Also not happy today.
Posted on 10/31/2005 5:13:05 AM PST by Hadean
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court.
"The nomination of Judge Alito requires an especially long hard look by the Senate because of what happened last week to Harriet Miers. Conservative activists forced Miers to withdraw from consideration for this same Supreme Court seat because she was not radical enough for them. Now the Senate needs to find out if the man replacing Miers is too radical for the American people.
"I am disappointed in this choice for several reasons. First, unlike previous nominations, this one was not the product of consultation with Senate Democrats. Last Friday, Senator Leahy and I wrote to President Bush urging him to work with us to find a consensus nominee. The President has rejected that approach.
"Second, this appointment ignores the value of diverse backgrounds and perspectives on the Supreme Court. The President has chosen a man to replace Sandra Day O’Connor, one of only two women on the Court. For the third time, he has declined to make history by nominating the first Hispanic to the Court. And he has chosen yet another federal appellate judge to join a court that already has eight justices with that narrow background. President Bush would leave the Supreme Court looking less like America and more like an old boys club.
"Justice O’Connor has been the deciding vote in key cases protecting individual rights and freedoms on a narrowly divided Court. The stakes in selecting her replacement are high.
"I look forward to meeting Judge Alito and learning why those who want to pack the Court with judicial activists are so much more enthusiastic about him than they were about Harriet Miers.”
Reid's disappointed. That's good enough for me.
Well, Reid, you're not in the majority, the president is from a different party, and we really don't give a damn whether or not you like it.
Reid has got to be kidding! Judicial activists?
He needs to look at the 9th circuit court and tell me again what he considers to be a judicial activist!
Who is Harry Reid?
Is he the Majority leader or something?
Why does it matter what this person says?
LOL!
Tough nuggies, Reid!
This from a leader in the nation's biggest old boys club of them all.
And?
Here's more info with links from Malkin:
http://www.michellemalkin.com/
Too bad.
I guess we can assume, then, that he won't be taking credit for the idea of appointing Alito.
I once sent a letter to Santa Claus, and I didn't get what I wanted either....sigh
Ummmm...remember the part where you didn't win the election? This is kinda where that whole thing comes into play...;)
Uh oh. Now we're on Double-Secret Probation!
Bwahahaha!!! Cry me a river, Harry!
Also not happy today.
Minority Leader=Irrelevant.
Double secret probation AND Boxer is getting her charts and her hairdo ready for the cameras. It's going to get ugly. er.
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