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.......
****************************************************************
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.
************************************************************
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..."
Kerry:
Poor Harriet.
Kerry is doing like Kennedy -- blaming all the ills of America on Alito.
Senators haven't had enough time to debate.
[Well, Senator, if they would get to the floor, they could talk, but many didn't even show up last week when they had the time allocated.]
Kerry: You simpletons. Let me 'splain it to you in simple terms.
I'll be glad to check out DU and DK and report back--they don't scare me! On the contrary, I find the old cliche
"Laughter is the best medicine" to be very appropriate over there. ;-)
Kerry's just re-hashing Kennedy's floor speech.
John! We've already heard this from Teddy.
[Maybe Kerry thinks he is now Ted Kennedy.]
Listening to the live debate, it seems the democrats are very anti-police.
Kerry: "I don't know. I don't have a clue."
[Finally, Kerry admits he is clueless.]
Kerry's time is up.
Mitch won't relinquish time.
lol.
Kerry has to sit down.
There is an old gal from the Bay,
who now has entered the fray,
after a certain "peace mom"
dropped a political bomb,
and threatened to blow her away!
WELL DONE, KEN!
There once was a Dim who was dumb
He screamed "Filibuster!" till he was numb
He grew more irrelevant
Lost even more to the elephant
Now he sucks on Terezzzzza's thumb
Says he was proud to introduce Alito, but when asked by Specter if the introduction was an endorsement, Lautenberg said he would let Alito's record and performance during the hearings speak to the question.
Praising O'Connor as applying the facts and law fairly and with an open mind. THinks that this open mined approach is necessary - no political agenda.
Can anyone provide a brief summary of what's going on? are some of the votes for Alito disappearing? Is there a website I can follow this on other than this thread?
Oh no Lurch is back. Go away!
LOVE THAT HEADLINE! LOL!
just got home from work...anyone want to fill me in?
I heard Teddy was hysterical!
I haven't read the entire 2050+ replies thread, and someone might have brought this up already, but did you know that Kerry was in Vietnam?
Gotta love my tagline!