Posted on 05/16/2005 9:54:06 AM PDT by ken5050
OK, folks..let's se what going to happen today as we move closer to the showdown in the Senate. Live, at 1 PM EST on C-span 2, "Searchlight" Reid is holding a presser to discuss judicial nomination. The Senate then convenes at 2PM, and as Majority Leader, Frist will make the opening statement. Then Reid will speak. Frist as pissed at Reid last week..for announcing a possible compromise on the Senate floor without FIRST telling him of it..and Frist has yet to speak about Reid's comments about FBI files. Should be fireworks..
In the long term, Spector's resignation would improve the quality of the Senate, even if he were replaced by a Democrat. However, if that happened it would not be before the solution of the judicial nominating question. And on that, the votes are buttoned up for victory, or Senator Frist would not have made his public announcement last week.
So, between now and the time when Frist pulls the trigger with Cheney presiding as President of the Senate, we will hear a lot of words but they mean nothing and are mere posturing.
Senator Dornan is now up, and the one person he made a point of introducing was Gerald MacAtee (sp.?), President of AFSME for more than 30 years. The unions are dying in America, and so is the Democrat Party which is their wholly owned subsidiary. Y'all are listening today to the death rattle of a major political party.
Congressman Billybob
Dorgan is comingling filibuster of legislation (Soc. Sec.) with voting for nominees.
Nothing but government employees being paid by us to take off work to demand more handouts from us taxpayers.
Office bound today...appreciate the updates!
Republicans do not get one damn dime (and the donation requests have been flooding our mail box) until the Republicans show some spine.
Right wing, anti-worker judicial appointments. LOL.
Why is Gerald McEntee speaking????
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees?
What do they have to do with this???
Thanks Zook.
Well, now we know where the crowd came from: "Brothers and Sisters" = Union members paid/compelled/bussed to appear at political rallys (I know, I've been there....)
The price paid for getting a crowd to show up?
It's a welfare rally is what it looks like.
Oh, yeah; how could I forget that part.
Man, he's getting personal!
What a nasty little weasel he is.
Why does Gerald McEntee keep licking his fingers?
What did he say I don't have the TV on..
No telling where they've been :)
He had KFC for lunch?
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