http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/source/browse/python2/httplib2/__init__.py#1598 http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/source/browse/python2/http... The entire pr

http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/source/browse/python2/httplib2/__init__.py#1598 http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/source/browse/python2/http... The entire process of sending a Request is wrapped in a 'try/except Exception' block. wtf. It also just aimlessly retries failed requests. This is not configurable. Httplib2 is terrible. I actually created Requests partially in spite of it.