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A Day for Celebration
self | 28 June, 2007 | joanie-f

Posted on 06/28/2007 10:06:48 AM PDT by joanie-f

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A cloture vote on the mis-named Bill to Provide for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (a long but must read for every modern American patriot) went down to resounding defeat on the senate floor this morning. God bless those Americans who believe that representative government still takes precedence over bread and circuses (Paris Hilton is unveiling a new clothing line, don’tcha know?). Those modern American patriots who expended the time and effort to let their views be known have succeeded in derailing a bill that would have eventually spelled the death of our beloved republic, and dealt a major blow to the foundations upon which western civilization rests.

Make no mistake about it. One of the countless reasons that this bill was being pushed so feverishly (and sometimes unconstitutionally) through legislative channels is that our fearless ‘leaders’ (our own president among them) believed that the American citizens’ attention span is short – and that, a year and a half from now, when the teeth of this bill had begun to suck the life blood out of our republic, and a third of the senate is up for re-election, the voters would have by then forgotten who supported this travesty.

We cannot forget. Treason is a high crime. And betrayal leaves a deep, permanent, psychologically disfiguring scar.

The U.S. senatorial oath reads:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

Below is a listing of those forty-six American senators who voted for cloture in order to shut off debate on a bill that placed the amassing of political power and the interests of business above the U.S. Constitution, and the safety and sovereignty of the United States. Those names written in bold type represent senators who will be running for re-election in 2008.

Make no mistake. Some version of this bill will be re-introduced – if not during this congressional session, then during the next. Every American voter needs to make it his priority to see to it that those senators written in bold below are no longer occupying seats in the senate when that happens.

Bennett (R-UT)
Craig (R-ID)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)

Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Recent polls revealed that as many as eighty percent of the American electorate disapproved of S.1639. November 2008 will tell us how many of those eighty percent were weak in their disapproval or have attention spans calibrated in nano-seconds. But, for the time being, today should be a day of celebration. Although the scoundrels will not rest until our republic is unraveled, they have been at least temporarily corralled.

Between now and November 2008, it has become even more imperative for every informed American to educate those in our families, neighborhoods, and workplaces who are still not aware of what this bill entailed, and its abominable far-reaching anti-liberty, anti-American, anti-representative-government ramifications for us all.

~ joanie


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KEYWORDS: amnesty; election; government; immigrantlist; immigration; noamnestyforillegals; senate
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To: 3AngelaD

Correct. Someone else already set me straight.


21 posted on 06/28/2007 10:32:25 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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To: joanie-f
A fairly good day, for a change.

Indeed.

But, it is critical that our people view this victory as a beginning, not as an end unto itself. It was one tiny battle in a much larger war. And, as always, we must remember that the true threat to our republic is internal, not external.

"Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." - Abraham Lincoln (January 27, 1838)

22 posted on 06/28/2007 10:32:55 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Democrats are the Evil Party, Republicans are the Stupid Party - So, "Bipartisan"=Stupid AND Evil!!)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
Yep, by stirring up the talk radio hosts and audiences on the immigration bill, they can cite it as a reason to get the fairness doctrine in effect again, just in time for shrillery to be elected and suppress our free speech.

I will bet money on her war room getting this bill up for a vote as a means to an end. Dirty harry is a useful idiot as well as grahamnesty, et al.

23 posted on 06/28/2007 10:33:14 AM PDT by Citizen Soldier ( "I saw it in a cartoon once, I think I can do it")
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To: sam_paine
'deliberative body'

That shut off any debate of this bill?

24 posted on 06/28/2007 10:33:58 AM PDT by listenhillary (Conservative that has been mugged by the Republican party)
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To: joanie-f
Excellent, as always, joanie...

BTW..it's a good idea to keep calling the senators who voted against cloture to thank them..

25 posted on 06/28/2007 10:34:22 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: Man50D

26 posted on 06/28/2007 10:34:26 AM PDT by AFreeBird (Will NOT vote for Rudy. <--- notice the period)
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To: joanie-f
Our next urgent tasks:

  1. Enforce our immigration laws and secure the border
  2. Begin finding and deporting illegal aliens already here
  3. Fire the RINOs that pushed the amnesty travesty


Now lets get to work, Freepers...
27 posted on 06/28/2007 10:34:55 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: Kimberly GG
True, but at least the carrot of amnesty is, for the time being, apparently OFF THE TABLE.

The reason the number of illegals have so dramatically increased is because of the encouragement they were receiving from all levels of government, beginning with the president's first SOU address. Today' news is the FIRST bad news the illegals have received since 2001. Maybe a good number of them will now think twice before coming (or staying).

One can hope.

28 posted on 06/28/2007 10:36:44 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: joanie-f

Richard Lugar, what has happened to you over these years?


29 posted on 06/28/2007 10:37:08 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: sam_paine
We're all glad this was defeated, but just to be clear, these two things are supposed to sometimes be in conflict....especially in the senate.

An excellent point -- except for the fact that, when our brand of representative government was established, it was assumed that those 'representatives' for whom we were voting would spell out, frankly and without equivocation, exactly what they would be 'representing'.

Nowadays, as opposed to two centuries ago, integrity is fast becoming an endangered character trait, and we voters are becoming increasingly familiar with the say-one-thing-during-the-campaign-and-then-do-something-entirely-different-once-in-office phenomenon -- which completely skews the true nature of representative government.

Our elected representatives are elected because they claim to represent our views, but, more often than not, they no longer do. They parrot our views, and then vote based on promises of power or the realization of their own (often hidden) political agenda.

That isn't to say that representative government should revert to democracy (democracies don't work). I'm simply saying that the 'conflict' (between popular opinion and the votes of our representatives) to which you refer has been exacerbated (to the detriment of true 'representation') by their disingenuousness when running for office.

~ joanie

30 posted on 06/28/2007 10:39:28 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe that God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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To: joanie-f

The Republic lives to fight another day !!!


31 posted on 06/28/2007 10:40:55 AM PDT by Tarpon
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To: ExTexasRedhead
Graham is TOAST, and, hopefully, the rest as well. IMO, those that voted yes on the first vote are equally as bad. They only changed their vote because of pressure from the American people. They did not want to represent their constituents. If they could have voted yes in private, behind closed doors, they would have done so. Never forget their arrogance.

Agreed, sadly.

32 posted on 06/28/2007 10:41:26 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe that God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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To: joanie-f

Now is the time to jot down the vote list from Tuesday.

They are the traitors, the ones who brought it back to the floor for debate. They are the Quislings I think should be hung out to dry when their re-election comes around.


33 posted on 06/28/2007 10:42:56 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Check out this website for the National Veterans Coalition http://www.nvets.org/)
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To: Principled
I agree with all of your statements, with the exception of your underlying optimism. Then again, I did not even think today's setback (for the elitists) would occur, so perhaps your optimism is founded.

~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed

34 posted on 06/28/2007 10:44:28 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe that God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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To: joanie-f

Rino YEAs

Bennett (R-UT)
Craig (R-ID)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)

The above deserve to be voted out of office.


35 posted on 06/28/2007 10:44:54 AM PDT by rocksblues (Just enforce the law!)
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To: joanie-f

Blue Dog Dems NO

Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Harkin (D-IA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)

The above voted their conscience not their party line.


36 posted on 06/28/2007 10:46:36 AM PDT by rocksblues (Just enforce the law!)
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To: ken5050; All
BTW..it's a good idea to keep calling the senators who voted against cloture to thank them.

So true. And not the kind of thing most of us tend to do. We're quick to complain (yours truly included), and slow to show gratitude for doing the right thing. I intend to do just that today. Thanks for the reminder.

~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed

37 posted on 06/28/2007 10:48:32 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe that God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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To: DesScorp
Our next urgent tasks:

1. Enforce our immigration laws and secure the border
2. Begin finding and deporting illegal aliens already here
3. Fire the RINOs that pushed the amnesty travesty

Now lets get to work, Freepers...

Needs constant drumbeat repetition.

~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed

38 posted on 06/28/2007 10:51:04 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe that God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

BTTT


39 posted on 06/28/2007 10:51:34 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe that God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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To: joanie-f

It was either this or impeaching bush. He may have avoided impeachment.


40 posted on 06/28/2007 10:53:03 AM PDT by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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