[ken5050]

Are you ready to rumble.......?

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..."

[BlueNgold]

Thank you Sen Kennedy - I had no idea that Judge Alito hated disabled people. Wow.

[syriacus]

The Pied Piper of Davos
John Kerry made news with his yodel,
From a room in his Switzerland hotel.
This Libs' wild-eyed Piper
Has made them too hyper.
They'll soon be extinct like the Dodo.

[Cyber Ninja]

Is Cheney around?

[exdem2000]

Just came back can someome update me whats happening?

[Boston Blackie]

To: Kerry, Kennedy and the rest of the loony left....

[Ticonderoga34]

Geez. the final vote on cloture is a blow out. Huge loss for the Dems.

Harry Reid didn't want a filibuster but Kerry had to try and out flank Gore and Hillary on the left. What a dunce!

[TomGuy]

[Cyber Liberty]

All done, sweetie-pie. Got your popcorn all eaten up??

[TomGuy]

Boxer is attacking the Senator from SC who attacked the Minority Leader.


[This could be a fun mudfight this afternoon.]

[TomGuy]

Babs is getting serious. She's almost whispering.


lol

[Who is John Galt?]

I don't want to dignify anything the Dems do or say...

Actually...CRAP!!!!

I've been working on the septic system, Murphy's Law just kicked in, snd the sh!t literally just hit the fan - I've got 'Mohamed Atta' all over the place!!!

Sorry - I'll get back to you - after I wipe all of the 'Mohamed Atta' off the floor!

;>)

[Cboldt]

   Alito Cloture Vote

   NAYs -- 25

   Bayh (D-IN)*         Jeffords (I-VT)         Obama (D-IL)*
   Biden (D-DE)*        Kennedy (D-MA)*         Reed (D-RI)*
   Boxer (D-CA)*        Kerry (D-MA)*           Reid (D-NV)*
   Clinton (D-NY)*      Lautenberg (D-NJ)*      Sarbanes (D-MD)*
   Dayton (D-MN)*       Leahy (D-VT)            Schumer (D-NY)*
   Dodd (D-CT)          Levin (D-MI)            Stabenow (D-MI)*
   Durbin (D-IL)*       Menendez (D-NJ)         Wyden (D-OR)
   Feingold (D-WI)      Mikulski (D-MD)*
   Feinstein (D-CA)*    Murray (D-WA)

   Not Voting -- 3

   Ensign (R-NV)        Hagel (R-NE)            Harkin (D-IA)

   * 17 Senators also voted NAY to the confirmation of Roberts
     The 5 who voted NAY to Roberts who did not vote NAY to
     the Alito Cloture vote were:

     Akaka (D-HI)
     Cantwell (D-WA)
     Corzine (D-NJ)
     Harkin (D-IA)
     Inouye (D-HI)

[Cboldt]

LOL. Dodd -- get the hook. Time is up.

But actually, better to let them talk, all they want.

[Cboldt]

Senate is adjourned until 9:45 tomorrow.

The 40 minutes leading up to 11:00 are assigned as follows:

10:20 - :30 - Leahy
10:30 - :40 - Specter
10:40 - :50 - Reid
10:50 - 11:00 - Frist

[al_again]

It's time to give credit where credit is due...

First kudos go to President Bush. I've been very hard on him and his administration (deservedly so) but the Alito nomination was brilliant. He had the courage to recognize that he had blundered badly with the Myers nomination and put forward a true conservative thinker.

Second award goes to, gulp - it hurts to say, Arlen Spector. I thought he was being outmaneuvered every step of the way by the Democrats. But look at what has happened - Samual Alito will be sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice hours before the State of the Union Address. It will be a truly awesome spectacle to see him seated with the other justices in the front-row! The dems will have to suffer through the evening knowing they have been beaten badly.

This very well could be dumb luck but maybe this whole nomination has been managed much more shrewdly then any of us suspected.

Third award goes to Bill Frist. Who would've thought he could keep the Republicans on message and unified through the whole process. You did not see Hagel or McCain pulling their usual act. This was a stunning accomplishment.

This is the reason I have supported the Republican Party and they have delivered - a job well done!!!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Viva Alito!

[cll]

Hi Ken,

Are you starting a live thread on today's vote? Yesterday's was fun!

[Mia T]

limerick bump ;)

HILLARY'S EXPOSED LEFT FLANK 'SCARES THE HORSES' (VIDEO)
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