Loretta Lynch finally confirmed!

[Mosiah]

That said, Lynch’s 56-43 vote, though more one-sided than expected, is among the closest for any A.G. nominee in history – despite the fact that her detractors raised no substantive objections to Lynch, her background, her qualifications, her credentials, or her temperament.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...d=sm_fb_maddow

[Mosiah]

I'd love to know the reason why some voted against her. There was no "substantive objection", yet 43 felt she was not good enough.

Smh

[HL]

At long last.

[Rudi]

Yeah I'd like to know too. Any thoughts HL?

[Jangle]

Another victory for the president. Very methodical.

[HL]

It's simple politics Rudi.

The GOP now runs the House and Senate. It's an exercise of who hold what kind of power.....

On another level--some can say race was factor.....

My thoughts? both.

[Hortical]

Lynch's troubled history with civil asset forfeiture.

Lynch's troubled history with civil asset forfeiture.

In an editorial published November 22, “Loretta Lynch’s Money Pot,” the Wall Street Journal revealed that during her tenure as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Ms. Lynch has used civil asset forfeiture in more than 120 cases, raking in some $113 million for federal and local coffers.

The Wall Street editorial discloses the facts of the Bi-County Distributors case, overseen by Lynch’s office. Bi-County is a small business run by Jeffrey, Richard, and Mitch Hirsch. Their business deals largely in small amounts of cash and in May 2012, their account held $446,651.11, when it was confiscated entirely by Eastern District prosecutors.

Bi-County sells candy and snack food items to small retailers on Long Island, but, disfavored as such things may be by the Washington elite, that business is entirely legal. There has never been any allegation of any wrongdoing by the company or its owners, but they were under suspicion because of many cash deposits of less than $10,000. Under IRS regulations, banks must report cash deposits of $10,000 or more, but the feds look at substantial deposits of smaller amounts as grounds for suspicion, thinking that the depositor must be trying to avoid detection.
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Just because she is black, that does not mean she is sympathetic to the powerless & the unconnected. She is part of the establishment & the ruling class. Lets not get carried away with her confirmation & I am hopeful.

[Mosiah]

Too late now, Hortical!

Get used to Loretta. She'll be around for another 10 years while Hillary is president.

[Hortical]

All problems solved.

[Islandman]

He was. He let then pussyfoot around for a while then called them out when he knew they had nothing to stand on.

[Mosiah]

Yep!