GOP (Jon Kyl, AZ) senator threatens filibuster over court pick

Associated Press ^ | May 24, 2009 | Philip Elliott

[lexington minuteman 1775]

You dont stand up sometime GOP then what use are you?
Principles like LIFE are more important than winning elections.

[classified]

Tom Fitton Pres. of Judicial Watch is on C-SPAN Q&A with Brian. Fitton is very strong and interesting. I’m enjoying listening to him. He is much better than that old guy Larry Klayman. I think I might start donating again to J.Watch...

[madison10]

What do we have to filibuster with? I didn’t think we had enough people.

[Ken522]

I wonder how the senior senator from AZ sees the issue?

[MrPiper]

has offered hints into what he wants in a justice....

He wants a communist that wants to destory the USA as much as he does! The Constitution is nothing but paper anyway.

[DannyTN]

People hoped to have a president that met the constitutional qualifications and wanted his qualifications adequately vetted.

[Cicero]

I hope he means it. The Democrats dragged their feet on every court appointment under previous Republican presidents, and Bush was stuck holding the bag on many of his nominees. Yet these were all reasonable judicial candidates.

Just about every appointment Obama has made has been an extremist or an idiot—or both. That’s predictable for his judicial choices as well.

We must fight.

And the majority of voters are pro-life. We don’t need to let Obama appoint an abortion extremist to SCOTUS without at least fighting it and telling the people exactly what he is doing.

[Frantzie]

Juan McCain always figures out a way to stab the GOP and conservatives in the back.

[trumandogz]

Obama could nominate Charles Manson and the Senate Republicans would not be able to filibuster.

[savedbygrace]

http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2009/01/06/in_depth_politics/frameset4702777.shtml

[madison10]

Thanks!

[exist]

No way they’ll filibuster. They’ll talk tough but then ZERO will choose a minority, or worse, a female minority, and the GOP will cave like they always do. But not before they send us letters asking for money to fight the pick.

[italianquaker]

be able or be willing?

[FlyVet]

Except for the amnesty for illegals issue, Kyl has been a pretty darn good Sinator for Arizona (and even on that issue, he can be swayed by enough pissed-off constituents; I remember that he said he "learned a lot of new words" over that ...meaning that he was being cussed out left and right, and rightfully so...but at least he is listening, unlike a lot of these professional criminals..er, I mean...professional politicans...did I say criminal?....sorry ).

Anyway, whenever Kyl gets interviewed on one of the local talk radio stations, at least he shows that he is up on the issues and generally gives a straight and educated answer, unlike some utter idiot who shall not be named but is two heartbeats away from the Presidency.

[trumandogz]

Both.

[TNCMAXQ]

When 0bama picks the most far left candidate available will the media go to Powell, Christopher Buckley, and all the others who said the GOP has gone too far to the right, and ask how do they like this appointment?!

[okie01]

...will the media go to Powell, Christopher Buckley, and all the others who said the GOP has gone too far to the right, and ask how do they like this appointment?!

Of course, they will. And, if Powell, Buckley, Ridge, McCain et al give the right answers, they'll get ink and facetime.

Not to mention a "nice doggie"...

[Clintonfatigued]

Obviously, it depends on who Obama will nominate. And that is still uncertain. The nominations of both Harriet Miers and Samuel Alito were surprises.