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Posted on 01/26/2006 7:00:05 PM PST by johnmecainrino
Filibuster Alito by John Kerry
Do I support a filibuster? The answer is yes.
Yesterday Senator Kennedy and I spoke with our colleagues about it. I don't have a shred of doubt in my opposition to Sam Alto's nomination. I know Senator Kennedy does not either. He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
I spent a lot of time over the last years thinking about the Supreme Court and who America needs on the highest court in the land. So I don't hesitate a minute in saying that Sam Alito is not that person. His entire legal career shows that, if confirmed, he will take America backwards. People can say all they want that "elections have consequences." Trust me, more than anyone I understand that. But that seems like an awfully convoluted rationale for me to stay silent about Judge Alito's nomination.
John Kerry's diary :: :: I voted against Justice Roberts, I feel even more strongly about Judge Alito. Why? Rather than live up to the promise of "equal justice under the law," he's consistently made it harder for the most disadvantaged Americans to have their day in court. He routinely defers to excessive government power regardless of how extreme or egregious the government's actions are. And, to this date, his only statement on record regarding a woman's right to privacy is that she doesn't have one.
I said yesterday that President Bush had the opportunity to nominate someone who would unite the country in a time of extreme division. He chose not to do this, and that is his right. But we have every right, in fact, we have a responsibility, to fight against a radical ideological shift on the Supreme Court. Just think about how this nomination came to be. Under fire from his conservative base for nominating Harriet Miers--a woman whose judicial philosophy they mercilessly attacked--President Bush broke to extreme right-wing demands.
This was a coup.
Miers was removed and Alito was installed to replace the swing vote on the Court. The President gave no thought to what the American people really wanted--or needed. So it's up to us to think about what America really needs - that's part of the true meaning of "advice and consent."
Here's the bottom line though and I'll just be blunt and direct about it. It takes more than one or two people to filibuster. It's not "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." I'm doing what I can, Senator Kennedy is doing what he can, but if, like me, you want to stop Judge Alito from becoming Justice Alito, we can't just preach to our own choir. We need even more of your advocacy.
What I want to know is how he can cast a no vote when he is in Switzerland?
Did he take Mrs. scumbag Heinz with him to Switzerland? I havent see a picture of the two of them together since he lost.
No problem, I know you did not mean it :)
"BRING IT ON!"
Mr. Nuance thinks "elections have consequences" is convoluted?
LOL... Democrat Moonbat unbelievable!
I previously posted that Kennedy's new Anita Hill was John Kerry. I guess I was right.
Exactly.
Maybe he is lost in reverie, remembering the day (five years ago this month) that he met Alexandra Polier, his platonic friend.
I met John Kerry for the first time in January 2001, in Davos, Switzerland.
Caused by the same bunch of lunatic moonbats who support John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, etc. Maybe it has to do with people like them calling the President a liar and trying to impeach him for following the law to protect the country from TERRORISTS! I would rather keep the country divided.
BTW, when did Kerry get so desperate for attention that he had to start posting at Kos?! roflol!
"This was a coup. Miers was removed"
This will make Kerry popular with the DU. Does every action in the political realm qualify as a coup?
Oh, you can bet on that . If Bush gets another appointment and the Republicans still control the Senate, the Dims will use every underhanded trick in their arsental to Deep 6 anyone Bush nominates. The hearings don't matter at all. That last seat could have the potential to push the court to a certain right majority for a long time, and our pathetic excuses for Americans know it.
John Kerry: "Trust me"
No thanks.
"The President gave no thought to what the American people really wanted--or needed. So it's up to us to think about what America really needs..."
It's up to us democrats to tell you peons what is good for you since you are incapable of doing it for yourself. Guess what, more of us voted for him, so we kind of knew what we were going to get, a-hole.
"...we can't just preach to our own choir. We need even more of your advocacy."
We really don't want to talk to you, just send the check.
01/26/06 - A new poll finds that 47 percent of Americans would vote to confirm Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, up from 45 percent two weeks ago when the confirmation hearings were just getting underway. Opposition to the nominee is 32 percent, with one in five unsure (21 percent).
Someone should tell Kerry that Miers was "attacked" because she answered her application like a college freshman. It was bipartisan criticsm by the way.
Of course he did, he has to travel with his mommy and doesn't have enough money to pay for the tickets himself. :)
TY, I didnt know.
A hundred bottles of beer on the wall, a hundred bottles of beer...
he took one down, he drank it all down, ninety-nine bottles of
beer on the wall... come on everyone... join in..."
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