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Fox: 730pm Press Conference to Announce Filibuster Compromise

Posted on 05/23/2005 4:18:39 PM PDT by jern

Announce Filibuster Compromise


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To: Enchante

Unless Bush wants to make recess appointments. That would be the thing to do, but they do not want to listen to the base. The GOP is stuck in Washington. I fthey think that this will win them votes they are out of their minds, they may have just lost the majority with this.


1,201 posted on 05/23/2005 6:02:34 PM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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To: mabelkitty

You must be the expert. I am guessing you thought Bush was a conservative too. LOL. I bet you voted for him expecting he would be different than how he campaigned. You amuse me.


1,202 posted on 05/23/2005 6:02:34 PM PDT by econ_grad
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

We need to get McCain out of power no matter what. No more of this "but he's a Republican" business. He's not loyal, so we needn't be either.

***

Just never understand why he just doesn't switch parties. He's Democrat most of the time anyway.

Of course, I said the same about Zell Miller...in the opposite direction.


1,204 posted on 05/23/2005 6:03:15 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: econ_grad
If what you are saying is true, we would see Bush running down Pennsylvania Ave cursing and screaming.

You don't know this president very well.

No executive will be blind sighted like this.

You don't know history very well either.

I don't care who you are, you don't make deals regarding the President's nominees without consulting or the White House.

Do you understand that the senators are only thinking about themselves at this point? Most of them will still be in office, or be easily re-elected, when Bush is gone in three and a half years. They are not concerned about what the president wants. I guarantee you they did NOT consult Bush. They consulted other members of their precious club. They are more concerned with their personal popularity than principle.

1,205 posted on 05/23/2005 6:03:28 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: econ_grad

You wouldn't be President.
That is how Banana Republics are run.
That is what George Soros tried to do in 2004 and look where it got him.


1,206 posted on 05/23/2005 6:03:45 PM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: All

Collection of McCain Information!!!!

inquiry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1406822/posts


1,207 posted on 05/23/2005 6:04:05 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: jern

If the Rats and RINOs worried about how "the base" was energized in November, just wait and see how THIS will bring true conservative voters to the polls like never before.


1,208 posted on 05/23/2005 6:04:45 PM PDT by MaryInSacto
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To: Fledermaus

I have posted at least ten based on common sense and things that are logical. You have failed to show me one evidence on why you think that the White House can be blind-sighted over something like this. But I guess you don't have to explain yourselves if you are hanging from the trees.


1,209 posted on 05/23/2005 6:04:47 PM PDT by econ_grad
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To: FreedomNeocon

I just have one thought about this imbroglio . . What would Ronald Reagan do? maybe it would be something like . .RINOS TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!


1,210 posted on 05/23/2005 6:04:48 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Fledermaus
I give up with you. You have no arguments, you can't detect sarcasm, and you're pretty much a person who prefers to insult rather than discuss.

I'll no longer waste my time with you, yet I know you'll declare that as some sort of victory. So be it, as long as I'm rid of you.

1,211 posted on 05/23/2005 6:04:49 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: kcvl; Mo1; All; Howlin


She's (howlin's) got a beach house full of company, and can't participate here right now, (maybe later tonight) but she knows about the compromise and wonders if part of the agreement was that the democrats will submit a list of names they vent for POTUS's judicial nominees.

I didn't hear that part, if it's a part of this "deal."


1,212 posted on 05/23/2005 6:04:53 PM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: RobFromGa

You are forgetting the exception: EXCEPT IN EXTREME CASES. Name one of the filibustered judges they haven't labeled as extreme. Name one.


1,213 posted on 05/23/2005 6:05:00 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: JulieRNR21

Judge Pickering on H&C says it's a win for the GOP and the two we lost may not be lost at all as they may indeed get an up or down vote. He said the dems knew they were in a bind and had little alternative. This is all too confusing but if I were to trust my instincts I don't see it as a win. Frist et. al. have been telling us for months that ALL NOMINEES DESERVE AN UP OR DOWN VOTE. Anything short of that is a no win, IMHO.


1,214 posted on 05/23/2005 6:05:17 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: AndrewC

The minority appointees were the poison pills. Now, the Dems don't have to deal with them in the PR battle. They won. We had the upperhand and could have gone for the kill. We showed mercy in the fight and the Dems live to fight another day and to obstruct our agenda. The GOP should have taken this to the public and fought the battle for all the marbles there.


1,215 posted on 05/23/2005 6:05:44 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: Ex-Democrat Dean
What did the GOP lose? Votes. The base will stay home in 06.

They blew the chance of a whole generation. This will mark the beginning of the end of the conservative momentum.

1,216 posted on 05/23/2005 6:05:57 PM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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To: All
The one thing that galls me all most as much as two more judges being sacrificed for no reason is that you know some time in the future during the primaries McCain is going to say.........

"I helped broker a deal in the senate bringing both parties together to avoid a judicial nuclear war in the senate." Thats what all this was about for him. To be able to say that leading into 08. There are now three parties in the senate. democrat, Republican and McCains 7 dwarfs. The amount of money that just was lost by the GOP/RNC is huge.
1,217 posted on 05/23/2005 6:05:58 PM PDT by baystaterebel (F/8 and be there!)
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To: mabelkitty

Such impenetrable logic. People like you are the best examples of why Darwin is wrong.


1,218 posted on 05/23/2005 6:06:03 PM PDT by econ_grad
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To: Otho

DU sounds a lot like here, with the exception of Pitt. Most are screaming mad, and feel they lost. This is a good sign!


1,219 posted on 05/23/2005 6:06:20 PM PDT by gidget7 (Get GLSEN out of our schools!!!!!!)
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To: Fledermaus


LOL! We need Jim to lift the ban on swearing for this thread...lol... is that what you're saying?


1,220 posted on 05/23/2005 6:06:28 PM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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