Text of Filibuster Deal

Received via e-mail | Monday, May 23, 2005 | Rats and Rinos

[Brian Allen]

<< It doesn't appear that Frist folded, but rather he had the rug pulled from under him. >>

What's the difference?

He might just as well be Trent Lott, Arlen Spectre, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Oren Hatch or any of a dozen other gutless career-politician RINOs.

Every one of whom is every-bit-as-incapable as Frist of leading, following -- or of even getting out of the way!

[oldbill]

Future video on CSPAN2, come next July on Supreme Court Nominee

Sen. Byrd: "What now do these Republicans tyrants want from us? We gave them votes on the President's nominees in May! Now they want us to give them a vote on these latest nominees too! As Cicero and Demosthenes would say, this nominee is truly an extraordinary case, and we must filibuster him as per our agreement. God save this wonderful good ole' boy Senate.

I will now drink a toast to my seven Republican colleagues who have given us the power to thwart the will of the people once more."

[Darkwolf]

"Hypothetical A good conservative is nominated to the bench. The Dems slime and then filibuster the candidate. The agreement is null and void."

And then Frist enacts the nuclear option. Yeah. Sure.

[Colorado Buckeye]

The smart thing to do response is to turn the Senate rules back on the "Republican" turncoats by having at least 41 of the OTHER 48 Republican Senators to vote AGAINST cloture, thus negating the deal and returning everything back to square one.

This will temporarily delay the Owens Brown Pryor votes, but it will also make the "Gang of 14" impotent. Then the Other 48 can start working on bottling up in committee evry bill of the seven turncoats and zeroing out every dollar for their states.

Great ideas. If Frist is a true leader, he will pursue these.

[Redleg Duke]

I tried to call Warner's office just now and the mail box is full. I will call him tomorrow to advise him that he is a man without a party.

[cvq3842]

I can't believe that anything I write here will not already have been written by now.

I just want to add my voice - I am profoundly disgusted.

What more is there to say?

[strategofr]

"It's not over until it's over."

You got guts, buddy. Explain better how it is not over, as it seems it is.

[Redleg Duke]

Once the RATS make asses of them, some of them, yes.

[torchthemummy]

In the end all we need is two Pubs that signed this deal (a gentleman's agreement amaong the 14 not the full senate) to change their vote (under pressure) when any nominee that is less conservative, according to the now-established definition, than the three let through and it is a done deal. Graham is at least saying as such but is still in deep s@#t either way.

[SunshinesStormySummerSon]

Except, of course, by the Democrats. Their "abuse of power" is perfectly acceptable. His comments made me cringe. Healthy debate is one thing but his description of those who oppose his views borders on hate speech.

[goldstategop]

Exactly! The Democrats are poised to allow five conservative judges they've labeled "out of the mainstream" to be elevated to the bench. And they're going to tell the country an equally conservative SCOTUS nominee is an "extraordinary circumstance" to restart the filibuster? ROFL. Heck, if I were still a Democrat, I would have said Dingy Harry and Democrats Senators should have just kept them off - they're Bushbots and we lost!!!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Kath]

I am not hysterical, you are. He dawdled as you put because he didn't have the votes. He still didn't. I did read. Because I don't agree with what you posted doesn't mean I didn't read. I respect you opinion. Have the manners to do the same for mine.

[pollyannaish]

That is what I think as well. We don't know what this means—so far this is just a bunch of blather—until it is put into action.

Could it have just put off the debate/fight/rules change for later?

[OXENinFLA]

related to pending and future judicial nominations in the 109th Congress.

So in the 110th we get to go through all this again?

[strategofr]

"Winning by trying to tell the Senate how they should act? That's a win? For who?"

For the Constitution, in this case, which if you haven't noticed, is being trampled on.

[goldstategop]

Hahahaha Dingy Harry's out of touch with reality. He got a piece of paper to cover his worthless derrierre and we got a vote on the nominees. The Democrats are good with spin. But the fact of the matter is they didn't stop anything that was inevitably going to happen. They took too many shots to do themselves any good and they're going to have to decide who to oppose next. I love it when a plan comes together!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Rdev]

Could some interesting freeper come up with McClamberlain waving a piece of paper saying "Peace in our time!". This "peace" is worth just about as much as the original...

[Trueblackman]

Okay, we got screwed, I see that now.

[mowkeka]

Before we rush to conclusions, this isn't necessarily a bad deal.
When you think about it, Bush can nominate ANY of the judges that have been passed so far, to the Supreme Court. Democrats can't say they are "extrodinary" cirumstances because they were already passed.

[af_vet_1981]

So in the 110th we get to go through all this again?

Only if we exchange a Democrat for a loyal American or replace two of the RINO traitors