosure of the bribes accepted by Slick Willie’s foundation so we can keep track of whom she’ll actually be representing. Too much to ask?
trubble on January 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Oh yes, I could say a lot more, but what’s the point.
Dead horse.
HornetSting on January 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM
I seem to recall an incident with a fellow named Vince Foster and an airplane crash involving Housing Secretary Ron Brown…
J.J. Sefton on January 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Honestly…as long as she nukes Iran if they attack us, I don’t give a damn.
MadisonConservative on January 21, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I think JD Hayworth is taking a look. Lets hope so.
joepub on January 21, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Is this the same Hillary who basically called Petraus a liar right to his face , about the surge not working, and his perspective on Iraq. Yeah i could see where her forward thinking, and insight would be put to good use.
MDWNJ on January 21, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Maybe he actually has scruples?
apollyonbob on January 21, 2009 at 5:08 PM
I’m afraid that plan was hatched 11/5/08
HornetSting on January 21, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Be still my beating heart
LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Because he won re-election to the House so handily?
oh, wait…
Noneya on January 21, 2009 at 5:12 PM
The Good News: David Vitter has balls
The Bad News: He shares said balls with women other than Mrs. Vitter.
Vernon Hardapple on January 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Seriously, are you kidding me? Like the battles they can win? They can win nothing. They stand for nothing.
The one plus from this is that McCain and all of his
press secretariesfellow senators will go down in history as destroying not only the party, but allowing the dismantling of our nation by the dems. They are not innocent bystanders, they are fully participating in it and I for one will never, ever, ever, ever forget it.JeffinOrlando on January 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Agreed.
blatantblue on January 21, 2009 at 5:16 PM
The REALLY bad news? They gotta wipe and powder them after changings…
Noneya on January 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Well,I hope that is she is into The Cojones collection bussiness, that she take a liking for Persians, North Koreans and others.Like Deleen in Babylon 5, I prefer to be behind her and hope that all our enemies feel a need to be somwhere else.:)
El Coqui on January 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Maybe he actually has scruples?
apollyonbob on January 21, 2009 at 5:08 PM
He does. DeMint is a decent man. I don’t know how he survives in DC, but I’m glad he’s there. He’s my senator. The other one is Mac’s goober, and isn’t worth mentioning.
Cody1991 on January 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
LOUSY republican senators. Only TWO voted against her.
We’re doomed.
jencab on January 21, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Time to crash the phone system again.
HornetSting on January 21, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Let’s just let it be said and just get it over with.
McCain is a pimple in serious need of squeezing.
He was as big a mistake to run on the Republican ticket this last time around as Dole was a mistake to run years ago!
Why the Republicans keep running gasbags like this is beyond explanation.
pilamaye on January 21, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Arizonians need to take a good look at him.
HornetSting on January 21, 2009 at 5:20 PM
I love Demint as much as the next guy, but the point was made above: She’s as good as the GOP was going to get (and maybe better). Voting no was not only pointless but probably not even warranted.
LastRick on January 21, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Anyone want to start a new party with me? I’m done with the GOP.
cadams
Yes I do – The Libertarian Party. Both Democratic & Republican parties are corrupt, both run by the Global Elite – need I say more?
corvettelady on January 21, 2009 at 5:22 PM
cartman showed me where the WMD are………
http://www.freewebs.com/theteenconservative/snuke.jpg
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on January 21, 2009 at 5:22 PM
And todays theme song is???
Season of the Witch?
Bitch is back in Town?
Don’t Worry, be Happy?
The End of the World, as we Know it?
So, so many choose from..
Romeo13 on January 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM
The fact that all the Republicans, save 2, voted for this woman who has so many obvious conflict of interests just means that we need to throw every single one out and start completely over—
Facts and truth no longer means anything to either party– Politics is just a game played by the so called elites in this country with a second set of rules just for them–
I am disgusted by the country right now—
alecj on January 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM
And what interests me the most…
If she was not married to Bill, she would not even be looked at for this position…
Just as that Kennedy broad would not even be a serious contender for the Senate, without the name…
SOOOO… women libbers, how do you feel about that? Not on Merit, not on the Content of their Character, but because of a NAME?
Romeo13 on January 21, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Way to go Demint. Honestly guys, I don’t think Clinton is that bad compared to the alternative possibilities.
therightwinger on January 21, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Let the corruption of our nation begin.
madmonkphotog on January 21, 2009 at 5:28 PM
What does fighting this horrible woman gain us? Barry would just appoint some other horrible lowlife even if she didn’t get in, which there was no chance in hell of happening.
Speedwagon82 on January 21, 2009 at 5:32 PM
No more wrong than the fact that Michelle gives me one.
MadisonConservative on January 21, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Wow, I didn’t realize that McCain would put bipartisanship before ethics. What a loser.
ProfessorMiao on January 21, 2009 at 5:36 PM
What’s up with the US always having fugly wymen as SoS’s anyway?
44Magnum on January 21, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Dude…. sometimes I look at Hitlery and I think, “I’d hit that”. She does have pretty eyes. But then I’ll see her from a bad angle, like from the neck down or when the light shows how wrinkled up she is, and it’s like a splash of ice cold water to the face.
UltimateBob on January 21, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Yeccch….. that’s where I draw the line.
UltimateBob on January 21, 2009 at 5:39 PM
What am I bid for ME policy? Gotta 1mill 1mill 1 mill mill-5 from the Pooter mil5 mill6 mill 8 in the back Beijing Man mill8 mill8 do i hear 2 hear 2 hear 2 2mill in front here 2mill in front here 2mill1 no 2 mill2 from the Pooter 2 mill 5 from Beijing Man 2mill 5 2 mill 5 fair warning 2mill 6 from the robed goat 2 mill 6 Soros bids 2 mill 8 that’s a phone bank bid 2 mill 8 3 mill from the robed goat 3 mill 3 mill 3 mill from the robed goat fair warning SOLD!
chsw
chsw on January 21, 2009 at 5:46 PM
So now Republicans are being laughed at by NBC.
At what point can we just get rid of Republicans and get a Conservative Party?
Why do they bother existing at all?
DeMint and a few others are the only ones who have realize what is going on.
Expect the trillion dollar stimulus to pass with only token resistance…
I REALLY cant stand what they have become.
winged on January 21, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I respect Michelle Malkin, and so wouldn’t be that base about how much of a mega-hottie she is.
So, no…I meant…
MadisonConservative on January 21, 2009 at 5:50 PM
MadisonConservative on January 21, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Oh, Noooooo. Brother, we’ve got to get you into therapy, along with LimeyGeek.
kingsjester on January 21, 2009 at 5:52 PM
The unstoppable Obama Centrist Party jagernaught continues it’s relentless total destruction of the Republican party to the great delight of party loyalists world wide.
hhmmm…perhaps that should be the Obama l’Internationale Centrist Party.
Skandia Recluse on January 21, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Exactly. Someone should name just one thing of substance that this woman has accomplished. Anyone?
scalleywag on January 21, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Besides dodging sniper fire in Bosnia.
scalleywag on January 21, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Someone should be sure and take inventory in her office before she moves in. And after.
scalleywag on January 21, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I just received notice that my domain name (hillaryclinton2008.org) expires tomorrow.
It was a heckuva run and some of the emails I received at the site were priceless! But all good things must come to an end. I’d take credit for her demise, but then I’d have to take the blame for the rise of The One.
mankai on January 21, 2009 at 6:11 PM
This is better than John Cary getting torpedoed by the swiftboat vets. Hillary has taken over. When the call comes at 3 AM we know who President Obama is going to call.
I wonder who the new Senator from NY is gonna be…..
kanda on January 21, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Sounds like a lot of republicans didn’t want to be her out of the senator. A hardy “thanks Obama” of a vote…
phreshone on January 21, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Sounds like a lot of republicans wanted her out of the senate. A hardy “thanks Obama” of a vote…
Preview is your friend.
phreshone on January 21, 2009 at 6:29 PM
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