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To: JLS
***They apparently offered votes on all 7 today?***

With all due respect, no they didn't.
What happened was that 'my' Senator, DICK Durbin (Communist, IL) tried to pull a fast one. However it likely made a nice sound bite on CBS and the MSM in general.

In the morning he "offered" to end the debate (how nice of him) and vote on four nominees. The only problems were that 1) he knew full well that couldn't happen do to senate rules like the executive calender and 2) the four he 'promised' to be voted "up" were none of the nominees being filibustered. So these judges will be approved anyway at a future date.

That being said, ole DICKIE made a little blunder in the evening - he brought up Manuel Miranda and those 'stolen' RAT memos of last year. I think that might come back and bite him as the issue of what was IN the memos was always ignored by the MSM in that the RAT filibuster was being controlled by NARAL and MOVEON. Thus far GOP senators have only mentioned left interest groups in general. DICKIE opened the door for those groups to be named now and the public informed as to who really controls the RAT voting decisions.

29 posted on 05/20/2005 5:12:25 AM PDT by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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To: Condor51

So it was not a real offer? I wondered because of course the Dims can vote cloture on all without any GOP agreement.


33 posted on 05/20/2005 6:52:15 AM PDT by JLS
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