Likely new Senate judiciary chairman warns Bush against nominating anti-abortion judges

SFGate.com ^ | 11/03/04 | LARA JAKES JORDAN

[CrosscutSaw]

The Republican expected to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year bluntly warned newly re-elected President Bush on Wednesday against putting forth Supreme Court nominees who would seek to overturn abortion rights or are otherwise too conservative to win confirmation.

[Plutarch]

Senator Specter meets with President Bush outside Air Force One (from Specter's web site)

Remarks by the President in Pennsylvania Welcome

I want to thank Senator Arlen Specter for being here. I want to thank him for his service to Pennsylvania. I want to thank him for working with me on a lot of big issues -- no bigger issue than to make sure the federal judiciary is staffed and full of fine, fine people. The record of this Senate is a lousy record when it comes to the approval of judges that I name. We have a vacancy problem in America. We can't get our judges through the United States Senate because there's too much politics in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)

The current Senate distorts the record of good people I put up. I'm going to continue to name judges that are honorable and decent and honest. (Applause.) Judges who recognize their job is to interpret the Constitution, not to try to write new law. (Applause.) And I want to thank Senator Specter for being one of the leaders in the Senate to work with the administration to make sure our good judges get approved on a timely basis. (Applause.)

One way to make sure our judges get approved on a timely basis is to change the leadership in the United States Senate. (Applause.)

Senator, if what Bush was saying then was untrue, you should have said it then, not after he helps get your sorry asymmetric rear-end reelected.

[virgil]

I heard that republicans, with their new senate majority will move to change senate rules on judicial nominees. I'm no expert on these rules, but I think it will change so that you only need a simple majority of votes and not two-thirds(?). The filibusters will stop they say. "They" being the pundits

[rwfromkansas]

True.

[Osage Orange]

It's his right under Scottish Law, you know...

LOL!!

Yes, I believe it is..!!

FRegards,

[traviskicks]

"More from Hitler's classic..."



uhhh... good quote on public education. Once school choice becomes available liberalism will suffer a big defeat. Reading high school textbook is like reading talking points from the democratic party.

But I wish you wouldn't quote Hitler or talk about his 'classics'. We have enough leftists comparing republicans to nazis without wackos on here doing it for them.

[Uncle Jaque]

Re your #23:

"...With Republicans like this, who needs Democrats?"

Gee; that's exactly my sentiments in regards to our two RINO Queens from Maine.

Never saw a tax, an abortion, a Union or a Clinton they didn't just fall right in love with. Speculation abounds as to additional affinities, but that's about as far as I'm takin' it here!

[Prince Charles]

Bush should stand his ground against RINO spector and his liberal rat friends. Zero out their earmarks, pork, perks, etc.

[eureka!]

bump

[Sonny M]

I'm not sure about this, but how many republicans are there on the committee? And, even without Spector, do they have enough committee votes to bring nominees to the floor anyway?

[q_an_a]

Frist does not have to appoint Spector as the Chair. Next effort by the pajama team is to stop Specter.

[MNJohnnie]

Email Frist.

[blanknoone]

Specter needs to be dropped from the judiciary and put in charge of the coat check in the Senate Cloak room.

[MNJohnnie]

Pat Buchanan just said on Hardball that the Republican party is going downhill and is losing its constituency


That is the most insanely stupid thing I have ever heard in my life. We just put togther the largest popular vote win in history and we are LOSING???????

[Radix]

But I wish you wouldn't quote Hitler or talk about his 'classics'.

I suppose that I should have invoked the sarcasm tag with that "classic" remark.

I hold notions and ideas which I rarely see expressed anywhere concerning public education.

About three or four years ago or so the Boston Globe came out with a bunch of old stories concerning Catholic priests molesting children. They reported on stories concerning 10 year old news which was not new "NEWS."

They kept the issue on the front page for literally weeks. Hello, I already read this stuff.

Anyhow, it seemed from here that there was an amazing increase in "victims" coming into the light. Within weeks, there were victims and lawsuits all over the place. It was so here in Massachusetts, and all over the country as well as in Europe.

The lawsuits were all over the place, and settlements were being reported endlessly. This of course inspired new complaints. People were accusing priests of abuse from decades ago which nobody had ever heard of before. It was like an epidemic.

The Boston Globe kept reporting these stories, and it became a phenomenon all on it's own. The lawsuits have since resulted in numerous closing of Catholic schools, and the area Diocese has had to sell off a lot of property in order to pay for the settlements. Lately, local churches have been forced to close, and of course now the Boston Globe is so effing sympathetic to the local parishoners in their reporting. Did I mention that I despise the Boston Globe yet?

Who wins in this sort of circumstance? The public school teacher unions and local politicians. I find it all to be quite unsettling.

BTW, I was raised a Catholic, but I long ago left that denomination. I have no Catholic agenda myself. I simply see the situation concerning these matters to be contrived, and pushed by persons who are motivated because of personal or financial agendas. IOW, Socialists, or those with the same mindset as the Nazis under Hitler.

They are one and the same in my view.

[TAdams8591]

Geez, I normally HATE to say I told anyone so. But not in this instance.

[Uncle Jaque]

Re your #28:

"... they are going to have to bring up a test of this "cloture" crap early next session ... Trent seemed determine not to let this stuff continue."

Well GOOD MORNIN", Mr. Lott!! What was your first clue, Sir?

Sheesh.

Oh well; better late than never, eh?

And what's this RINO weasel think he is, "WARNING" OUR PRESIDENT about what he can and can't do??!!
Is there no one in our Republican Leadership who can remind little Napoleon of his proper place in the Congressional food chain?

This self-appointed dictator needs frequent and severe wedgies - perhaps even a noogie or two - from the top dogs down there until he gets his attitude adjusted.

Isn't it about time Herr Spectere became the RECIPIENT of some serious "warnings", rather than the arrogant generator of this specious, leftist, pagan, bovinedoodie??!!

Hmmmm... does Dr. FRIST even KNOW how to administer a proper wedgie, I wonder??? I'll bet Trent LOTT could give him an inservice block of instruction, if he asked nicely.

Gee; do you suppose if someone gave Sandy Burglar a good swift wedgie, that Hanoi Kerry's Dishonorable Discharge would pop out of his fly?

Too late to do us much good now I suppose... but it would be entertaining! *{8^{D~

UJ from the PR of ME

[aposiopetic]

See post 253.

[smokeyb]

We can thank Carl Rove for his support of Mr. Specter in the vain hope that he would deliver Pennsylvania.

Amen to that. I am afraid GW and Santorum are going to pay for his support.

[madison10]

President Bush received the mandate from the nation. Arlen only got voted into one state...a mandate he does not have.