LIVE THREAD: Day ONE - Senate debate on nomination of Samuel Alito to SCOTUS: C-span 2; 9:30 am EST

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[ken5050]

Good morning once again, all you fellow political junkies. Put on a fresh pot of coffee, put the sticky buns in the oven, put a fresh battery in the remote control, and join us for the latest episode of the world's greatest daytime soap opera, "As the Democrats Bloviate." Yup, once again, it's that time...

[syriacus]

EWWWW!!!

Chatty Patty Leahy says the Senate is the conscience of the nation.

Leahy "answering" charge that Dems smeared Alito, by saying the Senators needed to question Alito.

Chatty Patty says, look at what the extreme right did to Harriet Miers.

[TomGuy]

Leahy

The left are upset that the Miers nomination was withdrawn.

[Telling, very telling. Why did they want her on the SC so badly?]

[Mayflower Sister]

Just heard HARRIER MIERS again.

Boy, the Dems sure wanted her badly.

[syriacus]

Chatty Patty says Alito nomination threatens rights and liberties of all Americans for generations to come.

[kjam22]

He's spending his whole time trying to justify his committee vote. Still not really addressing Alito.

[kjam22]

Here come the attacks on the white house.

[Christian4Bush]

Ted Kennedy rises for a point of order in the Senate.

"Bahhh...baum go wahn gee ko pah...un Dimocrat. Shoo kanya weesh sha nah pi chu. Ho ho ho ho ho ho!" /FReepese

(translation:) "Bahhh...there will be no bargain, dumb Democrats. I shall enjoy watching you lose. Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho."

[maggief]

On to torture and intrusion ...

[Spunky]

Democrats are such liars. Leahy is saying Bush was forced to withdraw Miers name for SCOFUS. LIE! LIE! LIE! SHE WITHDREW HERSELF.

[Founding Father]

I didn't realize, until Leaky pointed it out, that Bush was humiliated by withdrawing the Miers nomination (actually, she withdrew her name; on another note, Dallas attorneys I spoke with that knew Miers were shocked, apparently she is not too bright).

[Bahbah]

Leahy thinks the Alito nomination is part of some grand plan by the President to snoop into our private lives. Is Leahy aware that come what may the President will be going back to Texas in January of 2009?

[kjam22]

Yep.... slaming the white house.... then says this nomination is part of the President's plan to expand his own power.

[kjam22]

Now griping because we don't have Bin Ladden's head on a pole...

[maggief]

They're going nowhere with this "illegal spying" diatribe.

[kjam22]

Nope... not anywhere.... because the number of people talking on the phone overseas to terrorists is a pretty small voting block.

[Not A Snowbird]

This sounds like a pre-buttal to the SOTU speech... it's not about Alito at all.

Do these guys ever listen to themselves?

[nfldgirl]

Exactly!! Forget about the Clueless bit we've been hearing about the RATholes!! They're not CLUELESS, hell no, they are bitter and HATRED is driving them to the grave! Screw the American folk, Screw the Laws of the country, screw everything that is honorable and good, WE WANT OUR POWER BACK rain or shine they want it back. No matter if America is destroyed in their process of gaining back the power the people denied them!! They're agenda is DESTROY everything America stands for!! So let's not say they are Clueless, because they know EXACTLY what they are doing. They are a bunch of HATEFUL, spiteful, evil RATHOLES! Enough with the CLUELESS crap!

That's my 2cents worth..:)

That's Priceless!

[LucyJo]

Yeah, his wife gathered FBI files, and then there is Echelon...Oh, wait a minute that was the Dem Clintons.

[Founding Father]

Someone needs to post a picture of Bush with the old TV show "I Spy" logo and include Leahy, Schumer, Biden, Kennedy and Mrs. Bill Clinton being "spied" on.

[kjam22]

Now he quoted Ben Franklin.

This sounds like an old guy who's just rambling..... dementia setting in maybe?