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LIVE THREAD: SENATE FILIBUSTER!! Call Capitol Swtchbrd 1-800-648-3516 to Protest Dem Obstructionism
www.freerepublic.com | November 12, 2003

Posted on 11/12/2003 2:45:39 PM PST by Howlin

FILIBUSTER BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M. EST!!!!



TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: constitutionlist; demnuts; dnc; filibuster; gop; hughhewitt; judicialnominees; marathon; scotuslist; senate
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To: woodyinscc
Question. Someone told me that the Republicans blocked more than 100 of Clinton's nominations. I am assuming that each of these was blocked in an up or down vote. Is this correct?
3,741 posted on 11/13/2003 10:57:44 AM PST by whoozit
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To: Howlin
Dodd, too cheap to buy his own copy! I have to change stations now, B/P going up!
3,742 posted on 11/13/2003 10:57:59 AM PST by Citizen Soldier
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To: Republican Wildcat
It wasn't an afterthought that the Framers gave the President the ability to appoint judges. Nothing in that Constitution was an 'afterthought'. The President was given that power after the ineptness of his position without such powers under the Articles of Confederation.
3,743 posted on 11/13/2003 10:58:24 AM PST by DeuceTraveler ((wedgie free for all))
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Dodd waving around a copy of the Constitution. Claims he reads it and has respect for it.
3,744 posted on 11/13/2003 10:59:16 AM PST by Republican Wildcat (November 4, 2003. The day the 32-year Democrat lock on Kentucky came to an end.)
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To: fml
LOL!
3,745 posted on 11/13/2003 10:59:29 AM PST by Citizen Soldier
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To: whoozit
Question. Someone told me that the Republicans blocked more than 100 of Clinton's nominations. I am assuming that each of these was blocked in an up or down vote. Is this correct?

Incorrect. Every Clinton nominee that was reported out of the Judiciary Committee receieved a floor vote, and were all confirmed. Those that were "blocked" were never reported out of committee, and the majority of them were appointments advanced in the last few months of Bubba's tenure.

3,746 posted on 11/13/2003 10:59:32 AM PST by cschroe
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To: Republican Wildcat
Claims he reads it and has respect for it.

Has no clue as to the meaning of the word "respect" when it comes to the Constitution. He uses it as his intellectual toilet paper.

3,747 posted on 11/13/2003 11:01:28 AM PST by mhking
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To: whoozit
The telling statistic is the "overall confirmation rate", which tracks all nominations sent to the Senate, and takes into account all those confirmed vs. the total sent up. In Clinton's case, this number was about 53%. With GWB, its about 35%.
3,748 posted on 11/13/2003 11:01:45 AM PST by cschroe
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To: RandallFlagg
I am on instant messaging now with my colleague in Baghdad. He heard a big blast.
3,749 posted on 11/13/2003 11:01:49 AM PST by doug from upland (Why aren't the Clintons living out their remaining years on Alcatraz?)
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To: woodyinscc
Keep it going. Don't stop at 30 hours. Stop it when enough of them agree that there will be an "up or down" vote on the four candidates. Go through Thanksgiving if necessary. You want nuclear, we'll give you nuclear. </dreaming>
3,750 posted on 11/13/2003 11:01:51 AM PST by Aeronaut (In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
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To: mhking
Hey, where the H did CSPAN2 go, there's an author up now.
3,751 posted on 11/13/2003 11:02:05 AM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Now EX-democrat!!)
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To: Howlin
Doesn't she look like she is about to do the weather in front of that blue screen?
3,752 posted on 11/13/2003 11:02:23 AM PST by Citizen Soldier
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski up for the Republicans.
3,753 posted on 11/13/2003 11:02:29 AM PST by Republican Wildcat (November 4, 2003. The day the 32-year Democrat lock on Kentucky came to an end.)
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To: Bush_Democrat
Nevermind......... (in best Gilda Radner voice).......
3,754 posted on 11/13/2003 11:02:42 AM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Now EX-democrat!!)
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To: whoozit
Exactly.! The dims always bring up Paez(sp) but the last time I looked, he is sitting on the 9th circuit.
3,755 posted on 11/13/2003 11:02:43 AM PST by woodyinscc
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To: mhking
--Claims he reads it and has respect for it.--

He lied.
3,756 posted on 11/13/2003 11:02:53 AM PST by fml ( You can twist perception, reality won't budge. -RUSH)
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To: whoozit
The ones that made it out of committee, yes.

No one has ever been denied the up or down vote once it reached the floor.

Until last year.
3,757 posted on 11/13/2003 11:03:34 AM PST by nuffsenuff
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To: doug from upland
He heard a big blast.

Anything else? (The news networks have "better" things to talk about)

3,758 posted on 11/13/2003 11:03:45 AM PST by mhking
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To: Citizen Soldier
Yes, I was just getting to write that myself. LOL!
3,759 posted on 11/13/2003 11:04:14 AM PST by Republican Wildcat (November 4, 2003. The day the 32-year Democrat lock on Kentucky came to an end.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
Thankyou for posting the synopsis CongressmanB

Prairie
3,760 posted on 11/13/2003 11:06:12 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Brought to you by The American Democratic Party, also known as Al Qaeda, Western Division.)
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