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LIVE THREAD:Senate vote to confirm Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court;(UPDATE: Alito Confirmed 58-42)
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Posted on 01/31/2006 5:48:48 AM PST by ken5050

Edited on 01/31/2006 5:55:34 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Good morning, all.

Join us today for the final victory lap, the vote to "confirm Samuel Alito, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court."

It's all over except the final vote tally.

Lots of surprises yesterday at the HUGE vote to impose cloture, so perhaps there are still some surprise votes to come?


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; alito; alitovote; scotus
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To: samtheman

Yes, but to set it rhyme takes a special gift.


1,781 posted on 01/31/2006 10:48:32 AM PST by confederacy of dunces (Workin' & lurkin')
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To: AlaskaJoe
As a catholic FReeper of long standing, I resent your accusation that Catholics are not up to the American ideal. Rome doesn't rule me, Jesus does. The catholic church you THINK you know is not so. You should be as worried about some mainline protestant churches, that shun Jesus for modernity, with openly gay bishops, declaring all scripture allegory and myth, and the life yet to come a fallacy.
1,782 posted on 01/31/2006 10:53:36 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: txrangerette

Looking forward to seeing him there!! :o)


1,783 posted on 01/31/2006 10:57:06 AM PST by jackv (just shakin' my head)
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To: ken5050
OK. I am ready to get smacked for this but . . . gulp . . . I think Specter should get some kind of an award. He made sure the nomination was never in real doubt.

Yes, he let the Dems get away with their stalling and other nonsense. But he never wavered in his support. As the leader of the RINOs he was able to keep almost all of them intact.

I was as upset as anybody around here about him getting the chairmanship, but he has been able to get the job done. All I care about is results, and we got them.

Whatever the reason or the force behind it, he has come through for us the last 3 times in a row (Thomas, Roberts, and Alito).

Now I will brace myself for the certain missiles headed my way.

1,784 posted on 01/31/2006 11:08:15 AM PST by Clump
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To: hummingbird

OMG! Can you imagine?????


1,785 posted on 01/31/2006 11:09:59 AM PST by kellynch (I am excessively diverted. ~~Jane Austen)
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To: Clump

Specter did a good job with both Roberts and Alito, he deserves credit for that.


1,786 posted on 01/31/2006 11:11:24 AM PST by oceanview
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To: TeleStraightShooter

#####This just in from DU:
The final vote of 58 Ayes and 42 Nays proves a filibuster was possible!!!#####


This shows how stupid they are. To sustain a filibuster, you need to have 41 votes against CLOTURE, not against the nominee. They only got 25 Senators yesterday to vote against cloture. The DUmmies fail to take into account some political realities. Namely, that some of the Democrat Senators come from conservative states. This includes Byrd, Rockefeller, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Lincoln, Pryor, Landrieu, Conrad, Dorgan, Johnson, Bingaman, Salazar, and Baucus. These Senators couldn't possibly afford to filibuster a popular and totally qualified nominee such as Alito. A filibuster would draw the process out and focus public attention on the issue more, making it harder for them continue their filibuster with each passing minute for the simple reason that their constituents would oppose the filibuster.

These Senators might be able to get away with voting "no" on Alito. But only if they cushion the blow by voting against a filibuster. This way, when their GOP challenger brings the issue up in their next election, they can point out that they didn't filibuster him and that their "no" vote didn't really matter since he was confirmed anyway.

Believe me, if Alito had been unpopular, the Rats would have filibustered him. What this vote shows is that he was too popular to filibuster.


1,787 posted on 01/31/2006 11:17:28 AM PST by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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To: prairiebreeze

Justice Alito's mom is a hero. Before they sequestered her she said, "Of course my son opposes abortion. He's a good Catholic boy." I just love her candor! (But we've got to keep her away from Connie Chung.)


1,788 posted on 01/31/2006 11:24:14 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: ken5050
Here a little late, but I just thought I should say a few words to our liberal friends who may be lurking...

HA! AHAHA! YOU LOSE!
1,789 posted on 01/31/2006 11:26:40 AM PST by Sofa King (A wise man uses compromise as an alternative to defeat. A fool uses it as an alternative to victory.)
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To: puroresu

You REALLY want to send the DU'rs into a tizzy?
Post that Impeachment now stands no chance because the Supremes will simply over-rule it now, like they did the the 2000 election......(sarc)

That should set off a firestorm of suicides over there!!


1,790 posted on 01/31/2006 11:30:30 AM PST by tcrlaf
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To: oceanview
"Specter did a good job with both Roberts and Alito, he deserves credit for that."

Amen. That's why President Bush campaigned for him this last time.

he's certainly not the most conservative republic, but he pulled for the winning team where it really counted.
1,791 posted on 01/31/2006 11:57:37 AM PST by Preachin' (Enoch's testimony was that he pleased God: Why are we still here?)
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To: hummingbird

Excellant point.


1,792 posted on 01/31/2006 12:02:08 PM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-forsaken frozen tundra of the Hildebeast.)
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To: Petronski
Harry's WAY OVER time and convincing no one. Is futility his hobby?

................... futility is ............ his full-time job.

1,793 posted on 01/31/2006 12:06:02 PM PST by beyond the sea (Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
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To: prairiebreeze
Dang, he was sworn in off-camera? I wanted to watch!

I was invited to a robing once - it's a very dignified and small event. At the one I attended, there were about 40 of us....

1,794 posted on 01/31/2006 12:29:40 PM PST by GOPJ (Massachusetts: the State that elects drunk killers then reelects them and reelects and reelects and)
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To: AlaskaJoe
Two observations on your comment on Justice Alito's religious affiliation:

As I've stated earlier, perhaps it is time we acknowledge with gratitude that perhaps Divine Providence has, once again, intervened in the affairs of this nation.

It is not the time for planting sectarian divisions among those who share a common belief in Creator-endowed life and liberty for each person, no matter how tiny and helpless.

Jefferson:

"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."

Again, Jefferson:

"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782.

Jefferson's observation is more relevant today than ever. Our concern should be those of the Far Left who deny the source of our life and liberty and do not hold to the idea expressed by JFK in his Inaugural:

". . . the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God."

1,795 posted on 01/31/2006 12:34:07 PM PST by loveliberty2
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To: Alas Babylon!; AlaskaJoe

Here here !! Now you're talking like the wombats in the 60's did before JFK became President. That's like saying Alito and any other Italians should be discounted as fit for the judiciary because of the Mafia's existence. If you were interested enough, you'd have learned of Alito's judicial record, adherence to the Constitution and the law, and his integrity. You've obviously deprived yourself of essential information prior to posting such blather. Ridiculous.


1,796 posted on 01/31/2006 12:49:30 PM PST by STARWISE (Sedition:an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority- to cause the overthrow of govt)
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To: Alas Babylon!
As a catholic FReeper of long standing, I resent your accusation that Catholics are not up to the American ideal. Rome doesn't rule me, Jesus does. The catholic church you THINK you know is not so. You should be as worried about some mainline protestant churches, that shun Jesus for modernity, with openly gay bishops, declaring all scripture allegory and myth, and the life yet to come a fallacy.

Well said.

I also think the Catholic Church more closely than any other church/denomination parallels the plight of our country's self-government with respect to liberalism. (i.e. though it's ancient foundation is a bedrock of truth and goodness, it's leadership over time is still subject to the meanderings of fallen human perspective and the lure of a "new and improved" church/government). Each therefore (the RCC and our Republic) must be willing to continually purge itself of evil within it's ranks -- evil which often poses as "positive, liberating change". It must gaurd against the natural erosion of it's core values by measuring all changes back against the foundation (Christ and early Chruch Fathers /the Constitution and its framers) as the true barometer.

Thank God for Pope Benedict XVI and Justice Samuel Alito!

1,797 posted on 01/31/2006 1:16:34 PM PST by Murph
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To: ssaftler

Cynthia McKinney?


1,798 posted on 01/31/2006 1:25:49 PM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Clump

The GOP caucus on the SJC got his attention when they threatened to remove him...Arlen did the job...and his smack-down of Orca will long be remembered...but Spector's victory is one of "process" rather than of conviction..Still, I'll give him an "atta boy!"


1,799 posted on 01/31/2006 1:31:12 PM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: ken5050

Yeah, but she's mitigated somewhat by Cornyn and Hutchison. To make the list, you probably need to be from one of these states:

California
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

In short, ya gotta have moonbat Senators to qualify!


1,800 posted on 01/31/2006 1:47:12 PM PST by ssaftler (Politically Correct isn't! Progressives aren't!)
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