Posted on 05/22/2005 9:36:11 AM PDT by wagglebee
OK, I am taking bets.
On Tuesday morning Frist will invoke the "Byrd" Option. The Democrats will file a lawsuit to prevent this from happening. It will go all the way to the Supreme Court with the Dems winning all the way there.
The SCOTUS will rule for the Republicans and and the MSM will say, "see, we have to change the courts because they are too conservative."
If the "constitutional option" comes to a vote, we will lose by at least one: Brooks is leaving out Arlen Specter.
He has made it clear that he doesn't want this to happen.
Chafee, McCain, Snowe and Warner are certain votes against.
All they need is Collins, Hagel, Voinovich, DeWine, Smith, Graham ... any one of these clowns.
and....McCain!!!
Against ole hillereee for the nomination? Wouldn't that be a hoot?
LOL, that will be when the cockroaches and dems. come scurrying out of the rubble, searching for survivors and combing through the pockets of their politically wounded and dead. Look for kennedy to try and loot the social security benefits from neighboring states. It's going to be ugly. I'll make popcorn.
No, I don't think Warner will vote against us.
I think McCain, Chaffee, and probably one of the Maine twins will.
Other then that, probably none.
Quite the opposite. Specter has said repeatedly that one way or another, he believes they deserve up or down votes, and he has made motions toward saying that he will vote for it.
I'll bet you $50 Specter is on our side. He's a jerk, but he votes our way when it really matters.
Sure hope this is true!
That would actually be a MUCH, MUCH smarter move on behalf of the D's.
Which is why I don't think they'll do it. Since Clinton left, they haven't been capable of a smart political move.
Actually the (D)s have already engaged their Nuclear Reaction by shutting down most Senate committees.
How petty it must be to go through his entire political life as a pain-in-the-arse!
Ref: POW activities (Vn_s), and disloyal to his country (RFA2). Specifics please. I'm not doubting you, just would like to see something myself. Years ago, there were rumors McCain had "special" care while a POW. Mose of these seem to have disappeared. Friendly media treatment, probably.
So the Republicans have stopped worring and learned to love the bomb... (Just kidding) ;p
McCain has a weird version of himself.
If you remember him in 2000, and since then, he really (in his own warped mind) thinks of himself a Ronald Reagan/Barry Goldwater conservative.
At times he even seems puzzled (this should have tipped people off that something is wrong with him) when he's referred to as moderate or centerist. He thinks he's very conservative.
He's not, his voting record is alright, but not in anywhere hard right territory that he thinks he's in.
The only time he is ever in the solid right, is on the issues of spending (pork barrel wise) and abortion.
In that case, he's talking out of both sides of his mouth.
I don't think he wants this voted on, and I think he's doing what he can to keep that from happening.
I am not sure if I agree with your analysis. McCain and the RINOs can vote for cloture without supporting the option. The Dems cannot throw in the towel on the cloture vote or the option without seriously alientating their liberal base. Hence, I think it is inevitable for the Dems to face the music on this one.
Actually I hope I'm wrong.
I would like nothing better than to see the Dems go down in flames even if it was only 50/50 and a Cheney tie-break. It would be one of those moments that last a lifetime. But....I still don't think the Dems will do it. I expect cloture to succeed with exactly 60 votes with selected Dems making up the 5 votes plus any RINO induced shortfall.
John McCain:
The Manchurian Candidate
By Ted Sampley
U.S. Veteran Dispatch
December 1992 Issue
McCain Is No Hero
He seriously violated the Military
Code of Conduct
Luck Of Admiral McCain's Son Not For "Grunts"
By Ted Sampley
U.S. Veteran Dispatch
October 1999
Sen. McCain Wants To Be President, Check-out His Unpresidential Credentials
By Ted Sampley
U.S. Veteran Dispatch
1997 Issue
Pictorial History of John McCain's Collaboration With The Vietnamese Reds
Staff Report
U.S. Veteran Dispatch
1997 Issue
February 25-28, 2000 - NewsMax.com
John McCain's Definition of a "Fringe Veteran"
February 2, 2000
Navy Awarded McCain Medals For Valor Without Eyewitnesses
Dec. 28, 1999-By Former POW Mark Smith:
A "Flying Squad" Of Returned POWs Are Protecting McCain's Image
Dec. 2, 1999-Press Release:
Candidate McCain Must Make His POW Files Public
Oct. 5, 1999, By Former POW Mike Benge:
John McCain Is No Hero
March 25, 1999-Phoenix New Times:
Former POWs Guy and Larson "Doubted" Reds Tortured McCain
All of the above are linked here:
http://www.usvetdsp.com/mccainpg.htm
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