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April 14, 2014

Sylvia Burwell, Obama's Nominee for Head of HHS, Had Responsibility of Vetting Presidential Speeches for Accuracy; Apparently Gave the Blessing to Obama's "If you Like Your Doctor" Lie Dozens of Times
— Ace

I guess her previous background lying on behalf of Obamacare well-qualifies her for the job.

The agency Burwell heads, the Office of Management and Budget, is responsible for the presidentÂ’s budget. But OMB also has another, lesser-known responsibility: fact-checking presidential speeches. Every proposed presidential utterance is scrubbed for accuracy by OMB.
When speechwriters finish a draft presidential address, it is circulated to the White House senior staff and top cabinet officials in what is known as the Â“staffing process.Â” As part of that process, nonpartisan career policy experts at OMB review the speech and are responsible for attesting to the factual accuracy of everything the president says.
So thanks to BurwellÂ’s nomination, Americans may finally get to the bottom of how the biggest presidential lie in recent memory made it though OMBÂ’s fact-checking process Â— not once but dozens of times.
...
Burwell should explain to Congress and the American people how her office allowed blatant falsehoods to get into presidential speeches, including whether political aides overruled career policy advisers who warned that the presidentÂ’s claims were untrue.

So, she ordered Shutdown Theater to punish American citizens, and approved of Obama's oft-told lie.

These hearings will be epic.

Posted by: Ace at 12:54 PM | Comments (231)
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1 Confirmed 98-0.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 14, 2014 12:55 PM (oFCZn)

2 No, these hearings won't be epic. Cryin Johnny Boner.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 14, 2014 12:56 PM (Q8vlx)

3 Just another example of how this administration rewards loyalty, not competence. Serious question: Within the Obama administration, what incentive is there to be good at your job?

Posted by: taylork at April 14, 2014 12:56 PM (9bPUR)

4 And firing Sebelius was going to get the heat off?

Posted by: RS at April 14, 2014 12:56 PM (YAGV/)

5 "These hearings will be epic." And totally ignored by the MSM.

Posted by: KELO Decision at April 14, 2014 12:57 PM (0LHZx)

6 The hearings will not be epic, and I bet a majority of Republicans vote to confirm her. She was chosen because she would personify the war on women if all the old white guys are on TV picking on her.

Posted by: blaster at April 14, 2014 12:57 PM (4+AaH)

7 Oh, it's worse than that.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 12:57 PM (IXrOn)

8 My Friendsh

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 14, 2014 12:57 PM (Q8vlx)

9 Confirmed 98-0.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 14, 2014 04:55 PM (oFCZn)

Sounds about right.

Posted by: EC at April 14, 2014 12:57 PM (GQ8sn)

10 This is not the hill to die on....

Posted by: KELO Decision at April 14, 2014 12:58 PM (0LHZx)

11 So, she ordered Shutdown Theater to punish American citizens, and approved of Obama's oft-told lie. These hearings will be epic. --- Should be epic, but probably won't be. I have a feeling that McConnell, Thad Cochran, and others feeling heat from the Tea Party will find a way to screw the American people.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 14, 2014 12:58 PM (APuJ7)

12 No they won't. The Repukes will back down because they don't want to scare the 20 year old girl demographic.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 12:58 PM (jucos)

13 And when any republican with balls starts asking these questions you can expect shits like McCain and graham to come to the rescue to insult their "fellow republican" and declare how they will now be a definite yes vote.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 14, 2014 12:59 PM (AXFih)

14 Parachute her over Yemen where she can finish out her days as a 13th rate whore.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at April 14, 2014 12:59 PM (hpgw1)

15 This is the same person who sent the email initiating the barricading of the memorials, even as veterans were arriving in D.C. on their "honor flights" to see the memorials that they built. Palin, along with Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), joined veterans as they protested the barricades. breitbart

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 12:59 PM (IXrOn)

16 needless to say, focusing on her involvement with obamacare's lies or shutting down memorials to punish tax payers will only drive moderates from the GOP.

Posted by: joeindc44 at April 14, 2014 12:59 PM (DTVYh)

17 A perfect, moderate alternative to the usual partisanship of Washington. Bravo, Mr. President. Bravo.

Posted by: David Brooks at April 14, 2014 01:00 PM (d3clc)

18 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: maddogg at April 14, 2014 01:00 PM (xWW96)

19 She was chosen because she would personify the war on women if all the old white guys are on TV picking on her. Posted by: blaster at April 14, 2014 04:57 PM (4+AaH) __________ You gotta hand it to Obama, the fucker does know how to politik.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 14, 2014 01:01 PM (0LHZx)

20 Her's are not the hills to die on...........

Posted by: The Repukes at April 14, 2014 01:01 PM (jucos)

21 nonpartisan career policy experts at OMB review the speech and are responsible for attesting to the factual accuracy of everything the president says.

Isn't "nonpartisan career policy experts at OMB" oxymoronic.

Also since everything TFG and his crew is BS from the 1st microvolt in their twisted little brains how could this actually be done.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 14, 2014 01:01 PM (DL2i+)

22 The Office of Management and No Budget.

Posted by: wth at April 14, 2014 01:01 PM (wAQA5)

23 She also dug through Vince Foster's trash.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 01:03 PM (ZPrif)

24 Expecting the same degree of accuracy from a black president or an adult woman as one would expect from a 16 year-old white boy working the counter at McDonalds is racist, sexist, or both, depending on the Democrat in question.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 14, 2014 01:04 PM (R+XDI)

25
This woman has had to put up with more stuff than anyone else combined. It's unbelievable.

One time, she was walking her dog and it took a shit, and out of the bushes a Republican attacked her, killing her dog.

Then another time, she was trying to ask someone in her building out, and Paul Ryan came out of nowhere and attacked her with a large salmon, eventually violating her tender crotch area.

So what she has had to put up with, it's unbelievable!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at April 14, 2014 01:04 PM (xggaJ)

26 These hearings will be ~~epic.~~ displays of supine cowardice by the Republicans, who will then proceed to unanimously vote for confirmation. FIFY

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2014 01:04 PM (0cMkb)

27 This is not the Burwell to die on.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 14, 2014 01:05 PM (XUKZU)

28 13-precisely. If 17 or 19 or whatever the number of R senators can vote to confirm Eric Holder, knowing about the Marc Rich pardon, how could they not confirm her for mere lying and attacking US citizens.

Posted by: ejo at April 14, 2014 01:05 PM (GXvSO)

29 Comity Central.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at April 14, 2014 01:06 PM (tmFlQ)

30

Lookit, John Boner is the most conservative person who has ever lived.

So quit bothering him while he is busy being a Communist.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at April 14, 2014 01:06 PM (xggaJ)

31 I'm going to say it and I can't believe I'm about to say it, this appointment is not the hill to die on. In fact when at the confirmation hearings a gop senator gets his time to ask questions he should litterally not ask her anything just let silence fill the room. At this point in obamas presidency the only hill to die on with regards to nominations is he was in a positoion to choose a successor to thomas or scalia.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 14, 2014 01:06 PM (4rxW7)

32 She lies like a rug. Hire her!

Posted by: B.O. admin HR team at April 14, 2014 01:06 PM (wAQA5)

33 These hearings will be epic. I wish I shared your optimism.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:06 PM (oMKp3)

Why do I have the sinking feeling that one of the self indulgent grandstanding RINOs will find a way to derail the hearings and let her be approved?

He will say something stupid, and after he is pilloried, the gutless sh!ts will fold.

Posted by: rd at April 14, 2014 01:06 PM (D+lxs)

35 Isn't she also the fine house-keeper who helped vacuum and dust Vince Foster's office the night he died?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 01:07 PM (dfYL9)

36 Will Harry Reid Un-Nuke the Senate on the last day of the 2014 session, so that the GOP won't inherit his filibuster-proof majority? Non-partisan!

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 01:07 PM (mizYg)

37 Yep, she's the ovarian version of G. Gordon Liddy.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 01:08 PM (ZPrif)

38 35 Isn't she also the fine house-keeper who helped vacuum and dust Vince Foster's office the night he died? Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 05:07 PM (dfYL9) That's a very polite way of saying ditched the evidence.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:08 PM (oMKp3)

39 Epic... sure, epically underwhelming because the Repubs will screw it up, and the MSM will ignore it.

Posted by: GuyfromNH at April 14, 2014 01:08 PM (Uhx+Z)

40 Why the fuck did you shut down and blockade the World War 2 Memorial? We get to use that weapons grade stuff of the vets dropping the barriers off at the white house again. Why the fuck would they even DO this? War On Women? How does this help thier poll #'s?

Posted by: Zakn at April 14, 2014 01:09 PM (zyaZ1)

41 Golly, she doesn't LOOK like a staunch Left-wing America-hating asshole!

https://tinyurl.com/kgm82h7

Posted by: Phinn, founder of the Scottish Immigration Activist Front at April 14, 2014 01:09 PM (i5GO4)

42 Seriously, though, what is the innocent reason why she was digging through Foster's trash the night he killed himself? Has that ever been explained?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 01:09 PM (ZPrif)

43 Someone on the GOP side will call her a "lady" and that will be the end of that.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:10 PM (oMKp3)

44 Apparently Gave the Blessing to Obama's "If you Like Your Doctor" Lie Dozens of Times It's not like she read the bill. No one did. They probably thought this was a true statement. Or, wishful thinking. Only the lawyers drawing it up (those sections) and a tight group really knew this was a lie.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 01:10 PM (IXrOn)

41Golly, she doesn't LOOK like a staunch Left-wing America-hating asshole!

https://tinyurl.com/kgm82h7

Don't be fooled by the Commie camouflage system....

Posted by: River Commander at April 14, 2014 01:10 PM (728Fx)

46 0 experience in health or human services. Strictly speaking I'm more qualified to run HHS than she is.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 01:10 PM (a8eFL)

47 Too bad we have no opposition party. I'd really wish this to be epic. BUT, this is an election year and we mustn't drive the fucking moderates away.

Posted by: Soona at April 14, 2014 01:10 PM (k+3vt)

48 I'm sure Cornyn, after his kung fu like domination of seven simultaneous tea party attackers will grill her most vigorously.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 14, 2014 01:11 PM (L02KD)

49 You said epic, dude. It's a rad bluebird day here.

Posted by: Snowboarder at April 14, 2014 01:11 PM (0lwj0)

50 Thank Gaia I'm a Democrat!

Posted by: Sylvia Burwell at April 14, 2014 01:11 PM (/AHDz)

51 I sure hope no one makes a fuss about any of this or we're OUT OF HERE!

Posted by: Teh Moderates at April 14, 2014 01:12 PM (/AHDz)

52 She's an excellent choice!

Posted by: John McCain at April 14, 2014 01:12 PM (aRUb8)

53 46 Strictly speaking I'm more qualified to run HHS than she is. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 05:10 PM (a8eFL) Yeah, but you support torturing animals.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 14, 2014 01:12 PM (/Dico)

54 Yep, she's the ovarian version of G. Gordon Liddy. - Except not as cute.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 14, 2014 01:13 PM (XUKZU)

55 Hey now hey now hey now hey now! This is, as people have said, quite clearly not the hill to drive moderates over. I mean, the man said he won, didn't he? That means he gets to do whatever the Democrats want, just like when Republicans are in office. But seriously, if the Stupid Party starts to stand up against lawlessness and abuse of power, gosh that would be nice.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:13 PM (sBOi6)

56 So she headed the department that: 1. Ordered shut down theater. 2. Reviewed speeches for accuracies, speeches that included the LIE OF THE YEAR (according to Time and others?) 3. Created the Obama Budgets that have collectively been voted down by something like 10 - 2,125 in 5 years (or something like that - I'm not doing the research).

Posted by: SH at April 14, 2014 01:13 PM (gmeXX)

57 I'd really like to be optimistic about her confirmation hearings, but there are only two chances of a congresscritter asking her any kind of probing questions: slim and none. An opposition party sure would come in handy right about now. Actually, one would've been nice six or seven years ago.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:14 PM (0HooB)

58 Someone is about to fall on their sword, and not in GoT either! This has to be a setup. They have the person with the most violations up there for a sacrifice.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at April 14, 2014 01:14 PM (i2Lsf)

59 So, she obstructs justice in what might well be a criminal investigation. She's put in charge of the make-the-people-suffer brigade during the shutdown, and she passes off on blatant lies. Sounds like just the chick to put in charge of our health decisions. Yessiree. Perfect.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 01:14 PM (dfYL9)

60

So the bloated Communist lesbians got inserted onto the SCOTUS with no difficulty at all.

So what indicates that this twat will get any resistance?

The GOP sucks.

Someone might give her shit, but really, why bother anymore.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at April 14, 2014 01:14 PM (xggaJ)

61 Burwell's maiden name is Mathews. From NYT in 1995: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/26/us/no-intention-to-question-first-lady.html The committee also focused today on Mr. Foster's office trash. Members questioned Sylvia Mathews, a former White House aide, in laborious detail about what she had found in Mr. Foster's garbage on the night he died. Other than a few routine documents, the garbage contained nothing that shed light on Mr. Foster's thinking, said Ms. Mathews, who is now chief of staff at the Treasury Department. Republicans on the committee found it significant, however, that Ms. Mathews had also managed to retrieve a special bag of garbage containing classified and sensitive papers that was usually destroyed by the Secret Service. The contents of that bag were never examined by anyone to see if Mr. Foster had left anything in it that might shed light on his state of mind.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 01:15 PM (ZPrif)

62 If McCain or any of his ass-licking confederates are on the committee reviewing her, then she's as good as already being sworn in.

Posted by: Soona at April 14, 2014 01:15 PM (k+3vt)

63 She's a career bureaucrat and a career politician. What the hell can you ask her that she doesn't have a answer for? Unless you want to start asking questions about the slush funds in the budget, and she will say it's just numbers. If you want to know where all the money goes, you need the people at treasury who know where the checks go.

Posted by: Federick Forrest at April 14, 2014 01:15 PM (nTBdj)

64 She was also head of the Gates Foundation and that of the Walton (Walmart) family foundation after leaving the Clinton White House. She is used to doing what very, very rich people tell her to do. It is her "calling". Why anyone would think she was qualified to head OMB much less Obamacare is bizarre.

Posted by: Lester at April 14, 2014 01:15 PM (2UPXV)

65 Yeah, but you support torturing animals. Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 14, 2014 05:12 PM (/Dico) True. And the IOM committee tasked by the NIH to tell me and mine to go fuck ourselves. Actually I have an idea, a senator should fly me out and say "this grad student has more relevant experience than you."

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 01:16 PM (a8eFL)

Too bad we have no opposition party. I'd really wish this to be epic. BUT, this is an election year and we mustn't drive the fucking moderates away.

Posted by: Soona at April 14, 2014 05:10 PM (k+3vt)

^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^

The geniuses in the GOP think that sounding exactly like the Democrats is the way to draw moderate voters from the Democrats.

Because buying a Chevy is sooo much different than buying a Buick. After all, they have completely different names on the grille.

Posted by: rd at April 14, 2014 01:16 PM (D+lxs)

67

Doesn't it appear that Barry and his band of moron comrades are literally trying to destroy this country?

I mean, this hag, she will screw things up even worse than she has...

But isn't that good for Barry and Billy Ayers, who has his hand up his ass?

It seems to be working pretty well.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at April 14, 2014 01:16 PM (xggaJ)

68 54 Yep, she's the ovarian version of G. Gordon Liddy. - Except not as cute. Posted by: WalrusRex at April 14, 2014 05:13 PM (XUKZU) ---------------- Nor as honest. To put it mildly.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 01:16 PM (dfYL9)

69 Confirming her is just an act of love.

Posted by: Jeb 'INUR' Bush at April 14, 2014 01:17 PM (8MBOc)

70 I'll be surprised if Zero doesn't withdraw the nomination if GOP senators start making noise about actually asking her some difficult questions.

Posted by: Barkow at April 14, 2014 01:17 PM (TWo0V)

71 Someone might give her shit, but really, why bother anymore. What if we said that when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: eleven at April 14, 2014 01:17 PM (VhqUZ)

72 If a lie is dropped in a press conference and nobody in the press calls you on it, then it wasn't a lie. See, and you people think I'm retarded.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 14, 2014 01:17 PM (eAJwE)

73 Yeah, but you support torturing animals. Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 14, 2014 05:12 PM (/Dico) Heh, I meant to say "the IOM committee... blah blah... is marching on to end animal research." Who issue of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics this month. # of pro research articles: 0.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 01:18 PM (a8eFL)

74
These hearings will be epic.
Posted by Ace

2013 would like a word:

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The vote to approve Burwell for the White HouseÂ’s top budget job was 96-0. The swift confirmation was expected; the two Senate panels that oversaw her nomination unanimously gave her the green light last week.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 01:18 PM (kdS6q)

75 The pool of people they have to choose from is some cesspool, eh? If she isn't positioned, who is next on the list? Horror story in two sentences.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 01:18 PM (IXrOn)

76 A cvnt by any other name would not rot so pustulentlyÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 14, 2014 01:18 PM (CMkNk)

77 70 I'll be surprised if Zero doesn't withdraw the nomination if GOP senators start making noise about actually asking her some difficult questions. No, he'll double down. His chief aim in life appears to be giving the middle finger to America.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:18 PM (oMKp3)

78 How long until people understand that lying (and being a lifetime bureaucrat - but I guess that's redundant) qualifies ANYONE for a job with this Administration?

Posted by: Pelosi Schmelosi at April 14, 2014 01:19 PM (jHf6U)

79

The AG of the US literally went to a sickeningly disgusting pile of garbage to soothe his battered bones after being beat up because he is black.

And nothing happened. The guy owes millions in back taxes...

And nothing happened.

Doesn't it seem to be getting worse?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at April 14, 2014 01:19 PM (xggaJ)

80 'll be surprised if Zero doesn't withdraw the nomination if GOP senators start making noise about actually asking her some difficult questions. No, he'll double down. His chief aim in life appears to be giving the middle finger to America. Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 05:18 PM (oMKp3) Plus, they are ALL dirty.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 01:19 PM (IXrOn)

81 At this stage, I actually WANT Obama to nominate flaming communist America-hating revolutionary criminals. And to just let them all get approved. Starting in about 6 months both houses of congress will be against him, stymying his every move, and the useless nominated and approved impotent minions will simply serve as subsequent evidence that O was a flaming communist America-hating revolutionary criminal.

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 01:20 PM (mizYg)

82 74 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 05:18 PM (kdS6q) Is Jeff Sessions, Mike Lee or Ted Cruz on the nominating committee? That would be must-see CSPAN right there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 14, 2014 01:20 PM (CMkNk)

83 "Ms. Burwell, I'd like to know more about your role in the government shutdown. The closure signs require a lengthy lead time so they can be made and go through all the procurement procedures, yet they appeared on national monuments immediately after the shutdown. Given a conservative estimate of three months, how did you know that the government would be shut down so far in advance?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:20 PM (0HooB)

84 Lady has had a very lucrative life moving back and forth from govt to industry boards and non-profit elite. She's run both Bill Gates and Walmart foundations. Notice the Walmart Foundation. That's interesting. http://www.forbes.com/profile/sylvia-burwell/ --- Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President, The Walmart Foundation (Jan. 2012 - Present); President, Global Development Program (Apr. 2006 - Dec. 2011). Ms. Burwell joined the Foundation in 2001 as Executive Vice President and served as its Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to April 2006. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. from 1998. Ms. Burwell served as Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998, and was Chief of Staff to Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin from 1995 to 1997. She also served as Staff Director for the National Economic Council from 1993 to 1995. Ms. Burwell was Manager of President Clintons economic transition team. Prior to that, she was an Associate at McKinsey and Company from 1990 through 1992. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, the Trilateral Commission and the Nike Foundation Advisory Group, a member of the Board of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, an Advisory Board member for the Next Generation Initiative and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and a member of the Professional Advisory Board for the ALS Evergreen Chapter. Ms. Burwell received a bachelors degree in government, cum laude, from Harvard University in 1987 and a bachelors degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Ms. Burwell has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 2004. On April 19, 2013, Ms. Sylvia Mathews Burwell resigned from the Board of Directors of MetLife, Inc., effective as of that date.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 01:20 PM (ZPrif)

85 81 Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 05:20 PM (mizYg) It's why a Bernie Sanders or even a Dennis Kucinich run in 2016 would be genius.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 14, 2014 01:20 PM (CMkNk)

86 6 The hearings will not be epic, and I bet a majority of Republicans vote to confirm her. ^This

Posted by: Y-not at April 14, 2014 01:21 PM (zDsvJ)

87 "The hearings will not be epic, and I bet a majority of Republicans vote to confirm her."

Yep. The GOP establishment have been rolling over and wagging their tails pleasantly for the absolutely overwhelming majority of Obama nominees so far.

Sheesh, look at Holder. It was crystal clear at confirmation time that Holder was a radical racist who was going to run the DOJ as a wholly owned and operated affiliate of the New Black Panther Party, while winking at massive corruption and abuse, and sure enough, that's just what he has done.

Didn't stop, what, 17 Senate Republicans from voting to confirm the guy?

So I don't see any signs that they're ready to become confrontational now.

Simplest response to leftists who accuse the GOP of institutional racism is to ask: then why in the world are they so abjectly terrified of being even _called_ racist, to where it paralyzes their ability to act effectively in opposition?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 01:21 PM (noWW6)

88 64 She is used to doing what very, very rich people tell her to do. It is her "calling". Why anyone would think she was qualified to head OMB much less Obamacare is bizarre. Posted by: Lester at April 14, 2014 05:15 PM (2UPXV) ------------------ Bizarre? No. You've already pointed out why she is highly qualified --- she is an obedient servant of the mandarin class.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 01:21 PM (dfYL9)

89 She's awful, in every way. This is precisely why the man-child nominated her (or should I say Jarrett who looks like a man child nominated her).

Posted by: Seems legit at April 14, 2014 01:22 PM (Q6g1g)

90 __________, Obama's Nominee for Head of ___________ Isn't that all we really need to hear?

Posted by: eleven at April 14, 2014 01:22 PM (VhqUZ)

91 Not allowed to ask tough questions - it would be sexist. #WarOnWomen.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 14, 2014 01:23 PM (h53OH)

92 86 I find it truly amazing that the GOP can't find, each and every day, 10 items that prove that the Dems are the ones actually engaging in a 'War on Woman'. Instead they let themselves be bullied. Believe me, the only way to stop a bully is to punch him in the nose so hard he cries. Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 14, 2014 05:20 PM (oGrEy) I realize the MFM are not on our side, but goddammit, they have to shout and scream every hour of every day and fight. With few exceptions, the GOP does not do this. They are collaborating with the Dems. It's so obvious it hurts.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 14, 2014 01:23 PM (CMkNk)

93 Like Susan Rice and her Benghazi explanation on national TV "It was because of a video",

The Bigger the Lie, the bigger the promotion.

It's the Chicago Way.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 01:23 PM (wNF3N)

94 She's a competent apparatchik, and competent apparatchiks get promoted.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:24 PM (9W+0f)

95 Come on... Do you honestly think that hearings will change anything? That Congressional hearings wiil stop or prevent such behavior? You'll keep looking for a peaceful solution right up to the moment they load you on the buses and trains for the trip to the re-education camps. They're socialists. When socialists take power, sooner or later, they always send their opponents off to the camps...and kill the rest, outright. Remember the story about the frog and the scorpion? You're the frog, here.

Posted by: MrRedNeckParadise. at April 14, 2014 01:24 PM (q6kaG)

"Ms. Burwell, I'd like to know more about your role in the government shutdown.

The closure signs require a lengthy lead time so they can be made and go through all the procurement procedures, yet they appeared on national monuments immediately after the shutdown. Given a conservative estimate of three months, how did you know that the government would be shut down so far in advance?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit

Is this the first sign of any planning or foresight by any Obama minion?

She might actually be able to do something!

Nothing good, but at least she may accomplish something INTENTIONALLY?

Posted by: rd at April 14, 2014 01:24 PM (D+lxs)

97 I'll send 50 bucks and a bag of marshmallow peeps to any Senator who brings up the name Vince Foster.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:24 PM (oMKp3)

98 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Kathlene Sebeluois at April 14, 2014 01:24 PM (WGm5T)

99 Obama will probably go Full Caligula and attempt to nominate Michelle to something.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:24 PM (9W+0f)

100 They do shout and scream. John McCain has no problem screaming at other R's.

Posted by: ejo at April 14, 2014 01:25 PM (GXvSO)

101
Is Jeff Sessions, Mike Lee or Ted Cruz on the nominating committee?
That would be must-see CSPAN right there.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

The Ghost of 2013 returns:

Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the highest-ranking Republican member of the budget committee and a longtime critic of OMB and Obama's budget policies, offered kind words for the president's nominee.

"She's a very delightful person, able," Sessions said. "Perhaps at a time of fiscal crisis, it's the toughest job in Washington."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 01:25 PM (kdS6q)

102 Career policy experts and career policy advisers are probably partisan.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:26 PM (9W+0f)

103 They are collaborating with the Dems. It's so obvious it hurts. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 14, 2014 05:23 PM (CMkNk) Comity...

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at April 14, 2014 01:26 PM (AWmfW)

104 The Repukes want the same thing as the demotards. Control. The Repukes just want to control you in a kinder and gentler way. We now have 2 parties in Washington. The Liberals and the Communists. We lost.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 01:27 PM (jucos)

105 Well....she's delightful...well there you go.

Posted by: eleven at April 14, 2014 01:27 PM (VhqUZ)

106 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 05:21 PM

Maybe but most foundation heads have at a minimum a background in something besides ONLY butt kissing.

Posted by: Lester at April 14, 2014 01:27 PM (2UPXV)

107 The Ghost of 2013 returns: Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the highest-ranking Republican member of the budget committee and a longtime critic of OMB and Obama's budget policies, offered kind words for the president's nominee. "She's a very delightful person, able," Sessions said. "Perhaps at a time of fiscal crisis, it's the toughest job in Washington." Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 05:25 PM (kdS6q) One party system , like china.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at April 14, 2014 01:27 PM (AWmfW)

108 Re: Sessions When will these boobs learn to keep their traps shut. F'ing idiot.

Posted by: Seems legit at April 14, 2014 01:28 PM (Q6g1g)

109 Sylvia, try running a comb through that mess once in a while.

Posted by: Personal Hygiene Czar at April 14, 2014 01:28 PM (wAQA5)

110 The Democrats and the Kleptocrats. Those are the two parties.

Posted by: eleven at April 14, 2014 01:28 PM (VhqUZ)

111 If she isn't positioned, who is next on the list? Horror story in two sentences. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 05:18 PM (IXrOn) -------------------------------------------------- My bet is on Bill Ayers. That may be who Dear Leader really wants.

Posted by: Soona at April 14, 2014 01:28 PM (k+3vt)

112 I hope for a total crash and burn. Obumbles is crazy to nominate this POS, and the Senate should be willing to fight her. Mary Landrieu, what do you say about her nomination? Mark Begich? Kay Hagen? Scumbag Udall? Put each and every Democrat who is trying to Slither back into office after voting numerous times for ZeroCare right on the record. Make this another ObamaCare vote.

Posted by: MTF at April 14, 2014 01:29 PM (F58x4)

113 "105 The Repukes want the same thing as the demotards. Control. The Repukes just want to control you in a kinder and gentler way. We now have 2 parties in Washington. The Liberals and the Communists. We lost. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 05:27 PM (jucos)" Well, better is still better than worse.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:29 PM (9W+0f)

114 If a lie is dropped in a press conference and nobody in the press calls you on it, then it wasn't a lie. Or even in a 'debate' right Mr Joey 'I voted against Iraq twice' Biden?

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at April 14, 2014 01:29 PM (9Bdcz)

115 Telling that Bill Gates and Walmart put a hard-Left mandarin in charge of their billion dollar charities.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 01:30 PM (ZPrif)

116 112 If she isn't positioned, who is next on the list? Ezekiel Emmanuel, lover of mankind, champion of the old and infirm.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:31 PM (oMKp3)

117 "111 The Democrats and the Kleptocrats. Those are the two parties. Posted by: eleven at April 14, 2014 05:28 PM (VhqUZ)" The kyrocrats and moderate kleptocrats.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:31 PM (9W+0f)

118 My bet is on Bill Ayers. That may be who Dear Leader really wants. Posted by: Soona at April 14, 2014 05:28 PM (k+3vt) Just wait. TFG is nothing if not willing to show the Repubs how spineless and therefore powerless they are with his nominees. You know, I'll bet this Bill Ayers fellow is a really delightful chap as well. What say you, Sen Sessions?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2014 01:31 PM (0cMkb)

119 "112 If she isn't positioned, who is next on the list? Horror story in two sentences. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 05:18 PM (IXrOn) -------------------------------------------------- My bet is on Bill Ayers. That may be who Dear Leader really wants. Posted by: Soona at April 14, 2014 05:28 PM (k+3vt)" Wanted him. Had him.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:32 PM (9W+0f)

120 Is anyone here talking about the USAirways twitter fiasco? Because in many ways, it is the story of Obama and the American people.

And, it's really funny not to mention profane, AOSHQ specialties.

Posted by: Mayday at April 14, 2014 01:32 PM (eHc+1)

121 "They are collaborating with the Dems. It's so obvious it hurts."

One of the Horde (if memory serves, Anon Y. Mous) noted that the Beltway GOP seem none too hot about pursuing and punishing the IRS abuses.

Because of what again did those abuses consist? IRS harassing the Tea Party.

And to the Beltway GOP, the Tea Party are a burr under the saddle. The Tea Party are the ones who are always threatening to primary them, and releasing damaging info on their corrupt troughing habits.

So having the IRS hammering on the Tea Party is a feature, not a bug, insofar as the Republican establishment sees things. Hence their slow-walking of the scandal.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 01:32 PM (noWW6)

122

Bill Ayers literally set education policy in this country.

He's right where he belongs for the New Left.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at April 14, 2014 01:33 PM (xggaJ)

123 Burwell sounds eminently qualified to be a key player in this corrupt regime!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 01:33 PM (o3MSL)

124
Ha. Good to see the horde is no longer fooled into thinking the repubs are gonna ever get tough.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 14, 2014 01:33 PM (hUf/y)

125 "116 Telling that Bill Gates and Walmart put a hard-Left mandarin in charge of their billion dollar charities. Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 05:30 PM (ZPrif)" Leftists Care.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:33 PM (9W+0f)

126 Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 05:31 PM (oMKp3) I still don't think so. Even the academics hate him. Can you imagine nominating someone only to have a bunch of professors go "yeah, no." (I mean for the progtards, obviously this is part and parcel of the game.)

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 01:34 PM (a8eFL)

127 Oh good. The snow is covering the ground again. I was beginning to get sick of looking at the grass.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 01:34 PM (oMKp3)

128
Mike Lee or Ted Cruz..?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Also, Lee and Cruz both voted to confirm her in 2013, so kinda hard to spin a Nay now.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 01:35 PM (kdS6q)

129 "Delightful" WTF says that about a bureaucrat?

Posted by: Seems legit at April 14, 2014 01:35 PM (Q6g1g)

130 41 Golly, she doesn't LOOK like a staunch Left-wing America-hating asshole! https://tinyurl.com/kgm82h7 ------------- A few days ago Weasel Zipper put up photos of her and JFKerry and said she was him in drag. There is a resemblance.

Posted by: Chillin the most at April 14, 2014 01:35 PM (gxtMZ)

131 "117 112 If she isn't positioned, who is next on the list? Ezekiel Emmanuel, lover of mankind, champion of the old and infirm. Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 05:31 PM (oMKp3)" Probably the young and unborn too.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:36 PM (9W+0f)

132 If I have this correct committee who handles this, these are the members of the Senate Nominations Committee: http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members Included: Al Franken-Uggggh. Mike Lee-Yeah.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2014 01:36 PM (XyM/Y)

133 Also, Lee and Cruz both voted to confirm her in 2013, so kinda hard to spin a Nay now.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 05:35 PM (kdS6q)

well , there are more facts on the ground to run with

Posted by: The Obvious Sock at April 14, 2014 01:37 PM (q+zA9)

134 That USAir Twitter was fantastic. Produced belly laughs for me. Profane and irreverent.... just like me. It amazes me that they twittered it.... Twice. Funny as hell.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 01:37 PM (jucos)

135 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 14, 2014 05:20 PM (oGrEy) If Republicans were serious about preserving the integrity of the Republic, there would be host of them speaking out on the Capitol steps every day denouncing the multiple illegal and treasonous acts committed by the Democrats. The silence speaks for itself!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 01:39 PM (o3MSL)

136 So having the IRS hammering on the Tea Party is a feature, not a bug, insofar as the Republican establishment sees things. Hence their slow-walking of the scandal. Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 05:32 PM (noWW6) That's been said even on fox.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at April 14, 2014 01:39 PM (AWmfW)

137 My two favorite comments in response to the USAir uproar:

-- Turns out US Airways has way more destinations than we ever imagined.

-- Right now CNN is on the phone with @USAirways. "I heard you found a plane?"

Posted by: Mayday at April 14, 2014 01:40 PM (eHc+1)

138 Dis' b*tch can lie, wish I was as good.

Posted by: Barak Obama at April 14, 2014 01:40 PM (q+zA9)

139 "136 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 14, 2014 05:20 PM (oGrEy) If Republicans were serious about preserving the integrity of the Republic, there would be host of them speaking out on the Capitol steps every day denouncing the multiple illegal and treasonous acts committed by the Democrats. The silence speaks for itself! Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 05:39 PM (o3MSL)" They also don't seem all that serious about winning elections.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:41 PM (9W+0f)

140 I vote she be put in charge of rounding up cattle.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 01:42 PM (vHRtU)

141 Re: USAir twitter - here amongst the morons, we would find the image more germane to the TFG's view of us if the woman in the picture had shoved the plane up her ass instead. Just saying. But, boy, if you're going to screw up, go big. So, congrats USAir!

Posted by: George Tirebiter at April 14, 2014 01:43 PM (91kn2)

142 It's a tax yo

Posted by: John Roberts at April 14, 2014 01:44 PM (q+zA9)

143 >>Sylvia, try running a comb through that mess once in a while. Posted by: Personal Hygiene Czar The teeth of the comb injure the snakes.

Posted by: Aviator at April 14, 2014 01:44 PM (3rrMW)

144 "141 I vote she be put in charge of rounding up cattle. Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 05:42 PM (vHRtU)" Burwell and Obama go together like Michelle and cabbage.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:44 PM (9W+0f)

145 ~~Leftists Care.~~ Leftists Care more than you.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:33 PM (9W+0f)

Posted by: The Obvious Sock at April 14, 2014 01:46 PM (q+zA9)

146 So the Social Democrats have given up trying to rehab DeathPanelCare and win new votes with a competent non-partisan pic to replace Seb. Instead they're hoping to retain their core voting bloc with War on Wimmins immunity. I guess with demographics they way they are it's an understandable strategy.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at April 14, 2014 01:47 PM (dvRYt)

147 "146 Leftists Care. Leftists Care more than you. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:33 PM (9W+0f) Posted by: The Obvious Sock at April 14, 2014 05:46 PM (q+zA9)" That does seem to be their motto.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:47 PM (9W+0f)

148 She has the following qualifications to be HHS Secretary and oversee the nationalization of 1/6 of the US economy: 1. She has a Harvard degree in government. 2. She has never had a job where she was ultimately responsible for the success or failure of others. 3. She has never had a job outside the DC Beltway. 4. She has never had a job that required any particular skill set. 5. She has never had to actually go out and earn any money. 6. She is a woman. 7. She is a Democrat. 8. She does not see anything wrong with killing a baby while it is being born. 9. She has never been elected to anything. 10. She has never been in charge of anything. 11. She is a career staff person who has never had to make one operational decision; political or otherwise. 12. She is barely qualified to carry Sebelius' brief case. Sebelius who could not move the Obamacare disaster past square one, was governor of Kansas for 6 years (elected twice); Kansas insurance commissioner for 8 years (elected twice) and in the Kansas state house for 8 years (elected 4 times). It seems obvious that no one in the Obama inner circle (Billy Ayers, et al) expects or wants this woman to accomplish anything.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 01:47 PM (1mtKP)

149 These hearings will be epic. Â….to absolutely no effect whatsoever.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:48 PM (yz6yg)

150 It seems obvious that no one in the Obama inner circle (Billy Ayers, et al) expects or wants this woman to accomplish anything.

Just sign their directives, there's a good girl. Biscuit!

Posted by: HR at April 14, 2014 01:49 PM (ZKzrr)

151 Are they allowed to ask about the silly ways the Democrats tried to and succeeded in convincing people that the government really was shut down... like parks and stuff? It was such obviously staged manipulation of the people... and they got away with it. That should disqualify her from having any position of power over others forever.

Posted by: petunia at April 14, 2014 01:49 PM (DAcBA)

152 That does seem to be their motto. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:47 PM (9W+0f) Speaking of mottoesÂ… To what do you attribute the scurrilous rumor that you were banned?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:49 PM (yz6yg)

153 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 14, 2014 05:48 PM (yz6yg) At this point I'll take a symbolic victory. And if we can cut ton of commercials connecting democrats to this witch, I'll take it.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 01:50 PM (a8eFL)

154
Is anyone here talking about the USAirways twitter fiasco?
Posted by: Mayday

"Help me find my keys and I'll fly us out of here."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 01:50 PM (kdS6q)

155 "Ms. Burwell, I'm interested in your role in the Vince Foster murder. Who ordered you to "clean" Mr. Foster's office and what did you find there?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:50 PM (0HooB)

156 "147 So the Social Democrats have given up trying to rehab DeathPanelCare and win new votes with a competent non-partisan pic to replace Seb. Instead they're hoping to retain their core voting bloc with War on Wimmins immunity. I guess with demographics they way they are it's an understandable strategy. Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at April 14, 2014 05:47 PM (dvRYt)" For the Democrats, everything is marketing. Burwell can defend Obama Care rhetorically and multitask in all sorts of other ways too.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:50 PM (9W+0f)

157 Vetting worth Keeping Google: if you like your glass, you can keep your glass... San Fran Reporter Kurt Russell said that, Â“in retrospect, I can see how [wearing Glass after Mission District Google protest] might not have been the best idea.Â”

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 14, 2014 01:51 PM (/vO0r)

158 At this point I'll take a symbolic victory. And if we can cut ton of commercials connecting democrats to this witch, I'll take it. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 05:50 PM (a8eFL) Fuck that. I've been living with "symbolic victories" since 2008. I want an actual victory. You can blame that whole "Army thing" I ddi for a while on that attitude.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:52 PM (yz6yg)

159 "149 She has the following qualifications to be HHS Secretary and oversee the nationalization of 1/6 of the US economy: 1. She has a Harvard degree in government. 2. She has never had a job where she was ultimately responsible for the success or failure of others. 3. She has never had a job outside the DC Beltway. 4. She has never had a job that required any particular skill set. 5. She has never had to actually go out and earn any money. 6. She is a woman. 7. She is a Democrat. 8. She does not see anything wrong with killing a baby while it is being born. 9. She has never been elected to anything. 10. She has never been in charge of anything. 11. She is a career staff person who has never had to make one operational decision; political or otherwise. 12. She is barely qualified to carry Sebelius' brief case. Sebelius who could not move the Obamacare disaster past square one, was governor of Kansas for 6 years (elected twice); Kansas insurance commissioner for 8 years (elected twice) and in the Kansas state house for 8 years (elected 4 times). It seems obvious that no one in the Obama inner circle (Billy Ayers, et al) expects or wants this woman to accomplish anything. Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 05:47 PM (1mtKP)" The New Soviet Womyn!

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:52 PM (9W+0f)

160 "1. She has a Harvard degree in government."

Since the Ivy mafia who designed and installed Obamacare have done such a simply brilliant job so far, it's obvious that another Ivy alumna is required to continue the success of the program.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 01:53 PM (noWW6)

161 Me, I'm still waiting for the press outcry over that blatant lie in Obama's SoTU; the one where he said that the SCOTUS Citizens United decision was going to open the doors for untraceable foreign donations. You remember it: it's the one where CJ Roberts mouthed "that's simply not true!" GWB has those 17 words on yellowcake, which the world's intelligence community agreed on, hashed over and over for months / years, and Scooter Libby winds up in jail. Obama demonstrably and flat-out lies in his speech and we get crickets.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I amn't at April 14, 2014 01:53 PM (rz0yi)

162 expects or wants this woman to accomplish anything.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 05:47 PM (1mtKP)

but she is so hot!

Posted by: the guy with vomit on his shirt by the bar at April 14, 2014 01:53 PM (q+zA9)

163 Has anybody seen a moo cow wandering about?

Posted by: Dingy Harry Reid at April 14, 2014 01:53 PM (Dwehj)

164 Damn, it's lonely up here........

Posted by: The Hill To Die On at April 14, 2014 01:54 PM (TIIx5)

165 Obama demonstrably and flat-out lies in his speech and we get crickets. Posted by: I lurk, therefore I amn't at April 14, 2014 05:53 PM (rz0yi) *ahem* Some credit please?

Posted by: The MFM [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:54 PM (yz6yg)

166 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 14, 2014 05:52 PM (yz6yg) I want an actual victory too, but give the way dirty Harry has stacked the deck I'm not sure it's possible. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:50 PM (9W+0f) Assuming she's even halfway competent to work at OMB, she knows money, and HHS is probably the biggest part of the US budget. She could do damage.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 01:54 PM (a8eFL)

167 "153 That does seem to be their motto. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:47 PM (9W+0f) Speaking of mottoesÂ… To what do you attribute the scurrilous rumor that you were banned? Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 14, 2014 05:49 PM (yz6yg)" Squirrels?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:54 PM (9W+0f)

168 ot Coldwater Creek is bankrupt and liquidating. Bankruptcy Lenders Have Tight Leash on Coldwater Creek http://tinyurl.com/pf9qfr7 Coldwater suffered from falling sales in the economic downturn, following a 2006 peak of $1.1 billion in revenues. The 30-year-old company operates 334 retail stores, 31 factory outlet stores and seven day-spa locations, as well as a catalog and an online business. I wonder how many people they employed. I was too lazy to go look.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 01:54 PM (IXrOn)

169 ~~Patriotism~~ Sexism and Racism are the first refuges of a scoundrel.

Posted by: Ambrose Bierce at April 14, 2014 01:55 PM (V70Uh)

170 Squirrels? Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:54 PM (9W+0f) Did you happen to note their velocity? The African onesÂ….not the European ones.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:55 PM (yz6yg)

171 Damn, it's lonely up here........

Posted by: The Hill To Die On at April 14, 2014 05:54 PM (TIIx5)

you said it bro

Posted by: Conservative Principles at April 14, 2014 01:56 PM (q+zA9)

172 2,500 employees = Coldwater Creek unemployed soon.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 01:56 PM (IXrOn)

173 Hasn't John McCain already said he would vote for her ...

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 01:56 PM (Aqvh6)

174 Did you happen to note their velocity? The African onesÂ….not the European ones. Laden or unladen?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:57 PM (0HooB)

175 "159 At this point I'll take a symbolic victory. And if we can cut ton of commercials connecting democrats to this witch, I'll take it. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 05:50 PM (a8eFL) Fuck that. I've been living with "symbolic victories" since 2008. I want an actual victory. You can blame that whole "Army thing" I ddi for a while on that attitude. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 14, 2014 05:52 PM (yz6yg)" Not losing is an actual victory. Symbolic victories are imbecilic.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:57 PM (9W+0f)

176 Posted by: Conservative "Principles" at April 14, 2014 05:56 PM (q+zA9) FIFY

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:57 PM (yz6yg)

177 Hasn't John McCain already said he would vote for her ...

There is nothing to fear from her.

Posted by: Señor Juan McCain at April 14, 2014 01:57 PM (Dwehj)

178 And if we can cut ton of commercials connecting democrats to this witch, I'll take it. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 05:50 PM (a8eFL) What do you mean "we", Mr Conservative?

Posted by: Hrothgar GOPe Spokeperson at April 14, 2014 01:58 PM (o3MSL)

179 134 Also, Lee and Cruz both voted to confirm her in 2013, so kinda hard to spin a Nay now. OMB is not HHS. Unlike OMB, HHS directly affects millions of people's lives every day. Director of OMB is a nothing job. It does nothing. It affects nothing. Especially in the Obama Administration. No one has ever failed as OMB Director. OMB has one mission; to put together the President's budget submission. Obama has made it clear that he doesn't do budgets - so who cares who runs OMB? And stop harping on shutting down the veterans memorial. OMB has no authority to shut doors, much less facilities. That could not have happened without the Interior Secretary or Obama directing it. The theater they want is a bunch of old clueless white guys scolding this young upwardly mobile professional woman for shutting down a few drinking fountains for a few days. Something most people in the country do not think was big deal, if they even heard about it. Not to worry. The Grand Old Petrified will oblige. No one will ask her one serious question. Such as: What is your plan for fixing this mess?

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 01:58 PM (1mtKP)

180 Not losing is an actual victory. Symbolic victories are imbecilic. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:57 PM (9W+0f) *ahem*

Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 01:58 PM (yz6yg)

181 Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Director of Oww My Balls, for the Whitehouse...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 01:59 PM (vHRtU)

182 "161 "1. She has a Harvard degree in government." Since the Ivy mafia who designed and installed Obamacare have done such a simply brilliant job so far, it's obvious that another Ivy alumna is required to continue the success of the program. Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 05:53 PM (noWW6)" It's all prestige. And prestige is worthless.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 01:59 PM (9W+0f)

183 She ~~could~~ will do damage. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 05:54 PM (a8eFL) Corrected for accuracy!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 02:00 PM (o3MSL)

184 She will ride into the hearings on a broom chasing a little dog.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 14, 2014 02:00 PM (Fp7JI)

185 a bunch of old clueless white guys scolding this young upwardly mobile professional woman for shutting down a few drinking fountains for a few days

Say, you sound like my kind of douchebag!

Posted by: Señor Juan McCain at April 14, 2014 02:00 PM (Dwehj)

186 "162 Me, I'm still waiting for the press outcry over that blatant lie in Obama's SoTU; the one where he said that the SCOTUS Citizens United decision was going to open the doors for untraceable foreign donations. You remember it: it's the one where CJ Roberts mouthed "that's simply not true!" GWB has those 17 words on yellowcake, which the world's intelligence community agreed on, hashed over and over for months / years, and Scooter Libby winds up in jail. Obama demonstrably and flat-out lies in his speech and we get crickets. Posted by: I lurk, therefore I amn't at April 14, 2014 05:53 PM (rz0yi)" Different strokes.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 02:01 PM (9W+0f)

187 I think she's a fine pic. The Socialist Democrats could have chosen someone remotely non controversial and detached from the 404 Care fiasco. Some bland technocrat outsider charged with "fixing" the "noble" idea of HEALTHCARE FOR ALL! Instead they pick someone intimately involved with this clusterfukc. Good. Now it's up to the Republicans to grind her up and feed her to the voting public like a Hannibal Lecter dinner party. Which is of course where the problem really lies because the civilized rules of John McCain style politicking have a natural aversion to it.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at April 14, 2014 02:02 PM (dvRYt)

188 97-3 for confirmation.

Forget aboutttttt itttttt!

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 02:02 PM (nkPV9)

189 So apparently that USAirways/Twitter thing was a pic of Hillary with a model of a Boeing Aeroflot 777 in her twat, which she posed for in Russia...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 02:03 PM (vHRtU)

190 Director of OMB is a nothing job. It does nothing. It affects nothing. Especially in the Obama Administration. Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 05:58 PM (1mtKP) You could not be more wrong if you tried. EVERYTHING in the federal government flows through, and it approved by, OMB before anything happens. It has been so for over 40 years. Just because you don't hear about OMB all the time, doesn't mean they don't touch you. And particularly in this administration, they've touched you good and hard.

Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 14, 2014 02:04 PM (yz6yg)

191 Hey now... relocating recently expired bodies from offices to D.C. parks is a useful skill in the administration of healthcare. After ObamaCare fully kicks in, I'm sure there will be plenty of bodies to dispose of.

Posted by: Multitude at April 14, 2014 02:05 PM (bpONz)

192 I think I'm in a snow tornado.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 02:06 PM (oMKp3)

193 "167 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 14, 2014 05:52 PM (yz6yg) I want an actual victory too, but give the way dirty Harry has stacked the deck I'm not sure it's possible. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 05:50 PM (9W+0f) Assuming she's even halfway competent to work at OMB, she knows money, and HHS is probably the biggest part of the US budget. She could do damage. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 14, 2014 05:54 PM (a8eFL)" Damage has been done. Damage will be done. That's what Bureaucrats do. Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 14, 2014 02:06 PM (9W+0f)

194 Off topic a bit. When Reid and Pelosi come up with their big whopping lies that they "heard from a friend", why do the Republicans never come up with their own shocking disclosure from the very same mutual anonymous friend? After all, if one party can come up with a blatent lie from an imaginary friend, we should be able to combat it with equally based statements.

Posted by: Don't make me go Roundhead. at April 14, 2014 02:06 PM (GADDb)

195 Posted by: Don't make me go Roundhead. at April 14, 2014 06:06 PM (GADDb) Some say that 'Harry Reid is a crooked rich pederast!'.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 02:09 PM (o3MSL)

196 In Russia, airplane fly you!

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 02:09 PM (vHRtU)

197

Posted by: dan-O at April 14, 2014 02:11 PM (D0bIN)

198 She doesn't look strong enough to have picked up Vince Foster... so she did the scrub job, who tossed him?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 02:11 PM (vHRtU)

199 I wonder how many people they employed.

I was too lazy to go look.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 14, 2014 05:54 PM (IXrOn)

______________

The Glorious Wreckovery Marches On Kommrade!

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 02:11 PM (jucos)

200 Burwell reminds me of those 30 or 40 something Ivy League suits who used to prance around the 3rd floor E Ring pronouncing what the Soviets were going to do this year, next year, or whenever and how we were woefully unprepared to deal with it. After the Soviet collapse, these same suits pranced around the 3rd floor E Ring pronouncing what the Iraqis and Iranians were going to do this year, next year, or whenever and how we were woefully unprepared to deal with it. After Sept. 11, these same suits pranced around the 3rd floor E Ring pronouncing what the terrorists were going to do this year, next year, or whenever and how we were woefully unprepared to deal with it.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 02:12 PM (1mtKP)

201 Just FYI we have recently had a new job position open up. And I mean it opened way up.

Posted by: U.S. Airways at April 14, 2014 02:14 PM (Aif/5)

202 These hearings will be epic. My friends, I know you're having fun with this, but you can count on me to be sure to hold her to a higher standard. Believe it or not, this will be a grilling. I will find out what sort of spatula she plans to use, nylon or stainless steel, and hold her to it.

Posted by: John I still have all my faculties McCain at April 14, 2014 02:14 PM (pgQxn)

203 Darn I guess that bigoted troll mumr didn't get banned yesterday in the food thread. Or else it just has multiethnic hashes.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 14, 2014 02:15 PM (hCeR3)

204 Tomorrow, please consider calling the Republicans on the Senate Commttee to state your objections-particularly if they are your Senators. The more people they hear from the less likely she is to get nominated.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2014 02:16 PM (XyM/Y)

205 Dumb auto correct multiple not multiethnic.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 14, 2014 02:17 PM (hCeR3)

206 Posted by: Buzzion at April 14, 2014 06:17 PM (hCeR3) Ve know vat you really meant you racist!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 02:18 PM (o3MSL)

207 Buzzion you just want to kill Russian babies!!!11!!!

Posted by: Adam at April 14, 2014 02:18 PM (Aif/5)

208 We need some good troll pounding, someone go over to Salon and bring a few of them back.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 02:18 PM (vHRtU)

209 >>So apparently that USAirways/Twitter thing was a pic of Hillary with a model of a Boeing Aeroflot 777 in her twat, which she posed for in Russia... Posted by: OG Celtic-American Nah, no cankles.

Posted by: Aviator at April 14, 2014 02:20 PM (3rrMW)

210 Posted by: Aviator at April 14, 2014 06:20 PM (3rrMW) Guess it isn't just Obama that's flexible when it comes to looking out for the Russkies!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 02:21 PM (o3MSL)

211 So she also approved the "77 cents" lie?

Posted by: JohnJ at April 14, 2014 02:22 PM (TF/YA)

212 I was beginning to get sick of looking at the grass.

And that revolting shade of green was coming back.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 14, 2014 02:26 PM (DL2i+)

213

Lookit, what I want to know is, and the Merican people want to kniw is, where are the jobs Mr Present?

You promised jobs, and where are they?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at April 14, 2014 02:31 PM (HQml1)

214 I heard Mz. Burwell was pushed up against a fence in Montana, had her hoohah forcibly shaved, and was force to eat hatechicken by the Koch brothers, Palin, and Dick (Dick) Cheney..

Posted by: Erowmero at April 14, 2014 02:31 PM (1gcFZ)

215

The B.O. tradition: ugly women everywhere stinking up the place.

Posted by: Personal Hygiene Czar at April 14, 2014 02:33 PM (wAQA5)

216 McCain, the Maine sisters, and the other usual suspects confirmed Eric Holder to head the DOJ. Let that sink in. That another hack will probably get confirmed is par for the course. We have a President that talks at an Al Sharpton event and thinks it is honorable.
"
Maybe this is what Biden meant by "gird your loins!"

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2014 02:34 PM (VDGzf)

217 If I have this correct committee who handles this, these are the members of the Senate Nominations Committee: Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2014 05:36 PM (XyM/Y) The Burwell nomination will go through the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee (nominations go through the committee(s) of jurisdiction). GOP members are Lamar Alexander, Mike Enzi, Richard Burr, Johnny Isakson, Rand Paul, Orrin Hatch, Pat Roberts, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Kirk, and Tim Scott.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 02:37 PM (+c9n+)

218 Sorry ... I'm late to the party. Didn't read the comments. But I'll just assume the GOPe will put on a respectful, competent face while they collaborate. Anything else would be uncivilized.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 14, 2014 02:38 PM (VdBU2)

219 95 She's a competent apparatchik, and competent apparatchiks get promoted. Right up to their level of incompetence, whereupon they are promoted a few more times.

Posted by: Phinn's Scottish Immigration Activist Front at April 14, 2014 02:38 PM (F05dQ)

220

Sylvia Burwell

http://tinyurl.com/mro3ttm

demonstrates the same respect for the people as Ms Lerner

Posted by: ploome at April 14, 2014 02:39 PM (tQjoz)

221 If Rand Paul is on her confirmation committee it could be interesting.

US Air & Hillary? Do I want to know this latest horde lingo?

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2014 02:43 PM (VDGzf)

222
Oooo -- I posted in a thread that just disappeared

Now I think my comment is up in heaven with Baby Jesus.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 02:43 PM (kdS6q)

223 Hey, you thought locking out the WWII vets made your blood boil..... Well, SCOAMF always has another boiler ready to go. http://tinyurl.com/ky6uxu5

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 14, 2014 02:44 PM (7aJyE)

224 Oooo -- I posted in a thread that just disappeared Now I think my comment is up in heaven with Baby Jesus. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 06:43 PM (kdS6q) It's back after Ace did a margin fix.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 02:44 PM (+c9n+)

225 This is why so many people, myself included, looked at the Bundy ranch confrontation and after gathering as many facts as possible decided that: A: Bundy didn't pay his grazing fees which were just bullshit revenue for the BLM and was being forced out of business by eco terrorism initiated by the government. Had he paid his fees he would be forced out anyway by the national emergency which is the desert tortise. So he was wrong but he is wrong for not playing by the rules with an agency that does not care to play by the rules and will change the rules as it needs to to get its way. B: Everything stinks about the backroom land dealings by Harry Reid, BLM, EDA/Eco axis and NGOs connected to both Republican and Leftist administrations. C: The Feds are all assholes and maybe it is a good thing that when they show up to take cattle with hired guns and snipers that citizens show up with the same. And if the Feds fire first like they did in Waco they should bleed until they learn some respect. D: Lets confirm to the Cabinet post in charge of writing the regulations for Obamacare the woman who ordered the National Park service to commit lawless acts including holding foreign tourists at gunpoint for "looking" at things in National Parks and closing off war memorials paid for with private money in public spaces just to prove you shouldn't cross the President politically or else. She sounds like a real winner of a public servant.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 14, 2014 02:56 PM (xXvOa)

226 If she doesn't get the job she can always rent out her face to the local little league. Backstop.

Posted by: Beyond Disgusted at April 14, 2014 03:00 PM (thLL8)

227 Also, Lee and Cruz both voted to confirm her in 2013, so kinda hard to spin a Nay now.

How does that argument work? Its like Ivy League admissions, once you're in, they don't let you fail. She clearly reached her maximum potential as OMB director:

1. Add up the number of Democrats voting for her budgets
2. A simple NPS barricade should follow her around for the rest of her life.
3. I recommend all Republican Senators wear Panda pins

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 03:08 PM (Aqvh6)

228 The Burwell nomination will go through the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee (nominations go through the committee(s) of jurisdiction). GOP members are Lamar Alexander, Mike Enzi, Richard Burr, Johnny Isakson, Rand Paul, Orrin Hatch, Pat Roberts, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Kirk, and Tim Scott. Posted by: Vendette Word on the street is that Hatch will put a hold on her for $100,000 cash.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 14, 2014 03:28 PM (hH/34)

229

Jobs? Everybody I know has one.

Posted by: Hussein the Magnificent at April 14, 2014 03:32 PM (wAQA5)

230 230 The Burwell nomination will go through the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee (nominations go through the committee(s) of jurisdiction). GOP members are Lamar Alexander, Mike Enzi, Richard Burr, Johnny Isakson, Rand Paul, Orrin Hatch, Pat Roberts, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Kirk, and Tim Scott. Posted by: Vendette Great. With Burr and Murkowski on the job, what is there to worry about?

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 03:42 PM (1mtKP)

231 Sounds like she ordered the Code Red.

Posted by: Axeman at April 14, 2014 03:51 PM (cAr2x)

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