Kyl Must’ve Been Delivered by Stork

The general rule is that if Senator Kyl is speaking, Arizona is being embarrassed. Even by those standards, though, this is nuts:

“I don’t need maternity care,” Kyl said. “So requiring that on my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy more expensive.”

Stabenow interrupted: “I think your mom probably did.”

It’s bad enough that the Senate doesn’t reflect gender or ethnic parity found throughout the country, even worse that it retains a neanderthal like Kyl who is so devoid of empathy that the question must be asked if he was delivered by stork.

Maternity care is the last thing that should be used as an excuse to water down the current health care reform proposals moving through Washington. You’d think that was a no-brainer but we’re dealing with Senators with no brain nor heart.

 

Hugh Hewitt – Arizona’s Newest Senator

Senator Kyl, who has emerged out of St. McCain’s shadow like a palo verde root borer, is now considered the lead negotiator for the GOP in holding together any “compromise” the Senate produces. The problem is, he brings ideas and suggestions to the table that come straight from the dung heap.

The top Senate Republican negotiator on immigration said he has heard the complaints of conservative talk-radio show hosts and bloggers, and will try to change the immigration bill to accommodate them.

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‘Cause, you know, when one wants some objectivity, the talk-radio circuit is the first place to go!

In talking with reporters, Mr. Kyl singled out radio host Hugh Hewitt and called him “a very smart lawyer … who I really respect.”

“He had several issues and I haven’t had the ability to run all of them to ground, but we’re trying to include some of his specific suggestions,” Mr. Kyl said.

Was anyone else aware that Hewitt has become the newest Senator from Arizona? I must’ve chucked that memo in the circular file where it belongs.

 

Kyl Revealed as the Anonymous Senator

An anonymous hold on a bill that would remove the shroud of secrecy that perpetually engulfs Washington, D.C. machinations has finally been claimed – by none other than the Junior Senator from Arizona.

Kyl revealed his name Thursday, days after the bill’s backers launched an e-mail and telephone campaign, urging their supporters to help in “smoking out ‘Sen. Secrecy.'” They pointed out the irony that an open government bill was being blocked using a rule that allowed secrecy.

Supporters say the bill would plug loopholes in the FOIA law by, among other things, clarifying when federal agencies would have to pay attorney’s fees if they miss deadlines to provide information, and bolstering deadlines for the government’s response to requests under the law.

The Justice Department objects strenuously to several provisions. Chief among them is a section that would eliminate exemptions allowing the government to deny access to privileged or law-enforcement sensitive information.

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Major kudos to the bloggers who had a big hand in “smoking out” Senator Secrecy. SusanG over at DailyKos led an effort at that blog, as well as la gente buena at PorkBusters.

Now which journalist do you think will earn a batch of galletas de azucar rosa for asking Kyl why he’s afraid of having the light shown directly into the cucaracha nest?

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I couldn’t think of anyone either.

[UPDATE] Here is the contact information for Kyl’s offices, demand that he stop stalling the “Open Government Bill” – as always, be polite 😉

Online Contact Form link
Phoenix Office: (602) 840-1891
Tucson Office: (520) 575-8633
Washington, D.C. Office: (202) 224-4521

[UPDATE the 2nd] Apparently this is a different bill than the one targeted by SusanG and Porkbusters – what’s with the GOP and their cowardly tactics to stall legislation?