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By pushing for a filibuster, Kerry alienated fellow Democrats
The New Republic ^
| 2/3/06
| Michael Crowley
Posted on 02/02/2006 9:48:03 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal
Anytime libs open their mouths, they seem to alienate one of their own.
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posted on
02/02/2006 9:53:29 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(I CAN'T RUN MY SUV ON PELOSI'S HOT AIR)
To: LdSentinal
He's reaching for a base that is a lot smaller than he thinks it is - the lunatic left.
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posted on
02/02/2006 9:55:59 PM PST
by
jamesm51
To: LdSentinal
He's turning into the second coming of Al Gore.
To: LdSentinal
Kerry had a plan! To stumble and bumble and make an ass of himself............
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posted on
02/02/2006 9:59:23 PM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: LdSentinal
Dims talking "ethics" is just too much for me...
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:00:21 PM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: marsh_of_mists
maybe it's the water on those dem campaign busses.
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:03:13 PM PST
by
kcmom
To: LdSentinal
Good God, he phoned the thing in from the ski slopes in Switzerland - that's gonna go over real big in Topeka, Des Moines, and Brownsville. The only political dray-horse to heave his ponderous form into action as a result of this less than clarion call was his long-time political patron and fellow Senator from Taxachussetts - no, Teddy, we haven't forgotten your part in Kerry's disgraceful 1972 perjury - and if no one else in the party was impressed it was because it wasn't very impressive. Among the Dems are professional politicians who really do want to win in November and they knew a stinker when it was dropped at their feet like a partially liquified mackerel.
It was an embarrassment, a debacle, high comedy wearing the shabby costume of high drama. It was Dukakis in the tank. It was Carter being chased by a homicidal rabbit. It was Kerry wind-surfing into obscurity. For those of my Democrat friends who are truly suffering now I can only say I feel your pain.
To: LdSentinal
Does not mention the real reason the RATS declined to filibuster, namely that Alito did so well the constitutional option would have passed. That would have permanently stopped the chance to delay or deny any future judges. In short it was a strategic retreat
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:04:28 PM PST
by
Nateman
(Stop the spin! Flush Clinton again!)
To: LdSentinal
I take the Rush position on this: Kerry at least was honest. He did the honest thing, and put his money where his mouth was. These other liberals alude to, insinuate, say things in 'so many words' but they don't have any balls. Kerry's a liberal and he's wrong on the issues but he has balls.
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:07:11 PM PST
by
mudblood
To: LdSentinal; Grampa Dave; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
John Kerry is so yesterday.....LOL.
Thanks for posting this nice piece!
He is just trying to be a loved maverick like his friend John McCain!
To: LdSentinal
Schumer understood, as did Reid and many other Democrats, that the Alito nomination had already put vulnerable Democratic incumbents and candidates from red states in an awkward position--pulled between pro-Bush voters and the demands of liberal interest groups, activists, and bloggers. Forcing those Democrats to choose sides on yet another vote would only heighten their agony.Upon reflection, I think this was strategy in a very Kerryesque sort of way. Consider that a RAT in a red state planning to vote no on Alito had very little cover prior to the the yodelled-in filibuster. However, they could comfortably vote for cloture so they could go on record as saying Alito deserved an up-or-down vote but that after careful review they still could not cast a vote for him. And Kerry scored points with the kook fringe. No, it seems now to be as orchestrated as the sit down or stand up applause at the SOTU.
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:11:41 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(What ever happened to "Politics stops at the water's edge?")
To: LdSentinal
Poor John Kerry. It takes real talent to be trashed by the very people to whom you are trying to pander. When you sleep with a louse, you get lousy ......
To: LdSentinal
$oro$ ordered him to do it at Davos!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:19:35 PM PST
by
bray
(Jack Bauer '08)
To: Billthedrill
...Teddy, we haven't forgotten your part in Kerry's disgraceful 1972 perjury ...Nor the premature demise of one Miss Kopechne.
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:20:57 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: proud_yank
"Anytime libs open their mouths, they seem to alienate one of their own."
Hid and watch ~ they've only just started the Eat Your Own feast.
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:22:05 PM PST
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Billthedrill
Kerry and Kennedy need to work to get Cindy Sheeman elected, then they would have more Moonbat support for their silly ideas.
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:22:27 PM PST
by
Beagle8U
(An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
To: Zacs Mom
To: Zacs Mom
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:25:40 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(I CAN'T RUN MY SUV ON PELOSI'S HOT AIR)
To: LdSentinal
I think Kerry was set up by
hrc!
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posted on
02/02/2006 10:27:00 PM PST
by
malia
(The Impeached x42 clinton - a Paper Tiger President! MSM - bottom feeders! What a team!!!!)
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