How about 9:30 a.m. tomorrow? (;-)
Then I might believe the repubs can finally act like the majority they are. Too much kowtowing to the whiney Dems. Show some backbone. Vote on it today!
Yes thank God we have some backbone.. Just imagine what would have happened if Lott had your brains and guts. He would have taken Clinton down with a conviction on impeachment. Of Course if Lott had the votes to convict, Clinton would have done what Nixon did and resign just before the vote was taken. Clinton would be right where he is now.. impeached but not convicted. Clinton's life would not be much different than it is now.
You certainly are aware that taking Clinton down would have made Gore President. I am sure you believe that Gore would never have used the office of President to pour Pork into Tennessee, Florida, Ohio and other states to help him win in 2000. I'm sure you believe President Gore would not have controlled the agenda enough to win an election in 2000 he only lost by less than a 1000 votes out of 105 million. You don't think he would have used Federal Marshalls and the FBI to win the election for him... do you? Nah! From the posts here on FR trashing Lott for not making Gore President, it is certain most Freepers believe the Honorable President Gore would never have done something like that.
So with President Gore in office until 2004, how would we be doing on the terrorist front? Would we still be firing a few million dollar missiles at empty tents and hitting a few camels in the butt?
As our death total from terrorist actions against us continued to mount would the media be telling us we just have to learn to tolerate terrorist attacks as Israel has for 50 years?
How about the Senate. Would the Democrats have held the Senate in 2002 with out a President Bush to win the Senate seats for the Republicans?
So whose court nominees would we be gnashing our teeth about today with a President Gore. Would those left wing Greenie judges Gore appointed go sailing through? Could Daschle buy enough RINO's to get it done? Would new Justices appointed to the Supreme court by President Gore be left wing enough for you?
Who would be appointed to the soon to fill the Chief Justice and Sandra Day O'Connor seats? Do you think it would be very leftist judges?
If Lott was as smart as you are, this nation would be in a world of hurt. Taking down Clinton would not have hurt Clinton any more than taking down Nixon hurt Nixon. But promoting Gore to President of the United States in 1998 would have made the job of winning the Presidency in 2000 an impossibility. It was d*mned near impossible as it was. Certainly Dubya and Rowe would have known they could not defeat a President Gore in 2000. Dubya would not have run in 2000 and face certain defeat. He would have waited until 2004. We would have had a landslide win by President Gore against a much lessor opponent than Dubya.
Any chance to make the judiciary any less liberal would have been gone for 20 more years, while it would certainty have made it far more liberal.This site is full of guys that think with their emotions. If they were in charge Al Gore would look like a genius.
Anyone with hindsight should be able to see what the consequences of making Gore President would have been. I admit there are only a couple here on FR who can see that. But to my mind I thank goodness we had a guy or two with the foresight to see the consequences of making AL GORE ......... PRESIDENT GORE.
If you want to understand what is going on and why it comes down the way it does, you might try thinking with your brain and not your emotions.