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Bush: Judge Samuel Alito is new choice for Supreme Court nominee
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Posted on 10/31/2005 3:12:28 AM PST by kcvl

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To: AFPhys
A committee can choose to not act on a nominee at all, and can easily choose to never send the nominee to the floor of the Senate. The committee can even choose to never have a hearing on a nominee and scuttle an appointment in that way.

And the idea that such a thing would be done in broad daylight to a Supreme Court nominee exists only in the ravings of your fevered brain.

1,461 posted on 10/31/2005 8:42:39 AM PST by Sloth (You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not the same thing, nor are they mutually exclusive.)
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To: JeffAtlanta

Absolutely not. To think otherwise is to enage in futile fantasy.


1,462 posted on 10/31/2005 8:43:33 AM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: kcvl

Awesome pick!


1,463 posted on 10/31/2005 8:43:38 AM PST by winner3000
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To: Cboldt
What makes you think that I have "clearly" seen the difference? I haven't, I have chosen to ignore it for the sake of getting Alito on the court. Specifically, I do not believe that Miers opponents were simply "urging" him to withdraw the nomination, but instead they were attempting to force the withdrawal through political pressure that threatened the presidency and control of congress if they did not get their way.
1,464 posted on 10/31/2005 8:44:00 AM PST by ekwd (Murphy's Law Has Not Been Repealed)
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To: Beagle8U; Pukin Dog
The only good thing that can be said about the RINO's having an "R" behind their name, It gives the good team control of the agenda and committees.

Agreed. I see republican senators from overwhelming blue states as gravy. They give you the majority which even in the hands of Frist and Lott is very useful.

We should push for full blown conservative senators in all of the very Red states. The battleground states can be somewhat moderate conservatives (PA, OH, etc) and the very blue states (MA, VT, etc) are just gravy. Only full blown conservatives should be given committee chairmanships though.

1,465 posted on 10/31/2005 8:45:19 AM PST by JeffAtlanta
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To: dangus
But I wouldn't be surprised if Scalia steps down during Bush's term

I guess it's possible, but I sure hope he doesn't do that.

1,466 posted on 10/31/2005 8:45:23 AM PST by Bahbah (Tony Schaffer is a hero)
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To: CCJJR
Let SPECTER know what you think of this judge... e-mailing and calling SPECTER is a must. http://specter.senate.gov/

I am trying to email him... but his email servers, is probably MELTING right now.... because is not giving the the webpage

This is a GOOD SIGN you boys and girls are doing your homework! :)

By the way, we should also contact/email Frist!... I think he was aware all along of the gang of 14, and he just played along with them.... you know, the old "wink, wink,"

1,467 posted on 10/31/2005 8:45:44 AM PST by ElPatriota (Let's not forget we are all still friends despite our differences :))
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To: tiredoflaundry; XJarhead; You Dirty Rats

Great pic! No doubt in my mind that's exactly how "W" feels this morning.

tired of laundry, love your screen name--wish I'd thought of it (but it would have been too late anyway).


1,468 posted on 10/31/2005 8:46:22 AM PST by GoldwaterChick
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To: tiredoflaundry; XJarhead; You Dirty Rats

Great pic! No doubt in my mind that's exactly how "W" feels this morning.

tired of laundry, love your screen name--wish I'd thought of it (but it would have been too late anyway).


1,469 posted on 10/31/2005 8:46:51 AM PST by GoldwaterChick
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To: montag813

His most recent cases are not as good as Casey and Schundler. Looks like he sided with a "gay" student who was taunted and a black death row inmate.



I read up on both of those cases. I am as conservative as anyone but I probably would have ruled the same way on the kid. On the convict, I would have ruled the other way. Mainly because you are convicted by the evidence and 12 of your peers studying the evidence. Not just one racist puke.


1,470 posted on 10/31/2005 8:47:32 AM PST by trubluolyguy (Why are atheists offended by that which they don't believe exists?)
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To: Wolfstar
Yeah I'd like to see some evidence cited of that instead of just some one liner. That's the first negative word I've seen or heard about Alito.

And depending on the curcumstances, there is not necessarily anything wrong with a Judge finding in favor of a gay teen or a black death row inmate. I'm a Christian and do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle, but if a gay teenager was being relentlessly harassed by other teens, then he deserves protection and the right to make his own life choices without being persecuted for it. And I am all for the death penalty, always have been, always will be, proud to be in Texas where we fry em up more than any other State, but if some death row inmate was abused or was not allowed due process, then he deserves protection under the law also. A blanket statement that Alito isn't a conservative because he found in cases like that is stupid and foolish.

Conservatives decide based on the LAW, not whether they approve of the lifestyle of those involved in the case. That's what LIBERALS do. They only support those they agree with. When was the last time the aclu defended a Christian student or employee that was harassed at school or the workplace because of their Christian complaint. NEVER!!! I think that says it all.

1,471 posted on 10/31/2005 8:47:51 AM PST by Allen H (Remember 9-11,God bless our military,Bush,& the USA! A sad ACLU, for a better America!!!)
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To: AFPhys

That won't happen - it would take at least 6 Republicans (probably more since there will likely be a few Democrats voting for him) to vote against him on the floor.


1,472 posted on 10/31/2005 8:48:00 AM PST by Heartofsong83
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To: Pukin Dog
We wont know if we dont try. Hey, Reagan won California?

California was a very different state when Reagan won.

The road to success in the very blue states is to run as a fiscal conservative/social libertarian. That is how Arnold won in California.

A hardcore social conservative just isn't going to win in those states.

1,473 posted on 10/31/2005 8:48:13 AM PST by JeffAtlanta
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To: JeffAtlanta

Are there states where the reverse is true? (Having to run as a strong social conservative, but maintain a fiscally moderate or even liberal platform)


1,474 posted on 10/31/2005 8:49:51 AM PST by Heartofsong83
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To: JeffAtlanta
A hardcore social conservative just isn't going to win in those states.

I couldn't agree more. I live in a red state that is rapidly going blue and work in a blue state that is bluer than blue.

1,476 posted on 10/31/2005 8:49:59 AM PST by rhombus
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To: JeffAtlanta

We'll see. But I would also point out that Bush was governor of Texas for one and a half terms, and appointed a great number of people, and I don't think anyone would say that Texas courts, on the whole, are squishy. 8) ALmost nine years of appointing Judges and not one identifiable liberal or squishy moderate yet. It doesn't take that long to determine a judge. A good look at the first year of decisions does tend to indicate the pattern of the judge. kennedy, o'conner, and suiter for example. They never had a year where they were as conservative as they were thought to be. They were liberal to moderate from the get go.


1,477 posted on 10/31/2005 8:50:53 AM PST by Allen H (Remember 9-11,God bless our military,Bush,& the USA! A sad ACLU, for a better America!!!)
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To: JeffAtlanta
Do you feel that someone more conservative than Chaffee, Collins or Snowe could win a statewide election in those very blue states?

Yep. Promise to get pork from the FEDs (lots of welfare up here), and promise to get the social hot button issues back into the state venue, the LIBs control that.

But the Republican party apparatus in Maine is a closed club - McKernan and Company.

1,478 posted on 10/31/2005 8:51:46 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: newzjunkey
He would be the FIFTH Catholic of the nine on Scotus.

Isn't the Catholic church the largest single religious denomination in the USA? (Not that religions are entitled to proportional representation any more than sexual or racial groups). My point is that if you picked lawyers by lot you might end up with a balance that has a lot of Catholics. I don't care what religion he is, I think he is a better nominee than Miss Miers (although I could certainly support her for a District Court or Circuit Court of Appeals).

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

1,479 posted on 10/31/2005 8:52:00 AM PST by Criminal Number 18F
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To: trubluolyguy
"Evangelical here, that couldn't care less. W was not nominating a Pastor or a Preacher, he was nominating a Supreme Court Justice."

Well said. Sure I would have liked someone with an evangelical Christian background, but that sure is no reason not to support Alito. He's an AWESOME pick and a good conservative Christian man.

1,480 posted on 10/31/2005 8:52:09 AM PST by Allen H (Remember 9-11,God bless our military,Bush,& the USA! A sad ACLU, for a better America!!!)
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