Posted on 10/05/2018 7:58:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Just minutes ago, in the middle of a rambling and semi-incoherent self-justification on the Senate floor, Lisa Murkowski announced that she was Montana Senator Steve Dainess Plan B.
Daines, as I posted earlier today, was scheduled to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding tomorrow. I have to admit I respect a man who has his priorities straight. In the comments wed speculated on who might step aside on the No side of the equation. My guess was Jon Tester would do it as hes in a tough race, hes a no vote on Kavanaugh, and stepping aside could let him keep his no vote while building some goodwill with Montana voters.
As it turns out, Lisa Murkowski will fill that slot.
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Breaking: Murkowski will cast a present vote in the final tally as a courtesy to Senator Daines, who will not be present due to his to daughters wedding. It will not change the outcome of the vote, she says. I hope it reminds us we can take very small steps to be gracious.
8:08 PM - Oct 5, 2018
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One can hope.
The ties that bind us as a nation have become dangerously frayed and the desperate attempt by Senate Democrats to scuttle Brett Kavanaughs nomination burned down a lot of trust on the Judiciary Committee where trust is all important. Hopefully, despite Murkowskis preening, her collegiality and decency on this small issue will take root. But Im not betting on it.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
A quorum consists of a majority of seated senators present.
Theres probably a picture or vid of Sen. Packwood being carried by Capitol Police onto the Senate floor. Theres no downside.
Dont have time to post the pic right now.
Screw collegiality. Murkowski demanded an additional FBI probe, got what she requested and still voted no after BK is cleared again? What a forking phony. Voting yes would have kept Daines out of it altogether.
True. Theres gold in that there Awar (black gold. Uncle Jed!).
Just sayin'...
Well, I had to look for one LOL!
No luck for me but...
“Armed with arrest warrants for all 46 Republicans, the Senate’s sergeant-at-arms, Henry Giugni, and his men began to search the corridors of the Capitol and the Senate office buildings. After checking several empty offices, they spotted Sen. Steve Symms (R-Ida.) but he fled down a hallway and escaped arrest. Then a cleaning woman tipped them that Packwood was in his office, and Giugni—a burly former Hawaii vice officer—opened the door with a passkey.
Bruised Knuckles
Packwood tried to shove the door closed, but Giugni and two of his assistants pushed it open. The senator, who hurt his left arm in an accident two weeks ago and has been wearing a cast since then, tried to use his left hand to keep the door shut, bruising his knuckles in the process.
“It was their mass against my mass,” Packwood said. “Except for the honor of it, I’d rather walk.”
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there are rumors sarah palin is going to run against her
Hey @LisaMurkowski - I can see 2022 from my house...
Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) October 5, 2018
She was wiling to allow the demons to trash Kavanaugh and his life’s work. Screw her. She’s an opportunist with no integrity. I wrote her today and told her that.
How do we know this is Not a Trap. If that ‘Danes’ or whatever his dumb ass name is f*** this up, he should be Hung!
The ultimate waffle.
She could achieve the same with a yes vote , eh ?
#6. re the photo of Feinstein and Murkowski.
All I want to know is who’s the husband and who’s the wife?
So Frankenfeinstein finally came out of the coffin. Surprise, surprise!!
The Big Bitch versus the Little Bitch! Wonder who won?
I wouldnt put anything past the dems at this point, even lying to make sure the vote count works in their favor.
Ping to a good point in post 30 and continuing to pray.
Sorry, but the correct usage is he should be hanged.
“Daines, as I posted earlier today, was scheduled to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding tomorrow. I have to admit I respect a man who has his priorities straight.”
No, his priorities are NOT straight. He is one of a hundred people in the nation being a US Senator. The job has ridiculously low time demands already. October is a well known busy time, with budget votes, this process, and a few weeks before an election. He knew damn good and well this was a crap time for her to schedule a wedding. He has a duty to perform one of the few things asked of him as a senator, and his little princess should take a back seat. Period.
If it’s that important, delay the wedding a day.
If a soldiers daughter had a wedding planned, and a his unit was called to immediately go do something for the nation, think he can just say “sorry, my princess has a wedding”?
This was a cowards move.
She was elected on:
- family name
- Money grubbing Alaska natives
- Democrats
The rest of us idiots in Alaska didnt vote for her.
“re the photo of Feinstein and Murkowski. All I want to know is whos the husband and whos the wife?”
In 1985, I chauffeured DiFi around Anchorage to different events during the 53rd U.S. Conference Of Mayors. Where I worked, we were asked to volunteer to drive mayors, and I drew her name.
Maybe they’ve been close for 33 years.
You beat me to it ;D.
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