Posted on 05/23/2005 4:18:39 PM PDT by jern
Just to be clear, who are you telling to "choke on it", ChokeOnIt?
If that's the case, it is not as bad as it could have been, but it is still unacceptable. The issue should be settled once and for all.
I think you're right. And this has nothing to do with judicial nominees, or "saving the precious traditions of the Senate"....this is about RINOs rising up and giving the majority conservatives within the GOP caucus the finger.
Until then we are getting all but two of our judges confirmed.
We have some RHINIO's to take out in the primaries (so be it). But stop wetting your pants and cowboy up!
They're so proud of themselves. I really think they do not know our rage!
Didn't the guy on Fox just say that the Dumbs now cannot say that future nominees are outside of the mainstream if they agree to confirm these three judges? Sounds like at least a partial win to me.
As we sit here, I just got a call from the RNC. I told them to take me off the damn list. I've had it with them, McCain and the 14 senators who think they are the executive branch of the USA. They got the message loud and clear.
God I hope you're right..
MR. RUSSERT: Do the Republicans have the votes to do it?
DR. DEAN: I don't know. They say they do. I have no way of knowing what the vote counts are in the Senate. But, again, I hope they won't. Someday, the Democrats will be back in charge again. Do we want a Democratic Party that's in charge of everything? Well, you know, I suppose it's my job to say yes. But the truth is, as an American, it's better when parties share power. It's better when even those people who didn't win the election have something to say.
MR. RUSSERT: Republicans will say that the Democrats are speaking a different tune now than they did when they were in control. Robert Byrd, when he was a majority leader in '79, said, "Now, we are at the beginning of Congress. This Congress is not obliged to be bound by the dead hand of the past."
And the filibuster used to need 67 votes. They changed it to 60.
DR. DEAN: Mm-hmm.
Not if Frist didn't have the votes
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I really have to take some time to read the posts to get a feel for this. Right now, I'm not happy. I'm going to watch Jack hopefully torture some people.
My houghts exactly. They've made a deal with the devil!
I guess McCain is too gutless to twist that knife he plunged into President Bush's back.
Is that what it is? Sounded to me like GOP balls being dropped in the dem collection plate.
Only under extraodinary circumstances,(/sarcasm)
Ya mean like the Supreme Court nominees?
Expect another "Bork-like" filbuster
Sickening
It's time for a Bush recess appointment for Saad and the 9th Circuit nominee.
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