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DEMS Blink on Judge Owens
myself ^ | 21 April 2005 | trueblackman

Posted on 04/21/2005 8:53:05 AM PDT by Trueblackman

On a 10-8 vote, Priscilla Owen has just gotten through the Senate Judiciary Committee. Now heads to the Senate floor for a full vote -- All up to Majority Leader Frist as to when.


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KEYWORDS: filibuster; owens; ussenate
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To: RetiredArmy
Fat Ted must have had a hang over and could not muster his fat ass up out of the chair to argue about it.

He doesn't have to be there, all he has to do is call his lackeys, collins, snowe and chafffee.

81 posted on 04/21/2005 10:00:04 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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To: katieanna

Democrats have not restated there intent to filbuster Owens.


82 posted on 04/21/2005 10:52:19 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: Trueblackman

Thanks, friend. Peace.


83 posted on 04/21/2005 11:12:56 AM PDT by katieanna (My Redeemer Liveth!)
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To: Trueblackman

Backroom deal cut to let Owens nomination out of committee while letting Tom DeLay go before the House Ethics committee. Dems think they got a bargin, but an open investigation is just what DeLay wants to clear his name. Bynovich holding up Boldin nomination is also part of the deal.


84 posted on 04/21/2005 11:15:21 AM PDT by anymouse
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To: anymouse

Funny thing is that any investigation into Delay is going to open every Democrats such as Pesoli and Tubbs up to the same thing, Democrats are trying to create smoke where there is no fire.


85 posted on 04/21/2005 11:21:41 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: ken5050

Obama has already public stated that he will support Brown in the full Senate and stated that filbuster were used to keep people like he and I out of the polls during the civil rights era.


86 posted on 04/21/2005 11:29:15 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: Trueblackman

Does that mean he will vote for cloture? I don't understand your/his statement?.


87 posted on 04/21/2005 11:32:36 AM PDT by ken5050 (The Dem party is as dead as the NHL)
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To: ken5050

Thatr means if the rules are changed and 51 votes are needed Obama is voting with the majority.


88 posted on 04/21/2005 11:39:15 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: Trueblackman
they are going to let Brown thru as well

Clarification: you mean the Dems are not going to filibuster Brown or Owens for fear of ticking off women and blacks?

89 posted on 04/21/2005 11:52:52 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: Preachin'
I think the democrats let her through to embarrass Frist.

What am I missing here? How could the Dems "let" Owens through the committee? It was a party-line vote, wasn't it? All Owens needed was for the Republicans to show up and vote in solidarity, right?

90 posted on 04/21/2005 11:54:57 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: All

Well John Kerry is up on the Senate floor giving his first 2008 campaign speech---

He is hopping mad that the Republicans, talk radio, and the internet are smearing ole Voinivich for standing up for principle!!! yeah, right...principle my butt, he has been bought off by Soros, is my guess...

Now he is saying how mean the Republicans are because "every body knows" that the US Constitution was based on catering to the MINORITY not the majority, and also the GOP call people bad names....

WHA, WHA, WHA.....cry me a river, you traitor!


91 posted on 04/21/2005 11:58:20 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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To: Trueblackman
Thatr means if the rules are changed and 51 votes are needed Obama is voting with the majority.

If the rule for invoking cloture isn't changed (for nominees), I can see the DEMs counting heads and allowing Obama to vote for cloture, as long as that doesn't result in the actual confirmation vote to proceed.

92 posted on 04/21/2005 11:59:16 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Txsleuth
Now he is saying how mean the Republicans are because "every body knows" that the US Constitution was based on catering to the MINORITY not the majority ...

It's all clear now. Kerry is the winner because he lost the election.

Whadda putz.

93 posted on 04/21/2005 12:00:26 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Kenny Bunkport

Yes given the distrust that Blacks have with the filbuster, Dems will let them both thru and save the fight for the next bunch of nominees.


94 posted on 04/21/2005 12:00:57 PM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: deport
"This nomination is going to be precipitate a confrontation that we do not need," Durbin said.

I agree with you completely, Dick! So confirm her ASAP and avoid this unnecessary confrontation.

95 posted on 04/21/2005 12:01:29 PM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Kenny Bunkport

She may be out of committee, but she still hasn't had a floor vote---and that is when the poo-poo is gonna hit the fan, because the dems are saying that she would have to have 60 votes to be confirmed---

The GOP is saying no, just a simple majority of 51 votes--

THAT is when the filibuster starts, unless the dems have decided to hold their fire until the Supreme nominee, but I doubt it because after the Bolton fiasco, they know they have the GOP senators on defense, not offense.

So they are gonna go for the hail-mary and send out Drew Pearson---


96 posted on 04/21/2005 12:02:13 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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To: Redcloak
If only someone could find the key to the GOP testicular lockbox.

Isn't Al Gore in charge of lockboxes or is that nuts in a vice? I get so confused.

97 posted on 04/21/2005 12:03:03 PM PDT by Samwise (I've got my towel.)
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To: Preachin'
The GOP has done a horrible job of telling the truth about history.

No it hasn't. You can blame that on the media and our education system.

98 posted on 04/21/2005 12:03:28 PM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: prairiebreeze

"Heh! That's very true. Moderates....blech! Wishy-washy pieces of milque toast."

As Adams noted:

"In politics the middle way is none at all".-John Adams


99 posted on 04/21/2005 12:03:55 PM PDT by Jim Verdolini
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To: Coop

McCain is up too talk FAVORABLY about Bolton, but he can't stop laughing---whenever he talks about Bolton's "crankiness", he just starts laughing!!!


100 posted on 04/21/2005 12:04:08 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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