Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Christopher Dodd urged the president to nominate a mainstream conservative for the Supreme Court at a news conference earlier this month. (Reuters Photo)
Posted on 07/17/2005 11:23:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Christopher Dodd urged the president to nominate a mainstream conservative for the Supreme Court at a news conference earlier this month. (Reuters Photo)
WASHINGTON -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy's ringing baritone carried over the nearly empty Senate chamber, sounding a warning on a familiar subject. The liberal lion stood behind his desk in the chamber's last row and promised an aggressive and detailed grilling of whomever President Bush selects for the Supreme Court.
.....Cooperation and comity aside, Kennedy has made it clear that he will not hesitate to lead an effort to block a nominee whom he feels will not protect civil rights and personal freedoms. He was the first Democratic senator to hold a press conference after O'Connor announced that she is stepping down, where he warned that a filibuster will be in order if Bush nominates someone who ''threatens to roll back the rights and freedoms of the American people."
''I'm not going to change what I've stood for for 40 years in the Senate," Kennedy said. ''I take it very seriously with regards to the Supreme Court, because at the end of the day, this is the place where the rights and liberties of the American people are best protected."
There is a part of Kennedy that would appear to relish a fight, should it come to that. Shortly after the press conference he held in the aftermath of O'Connor's announcement, when a reporter mentioned to Kennedy that he has already been through 18 Supreme Court nominations, Kennedy quickly corrected him with a smile.
''It's 19, actually," he said, his eyes lighting up. ''Don't forget, when [William H.] Rehnquist went to chief justice, I led the fight on that one, too."
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A little editorial lionizing by sycophant MSM.
That this drunken, philandering, shirking, cheating, poltroon is still in the Senate is a disgrace.
Hmm, the Glob seems to have reversed the two words.
Wonder if Kennedy 'slams' his own B-12 shots or if he has a 'main line' assistant?
How in the world are Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd qualified to tell anyone what a "mainstream conservative" is? The press presenting this as authoratative is ridiculous.
And Teddy says-Chris,after this photo op.I think we have time to go get a quick sandwich!
Kennedy and Dodd, together again.
No waitress is safe tonight.
I guess the msm enjoys reporting on the left defining the right. After that, anyone sounds "extreme."
Here's one I'm sure they'd love:
Yeah ... and misspelled lyin' too.
You beat me to it , I also noticed how the Boston Globe couldnt wait to get their lips on the Kennedy buttocks.
****''Don't forget, when [William H.] Rehnquist went to chief justice, I led the fight on that one, too."****
Yes and you lost then too dipstick.
Now that would be a confirmation battle for the books!!
We both know that's not the type of sandwich these two slugs relish.
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