Where to start........?
I don't want to dignify anything the Dems do or say, by wasting time discussing it at great length, but here are a few points to ponder as you watch this farce unfold....
1. Leader's time: Frist, IMHO, needs to really let the Dems have it for this total waste of time. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, Reid has to say about his U-turn. He said on Friday that he was against the filibuster..now he supports it..his "word" is worthless.
2.Also, on FOX NEWS Sunday, yesterday, Chris Wallace got DNC Chair Dean to blurt out that any Dems who took $$$ from Abramoff may well be in trouble..Hello, Harry!!! And there was a thread here last night somewheres that Biden yesterday refused to comment on rumors that Reid would soon step down as minority leader..Perhaps the real news is that Biden was silent....but Harry might feel the need to address this to some extent.
(Note: perhaps someone can post links to these threads for those who missed them...thanks..)
The cloture vote is scheduled for 4:30 today, and the full floor vote on the nomination at 11:00am tomorrow.
3. It will be interesting to see which Dems speak today. If we give the leaders their time, that leaves about 6 hours of debate..(10:30-4:30)..half of which belongs to the Dems...so..who? Will Byrd ask for time to speak...I'd suggest that Frist give Byrd majority time if he wants it. Also, will the Senate stay in session after the cloture vote..as in morning business, to rant far into the night? Hmmm?
4. When the GOP senators speak, they need to really let the Dems have it...No need to defend Alito's credentials anymore; that argument has been successfully made to the American people..since this whole thing is a politcal attack on the President, the GOP response must and should be an equally passionate attack on the Dems and their moonbat wing. I fully expect that the GOP has coordiated and planned an effective strategery for their speaking time.
5. Since the Dems have finally umasked themselves, sayig that they are filibustering Alito because they do not agree with his expected decisions..they have openly made this a political debate, dropping all pretense otherwise. By doing so they are also telling the American people that they do not believe that the majority, has the right to govern..IOW, that election results don't mean anything to them...Pretty staggering, when you consider what that really says about the Democrats..
6. We need volunteers today to occasionally monitor the Dem websites...DU and their ilk....They should be in total meltdown today. And don't forget to check out National Review online's Blog Spot.."Bench Memos"..realtime commentary by some wonderful writers and pundits....
Lastly.......
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Memorandum
To: Sens. Leahy, Kennedy, Kerry, Biden, Schumer, etal...
From: Samuel Alito
Gentlemen:
Over the last several weeks, I had had to sit mute while you have all shamefully done your worst by smearing and slandering my honor, integrity, and good name; to the extent that you have reduced my dear wife to tears on one occasion.
I will NOT dignify your descent into the political gutter, except to please remind you that after everything: every name and insult you have called me, after twelve noon tomorrow, January 31, 2006, you will please call me Mr. JUSTICE Alito.
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To amuse ourselves while the Dems bloviate, I'm proposing a "filibuster limerick contest".....here's my modest offering.....
There once was a senator from Mass...
Who displayed an abysmal lack of class;
"From Davos I've come,
Because I'm really, really dumb,
Too stupid to give Alito a pass..."
Woohoo!
FR is a rockin' today! Whoo-hoo! I'm cubie bound until noon. Thanks for the live thread. This should be fun.....
Great title.. will be running out to ER soon on family matter but want to hit live stream when I get back if hearings still going on.. Will it be on CSPAN for sure..
thanks for thread..
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...
You know the 'rats are in trouble when they start following Kerry. Of course, this is due to the total failure of Dean or Reid to get the party organizaed, but even still...
There once was body named Senate,
Your Social Security it spent it,
While blow hards prattle,
Good men get saddled,
With a character hit.
I'll be flitting from room to room keeping up with this farce, and I sure will appreciate good reports on what who is saying during the day. I'll contribute when I can.
This should be as good as the Friday Silliness thread. Maybe we should ping the usual suspects.
Rumor mill says Chaffee will vote against Alito. DEMs are in a pickle! If the confirmation vote is between 50 and 60, the moonbat wing will come down HARD on DEM leadership.
Time to throw Reid under the bus. I wonder if Durbin would step up to be majority leader ;-)
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Listening to Kennedy is hilarious. The whole reason he's against Alito is because of discrimination. LOL! Can't wait for Bush to nominate a conservative, disabled, black woman. PLEASE GOD let us find such a judge! BWHAHAHAHA!
encourage the dims-
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/27/politics/main1246773.shtml
Should the Democrats filibuster the Alito nomination?
Yes:
56.43%
No:
43.57%
Well, I must say, I love the title of this thread!
Kennedy's misplaced his Creative Response Contacts memo.
lol
Fumbling around.
Let the games begin! A fully-inflated balloon suddenly untied comes to mind.
Kennedy complaining: "This has been a stealth campaign"
Hmmm...The libs seemed all in favor of the stealth candidate Miers a few months ago. Now 'stealth' takes on a dark meaning.
lol
What Kennedy calls "stealth" and not what the Founders had in mind is what historically and informed citizens would call "grassroots" and precisely what the Founders had in mind.