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Powerful Reactions to Miguel Estrada's Withdrawal (Did the Left wake up a Sleeping Giant?)
Crosswalk ^ | 9/5/03

Posted on 09/05/2003 6:23:15 AM PDT by truthandlife

Twenty-eight months after being nominated by President Bush for a seat on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Miguel Estrada has had enough. The Hispanic attorney has announced he is returning to his law practice rather than put up with more months of Democrat demagoguery and stall tactics.

In a letter to the president announcing his intention to withdraw, Estrada said, "I believe that the time has come to return my full attention to the practice of law and to regain the ability to make long-term plans for my family."

Here are some quotes from news reports today regarding Estrada's decision to walk away from the fight, including a couple of quips from the Democratic side of the Senate (a.k.a. Filibuster Central):



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1 posted on 09/05/2003 6:24:00 AM PDT by truthandlife
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The GOP and its' allies in the Latino and Hispanic ranks, are already starting to put material together to use against the Demonratic Party. This act of left-wing arrogance will only serve to assist the GOP in its' outreach to the largest minority group. I wish I spoke spanish enough to understand the ads that are being prepared for this community come election time.
3 posted on 09/05/2003 6:32:04 AM PDT by JediForce ("Losing Bin Laden" is a must read for every American citizen. Pass it on.)
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To: truthandlife
Good, Good!

I'd far rather have Miguel Estrada as a rallying cry than as an actual appellate court and would-be Supreme Court justice.

Now let's have some actual conservative nominees.
4 posted on 09/05/2003 6:32:06 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: truthandlife
"Nothing would make us happier than if White House consulted with us; came up with nominees...who at least were somewhere in the mainstream." -- Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Translation: "We mean mainstream, as in a White Liberal from NYC"

"Instead of looking for candidates who are extreme ideologues, the president should work with the Senate in nominating individuals who have the highest qualifications..." -- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)

Translation: "by 'Highest qualifications', I meant a white liberal from Massachusetts."

"This nomination is another casualty of the White House's insistence on dividing instead of uniting the American people over the President's decisions for the federal courts." -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, ranking Democratic member, Senate Judiciary Committee

Translation: "If he'd have sent us a White Liberal, none of this would have happened."

"Nominations for a lifetime appointment to the federal courts require the close scrutiny of the Senate. Planned Parenthood applauds those members of the Senate who stood firm in demanding nominees who hold mainstream American values on these important issues." -- Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Translation: "We wanted a White Liberal Abortionist."

5 posted on 09/05/2003 6:34:06 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Chad Fairbanks - 1970 Recipient of the Prestigious Y-Chromosome Award)
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To: truthandlife
Wake up a sleeping giant? Not likely. Hate to tell you, folks, but the voting public just isn't going to mobilize over a Federal judgeship nomination. It's not an issue that enough of them can get their minds around.

Note carefully I'm not talking about the true significance of the situation, but public response to it.
6 posted on 09/05/2003 6:35:08 AM PDT by RonF
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To: truthandlife

Project 21 and the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary will hold a rally in front of the offices for People for the American Way, located at 2000 M Street, NW in Washington DC on Monday, September 8th at 10:00 AM EST to protest the appalling and unfair treatment of Miguel Estrada during his nomination to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Miguel Estrada was the first Hispanic nominated to the DC Circuit Court and was rated unanimously well qualified by the American Bar Association. Members of the coalition will meet at 9:30 am at Longfellow and Witherspoon Parks located at the corners of 18th Conn. Aves and M Street.

At 10:00am we will marry on the headquarters of People for the American Way.
7 posted on 09/05/2003 6:36:16 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Frinking does a body good)
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To: truthandlife
The sleeping giant you refer too has been placed on a prescription of Prozac by the Dems.

The giant is now happily sleeping while his house is getting robbed.

8 posted on 09/05/2003 6:36:44 AM PDT by Solson (Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. - Von Goethe)
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To: truthandlife
Did the left wake up a sleeping giant? No, the left woke up a sleeping sleepish sleeper.
9 posted on 09/05/2003 6:38:28 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: RonF
If this were a Republican filibuster against a Hispanic, the liberal media would sure be covering it as a racist story.

The media rules this country, make no mistake, they are the true enemy.

10 posted on 09/05/2003 6:45:35 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: Chad Fairbanks
Translation: "We wanted a White Liberal Abortionist."

Actually, I don't think race matters to them. Any Liberal Abortionist would do.

But I take your point. And it is tragic.

11 posted on 09/05/2003 6:53:46 AM PDT by Republic If You Can Keep It
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To: truthandlife
Blah, blah, blah, from the republicans. Who won? Republicans are given so much ammunition to fight with and they fail us every time.
12 posted on 09/05/2003 6:54:13 AM PDT by doc
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To: Trueblackman
At 10:00am we will marry on the headquarters of People for the American Way.

Excellent. And then maybe after the ceremony you could march. (Sorry, coulnd't help myself.)

13 posted on 09/05/2003 6:55:49 AM PDT by dorothy
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To: truthandlife
"..."Instead of looking for candidates who are extreme ideologues, the president should work with the Senate in nominating individuals who have the highest qualifications..." -- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)

Um...yeah- you mean like democraps do when they are in charge?

14 posted on 09/05/2003 6:57:58 AM PDT by Mr. K
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To: dorothy
D'OH
15 posted on 09/05/2003 6:58:56 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Frinking does a body good)
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To: Trueblackman
Estrada was supremely qualified. Boyden Gray's group did what they could, but the Senate Republicans need to get a backbone. I'm terribly sorry for Estrada for the treatment he's gone through, and sorry for America for being deprived of an excellent jurist.
16 posted on 09/05/2003 6:59:54 AM PDT by austinTparty
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To: truthandlife
"I have never seen such shabby treatment of a nominee ... I decry this shabby treatment ... and I decry anybody who calls this a victory ... it's not a victory, it's a tragedy." -- Se. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah

'RATs are 'RATs Orin, any idiot knows what they will do.

Frist, you, and the rest of the RINO Senators who let this crap go on for two years when you could have forced a true 24/7 filibuster are where the blame belongs.

17 posted on 09/05/2003 7:04:42 AM PDT by putupon (What would Ronald Reagan drive?)
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To: JediForce
I wish that were true. I suspect that Estrada is not any more well known in the Hispanic community than he is in the rest of the country.
Two years sitting in limbo will do that.
18 posted on 09/05/2003 7:17:43 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: sartorius
Response to your header: You gotta be kidding! The Senate Republocrats need a spine transplant instantly.

The little communist cells kept demanding and the Republicans kept sharing power in the misguided belief that they are resonable people.

I say kill 'em all (politically, of course). The answer is "NO!".

I keep hearing about the Republican "nukes". Time to takes the gloves off.

19 posted on 09/05/2003 7:31:23 AM PDT by Publius6961 (californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
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To: sartorius
You are absolutely right. The GOP is basically ineffective in fighting for anything. I have never seen such a group that rolls over at the least bit of difficulty.

The one thing I don't mind however, is the higher standard conservatives are held to but it's plain to see that something is sorely lacking with GOP leadership, except for our President and a number of his Cabinet.

The GOP has a history of giving up power when everything is really in their court. It's supposed to be in power across the country but they sure don't act like it. I'm not talking about arrogant, raw power, I'm talking about leadership--leading from the front.
RB
20 posted on 09/05/2003 7:40:51 AM PDT by brushcop
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