[CWW]

Fox has retrated the story, apparently. The Pubs ran some polls and the Rats are really ticking off the Hispanics. Why invoke cloture when your opponent is shooting himself in the foot!

[TennTuxedo]

The Rats can filibluster Estrada till the cows come home. The nation will see that their obstructionist agenda is not in the best interest of the nation. We all want to see Estrada on the bench. In good time he will be, but lets not blow up in front of the nation.

I think a little patience from the GOP is just what the good doctor ordered.

[Jonez712]

I've heard Rush discuss this topic, and I agree completely. We need the Republican majority in both houses to have the balls to stand up for what is good for our great nation, both in this instance, as well as others.

For example, the GOP leaders weren't even making the Rats stay up through the night to filibuster Estrada. They actually gave them comfort through all this.

If they seek to derail the nomination of a well-qualified Hispanic man, based solely on the fact that he's a conservative, expose them as such, and make them work to maintain this.

[stands2reason]

Damn GOP senators are squeamish about making anything inconveeeenient for "rats....

[LS]

It is a shame that even while Rush was reading this today, there was an article already on the web by Byron York on NRO saying that the Fox story was baseless and that the White House is even more involved than ever in getting Big E confirmed.

We will win this one.

[aristeides]

I don't understand what the harm would be in calling for a cloture vote. Why not make the RAT senators go on the record as supporting the filibuster?

I don't see why calling for a cloture vote does any more for establishing a precedent than the RATs having this filibuster in the first place.

[arasina]

Thanks for posting this, TLBSHOW. I heard Rush's show today and was hoping someone would post his take on this topic. I wonder how the Fox got the incorrect report about the cloture vote. Didn't check with Frist first?

[harpo11]

Stand Your Ground--GOP!

[The Wizard]

Robert Novack Told Inside Democrats today that Frist is playing hardball and will keep it up until this is resloved

[Quix]

The 'people' against Estrada are the slug snot and slug sh*t that maggots feed on. And even that's a compliment compared to what they really are.

[Jhoffa_]

No crap!

Little Dassole wanted this fight, make him pay for it.. Make him and his buddies stand there like jackasses on CSPAN 24/7 in a real, live filibuster mumbling and trying to think of something eloquent to say all day and all night.

[/ Rant Off ]

Now, if you want my honest opinion of what's going on here.. I think it's the GOP overplaying it's hand.

I think they have intentionally not brought out the big guns on this because they are hoping to energize the base and flat out enrage Hispanic voters.. A case of "See, see..! See what the Democrats are doing to us?"

In the beginning, that's exactly what happened. But now it's getting ot the point that instead of angering people at the Democrats only, people are starting to throw barbs at the Republicans as well for being too soft and letting them turn this into an un-constitutional circus.

If they back down on this, Conservatives will be just as mad at the Republicans as they are at the Democrats. Remember Trent Lott? So does everyone else, they don't remember him fondly and the reason they don't is because he wasn't aggressive when that's what the situation warranted.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

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[TLBSHOW]

INTERESTING TAKE FROM RUSH LIMBAUGH HERE...

[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

[TLBSHOW]

A great thread here about rat democrats and smears and the constitution and so much more. Check it out if you get the time. We will beat the dems and show America just how racist they are. In 2004 they won't know what hit them!

[TLBSHOW]

ping

[cynicom]

Been reading this one for two days now.

Do you remember the Clinton "enablers"??? Anything Slick did was good, was ok??? Well we have some pub "enablers" here on FR.

They seem to think the pubs do no wrong and are outwitting the dems. What sorry individuals. The usual suspects.

[TLBSHOW]

ping its almost time I hear high noon the Senate starts again