LIVE SENATE THREAD: "Nuclear Wednesday" for judicial nominations: C-span 2 - 9:30 am EST

C-span 2 ^ | May 18, 2005

[ken5050]

Welcome, all you Freepers, to the continuing C-span soap operas about judicial nominations. "The Guiding SEARCHLIGHT, " "As the SENATE Turns, "One NOMINATION to Live" "GERIATRIC Hospital" (for all you Byrd and Lautenberg fans out there). Follow along with us, as the Dems raise the level of histrionics, bloviation, pontification, and all around bad acting to new highs, er, lows...

[Howlin]

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)February 3, 1998: “We owe it to Americans across the country to give these nominees a vote. If our Republican colleagues don’t like them, vote against them. But give them a vote.”

[maggief]

[Don Carlos]

Its good to be right, even when I'm only 1/4 right!

Thanks!

[Fledermaus]

Even Darth Vader would be afraid of these bozos.

[Howlin]

To me, that is the heart of this matter: they WOULD do it, so we HAVE to do it while we can have some sort of influence on the courts, etc.

[tiredoflaundry]

with big ol' turquoise pop beads on.

tacky ;-)

[Miss Marple]

Thanks, maggie! I was hoping someone had a picture of Nancy's pop-beads!

[maggief]

I think it's a freakin' freak show!

;-D

[ken5050]

That's what is sounds like...or, it could all be smoke..NO way Frist can allow anything other than all getting a vote, IMHO

[badgerbengal]

That only applies to DIM nominees. Dont you understand they know whats good for us.

[Bahbah]

That face has had alot of work.

[Cboldt]

Specter said that in principal he wants to preerve the right for the minority to filabuster a nomination.

Whatever the hell that means.

So the idea is to do a whip count on the actual votes for the nominees..There are 7..so if it turns out that three would be defeated, because they won't get any GOP votes in favor..they wioll be be allowed to be brought to the floor for a vote, then they will be defeated

All the GOP wants is a vote on the floor. I suppose the president would accept it (withdraw the nomination) if a whip count showed less than 50 votes for a nominee. Doesn't sound like much of a compromise, if that is what is planned. If, OTOH, Specter is saying the hurdle is 60, then screw the compromise.

[the anti-liberal]

Is anyone paying attention? WHO'S speaking right now??

[Bungarian]

At least Hannity says the dems will not get the vote. I hope he is right.

[Howlin]

[Soul Seeker]

Nah, darth Vader wouldn't fear them he would simply use his mind to choke of all their oxygen.

[tiredoflaundry]

Saxby Chambliss?

[Fledermaus]

My dirty mind does not want to know what those are used for! he he he

[firewalk]

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[Miss Marple]

You are both so good about providing visual aids! Hehehe.