Amen! Besides, how did PA help US anyway?
Anyone but Spector. We don't need Republicans who encourage the appointment of these liberal nutcases.
Establish this: WRITE THE PRESIDENT! or email president@whitehouse.gov
Jeeze, can't we bask in the victory for more than a day? Spectar and McCain might still be recoverable < /wishfulthinking>
I AGREE 100%.
He is one of the RINO's that we are stuck with.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, after careful consideration, I am voting to confirm Mr. J. Leon Holmes for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
I am concerned about certain of his writings/statements where he said: ``..... concern for rape victims is a red herring because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in Miami .....'', ``the wife is to subordinate herself to her husband'' and analogies of pro-choice advocates to Nazis and abortion to slavery.
Mr. Holmes subsequently acknowledged ``using strident and harsh rhetoric'' on abortion and wrote to Senator Blanche Lincoln that ``I am a good bit older now and I hope more mature than I was at that time,'' blaming immaturity for his past harsh statements.
After discussing these issues with Mr. Holmes and noting that they were written some time ago, in 1980 and 1997 respectively, I do not believe that they reflect a fixed state of mind demonstrating a pre-disposition on judicial issues to come before his Court. I am also mindful that, as a District Court Judge, his decisions will be subject to review by the Court of Appeals. There would be a substantially different consideration if he were a Circuit Court Judge where he could cast the decisive vote on a three-judge panel where it would be unlikely to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court since certiorari is granted in such a small number of cases.
Mr. Holmes has a very impressive academic record, graduating first in his law school class at the University of Arkansas, holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University and an M.A. degree from Northern Illinois University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
In voting for confirmation of Mr. Holmes, I also noted that he has the support of both of his home State senators. In their floor statements, Senator BLANCHE LINCOLN and Senator MARK PRYOR noted that Mr. Holmes has broad support among pro-choice advocates from Arkansas, and both Senators concluded that he should be confirmed based on their knowledge of his legal skills, temperament and character and based on his reputation in their community among others who know him. In addition to their floor statements, I talked individually to Senators LINCOLN and PRYOR who amplified to me their solid support for Mr. Holmes.
For these reasons, I am voting to confirm Mr. J. Leon Holmes.
NOMINATION OF J. LEON HOLMES, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE--Continued -- (Senate - July 06, 2004)
Agreed for Specter to come out the very day the election is decided and pull a rino prank is sad.
I can only hope for a tougher W than the first term. Calls for "Healing divides" and "reaching out" Are nothing more than liberal trickery and, them asking for things they WOULD NEVER do for us. they need to be ignored.
Our Senators will be home for the holidays fairly soon. In addition to calling/faxing/emailing, I'd try catching them at any local events they attend. Some quiet words in person also have an effect.
Just sent courteous e-mail to Frist reminding him that success in this election wasn't due as much to any really clever stategies by the politicians, as it was to the 'will of the people being being voiced. Now it's time for these elected politicians to honor and serve the will of the people....
That's one Senate seat it wouldn't bother me to lose as long as we maintained the majority. I washed my hands of Specter when he apologized to Anita Hill.
Let's get it done
I sent my email to the Majority Leader, Senator Bill Frist, on his contact form at frist.senate.gov. He is happy to hear from voters all over the U.S., not just Tennessee.
Amen and Amen! The people have spoken in massive numbers and and they did NOT speak for stroking the ego of Arlen Specter. Who was helped in his reelection by President Bush, and who promptly turned on Bush as soon as the polls closed.
So OK Bill Frist- you couldn't do the job for Bush with a 1 vote majority in the Senate- now you've got 4.
Grow a spine and bypass Specter for this vital position.
Amen - we do not need to hear 'Et tu, Specter?' another time. Wipe out this RINO immediately and an added bonus will be to instill a little discipline in other wobbly girly-men on the 'R' side of things.
I'm with you a hundred percent. This is a make or break issue for Bush. There can be no compromise. If Specter meant what he said yesterday, AFTER he got elected with the interference of Bush and Rove in Pennsylvania, then he needs to be pushed aside.
Bush started his first term on the right foot by reinstating President Reagan's Mexico City policy. He needs to start on the right foot again, or he will lose his base so fast he won't know what hit him.
This is the bottom line.
Find that 800 number for congress and let us know who to tall about it. Time for a good FREEPING!
Bush has a clear mandate on the Supreme Court. The thing that pollsters say the voters were most concerned about was moral issues. If Specter is going to block conservative judicial appointees, then he needs to be removed.
The only way to save the Constitution, the court system, and the rule of law is to replace the liberal nutcases on our courts with conservatives.