Posted on 01/12/2006 10:05:48 AM PST by dukeman
The left wing moonbats are coming unglued as the realization of the impotency of their Senate "leaders" sets in. Judge Alito is stomping Uncle Ted and the gang at the confirmation hearings and the moonbats know it. Witness this hand-wringing from DU. ENJOY!:
Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:25 AM
Original message
25 years as a Democrat, and it all boils down to a single SCOTUS nominee
I've been a Democrat for about a quarter century. I've campaigned, donated, and even run for office during that time.
All of it boils down to a single SCOTUS nominee. Alito is the reason I've been a Democrat all these years. I knew an Alito-like nominee would come before the Senate at some point during my lifetime and voted straight Democratic ballots during this time to do my part to insure that any Alito-like nominee would be rejected, at least by enough Senators to keep such an evil man from ever being seated on the court via a filibuster.
Was my devotion to the party worth it?
We'll know soon enough...
Atman (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:28 AM
Response to Original message
1. You need to let the democratic "leaders" know.
All of us do. I agree with you...it is as if everything I've ever believed about this country has been flushed down the toilet. Thrown away for a few lousy votes and some cake. I am so, so disappointed in the democrats. I'm just sick to my stomach. God bless Ted Kennedy for at least trying. The rest of the lot can piss up a rope, for all I care.
Steve_DeShazer (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:29 AM
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2. I think we're screwed, Walt.
I think Alito will get at least 62 votes.
Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:32 AM
Response to Reply #2
6. I think we were screwed five years ago.
So, America, do you get the Supreme Court you deserve?
long_green (434 posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:51 AM
Response to Reply #2
19. If my Democratic Senator votes for Alito I'm going to let her have it. Mary Landrieu, by the way. Oops, did I say "if?" I meant "when."
dogday (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 12:28 PM
Response to Reply #35
52. The Republicans again have set the stage for these hearings. They have put the word out, the Democrats are mean partisan people who crucified Alito and mad his wife cry. Smell That? Smells like Rove to me!!!!
MadHound (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:31 AM
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4. I hear ya Walt, and in the same boat that you are
It was against my better judgement that I stayed with the Democratic party through the '04 election cycle, but I did.
But now these so-called leaders of ours are going to piss it all away, and betray this country into fascism.
Hello Greens! They may not have the power now, but at least they know how to fight.
Oh, yes, yes moonbat! Spread your wings and fly away! Go Green! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:33 AM
Response to Reply #4
7. I'm with you
This is my line in the sand:
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This far and no further. This is the straw. If they allow Alito in without a filibuster and the Repukes going nuke, I'm done.
zanne (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 12:25 PM
Response to Reply #12
46. Same here.
Thirty-two years of organizing, campaigning and donating to the Democratic party will end with a whimper if they don't put up a fight and represent their constituents. If I have to feel ostracized in my own country, I'll do it Green.
Neecy (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:34 AM
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8. I feel your pain
I too have been a life-long Democrat and that isn't because I like their logo or their color schemes but because I believe in certain principles.
Alas, my voice and my concerns are now written off because I'm no longer a citizen but an 'activist'. That's how they ignore us - call us 'activists' and dismiss our concerns like we're some kind of crackpots.
This nomination is my test of this party as well.
Gregorian (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:35 AM
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9. This isn't good enough.
I continue to go back to a previous post of yours. SHUT IT DOWN! Why are we continuing with Bush's agenda? We know he is a fraud. We know the elections were both stolen. We know he has committed high crimes. Many.
Forget Alito. Shut this government down. Stop any further destruction until these criminals are removed.
Edit- I know there's no provision to do this. And I know the repubs would use it every chance, if there were. But there must be a way to stop an administration which is committing high crimes. Pre-impeachment.
Atman (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:51 AM
Response to Reply #18
20. Once Scalito is in, rigged machines will be the law of the land.
"Taking it to the Supreme Court" will be a meaningless exercise, no different than taking it to the BFEE themselves.
Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:54 AM
Response to Reply #17
24. It's taken me some time
So much has added up. so many straws on the camel's back. so many times of being on the brink of leaving the party and then thinking, "where would I go?"
There's no more room for straws on the camel's back. I've never been as pissed as I am right now.
MuseRider (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 12:10 PM
Response to Reply #27
34. Point well made,
Nader just may have been right. At 52 years of age I find it one of the most agonizing decisions I have ever made but it has suddenly become very clear to me that if they do not fillibuster then there is no reason to support them because they do not any longer represent my most basic demands of a party and that is to keep democracy safe from fascists like these. If they don't see this they are either stupid or complacent or at the worst complicit.
Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 12:04 PM
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29. I've been a Dem since 1965 and my nose is worn out. The "not as bad" party has moved to the "nearly as bad" party. I'm now voting issues rather than party.
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Atman (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:35 AM
Original message
Is this "hearing" the death of the Democratic Party?
Oh, sure, they'll still be a fundraising organization, but what fucking "party?" We have about two people in DC who are still willing to stand up for the people. What is the point of being a democrat any more?
ewagner (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:38 AM
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1. The media is trying desperately to make it that way...I swear to God, they're marginalizing Democrats every chance they get....they're going absolutely OVERBOARD with their criticism or belittling of the Democratic Party.
I'm very concerned about this.
Very worried.
bryant69 (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:38 AM
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3. It's dissappointing
But not surprising; stopping Alito was a long shot, and everybody knows it.
Atman (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:40 AM
Response to Reply #3
4. But if we cannot stop such a blatant liar, what good are we?
Not everyone will be THIS bad, but they will be bad. If we can't muster enough cajones to stand up to a bald-faced liar like Scalito, what chances to we have of ever stopping the republican juggernaut?
Tesha (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:49 AM
Response to Reply #4
10. Why, we're just keeping our powder dry!
Someone in Maryland, there's a whole freaking warehouse full of all that dry powder that the Dems have been squirriling away. A little when they failed to really contest the Selection of 2000, more when they rolled over for all of Bush's nominees including Rice and Ashcroft, more on the USA PATRIOT Act, more on Alberto Gonzalez, more on PATRIOT II, more on Rice's elevation, more on Roberts, and now even more on Scalito.
Why someday, you just know it's gonna blow, and when it does, it's gonna blow big!
long_green (435 posts) Thu Jan-12-06 11:41 AM
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5. Been asking myself that question for a while
The party is on the clock as far as I'm concerned. This country is in the hands of criminally insane men who are corrupt and incompetent (as far as actually running a nation is concerned). They have a LOOOONNNNGGGG record to back up anyone making a claim about their corruption, incompetence, and criminality. If the Democratic party cannot work up the passion to energetically oppose this, let alone defeat it, then they do not deserve our votes. If they screw up 2006 and 2008 like I think they will, I will wash my hands of them and start working on creating a politics for post-Imperial, post-prosperity America (if we live to see it).
OR, move to France where you can hang out with the Islamists. Or better yet, how about North Korea?
kurth (651 posts) Thu Jan-12-06 12:15 PM
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15. Yep. Thank you, Asshole Ralph Nader.
And Thank you, Mr. Procrastinator John Kerry.
Cuba. But they are too chicken to go.
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