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Glum Democrats Can't See Halting Bush on Courts
The New York Times ^
| 1/15/06
| ADAM NAGOURNEY, RICHARD W. STEVENSON and NEIL A. LEWIS
Posted on 01/14/2006 9:39:47 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: america-rules
Isn't there a website that talks about this sort of stuff...what's it called?
To: LdSentinal
Looking at this article...
Republicans only appointed 91 of the 167 appeals court justices which is 54.49% not 60.
Democrats are not allowing any seats vacated by Democratic appointees to be filled with Bush appointees.
There is a seat on the 4th circuit of appeals previously held by a Johnson appointee that has been vacant since 1994.
Therefore, republicans are not really making that much progress making the courts more conservative.
To: SandRat
They think this is going to leave an imprint? Wait until he gets to appoint one more. Bush would have been happy with Aunt Harriet the Bootblack. He needs to be kept on a very short leash. And away from spending bills.
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posted on
01/15/2006 12:36:43 AM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Polybius
How about that. The Constitution is working as it was designed to work. The leftists hate it when that happens.
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posted on
01/15/2006 1:27:57 AM PST
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: 1066AD
Even my most liberal moonbat friends were embarrased by the Cape Cod Orca. Maybe the Dim idiots in Massachusetts will finally dump him. (Nah....)
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:50:42 AM PST
by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: Jeff Chandler
I suspect that Harriet Miers may have been a dummy appointment. Bush was under pressure to appoint a woman, but, while he likes to pick qualified black and woman appointments, he doesn't like to make a token appointment, which this has become. So he picked someone who would be shot down by conservatives, so he could nominate who he wanted. Just a theory.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:09:54 AM PST
by
sportutegrl
(People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
To: 1066AD
.. stunned at the realization that the pictures of a weeping Mrs. Alito were being broadcast across the nation - as opposed to, for example, images of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, pressing Judge Alito about his membership in an alumni club that resisted affirmative action efforts. Either one is a loser for the Dems.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:17:40 AM PST
by
sportutegrl
(People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
To: saganite
"It must be killing the NYT to admit that Bush has the prerogative to select conservative nominees and get them approved."This is the part that's killing the NYTimes
"Indeed, they say, his re-election, and the election of a Republican Congress, meant that the choices reflected the views of much of the American public."
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:17:52 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: LdSentinal
In interviews, Democrats said the lesson of the Alito hearings was that this White House could put on the bench almost any qualified candidate, even one whom Democrats consider to be ideologically out of step with the country.Note to the Dems: DUH!
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:26:56 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
Who's out of step with the country...?
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:28:33 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: LdSentinal
I love the smell of Schadenfreude on a snowy Sunday morning mixed in with the aromas of coffee and the fireplace...excellent!
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:32:12 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Jeff Chandler
And by late fall Ginsburg and Stevens will be retiring. Not to wish them ill, but they will only leave the court in a coffin while Bush is pres.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:38:01 AM PST
by
doctora
To: Paleo Conservative
I saw some Dim propaganda today that mentioned that 7 out of the 9 justices were put on the Supreme Court by Republicans. Only three were confirmed by a Republican Senate.
Your point? All seven were nominated by Republican Presidents. Maybe the Republicans didnt have Party control in all those years, however, they did have a slight conservative leaning. Remember that in many of those years Conservative Democrats were still serving in the Senate, primarily in the South. Over the years, these Dems have either changed party or been defeated. You dont really think that Liberal Democrats voted for Reagan's tax cuts and defense buildup do you?
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:40:53 AM PST
by
Dave S
To: LdSentinal
Asked how they might stop the shift, Stephanie Cutter, a senior Democratic Senate aide, sighed and responded: "Win. Win in 2006."
Oh really?
Gee unless I'm mistake there isn't any POTUS election in 2006. So if Ruth "Buzzie" Ginsberger dies from prostate cancer, Dubya will still be the one appointing a replacement.
Whoa...... hold on!! Is Mssss Cutter intimating that the RATS would filibuster any Dubya appointee if they had the majority in the Senate.
Hmmm, maybe it's time for Frist to go 'noo-klee-ear' (sarc) now.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:43:42 AM PST
by
Condor51
(The above comment is time sensitive - don't BUG ME an hour from now.)
To: hsalaw
"George Bush won the election," said Representative Rahm Emanuel, an Illinois Democrat. "If you don't like it, you better win elections." A dem with sense? Where the heck did he come from?
Former top Clinton administration official, head of the 2006 House Democrat Campaign Commmitee. His job is to recruit and train Dims to defeat the evil Republicans in this year's congressional elections. He's based in reality and not be one of those "San Francisco" Democrats.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:46:49 AM PST
by
Dave S
To: Condor51
So if Ruth "Buzzie" Ginsberger dies from prostate cancer, Dubya will still be the one appointing a replacement Ruth Bader Ginsberg may die of cancer but it wont be prostate cancer since only men have a prostate.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:49:13 AM PST
by
Dave S
To: Dave S
facetious: Playfully jocular; humorous (facetious remarks.)
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posted on
01/15/2006 6:02:15 AM PST
by
Condor51
(The above comment is time sensitive - don't BUG ME an hour from now.)
To: LdSentinal
"George Bush won the election," said Representative Rahm Emanuel, an Illinois Democrat. "If you don't like it, you better win elections."Uh-oh...he gets it. Too bad.
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posted on
01/15/2006 6:51:39 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: CAWats
You mean like this????
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posted on
01/15/2006 6:56:25 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: LdSentinal
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posted on
01/15/2006 6:57:02 AM PST
by
veronica
(....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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