[Angelwood]

The photo of the buttons with the Free Republic url so prominent really stood out and just happened to be on the same page as the TV highlights for the day so everyone who checked the TV listings had to also see the buttons photo.

I had a button made for an Estrada press conference a few months ago using Nick Danger's image of the Eagle Behind Bars with the caption "Judicial Nominations Held Hostage." That was a very popular button and quite a few of the young men and women who came to fill the Senate Gallery chose that one.

Some of the other buttons:

With
DEMOCRATS
It's Always
PARTY Before
COUNTRY

Advise
and
Consent
NOT
Obstruct
and
Filibuster

NEVER Trust
Democrats
With National
Security

I am sorry that there was no way to meet all of the FReepers who came during the 39 hour Marathon. But I thank everyone who made it, especially those who traveled long distances and those hardy souls who supported the Republican Senators throughout the late evening and early morning hours.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Advise and Consent NOT Obstruct and Filibuster

You know, it is the duty of all senators to advise, and the duty of all senators who respect the nominee to consent. I think the senators who respect those appeals-court nominees should just get together in a press conference and announce that they consent to the nominees, and let that be that. I suppose that that is no different from the "nuclear option," de facto . . .