Posted on 05/19/2005 9:57:47 AM PDT by ceoinva
Twelve members of the U.S. Senate are leading a "Coalition of Compromise" determined to forge a deal that allows the unconstitutional filibuster of President Bush's judicial nominees to continue.
Lady Margaret Thatcher once said:
“To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.”
It’s about time twelve members of the United States Senate were reminded of that quote.
The following twelve members of the United Senate are working behind the scenes to literally forge a compromise of the Constitution:
Senator John McCain (AZ) Senator Chuck Hagel (NE) Senator Ben Nelson (NE) Senator Bill Nelson (FL) Senator Arlen Specter (PA) Senator Susan Collins (ME) Senator Olympia Snowe (ME) Senator George Voinovich (OH) Senator Mike DeWine (OH) Senator Gordon Smith (OR) Senator John Warner (VA) Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) These men and women all took an oath to “uphold the Constitution of the United States.” Now they are violating that oath as they work to compromise the Constitution of the United States by supporting the unconstitutional “right” Senators Reid and Clinton claim they have to filibuster President Bush’s judicial nominees.
Let’s put this in context by paraphrasing Lady Thatcher’s quote:
“Senators McCain, Hagel, Nelson, Nelson, Specter, Collins, Snowe, Voinovich, and DeWine are abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in favor of something in which no one believes.”
There’s no other way to look at it. And it’s simply unacceptable.
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MSM keeps floating this. It keeps sinking.
It Ain't Over Til Its Over!
Great Thatcher quote. It really is too often like splitting a baby in half and then expecting everyone to be satisfied.
Another quote from Lady Thatcher when she told the first President George Bush, “Remember George, this is no time to go wobbly.” Now let's tell the twelve members of the Coalition of Compromise “this is no time to go wobbly.”
After Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the 1956 world series the game baseball was hand-signed by Yogi Berra and he added the inscription "it ain't over til its over. ...
As far as the Senate rules go, I think the fat lady has already sung. The Dems know it's over. The MSM can keep floating deals that aren't going to happen but it's over. bi.
The bi was erroneously including in post.
No compromise will be worth a damn. Why? Simple. As soon as it suits their purposes, the RATS will violate the compromise and never look back.
Changing the Senate rule to disallow the unconstitutional filibuster against judicial nominees is the only proper way to do this. Period!
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