I understand what your saying, but to those of us in flyover country all this means is that we will hold our fire while the Republicans sell us down the river again next time and we're told to suck it up again! No, make no mistake, we had the Democrats on the ropes and we let them go. They will now come back emboldened and beat the snot out of us, and the media will gleefully help them.
The Democrats had NO position. They were in the wrong. They dragged out this whole charade. They held no cards but bluffed their way to stealing the dealer blind.
Do you really think the Democrats wanted to go on record and national TV to argue against Pricella Owens? Do you really think the Democrats wanted to go on record and vote against Janice Brown? Of course they didn't. They were scared to death that they might have had to do that, but thanks to the gang of 7, the Republicans saved the Democrats from their self-destruction.
This is an outrage. We have been sold down the river!
And the purpose of having a majority is....(keeping in mind we are a Republic)
Heard an excellent analogy on Bill Bennett's Morning in America .This "compromise " reminded one participant of a
farmer who heard a fox in the henhouse. He grabbed his gun and rushed to confront the fox. The fox worked out a compromise the agreed not to harm the three chickens that had not escaped the henhouse, then, if the farmer agreed to
not shoot the fox, and would not banish him from the hen- house.I like it. It works. I was reminded how a writer many years before the United States was even a dream to any but God. And that writer spoke of a Jew who told his fellow law makers and Judges in the Sanhedrin that it was
better to sacrifice one man(Jesus) to perserve their status quo. I told Ken Salazar the "compromised"Senators worried about perserving Senate rules as abased by the Democrats have determined to sacrifice principle to preserve their corruption.They should live to see their world turned upside down by the stone they rejected.
yes squeeze it don't yank it, it not your McCain!
"As I see it, we've gained 3 judges we would have gained had the rule been changed, lost 2 we would have otherwise gained, and the filibuster lives, only to be triggered if an "extraordinary" candidate -- i.e., an originalist -- who is nominated by the president, approved by the ABA, and is voted out of committee reaches the Senate floor."
We were snookered. All that is left to do now is defeat the RINOS. This deal gave the donks just what they wanted.
The Washington Post owns John Warner.
Let's keep waiting and waiting for Bush to be allowed to fill slots in the federal judiciary with conservative judges with a compromise here and Democrats allowing one or two there. Before too long Republicans won't have a President to fill those slots anymore - it might be Hillary in his place and, of course, Republicans will passively sit back and consent to all of her far-left nominees - the filibuster the pusillanimous seven have worked so hard to preserve as a "right" won't even be an option.
I'll give you credit for courage posting this, what with tempers running so high. It is extremely 'disappointing' to say the least to have been the Senate majority party for years and still act like the minority.
Ask yourself one redundant question ...
If it looks like, and talks like, and acts like, what could it possibly be?
Take your time. It's a real puzzler.
Have to disagree with you. Horse trading with a select few Democrates in the Senate over a few nominations and all future nominations when you could have had all or nearly all of your nominations approved on a full Senate vote is not winning.
Next, there was no filibuster, not a real one.
I want to tell those incompetents that they did a masterful job of...
snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!
Losing is not a bad thing if, and only if it is at the end of a good fight; the best effort.
If this is the best that they can do, I am preparing for something else and soon.
I can't follow the hearings. Work and other "useless" stuff. But I want to be prepared to pull the trigger and send off an individual message to each and every RINO on the committee personally thanking them, and personally promising to do everything necessary to make sure they are are defeated or forgotten, whatever the case may be.
Can someone post the names of the Republican Committee members?
I am going to hold my fire on this one. We're getting three strong judges and "extreme circumstances" has yet to be determined. Because that has not been defined, I think it is clear that the constitutional option remains available for use if that definition is applied where it is not appropriate.
And a side benefit is that incumbent RINOs will now actually have opposition in their next primaries and we shall see if the voters really want a change.
Benefit #2, John McCain will never be President.
Ain't gonna happen. They would have to admit they were fools to agree to the deal in the first place.
It's too early to throw in the towel, but many already have.
Altho I am dissapointed I am hoping that when the SCOTUS position opens up GW nominates Owens,Brown, or Pryor. Which the Senate now deems acceptable.Let them try to fillibuster now that they have been cleared for lower court appointments.
I must say it did me a world of good to vent my anger last night! [smile]. Boy I was mad... and I'm STILL mad but at least my brain functions again.
I do agree, that a war has many battles, and this was just one of them. The important thing is to settle down and get organized, and direct the anger to the right place. But just for fun, what are we going to call these 7?
The 7 TRAITORS,
The 7 FROM HELL?,
The 7 SATANS? - LOL.
I have a feeling McCain is going to torpedo us in '08 too. He's not going to get the nomination of the party, so he'll run like Perot did, suck away votes, and the dem will win. Just a feeling.....
Arrogant and selfish move, it is. They think the Senate is more important than the Constitution, and that the Senate revolves around them.
Sorry, but Ace Mccain has shot down another plane - the RNC plane. All are dead to me.