Posted on 01/28/2006 6:42:58 AM PST by Pharmboy
January 28, 2006 -- WASHINGTON — President Bush's spokesman yesterday ridiculed Sen. John Kerry for "yodeling" for a filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito "from a five-star ski resort in the Swiss Alps." "It was a pretty historic day. This was the first time ever that a senator has called for a filibuster from the slopes of Davos, Switzerland," chortled White House press secretary Scott McClellan.
"I think, even for a senator, it takes some pretty serious yodeling to call for a filibuster from a five-star ski resort in the Swiss Alps," he added.
Kerry phoned in his filibuster pitch while hobnobbing with the rich and famous at an international talkfest in Davos — then jetted home five days early to speak on the Senate floor.
Grumpy Democrats joined Republicans in deriding Kerry for his stunt at a playground for the rich, saying he had learned nothing from the flak in 2004 for windsurfing and cozying up to the French.
A filibuster means nonstop talking to block a nomination. It takes 60 of the 100 senators to cut off debate, so 41 votes are needed — practically impossible when at least 60 senators appear to support the confirmation.
Republicans — and plenty of Democrats — derided Kerry's move as a launching pad for his presumed 2008 presidential campaign and a bid to impress his party's left wing, despite polls showing the public backing Alito by 2-1.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) — a potential 2008 Kerry rival — yesterday said she'd support the filibuster "because I do not think Judge Alito would advance the principles Americans hold most dear."
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"We couldn't have written a better script ourselves," guffawed a senior Republican strategist.
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LOL. good find!
Irony: Kerry apologizes for the embarassing American culture that he has worked hard to rise above.
Yet, his wife...
Is there another rule that waives the refund if a Senator is away on "official business?"
Memo to SNOB Kerry
What makes you think you're so great?
You didn't attend the debate.
Yet you'll boss around others
(Senate sisters and brothers)
You tell them their vote has to wait.
Oh, he's got it. His problem is, nobody wants it.
He put ketchup packets in the Senate dining hall.
This is what Kerry's platonic friend, Alexandra Polier (the "intern") said about Davos (where she met Kerry almost exactly 5 years ago.)
I met John Kerry for the first time in January 2001, in Davos, Switzerland...
Although it presents itself as a serious policy machine, Davos’s real point is, of course, networking...
The third day of the conference was my birthday. It was also the evening of the Davos gala, the big social event of the weekend. It was surreal. I hung at the bar next to Naomi Campbell and drank champagne with eBay chairman Pierre Omidyar as a dozen synchronized swimmers glittered in the pool behind us.
LOL - wedding ring.
He's finally getting the face he deserves, isn't he?
Am I the only one who thinks he's starting to resemble FDR the last months of his life?
Good info about unlawful absenteeism here:
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=71
Oh, he's got it. His problem is, nobody wants it.
*snort*
I'd think that Teresa could manage her money herself.
"Culture of Corruption" ping
"Senator John Kerry was absent for every vote during 76 of the 115 days when the Senate cast floor votes in 2003. The Senator's longest streak of missed votes in 2003 ran from July 11 to September 9, when he missed 62 in a row. For 2004, Senator Kerry was absent for every vote during the months of July, September, and October – and compiled a total of 76 consecutive votes missed from June 23 through October 11. Kerry's absences for 2004 total 70 days. Senator John Kerry's estimated salary overpayment: $90,932.68."
This is one guy who will never EVER get it...""
He does get one thing:
He manages to keep getting re-elected when he doesn't seem to spend much "seat time" in the Senate.
Personally, I would not let him or his crazy wife even walk my dog(s).
Oh Lord - Clinton is looking more like Ted Kennedy every day!
The Senate rules require a Senator to refund his pay for each day missed...
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