Idiot GOP Senate Set to Shaft Estrada?

rushlimbaugh ^ | 2/28/2003 | rushlimbaugh

[TLBSHOW]

I am more frosted at the Democrats for what they're doing to the Constitution vis-à-vis Miguel Estrada's than I am over the anti-war movement. Fox News reported that the GOP planned to call for a cloture vote on Estrada next week knowing they'd lose it. That would effectively amend the Constitution - illegally - to read that you need 60 votes instead of 51 to get a judicial nomination through.

Happily, it turns out the GOP isn't going to call such a vote. The offices of Senators Santorum and Hatch rang up my office on Friday, and said that the Fox story is not accurate. There will be no cloture vote. Hooray! If these Democrats want to filibuster the first Hispanic nominee to the D.C. Circuit Court, let them do it! I know they say there are new rules making a filibuster harder, but so what? And don't tell me that it's not "practical" anymore, because people have to go to the bathroom. That's nothing new.

Force them to get out there and filibuster this eminently qualified man, as rated unanimously by the American Bar Association. Miguel Estrada is just a name to us, but his life is being destroyed here. It's not because he's unqualified; it's because Democrats don't like how he might think. Read George Will's column. Chuck Schumer didn't bother to ask Estrada a single question. He claims not to know any less qualified judge, when in fact he knows less qualified judges who went to the Supreme Court! Just this week, President Bush pledged to stand by Estrada until he was sworn in. We know no other nominee has been asked to give nor should give opinions on issues that may come before the court. Their job is to apply the law, not to make law or let their opinions get in the way of rulings.

These senators have to back Bush and Estrada up. The Democrat attitude is, "We ran Washington for 40 years up until 1994, and Bush is illegitimate despite what the Constitution says about the Electoral College, so he has no right to appoint anyone." These people are treating the Constitution like toilet paper. Calling a cloture vote would overturn more than two centuries of Senate precedent and rewrite the constitutional definition of "advise and consent." We cannot allow that to happen. You have to care about this, folks!

These people aren't Democrats or liberals. They don't believe in the Constitution. They don't believe in individual rights, as affirmed in the 9th Amendment; in sharing power with the states, as described in the 10th Amendment; in free political speech protected in the 1st Amendment and shredded in campaign finance reform. They don't support the right to bear arms provided for in the 2nd Amendment. They don't respect private property rights protected by the 5th Amendment! If there's a blade of grass in the backyard, they call it "wetlands" and take it away! This assault must stop.

Listen to Rush...

(...react to the Fox News story, and reject the notion of a cloture vote by the GOP) (...demand Democrats be made to pay a price for shredding the Constitution)

Read More of Rush's Estrada Coverage… (Rush On A Roll: Anatomy of a Smear) (Rush On A Roll: Want Estrada? Declare Linda Daschle DOA) (The Limbaugh Library: Ken Starr Tips Us Off on Estrada) (EIB A-B: Estrada Qualifications Blow Away Breyer and Ginsburg)

Read the Questionable Fox News Article...

(FoxNews: Republicans Seek to End Debate on Estrada)

Read the George Will Column on Estrada...

(Washington Post: Coup Against the Constitution - George F. Will)

[Howlin]

Rush was lied to by whoever called him and said the Fox story was false.

Now you're calling Rick Santorum's office and Orrin Hatch's office liars?

You really will say anything to try to justify your stance.

[Howlin]

Rush was lied to by whoever called him and said the Fox story was false.

Now you're calling Rick Santorum's office and Orrin Hatch's office liars?

You really will say anything to try to justify your stance.

[Howlin]

Rush was lied to by whoever called him and said the Fox story was false.

Now you're calling Rick Santorum's office and Orrin Hatch's office liars?

You really will say anything to try to justify your stance.

[Howlin]

Rush was lied to by whoever called him and said the Fox story was false.

Now you're calling Rick Santorum's office and Orrin Hatch's office liars?

You really will say anything to try to justify your stance.

[Howlin]

Rush was lied to by whoever called him and said the Fox story was false.

Now you're calling Rick Santorum's office and Orrin Hatch's office liars?

You really will say anything to try to justify your stance.

[dogbyte12]

I hear ya Howlin!

[TLBSHOW]

I wondered if we would make it to 500 LOL

Thanks to howlin of course we did. See her last almost 10 posts or more in a row. LOL

[deport]

You finished with the dishes, etc already?

[the Real fifi]

Monday afternoon the Senate will once again engage in the fight to confirm Miguel Estrada. Contrary to some of the postings, the Republican conference of 51 senators has been fantastic. The Republican leadership has kept all other business off the senate floor (one exception and that was a child pornography bill that Hatch wanted) for three, now going onto four, weeks. They have had repeated quorum calls at ungodly hours to drag dems out of bed to say "present" from 11pm-1am. Last week they did that on Wednesday night and had 49 Repubs and only 20 dems--which is a measure of devotion to the issue at hand. The unanimity of the Conference has been and continues to be incredible. Sen. Hatch has been heroic, Sen. Frist has been steady, Sen. Santorum has outspoken. There has been a press conference every single day with Hispanic groups, Hispanic Bush appointees,, conference calls to activists and journalists around the country, demonstsrations by Hispanic activists in New Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, California, New York, South Carolina, South Dakota. 61 newspapers have run editorials demanding that the democrats allow a vote up or down on Estrada.

But what do they hear from the conservative base All they hear is moaning, and whining and "bring in the beds" and 24/7. Wake up. The rules are changed--if they go 24/7 all 51 of the Republicans must be on the floor and only 1 dem. needs to be there. There will be no cost at all paid by the dems. SO LET THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS KNOW YOU SUPPORT THEIR HARDLINE AND THAT YOU APPRECIATE THE ENORMOUS WORK THEY HAVE PERFORMED OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS AND BLAST THE DEMS FOR THE IMPOSING A NEW POLICY-- THE TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY. Do it now, do it tomorrow, do it Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday. This week will be critical for the President, for the Senate and for an independent judiciary

[Carolinamom]

"A fool's tongue is always long enough to cut his own throat."

Mark Twain

[altura]

Your energy is awesome.

I can't get much else done when I'm on here.

I did go to the Fox site and their original article is still up. I wonder why, since it has apparently been discredited. I've still got the Rush tape that my husband taped for me Friday, but since I didn't go to the health club today I haven't heard it yet.

Obviously, he got a different story.

I guess we'll know when it's over, but I'm praying we keep their feet to the fire, whatever it takes.

The President has vowed to Stand by His Man and I believe him.

[TLBSHOW]

BUMP and welcome to Freerepublic

[TLBSHOW]

because it was a true story at the the time is why. The story only changed after the fact.

[TLBSHOW]

Someone told Rush the fox story was wrong and that was a lie, it was right when written.

[TLBSHOW]

So you are calling Fox News liars!

[Howlin]

Orrin Hatch
Rick Santorum
Rush Limbaugh
Tony Snow
Byron York
Bill Frist

That's a partial list of the people YOU have called liars.

[cmsgop]

Saturday Night at the FIGHTS!!!!!!

[TLBSHOW]

Well I disagree with you.

[TLBSHOW]

I am done with her as she will never ever admit to being wrong which she is!

[justshe]

2nd REQUEST!!!!!!!!!!

Please pick one from the following quotes as your opinion: I have been waiting HOURS. Please respond!

A. "So I was wrong and the fox story was wrong where I based my thoughts on this from this."
190 posted on 02/28/2003 11:30 AM PST by TLBSHOW
HERE

B. "I apologized for going by the fox story as written last night for part of my opinion"
129 posted on 02/28/2003 10:12 PM PST by TLBSHOW
ON THIS VERY THREAD

C. "Fox news wrote it and printed it so until they say its wrong its right."
399 posted on 03/01/2003 2:46 PM PST by TLBSHOW
ON THIS VERY THREAD

D. I really am confused and pick all of the above.