Posted on 01/30/2006 5:57:36 AM PST by 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...
My tally is at 72-25. Only 2 more votes to be cast, at most. Ensign is not in the building.
Bad post of mine. I went by a title of a thread on FR. Matthews is interviewing someone else.
c-Span 2
here are a couple quotes from the D-kos that I have on my screen
I'm calling NARAL. (4.00 / 5)
I won't give them any money until they stop endorsing Republicans who pay lip-service.
Keep hope alive! Take Action!!
by Elise on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 01:37:56 PM PDT
Me too, Elise (4.00 / 3)
Not a dime to anyone that doesn't stand up. When they come out and publicly distance themselves from Chaffee and the rest of this bunch then we'll see.
"I felt as if I alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax." Thoreau
ok thanks.
LOL! ;-D
Well...then, if you get a chance to listen tonight..You should...because she reads something WITH background music that, like I said, cracked me up!!
On the floor. He's seeking signatures from 'Rats.
OK!
From DU: (WARNING! NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LANGUAGE)
Response to Original message
1. Cloture vote starting
Edited on Mon Jan-30-06 04:42 PM by meganmonkey
Greeby (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:41 PM
Response to Original message
2. Take names, sir
Aisle-crossers will be publicly flogged
endarkenment (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:43 PM
Original message
Every DINO who votes for cloture is my personal enemy.
cyberpj (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
Response to Original message
75. Well - there are actually quite a few of them. nt
CottonBear (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:43 PM
Response to Original message
3. You can't hear anyone's vote dammit. n/t
StoryTeller (145 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:43 PM
Response to Reply #3
5. I think it's just a roll call first.
WahooJunkie (110 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #5
10. Is it a roll call?
or is it the vote? someone help me I'm gonna explodoodooeod!!!
StoryTeller (145 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #10
19. The last time I watched a cloture vote...
...they called the roll like this and then went back through for the actual vote. And the clerk announced the votes as they were given.
Sydnie (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #5
13. No, it's on the cloture motion
this is where the rubber meets the road!
mom cat (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:43 PM
Response to Original message
4. I can't get through to C span on line...They are on overload!
The message is Please Try Back Later.
So I get to find out here, with my on line extended family!
yellowdogmi (334 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:44 PM
Response to Reply #4
7. did you try just listening instead of watching? nt
mom cat (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #7
56. Yep...crystalone must be jammed too!
bettyellen (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #4
9. glad you ate here, m-cat. n/t
Edited on Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM by bettyellen
hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #4
11. I know!!....
I can't get thru either
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:44 PM
Response to Original message
6. haha harry reid said "we are fortunate" that senator ensign
was in a car accident...blablabla
he meant to say we're fortune ensign is okay, but he started rambling and it came out that we are fortunate he was in a car accident
Marie26 (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:44 PM
Response to Reply #6
8. Freudian slip? nt
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #8
12. that's what i thought! n/t
higher class (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #6
15. I didn't hear that???? nt
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #15
18. when he got up after frist and first started talking
that was how he started it. i said WHAT? and laughed.
goclark (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #6
16. Wouldn't want anyone to think that at all
Hope he clears that up.
Knowing what a decent person he is, he will.
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #16
24. he didn't even notice it
bettyellen (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #16
38. he clarified right away that the accident wasn't bad, the airbag worked
didn't hurt his head, etc. he gave sincere well wishes to him and his family.
nothing confusing to clear up, if you heard it all.
Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #6
29. Whoops
Sammy Pepys (140 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:45 PM
Response to Original message
14. I love the drama n/t
....
Sammy Pepys (140 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #14
20. Thought I heard faint chanting in the background for a second....
Protestors?
Sammy Pepys (140 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Reply #20
30. Bingaman, Carper, Dorgan, Landrieu, Pryor, Rockefeller
.....
Strawman (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #14
26. Not me. My stomach is in knots
Hopefully the Senate will end up in a similar way.
ralps (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:46 PM
Response to Original message
17. Shoot I thought I heard Reid of nevada say Aye
blonndee (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #17
21. I heard that too. n/t
benny05 (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #21
25. He did
whimp
cry baby (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #17
23. I heard that, too...what gives?
Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #17
27. me three (nt)
k
higher class (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Original message
22. Why can't we hear? Are they not there? I thought I heard Cantwell say
yes?
slide to the left (19 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #22
28. I think snowe just said yes
higher class (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Reply #22
33. Carper Dorgan for cloture? nt
Kurovski (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Original message
31. Byrd and Landrieu voted yes.
Bleccch...
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Reply #31
35. and rockefeller voted yes. jerk!
ralps (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Original message
32. Landrieu & Pryor Aye
ekelly (98 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Reply #32
36. Dorgan, yes n/t
Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Original message
34. I counted 44 yes
about 10 no
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #34
41. inoye yes
Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #34
42. *foulest expletives*
I thought we'd be hearing more.
Wheezy (309 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #34
43. I thought 13 no.
Kurovski (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #34
45. Oh geez...it looks like they're milling around at a wake.
ekelly (98 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #34
46. This is CRAP!
They don't listen to us ......... fire the lot of 'em!
The Witch (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Original message
37. 34-11
now the real fun starts
Marie26 (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Original message
39. 11 nays only
slide to the left (19 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Original message
40. 38-11?
Sydnie (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #40
44. they are still voting
Seems some are waiting to see what happens.
Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #44
55. Still voting...
excruciating
Marie26 (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #40
47. Where are the other votes? nt
Marie26 (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #47
52. Obama votes no!
Surprising
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
48. CHAFEE AYE. HOW COULD YOU???
rateyes (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
49. Landrieu vote "aye."
After all the support she was getting from us in the face of Katrina. OK LA Dems...time to put up somebody against her.
ralps (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
50. Inouye Aye, Obama no, Nelson of Florida Aye, Chafee Aye
rateyes (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Response to Reply #50
57. Time to run a good Dem against Nelson of FL... nt
Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Response to Reply #50
60. Biden, no? He grew a pair?
Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
51. Bill Nelson is a traitor!!!!
I am just beside myself that he is my Democratic option for the Senate in the fall. I can't remember the last time he voted like a Democrat.
cyberpj (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
53. We're getting slapped in the face by our own party. wow.
LeftNYC (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Original message
What else is new? nt
Sammy Pepys (140 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Original message
yup.
It was all a big show.
Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
Response to Reply #53
67. My cheek's stinging.
ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
54. Obama - NO!
meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Response to Reply #54
59. Chaffee - Yes
ralps (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Original message
Jeffords no, Biden no,
Strawman (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
Response to Original message
58. Vote prelim
Ayes:
Bingahman
Collins
Conrad
Landrieux
Murkowski
Rockefeller
Dorgan
Nelson FL
Chafee
Nays:
Boxer
Dodd
Durbin
Feinstein
Feingold
Kerry
Kennedy
Stabenow
Wyden
Obama
rateyes (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
Response to Reply #58
72. Rockefeller and Dorgan, aye....
where are Dem. spines?
We're going to lose.
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
61. jeffords, biden, obama thank you for voting no
Sydnie (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
62. There was Biden's ONE ROUND no vote! n/t
Doremus (437 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
63. Jeffords no.
Lasher (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
64. Looks like there's not going to be a filibuster (EOM)
Inuca (164 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:51 PM
65. CHaffee
Edited on Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM by Inuca
aye, Jeffords & Biden - no
cyberpj (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
66. There's just NO REASON NOT TO KEEP DEBATE OPEN. These
Dems voting aye SUCK A BIG FAT ONE.
The Witch (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
68. 45-14
orleans (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
69. menendez no thank you
johnson screw you
schumer no
endarkenment (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
70. I am disgusted with the traitors in our party.
Ojai Person (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
71. Menendez no! Welcome to the Senate.
Greeby (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
73. Dayton no, Menendez no. Johnson aye?!?
ralps (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:52 PM
74. Dayton, Menendez No, Johnson Aye, Schumer no,
CSPAN2.
Akaka Aye
Akaka aye
What is Chuckie gathering signatures on?
Spector really gave it to ole' Teddy during the hearings. For once, Specter made me happy I voted for him.
Akaka aye
I have 73-25
While I certainly share your joy, I was kinda hoping for the filibuster so we could get the rule change in effect before the next SCOTUS nominee comes up during GWBs term. But still happy . . .
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