[xsmommy]

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Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

I guess somehow John Podhoretz is finding VICTORY in the irresolute BS that we saw from the spineless Pubs yesterday on the senate floor. But i don't know if i am buying it just yet:

DON'T TURN VICTORY INTO DEFEAT, PART 2 [John Podhoretz]
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I'm already receiving middle-of-the-night e-mails condemning my position (and some praising it) in favor of the avert-the-filibuster deal. The major point I couldn't get to because the baby was crying is this: Despite the language in the deal about how the Republicans won't bring up the nuclear option until 2007, there's other language in the deal that clearly gives the Republican signatories the option to pull out of the deal should Democrats misbehave.

This deal is therefore effectively about the judges it mentions -- and about them only. Every future nomination will be decided as follows. If the Democrats insist that the next nominee(s) are bad enough to invoke the "extraordinary" right to filibuster, the Republicans have the right to say the Democrats are full of it, kill the deal and go to the nuclear option immediately. .

Thus, the agreement is only binding to the extent that Democrats do not filibuster -- since it will be very difficult for the Senate Republicans to allow them to get away with the "extraordinary" right claim about a mainstream conservative nominee.

To my mind, that's the true essence of the political deal here. Every time the Democrats who signed it move toward filibuster, the Republicans move toward busting the deal.

And that's basically what Mike DeWine of Ohio, one of the GOP signatories, said last night to the Washington Post: "Republicans said they are free to back a ban if they believe Democrats act in bad faith and filibuster a nominee whose credentials do not amount to an 'extraordinary' circumstance. 'We don't think we're going to get there,' said Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), adding that he will not hesitate to vote to ban judicial filibusters if he concludes the Democrats are abusing the right." Posted at 02:41 AM

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid

No pushing at the door please!

[theDentist]

I am irresolute after last night's betrayal by the RINOs of the party.

[xsmommy]

get up, what are ya, a bunch of RINOS?

[LonePalm]

First? Top Ten?

My wild oats have turned to shredded wheat.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[MortMan]

Frist descends, irresolute,
From the chamber of ill repute,
Manifesto in hand,
He sold out this land,
On the wager that voters are less than astute.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The irresolute men on the right
And the women, all ran from the fight
Yes, when push came to shove
They released the white dove
And they all slithered off in the night

[January24th]

What a perfect word for today. The irresolute compromise merely takes Executive power away from the President and gives it to congress. Read the whole stupid thing and prepare to be outraged. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Vote 'em ALL out and start over, buncha irresolute pansies.

[Young Werther]

Did the Senate Republicans act in an irresolute manner? Time will tell!

[InvisibleChurch]

sorry, but today's word is GROWL, meaning 'honked off' and 'grrr' .... used in a sentence...

Invisible Church was GROWL when he read about the cave-in last night.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yeah - Erroresolute, most certainly.

They sold out their party, us, and their honor (what little remained of it) for the praise of the NYTimes and ABBCNNBCBS...

[Dutchgirl]

I miss a few days of FreeRepublic and the senate goes to hell in a hand basket.

I was going to use the WFTD, but then I changed my mind. I am using yesterdays word instead.

A curmudgeon, irascible
Can still be respected.
But an alcoholic derigible?
Can't even get arrested!

[tioga]

Irresolute = Republican Senators. NOTHING more to say, it's over.

[MoochPooch]

The liberals can be irresolute about so many things, except moral relativism.