[Trueblackman]

All Freepers and Lurkers in good standing are invited to come to this event, please bring signs and flags. No incidents will be tolerated and all orders from law enforcement officers will be obeyed.

[smiley]

Letting the Democrats roll over on the Republicans not to mention this wonderful nominee was very disheartening to say the least!

[auboy]

Wish I could join you. Ralph is unAmerican as it gets. Hope y'all have a great rally! And beautiful weather.

[montag813]

This is so pathetic. So it is up to us FReepers to stand up to the Leftist cabal? It is digraceful how Bush and "Limp Writst" Frist bent over to Schumer and Hillary. Bush is in my personal doghouse today. I am more enraged over how shabbily this President treated an honorable man like Estrada, than I am against the PFAW. At least they were doing what you would expect--fighting Conservatives. What the hell was OUR side doing?

What really makes me sick is how Bush has spent so much time and capital on the stupid Saudi-created "Roadmap" which was doomed to failure, and he has spent NO TIME WHATSOEVER FIGHTING FOR THESE NOMINEES. What a waste of high approval ratings to fight for Abu Mazen over Miguel Estrada. I didn't sign on for this nonsense.

[George W. Bush]

Nice effort. I don't grasp why Bush and the GOP didn't push harder. Not that I expected them to. Unlike most on FR, I always did think they'd wimp out.

I just remember how we were told in 2000, that if for no other reason, we should vote for Bush for the judges he'd appoint.

Where are the judges we were promised on significant courts, let alone the Supreme Court?

At any rate, good luck. Maybe you'll open people's eyes to the issue.

[kristinn]

It's going to be tough to get away from work, but I'll try.

[kristinn]

D.C. Chapter ping!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Good luck man. Wish I could be there. A "WIll be ther ein spirit" Bump!

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

A chance to say hi to Comrade Neas and his fellow travelers. Can't make any promises but....

[Angelwood]

I'm not sure if I can get away from work to join you, but I'll try.

Just a suggestion for future events like this: Those of us who do work in the DC area are more likely to be able to attend if the timing of the event is set closer to lunch hours. It is difficult to go to work and leave mid-morning or late afternoon -- most times the entire morning or afternoon would need to be taken off using personal leave and that might not be an option on short notice. If events were scheduled between 11-3 or 12-2, more people would be able to adjust their lunch hours to attend.

It is truly a sad day in American history when a minority group of Democratic Party Senators can redefine the meaning of the Constitution and use obstruction tactics and the politics of personal destruction to smear a highly qualified, minority judicial candidate like Miquel Estrada -- especially, a candidate who came to this country as an immigrant and, through his own hard work and dreams, has become a fine example of what one can accomplish living in America.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[cake_crumb]

I wish you luck. SOMEONE should stand up for the Dems treatment of Estrada. Their obstructionism of him was meant to be nothing more than another phony Dem campaign platform.

I didn't see the 9 Dwarves' in New Mexico, but am told they all took a turn at speaking Spanish badly. I guess they were trying to make Hispanic American voters that they REALLY like Estrada and WOULD have voted for him, possibly, in some sort of way, under some set of circumstances....

But how many of the Nine Dwarves supported Estrada?

[Trueblackman]

For those freepers who are unable to attend there is a letter to Ralph Neas I will email to you in which you can sign your name and city and email back to me as a windows doceument. We will hand deliver this letter to his offices on Monday

[Trueblackman]

The letter below, just post and paste to windows as a docuement.



Coalition for a Fair Judiciary

September 8, 2003

Mr. Ralph Neas
People for the American Way
2000 M Street, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036

Dear Mr. Neas:

We, the undersigned, have banded together to protest your appalling treatment of Miguel Estrada and other federal judicial nominees currently before the United States Senate.

Contrary to popular opinion, you are not the 101st Senator, nor do you speak for us on this or any other matter. For far too long, we have silently watched as you have hijacked the judicial nominations process and subverted the Constitution. Do not expect us to be silent any longer. When extraordinarily qualified men and women nominated for the federal bench are summarily rejected for no other reason than they do not embrace your extremist liberal positions or renounce the tenets of their faith, there is a serious problem in the nominations process.

It is judicial activists on your side of the table who have endangered the civil and political rights of millions of Americans. It is organizations on your team spending buckets of money and countless hours to spread lies destroy stellar legal careers and impeccable reputations of decent men and women who offer themselves for public service in the federal judiciary. It is Senators on your beck and call, armed with your talking points, which viciously attack judicial nominees. The casualty in all of this is nothing less than the Constitution itself.

It is the Constitution, when applied, not interpreted, which protects all of us, not just a few. Ironically, it is precisely those strict constructionists that you seem to fear the most who would be the first to uphold the law no matter how reprehensible to their “deeply held personal beliefs.”

What is “mainstream” to you is extremist liberal ideology to us. What is “advise and consent” to you is “delay and obstruct” to us. What are “deeply held personal beliefs” to you is “character, ethics and integrity” to us. That great divide between our camps is not likely to change anytime soon. It certainly won’t change so long as you continue to mistakenly believe that winning at all costs justifies the shameless smear campaigns you conduct.

The damage done by encouraging the subversion of Constitution may not be of concern to you or your fellow travelers, but one can always hope that a sense of decency will someday take root in your conscience.

In the meantime, however, rest assured that you would be challenged on this battlefield.
Make no mistake; it is a battle we intend to win.

Sincerely,


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[mhking]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

At 10:00am we will marry on the headquarters of People for the American Way.

You're getting married on Monday? Congratulations! I wonder if Ralph Sleaze believes in marriage?

Seriously, though, good luck. I can't make it, however, due to being between two night shifts. I hope y'all are more than a handful for the greasy-haired Ralph Sleaze!

[apackof2]

Bump

[Kudsman]

All I can send with you is a thanks and a prayer that they have ears. :-)

[Nephi]

Geez, not many Kool-Aid drinkers on this thread. Perhaps, we can begin to hope that Bush operatives will notice the need to shore up the base?