Joe Biden had his doctor put plugs in his head
He should have superglued a critter that was dead
He has doll hair...he has doll hair
Posted on 02/28/2005 10:11:48 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was asked a direct question about filibustering judicial nominees, and Mr. Biden offered a direct answer. The problem was that Mr. Biden's answer directly contradicted his votes throughout 2003 and 2004.
Tim Russert set the stage by quoting Mr. Biden's philosophy about judicial nominations. "I think the advice-and-consent responsibility of the Senate," Mr. Biden had previously declared, "does not permit us to deprive the president of the United States from being able to appoint that person or persons who have a particular point of view unless it can be shown that their temperament does not fit the job, they are morally incapable or unqualified for the job, or that they have committed crimes of moral turpitude." For nominations of judges to district and circuit courts, Mr. Biden reaffirmed that philosophy.
Based on that clearly enunciated view, Mr. Russert asked Mr. Biden, "If someone has a conservative view, then why would you try to block him from being voted on in the Senate?" Mr. Biden replied, "I don't think we should try to block him [from] being voted on in the Senate." Yet, that is precisely what Mr. Biden has been doing. In 2003 and 2004, the Democrats filibustered 10 circuit-court nominees. For each nominee, Republicans sought to invoke cloture, which would have ended the filibusters and allowed an up-or-down vote. Mr. Biden voted against cloture for nine of the 10 filibustered nominees.
Altogether, there were 20 cloture votes on the 10 circuit-court nominees. Mr. Biden was absent for one. He voted against cloture on 18 of the remaining 19 attempts. In doing so, he was complicit in preventing precisely what he claimed to support in his response to Mr. Russert.
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You know, I have a list of politicians and celebrities upon whose graves I would be overjoyed to dance...
Biden has a prominent place on that list.
Joe Biden is a pompous windbag who would have likely been a disaster as Kerry's Sec of State. I never miss an opportunity to remind that on Hardball last Spring Biden said the only "good thing" to come out of our "failed policy" in Iraq would be a defeated and demoralized America that "will not dare" threaten Iran or Syria. As a result I know Biden is scum.
"Mr. Biden's finely honed judicial philosophy quoted by Mr. Russert was enunciated in 1979. At the time, there was a Democratic president and a Democratic majority in the Senate."
Biden is loud, and lets his mouth run sometimes before he thinks, but while the guy is no rocket scientist, he is not quite as dumb as the excerpt suggested. He is just a different strokes for different folks kind of guy.
Not only that .. do people realize why the district courts are so important ..?? Aren't they the courts were appeals are handled ..?? If so .. that means if a liberal judge gives you a bad decision, you can take it to a higher court - where you would find a conservative judge - who would be ruling according to the law already written - and not something made up on the spot.
Joe Biden had his doctor put plugs in his head
He should have superglued a critter that was dead
He has doll hair...he has doll hair
"A contradictory Biden"
Should be....
The Liar, Joe Biden...."
Now that is a clear title and statement!
Well done Doug.
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