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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:38 PM
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Claire McCaskill is a class act, she voted against Obama's DOD deputy secretary/corporate lobbyist
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 10:58 PM by usregimechange
She voted "no" on William J. Lynn III, Obama's choice for deputy secretary of the Defense Department, who is a former lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon. Obama had waived lobbying rules for his appointment.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00062#position

On Jan 24th I asked her to vote against the appointment: "Close the revolving door. I did not go door to door for nominal change. Obama has done wonderfully so far but this one should sink like a rock."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8135499#8135517

At the time she had made suggestions that she would support him. She was the only Democrat to vote against him.
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Blaze Diem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:45 PM
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1. McCaskill should be our First Woman President of the USA.
She gets it.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:56 PM
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2. If Biden does not want to go in 2012, she would be on the short list I would bet
At least I hope so.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 09:31 AM
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11. That woman takes no prisoners! She's a former prosecutor and you can tell!
I love the way she cuts the crap and talks straight. I always perk up when she's a guest on the toob...
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:12 PM
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3. love her! NT
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:18 PM
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4. Go Claire. Bad lobbyist. n/t
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 11:31 PM by AtomicKitten
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:20 PM
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5. I follow her on Twitter
I love her updates. She's way cool.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:23 PM
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6. Like everyone else, she has good and bad votes (FISA).\nt
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:37 PM
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7. McCaskill is my senator and I can never be sure how she will vote!
She's WAY too conservative for my tastes - she talks a good game but she votes like a DINO!

Does Feinstein or Landrieu ring a bell? McCaskill is their triplet!
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:39 PM
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8. Hmmm, Claire seems better then them and went to bat for Obama in the MSM
during the election. Some of her votes are eh but she does seem like she legitimately will fight for clean govt. She has principles.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 01:03 AM
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9. The FISA vote is the only thing I can recall disliking, that is far from making her a DINO
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 02:44 AM
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10. I know, its only FISA. Hardly enough there to care about.
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Thankfully, Biden voted against it.
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biopowertoday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 10:35 AM
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15. Well Obama voted for FISA also.
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 09:34 AM
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12. good for her.
As others said, I'm not crazy about every single one of her votes (though, there are few left who usually vote the way I want ALL of the time, heh), but she was one of the surrogates who I felt put herself out there for Obama in the general, when other surrogates seemed to be in hiding.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 09:38 AM
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13. Here! Here!
Claire McCaskill is The Genuine Article. :patriot: :applause:
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biopowertoday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 05:01 PM
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17. Yes, good for her.
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Neecy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 09:58 AM
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14. she's really terrific
I walked wards for her in 2004 when she ran for governor - I still have my yellow Claire baseball cap. It was a horrible thing when she lost that race, because Baby Blunt drove Missouri into a ditch.

Now, though, I'm glad things turned out the way they did. She's been a terrific Senator, and her experience as a State Auditor is giving her the chops to go after the war profiteers.
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biopowertoday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 12:15 PM
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16. Kick.
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