Posted on 05/23/2005 4:48:12 PM PDT by kennedy
Centrists from both parties reached a compromise Monday night to avoid a showdown on President Bush’s stalled judicial nominees and the Senate’s own filibuster rules, officials from both parties said.
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All this deal amounts to is a small fig leaf for the 14 so called "moderates" to avoid having to vote on the constitutional option.
They may have thought they won tonight, but they'll lose in the long run. Just about the only thing they won is more time till their day of reckoning.
As we progress forward with more and more judicial nominees, the gang of 14 will be forced to explain what they mean by "extreme circumstances" -- believe me before it's over, they'll make pretzels look straight in comparison to their "logic."
Worse than pretzel logic doesn't go over very well in red states -- the very color of the states that a good number of the 7 Dem "moderates" are from.
Finally, the Senate will be back in business and I bet we'll pass Bolton and the Energy Bill before long.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Book Marked
The voters that chose Perot, would have chosen Clinton if not for the 3rd option. Polling showed that to be true. Bush lost because he was not a conservative, and he abandoned his base, and stopped short of knocking of Saddam. IOW a loser.
You mean I have more power than CAIR and La Raza now????? You have got to be kidding me. Our president calls Islam the religion of peace, and La Raza call for open borders. Who has the pull around here now??
But you don't win battles by not fighting. You may make strategic withdrawals, but not when you have the advantage (such as control of both Houses of Congress and the Presidency). It's also possible to win all the battles, and still lose the war. In this case by not fighting this battle, we may lose or at best hold the status quo on the Supreme Courts, which stinks. Once the Supreme Court takes a decision, it can take many generations to get it overturned. This was a very important battle, but one for which it's hard to get the general public very interested in, and one which is easily spun. As this case was.
Current happenings...need to be seen fully fleshed out.
We shall see, what we shall see.,.,.,.,.
Blood in the water. Sharks circling.
But when there is commitment to death by enough of the other side, you must annihilate them. Their "sacrifice" (or martyrdom) will inspire still others. They must be hunted down and killed or otherwise neutralized *before* than can martyr themselves. In the case of the democrats, they may not really care that much about reelection of individuals, they can always find another schmuck to take the slot.
Hey Frist. Come on down to South East Florida. I'll go out of my way to find you to boooo you there fella.
Thinking of running for president I hear. Forget it ther butthead. You just threw that idea into the toilet.
You suck.
Hey frist yhou couldn't lead a turd down a flushing toilet,
Worthelss jerk.
Polls? Ya must be kidding..!!???
I believe polls, like I believe the government is here to help me.
Seriously...I think it plausible that more Pubbies got sucked into the riptide of the Reform Party than...Dummies.
BWIDIK???
I should have known this was going to happen. The bottom line issue is the perpetuation of the imperial, "socially progressive" judiciary. And on this point, too many Republicans are pro-abortion, etc. etc. They WANT the imperial liberal judiciary. To-wit: Snowe, Collins, Chafee. Warner is also pro-abortion. McCain is only nominally pro-life, but now simply seeks nothing but his own self-promotion. I don't know about Dewine and Graham; I would have expected them to be more socially conservative. And don't forget, there are more Republicans who are all for the imperial judiciary, but who did not sign on for political reasons - Spector for example, probably Hegel, and others. I fear that the judiciary will NEVER be fixed.
That's easy, and the spin has already begun. They held their noses and sacrificed for the "rules" and "traditions" of the Senate and for "protection of minority interests". They'll come off as very noble while saying that the devil (the Republicans) made them do it.
Total weenies.
Nelson, Landrieu and Collins on Nightline. Two rats and a RINO. Nelson and Landrieu are still spouting Harry Reid's talking points. Landrieu said we've lost more than a thousand soldiers in Iraq trying to protect the rights of the minority; allowing the minority "to speak" is the least we can do here. Um, were we ending normal debate and discussion? Landrieu says that if the President "would go back to the Constitution" (!!!!) and really ask for advice from the Senate, we could get back on track. Bush gets three judges. Big whoop. Put me on the RNC do not call list.
If they want to go on record saying that over time, the interests of the Senate became more important to them than defending the rights of millions of their constituents...I say let them do exactly that.
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