The VP looks a whole lot like Arnold Palmer in this picture. I have always thought they looked a bit alike, but it's especially clear in this pic.
Posted on 05/13/2005 5:18:46 PM PDT by MJY1288
I'll give California Patriot the benefit of the doubt too, as long as there is not a repeat. besides, I'd rather enjoy looking at my new toaster than fight trolls LOL
Laura does wave with her thumb sticking forward. That has been mentioned here before. She also does a little thing with her pinkie finger too. I happened to notice that Nancy Reagan does the exact same thing with her thumb when waving. Check out yesterday's thread the 2nd photo in #12. It must be a First Lady secret wave.
BOLTON
John Podhoretz said all that needs to be said in his column today:
. . . (At) other times, a nominee becomes an occasion for a senator to perform a holier-than-thou tap-dance. Such was the case yesterday with John Bolton and the Republican senator from Ohio, George Voinovich, who insulted and attacked Bolton without ever having bothered to attend one of the committee hearings in which Bolton testified.
It was comic to hear Voinovich describe Bolton as a "bully" yesterday, because the only bullying in sight was being done by Voinovich — attacking somebody who can't attack back.
And Voinovich himself knows something about bullying. In 1995, when he was governor of Ohio, he had a temper tantrum at an airport because his plane was kept on the ground while Air Force One was in the sky.
He ordered his pilot to take off, screaming at air traffic controllers all the while and daring them to "shoot us down." In an unprecedented act, Voinovich was actually fined by the Federal Aviation Administration for his behavior.
He's still at it in the United States Senate. And why not? The Senate is paradise for bullies.
You can read the rest of the story at
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/43882.htm
Before Boxer put a hold on Bolton's vote, the Senate planned to vote on Bolton Tuesday, the highway bill Wednesday, and then bring Judge Owens to the floor for an 'up or down' vote -- triggering the 'consitutional option' -- on either Thursday or the following Tuesday.
NOW, it appears that the Senate will focus on JUDGES next week -- FIREWORKS doesn't begin to describe what we should expect to see/hear from the unhinged/unprincipled DEMONcrats!
SENATE JUDGES' FIGHT APPEARS HEADING FOR SHOWDOWN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting the stage for a politically charged showdown, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced Friday he will press beginning next week for the first of President Bush's conservative court nominees long blocked by Democrats.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-13-frist-judges_x.htm
FROM http://www.powerlineblog.com/
Great expectations
"Senate vote counts, no matter how good the source, are unreliable. At least that's true when it comes to high profile issues like the Bolton nomination and the judicial filibusters. Moderate Sentors can tie themselves in knots over these kinds of matters, and that's not even taking into account the lure of a Washington Post or New York Times puff piece.
That said, I'm in touch with a very good source who tells me that the vote count among Republicans on the filibusters is as follows:
Republicans who won't vote with their party -- Snowe, Chafee, McCain
Republicans who might not -- Collins and Hagel
If true, this means that the Republicans have at least 50 and maybe as many as 52 votes. In other words, they win.
However, this assumes that Warner and Specter, as to whom there has been uncertainty, are committed to voting with their party (and, of course, that there are no other defections). I'm told that Warner and Specter are committed. As I said, though, no matter how reliable this information is, we cannot discount the unexpected.
UPDATE: I should add that with only 50 Senators in the "yes" column, and some of them unpredictable, one should not rule out the possibility of a deal, as bad an idea as that is."
Posted by Paul at 05:00 PM | Permalink
C-SPAN WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF MUST SEE TV NEXT WEEK!
Time I turned in see you all tomorrow
God Bless you all and God Bless America.
Love
Eleanor
WEVENING SNUGS!
Do you think that because of the controversy about Specter taking over the Judiciary Committee that he will vote for the constitutional option? I'm hoping that since he got the chairmanship, they made some kind of deal with him that he would vote yes.
Can you answer why Boxer gets to just put a hold on a nominee that has been voted out of committee? I don't get this.
The VP looks a whole lot like Arnold Palmer in this picture. I have always thought they looked a bit alike, but it's especially clear in this pic.
Interesting...
Maybe that's the explanation, kitkat! This is hugh and series. LOL!
"Can you answer why Boxer gets to just put a hold on a nominee that has been voted out of committee? I don't get this."
As I understand it, any Senator can place a 'hold' on a candidate at any time. Only the Senator or a super majority vote (60 senators) can remove the hold.
The more I learn about this dysfunctional institution (the Senate) the more I pity Senator Frist . . . Heart surgery had to be a much easier and more rewarding profession!!!
[Specter and Warner have been mentioned as possible problems; however, Senator Kyl seemed to believe they were both 'on board' . . . Of course, after Voinovich got his ugly mug on the front page of the NYTimes today, who knows how the 'moderates' will behave next week!!!]
I hear you on the jealousy bit. However, I guess we can be jealous of Laura and like her a lot at the same time.
From what I understand, once the nominee is out of Committee, a Sednator cannot place a hold on the Floor vote, The Majority leader has complete control of the Floor
LOL, it is a cool toaster
The new 'W' language. It's like the First Lady secret wave, only the initiated know it.
Will she really get away with this?
The kids and I were impressed. Wonder who it was.
hehehe -- me too!!
I read in one of her biographies that she used to practice her "Miss America" wave as a teenager and her friends would laugh at her. The practice sure came in handy...she waves wonderfully. ;)
Boy, have you got that right. Can you imagine having to try to deal with that bunch of sissified, arrogant, childish boors, half of whom give every appearance that they could care less if they sell their country down the drain?
Well wolks, wink will wall wit a wight......"W's" "R" wonderful!
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