Tweedledum and Tweedledumber again!

The 2 major parties really are Tweedledum and Tweedledumber, aren't they? Only now I'm starting to think the Democrats are the ones who are Tweedledumber!

On Wednesday, the allegedly Democratic Senate confirmed a whole slew of Bush nominees - more than 30 in all - by voice vote. They didn't even have a real vote. They just let 'em sail right through. Because it was a voice vote, we'll never even know which senators kissed Bush's shit-caked ass this time.

One of the nominees they confirmed was the abominable Julie Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Myers already held this post after Bush abused his recess appointment power but now had to be confirmed. Even when Bush first appointed Myers, Myers appeared unlikely to be confirmed by the then-Republican Senate if Bush hadn't used a recess appointment. Now she gets confirmed on a rubber-stamp voice vote!

Yes, this is the same Julie Myers who presided over a Halloween costume party contest in which she gave an award for the most original costume to an ICE employee wearing a racist outfit. Myers then fawningly posed for photos with the employee who was wearing the racist costume.

That nasty episode shows what type of environment prevails at ICE under Myers. But I guess the Senate is alright with that. (Did Trent Lott become Majority Leader again?)

(Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/5392680.html)