LIVE THREAD: Senate Democrats fake filibuster of Samuel Alito - C-span 2 10:00am EST

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[ken5050]

Good Monday morning, fellow Freeper political junkies. One of the more ridiculous episodes of political theater is about to play itself out on the Senate floor, as the John Kerry-led democrats mount an exercise in political futility which will further expose their total irrelevance..So join us today, or drop in on occasion, for the festivities...

[ken5050]

NJ has a lot of Italians..heck, even Tony Soprano supports Alito..

[BigSkyFreeper]

It's a mess. Me thinks much of this is to deny the President the PR of Associate Justice Alito being in the House Chamber during the SOTU message.

The Democrats won't be able to sweep it under the rug. Regardless of whether the president brings it up in the SOTU or not.

The level of angst among the voters is white hot at this point. The Alito hearings sent most voters blood pressures through the roof.

[GOPJ]

...as the John Kerry-led democrats mount an exercise in political futility which will further expose their total irrelevance.

Dems are taking the time we're paying them to work to pull off a fund raiser -- a fund raiser to get extreme left cash. Would the MSM wink and nod for us if we did this? I think not...

[Preachin']

"How's that for a bumper sticker?"


Fine, except I think she'd go for The Tennessee governor or Indiana Senator Bayh for VP if she wins the nomination.

They are from states that the GOP can't afford to lose.

[BigCinBigD]

Hello everyone. I have Diet Coke and popcorn at the ready.

[acsrp38]

he is such a coward

[BigSkyFreeper]

...as the John Kerry-led democrats mount an exercise in political futility which will further expose their total irrelevance.

As someone said earlier this weekend, "Kerry took a lemon and made Kool-Aid".

[imskylark]

"...and I just can't decide,
Between Teddy and I
Who is the biggest a$$..."

LOL!! Great addition!

[Boston Blackie]

[Cboldt]

Pardon my ignorance but how can a person vote against cloture and yet "not support the filibuster"?

It's semantics. Continued debate is what "no" on cloture nominally stands for. But if continued debate is not necessary for a Senator (or for the Senate) to reach a conclusion, then voting to continue debate is an abuse of cloture.

The technically correct meaning of "filibuster" is the use of any parliamentary practice to delay or stifle completely, reaching conclusion on a matter before the body.

So, Biden is saying that more debate is needed - when in fact, he has already made up his mind, said so, and said why.

652 posted on 01/29/2006 12:04:24 PM EST by Cboldt

There is such a thing as a principled refusal to confirm or agree with a cloture vote. The principled justification is that the subject has not been debated enough, and the Senator is undecided on the matter. That would -not- be a filibuster.

[LisaFab]

Heard it on a FR thread the other day. Maybe it came from the the DUmmies.

[prov1813man]

(unless some Dems are lying).

???!!!No. Ya think ? Our gutless, so called leaders have rolled over once again to give the enemy time to reload. This stinks and will stink worse before it's over.

[Otho]

If the cloture vote should somehow fail, the Republicans MUST invoke the Nuclear Option immediately. Otherwise 60 votes will have become the de facto threshold for Supreme Court confirmation.

[ken5050]

You rock, dude...absolutely awesome..BTW.. I do hope that Graham speaks for the GOP on the floor today..

[GOPJ]

"Kerry took a lemon and made Kool-Aid".

Great tag line for someone...

[daybreakcoming]

Nearly as funny as Rep. "3-watt" Conyers (Dummy-MI) and his bogus hearings in the basement of the Rayburn Building.

LOL - you are right. That would be the equivalent of DUmmies with media coverage.

[1066AD]

Read this excellent article on Kerry today.

[ken5050]

Reod said on Friday that there had been plenty of debate..in fact, he thanked Frist...

[traderrob6]

A perfect illustration of being disingenuous.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Absolutely! I thought it was funny as heck when I read that!