Posted on 11/12/2003 12:12:02 PM PST by LiteKeeper
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT SENATORS ON THE RECORD:
* Tom Harkin (D-IA) "Have the guts to come out and vote up or down….And once and for all, put behind us this filibuster procedure on nominations."
(Cong. Rec., 6/22/95, S8861)
* Joseph Biden (D-DE) "everyone who is nominated is entitled to have a … vote on the floor."
(Cong. Rec., 3/19/97, S2540)
* Richard Durbin (D-IL) "If, after 150 days languishing on the Executive Calendar that name has not been called for a vote, it should be. Vote the person up or down."
(Cong. Rec., 9/28/98, S11021)
* Carl Levin (D-MI) "If a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate is prepared to vote to confirm the President's appointment, that vote should occur."
(Cong. Rec., 6/21/95, S8806)
* Edward Kennedy (D-MA) "If our … colleagues don't like them, vote against them. But give them a vote." (Cong. Rec., 2/3/98, S292)
* Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) "Let's bring their nominations up, debate them if necessary, and vote them up or down."
(Cong. Rec., 9/11/97, S9165)
* Tom Daschle (D-SD) "I find it simply baffling that a Senator would vote against even voting on a judicial nomination." (Cong. Rec., 10/5/99, S11919)
* Patrick Leahy (D-VT) "I have stated over and over again … that I would object and fight against any filibuster on a judge, whether it is somebody I opposed or supported." (Cong. Rec, 6/18/98, S6521)
* Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) The filibuster "has unfortunately become a commonplace tactic to thwart the will of the majority." (Cong. Rec., 1/4/95, S36)
I thought that the Dims just invented "filibustering" judges this year????
Yes . . . there is ONE lone voice . . .
"I think a person can lie and still be honest."
~Dan Rather~
[explaining Bill Clinton]
If you have then what exactly are they trying to prove?
The RATS are masters at situational ethics. Thus, statements made by them in the past have no effect if they conflict with statements they are making now.There's a line by Paul Neuman in one of his movies, "Hud" I think or maybe "Cool Hand Luke" -- "I believe the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. Sometimes I lean one way, sometimes I lean the other way."
A perfect summation of the RAT philosophy.
-PJ
BINGO!!!
Sadly, they can do it because average American - Jane and Joe Public have attention spans of about three seconds. After that, all is forgotten Well, except when the Joie does something wrong to Jane. Then it is remembered for a minimum of 37 years.
In typical demorat fashion, whether in the Congressional Record or not, they'll spin it as a sign of the times.
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