Posted on 10/31/2005 5:13:05 AM PST by Hadean
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court.
"The nomination of Judge Alito requires an especially long hard look by the Senate because of what happened last week to Harriet Miers. Conservative activists forced Miers to withdraw from consideration for this same Supreme Court seat because she was not radical enough for them. Now the Senate needs to find out if the man replacing Miers is too radical for the American people.
"I am disappointed in this choice for several reasons. First, unlike previous nominations, this one was not the product of consultation with Senate Democrats. Last Friday, Senator Leahy and I wrote to President Bush urging him to work with us to find a consensus nominee. The President has rejected that approach.
"Second, this appointment ignores the value of diverse backgrounds and perspectives on the Supreme Court. The President has chosen a man to replace Sandra Day O’Connor, one of only two women on the Court. For the third time, he has declined to make history by nominating the first Hispanic to the Court. And he has chosen yet another federal appellate judge to join a court that already has eight justices with that narrow background. President Bush would leave the Supreme Court looking less like America and more like an old boys club.
"Justice O’Connor has been the deciding vote in key cases protecting individual rights and freedoms on a narrowly divided Court. The stakes in selecting her replacement are high.
"I look forward to meeting Judge Alito and learning why those who want to pack the Court with judicial activists are so much more enthusiastic about him than they were about Harriet Miers.”
Cry me a f**kin' river, Reid, you commie bastard.
Folks, forgive Reid, he is brain dead, as is the entire Democrat Party!!!
Just to be accurate it is the voters in Vegas who elected Reid. One case of what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas!
"Justice O’Connor has been the deciding vote in key cases protecting individual rights and freedoms on a narrowly divided Court. The stakes in selecting her replacement are high.
there in lies the problem, this is the UNITED States, not the INDIVIDUALS CHOICE States
"First, unlike previous nominations, this one was not the product of consultation with Senate Democrats..."
Seems pretty petty to me. Bush wouldn't kiss Reid's ring, so Reid is going to blackball Alito's nomination.
Filibuster, come on Libs. Go ahead. Make our day. Someone get the rope ready for McCain and the other 13 wimps. Call up the key for the "Red Button" for the Nuclear Option. It's time to end this war and bury the enemy of Freedom.
If that is so freakin' important to you, Harry, why didn't you work to end the filibuster against Miguel Estrada, you lying POS?
The newspapers are filled with stories about how this past week has been President Bush's worst week, but as usual the press is laughably wrong - in fact, it is shaping up nicely as the start of positive momentum for the President...
When did the SCOTUS begin a quota system?
I have serious doubts about that, since brains that aren't there in the first place cannot die.
Would you kindly point that out to your state's Senator? I don't think he's aware of this...
Good, that means Alito is a great pick!
Hey Reid! You lost, we won. Get over it!
Okay Harry. Are you saying he should have picked an Illegal Alien drug dealing criminal gang banger who can't speak English??
No, no, wait. Lemme guess - you wanted gangsta rapper 50 Cent!
DITTO!!
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