Posted on 01/10/2006 7:21:48 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) was voted overwhelmingly the "biggest windbag" on the Judiciary Committee in yesterday's AlitoBlog.com poll.
With 500 votes cast, Kennedy received 69.6% of the vote -- far outpacing his nearest rival, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.), who finished with 18%. Sen. Joe Biden (D.-Del.), a likely presidential candidate in 2008, had 6.4% to finish third.
The committee's ranking Democrat, Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), despite his prominent role during the hearings, placed fourth with 2.4%. Sen. Dianne Feinstein had 1.9% for a fifth-place finish.
The other two Democrats, Senators Herb Kohl (Wis.) and Russ Feingold (Wis.), received no votes.
Yesterday AlitoBlog.com asked readers: "Which Democratic senator was the biggest windbag at the Judiciary Committee's round of opening statements about Judge Samuel Alito?"
Thanks for the ping.
Remember, you have to put it in terms that Fat Teddy can understand: 69.6% is almost 140 proof.
Tweedle Dumb, Tweedle Dumber, and Lard Butt.
"In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close cases Judge Alito has ruled the vast majority of the time against the claims of the individual citizens. He has acted instead in favor of government, large corporations and other powerful interests."
In other words, if unemployment is too high, then a judge should ignore the law and decide the case in favor or the "working man."
Is it just me or do comments like this seem so outrageous that they are absolutely scary in their implications? Thank God Kennedy will never be a judge.
Doogle
"The other two Democrats, Senators Herb Kohl (Wis.) and Russ Feingold (Wis.), received no votes."
Hey! No one polled ME! ;) Actually, these two keep their mouths shut, then conduct their nefarious deeds behind Wisconsin voters backs...Kohl by standing around with his hands in his pockets, doing nothing and Feingold by subverting the security of America whenever and wherever he can. (Patriot Act holdout and continuing dissenter.)
I had to turn the TV off yesterday morning when Fat Teddy was on. The man physically makes me ill when I hear his voice or see his mug.
The entire Kennedy clan is a 'charity case' when old man kennedy died, they paid .10% the taxes on inheritance the rest of us would have. Yet Teddy, keeps oral flatulating about taxation for the rest of us.
What a bag of hot air.
Teddy just sat there like a steaming lobster whose been left in the cooker too long.
Earlier big mouth, sexist bigot Feinstein interrupted Teddy to sound off like the gender feminist parrot she is, "...and here come women." Brilliant Ms. Feinstein, polly want a cracker?
Teddy strolls into the hearing room.
You're tapping my mind again......
Heheh......knew you'd like it.....another of my oldies.
bttt
I'm waiting for the day when someone calls Ted Kennedy a murderer to his face at a Senate hearing. I was yelling at the tv when Kennedy was on. I despise the guy. The thought that he's lived such a long life and keeps being re-elected disgusts me.
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