Posted on 05/27/2005 3:58:28 PM PDT by wdkeller
Yeah but you better watch out because spilling Dewine will probably make Voinovich spill some tears. Booo Freakin' whoooo.
This hits it right on the head. Especially since DeWine is running in 2006. Why choose him as the sacrificial lamb. Why would he agree to be the sacrificial lamb when Specter would do so much better--the conservatives already dislike specter and he's not running for reelection anytime soon. So the story is internally contradictory.
Targets can't work if a W steps in to back a Specter as he did in PA.
In other words not everyone is behind getting rid of RINOS.
I notice Rush says the story SEEMS to be false.
I don't think anyone knows anything for sure.
Rush's language was a little bit stronger than that. Here's the entire quote from Rushlimbaugh.com:
" ... so I decided to check into it, and to the best of my ability to check in and verify this, it seems that this assertion is false. It seems that it is totally false."
You are right.
The media trumped this up. Big Time.
First vote out of the gate unrelated to judges is Bolton.
An appearance that they not only lied, but will fillibuster non-judicial nominees, as well.
And then we have three whole days and a long Senate vacation to discuss it.
Actually, if you think about it for a moment, you will see where your analysis fails. If Frist was part of the deal, there would be no need to bring bolton up before the "arranged judges". Frist seemed to be using Bolton as a "canary in a colemine" to test the donks before getting to the other judges. The canary died.
That's my take anyway. The fact that Frist brought up Bolton "before the judges" seems to be the biggest indicator that he knew nothing about any deal or script. Clearly, judges were supposed to come up before Bolton.
Occhams razor seems to say: DeWine is covering his rump.
The question becomes: What does Frist do next?
De Wine never would have risked his son's chance for election to be a water-boy for W.
However, if he thought he could get massive press and help his kid, he'd do it alone.
Here's the truth: I'm from Ohio. We were watching Fox when Shep (I believe) made the statement "an official from Mike De Wine's office just called and said there would be a press conference to discuss a deal reached on judicial nominees". Nobody else was even scheduled to appear - for about five minutes, it was all De Wine. When it's your personal Senator making an ass out of himself, time stands still. You recall vividly the very moment you considered putting your house up for sale and movinge to Texas.
Rush is right.
I think De Wine's office prematurely grabbed the spotlight and when McCain got wind of it, that's when it got delayed so all the old (insert vulgarity here) could get face time.
What started out as Mikey's day in the sun turned into McCain show-baoting and plugging his movie and pushing De Wine into the background.
Rush is right.
Because it is a colossal defeat.
As the leader of the Senate Frist should have stopped the RINO7 from ever making their sordid deal. His failure to provide strong leadership put us in this position. That's why I voted Frist as the person most responsible for this disgrace on the FR poll.
In relation to Lindsey Graham - all Americans who seek higher office should have to submit to a security clearance screen given to military personnel. If you can't pass it, you can't run for office.
It's only fair, and the reasons are so very obvious. How many of our Congress Princes are "compromised" by their backgrounds?
None of them have an ounce of credibilty.
Spector blew town because he's a toad.
Sonafabitch's tears are most likely due to the fact that he would have some power or money to lose if Bolton goes to the UN. There's a link there somewhere......
Frist was not going to "control" someone like McCain, who is trying vainly to position himself for the Presidency on the strength of betrayal and compromise. I believe Frist is doing a good job and will reserve contrary opinions until the reults of all of this are in.
Why does the President, or Frist, have to scream out in righteous indignation?
They can accomplish a lot behind the scenes and at a time of their own choosing.
FReepers don't really have that ability, but they do.
I'm not saying they will, or that they will even need or want to, but just because a bunch of people here make their anger public doesn't mean it's the best thing for the President or Frist to do.
What do you mean, they were okay with it, or unsurprised by it? I don't get your point.
Thanks Brett. I've posted this phrase a dozen times, with no takers, "Can anyone explain why we don't make them ACTUALLY filibuster?" 7th grade civics: Make them keep talking, when they can't go any more, they yield the floor. The chair calls for a vote. No rule changes required. Nothing's getting done anyway, WTF?
The "compromise" is a power grab/ a coup de tat and a knife in the back of Frist and President Bush. It's akin to Julius Caesar giving the murderers the daggers they used to knife him to death on the Ides of March. Hmmm...And they were all SENATORS and "friends" too.
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