Democrats say "NO" after vote. (the rats!)

Atlanta Journal Constitution | 11-15-02 | Anon

[tet68]

The majority 10 democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee on Thursday engaged in a voting maneuver so extraordinary that some of the senators themselves were unsure what happened.

First, they allowed one of President Bush's conservative judicial nominees to be approved by a voice vote.

Then, one by one, all the Democrats present asked that they be recorded as having voted against the nominee, District Court Judge Dennis Shedd.

In effect the Democrats arranged it so they are now recorded as voting against Shedd after failing to make any effort to block his confirmation. Many Senate veteran staff aides and lobbyists said they could not recall a similar event in Washington.

The committee sent the U.S. Appeals court Nominations of Shedd and University of Utah professor Michael McConnell to the full Senate after having delayed the two men before the midterm elections.

[tet68]

What is up with this? The Repubs had better start playing hard ball or they will find themselves behind the eight ball. (mixing my metaphores carefully.) Sorry for any typos, hand inscribed from the paper.

[Texas_Jarhead]

in effect they asked that the 'record' lie for them... nothing new for the dimocRATs... none of those ten have any honor or integrity... they dishonor the Senate...

[summer]

Here's the headline on this from a Dem site:

Get THIS! Democrats Let Right-Wing Judge Move Forward, THEN Ask to Be Recorded as Voting NO. What Kind of Cowardly, Despicable, Disgusting Garbage is That? Holy Cripe! Where's The Spine!? 11/15

[SamAdams76]

I get the distinct impression that these socialist/democrats do not have a favourable opinion of President Bush's judge nominees.

[Libloather]

Last ditch effort to screw things up...

[irv]

I get the distinct impression that these socialist/democrats do not have a favourable opinion of President Bush's judge nominees.

These are Democrats. Their behavior toward the nominees has nothing to do with their opinion of the nominees. It only has to do with calculations of the best way to gain political advantage.

[Dog Gone]

They agreed to let the Shedd nomination pass as a final tribute to Strom Thurman, knowing full well that it would pass next year anyhow.

So they passed it by voice vote. However, none of them wanted to be on the record of having approved it, so they did this stupid little exercise.

It means nothing. The voice vote was the official committe vote.

[agincourt1415]

The Democrats are arranging their own demise, LOL. Everything they do now is petty and transparently obnoxious. They're extremely entertaining for us FREEPERS.

[Senator Pardek]

That's pretty much the extent of the power the lame duck Senate Majority wields ("hey, look at us! Nyah nyah!") - I love it.

[PianoMan]

Perhaps Trent Lott as a conciliatory gesture to the Dems will kill the nominee. That would show us all he's back in the saddle.

[jpl]

The Democrats know that they are in deep trouble. It looks to me based on the last few days that they've decided to adopt the Clinton "triangulation" strategy. They're going to try to be on both sides of the issues, particularly the ones where they are vulnerable because their actual position is unpopular.

[tet68]

YOu sir are a master of understatement. Yet I agree with
Irv too. We are seeing the Rats with the shades off and it
ain't a purdy picture.
Ps. Look for more of the same to come.
GW, get ready!

[blam]

"However, none of them wanted to be on the record of having approved it, so they did this stupid little exercise."

Phony bastards!

[makoman]

I am so thankful that the toilet flushed on these turds! Now they can focus on their total lack of an agenda!

[My2Cents]

They take their own constituency for a bunch of morons (which they are). Only doofus Democrats would fall for this parlimentary slight of hand.

[Liz]

Screwing things up is only the half of it. These despicable libs want to have their cake and eat it too. They allowed the nominees out of committee, but they want to be able to tell their dopey liberal constituencies they voted against the Bush nominees.

In the last analysis, the recording of voice votes as no votes is outright fraud. The Pubbies better enforce the rule on this pronto.

[VRW Conspirator]

Senators approve of nominee, yet get on record as having said "no". The Democrat party is fully Clinonized. Dirty opportunists. This should be spead all over the media for the rank-and-file Democrats to see and then dispair.

[sweetliberty]

"Where's The Spine!?"

In the Senate? The Rats in the Senate are long on audacity but real short on spine and brains.

[Steven W.]

I don't really care as long as the candidates get the floor votes they're entitled. and it certainly can't help for the DemoncRAT supporters to see how much disdain they are held in by their own heroes who obviously think they're all total Michael Mooreons to actually buy into this stupid stuff (similar to how they slapped Howard Ford upside last night and planted him back on their liberal plantation).

[uncbob]

So they passed it by voice vote. However, none of them wanted to be on the record of having approved it, so they did this stupid little exercise.

Sorta the democrat equivalent of Specter citing scottish law " Not Proven" voting on the Clinton verdict