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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: Sender
I think it was Maxine Waters (?) who said "I must march because my mother could not have an abortion."

Is she trying to say. "My mother should have been allowed to kill me, dammit"!

381 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:14 AM PST by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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To: eeevil conservative
I don't understand why they are still talking...

The vote is scheduled for a time certain. There is a unanimous consent agreement that covers the last 40 minutes, 10 minutes each for Leahy, Specter, Reid and Frist.

382 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:15 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: ChadGore

NO! < pouting > I'm cubie bound!


383 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:23 AM PST by kimmie7 (As of January 23, I've been smoke free 11 MONTHS!)
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To: ken5050

Ah, the Coretta Scott King factor has surfaced. It must be a sign that Alito will turn back the civil rights of Americans. THey are desperate and despicable. Is there anyone or anything they won't exploit in order to win?


384 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:25 AM PST by small voice in the wilderness (Hillary/Obama Nation '08. Let The Desolation Begin.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Next they'll be threatening to send the ditch witch to their driveway.

These pigs tried that stunt with Larry Flynt paying a million dollars for dirt.

That dirt stuck to the dems and this vicious attempt at blackmail will as well.

385 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:40 AM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: finnman69

Teddy was on with Charles GHibson this morning on Good Morning America..... talk about sucking up.

He just makes me puke!


386 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:41 AM PST by JFC (W, I am with YA)
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To: Sender
Irony indeed!

I cannot fathom the mentality of those that vote for vermin such as Kennedy and ... (far too many to mention here)

Maxine Waters? Suffice it to say that I would be permanently banned from FR should I say what I truly feel about that form of life.





387 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:56 AM PST by G.Mason ("I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone" -- Bill Cosby)
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To: Petronski
Is there a more hackneyed rhetorical device . . .

Hey. We're listening to a plagiarist-in-chief here. Get used to it.

388 posted on 01/31/2006 7:27:58 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: conservative physics
"The dems are in deeper do do than they know."

Just wait until the next nominee!!!!!

389 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:34 AM PST by AGreatPer (Steelers will win it all this year. Bring on the Seabirds)
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To: Howlin
... in case all hell breaks loose, ya know?

Short of an outside event overtaking the Senate as a whole, this is done. You'll have the rest of the day off.

390 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:38 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt; BlessedByLiberty; hipaatwo; prairiebreeze; maica; Txsleuth; Da Mav

Thanks, Cboldt, for putting up Senator DeMint's excellent comments from the senate floor in Post #362.


391 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:44 AM PST by Peach
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To: ken5050

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/NEWS07/601310346/1010/NEWS

Ensign suffers minor injuries in SUV crash
Deck Hed
ANJEANETTE DAMON
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
Posted: 1/31/2006



U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., was hospitalized briefly Monday morning following a head-on collision in Las Vegas.

Ensign suffered cuts and bruises, but no serious injuries, in the 8 a.m. crash on Paradise Road, according to press secretary Jack Finn. Ensign's aide, who was driving him to the airport, also suffered minor injuries. Finn refused to name the aide for privacy reasons.

Ensign, 47, was in a Mercury Mountaineer when an oncoming Ford Explorer drifted into his lane and hit the senator's sport utility vehicle "almost head-on," police spokesman Bill Cassell said.

The driver of the Explorer, who was not identified, told police he fell asleep while driving, Cassell said. It was not clear whether that driver was hurt.

A third car rear-ended the Mountaineer after the head-on crash. That driver was not injured, police said.

"He's a little sore," Finn said of Ensign. "He got stitches in his elbow and they took some shards of glass out of his hand. But he's feeling pretty good, considering, and obviously very lucky."

Ensign spent about three hours in the hospital, missing his morning flight to Washington, D.C. Ensign missed the Senate vote to end a short-lived Democratic effort to filibuster Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Late Monday, he was trying to find a flight that would have him back in Washington in time for the vote to confirm Alito to the court.

"He missed the cloture vote, which he's disappointed about," Finn said. "He's hoping to get back for confirmation."

(snip)


392 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:45 AM PST by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: kimmie7

Condolences!

I'd say catch it on C-Span later, but they sure did chop it up last night instead of playing everything that was said. Seemed to me that mostly I saw repeats of Harry Reid's righteous indignation pre-buttal speech.


393 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:52 AM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX)
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To: All
Leahy using Coretta's death as a political hatchet on the President.

Shameless ghoul.

Leni

394 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:53 AM PST by MinuteGal ("FReeps Ahoy 4" thread is up. Click red "4" in Keywords list on top of "Latest Posts" page)
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To: Cboldt; All
Did you catch the "..undermined the war effort..."coment in that speech. I'm surprised no Dem jumped up, accused him of"questioning their patriotism.." I sense the gloves are coming off..BTW..anyone have any inside info as to how DeMint and Graham really get along?
395 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:57 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: gramho12

yup , Jeff Sessions is quikly becoming my fave,

... I actually sat in front of the TV and listened to him


396 posted on 01/31/2006 7:29:01 AM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Leaky Leahy up now . . speeking about division.


397 posted on 01/31/2006 7:29:05 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: Cboldt
Justice Alito's mother deserves some very high credit for bringing up such an outstanding son.

Thanks for your commentary and knowledgeably on these threads Cboldt. I appreciate it a lot, especially when I am only able to keep up with the thread sporadically.
398 posted on 01/31/2006 7:29:09 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Congratulations Justice Alito. Suck eggs, RATS. Bwahahaha!!)
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To: ken5050
Best performance in the Alito hearings: Senator Kyl. He slew the Dems and he has a voice like a king. If this were the Age of Radio he'd be president already.
399 posted on 01/31/2006 7:29:12 AM PST by Graymatter
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To: Cboldt

LOL!
maybe I should have been clearer...

for what purpose are they still talking....?


400 posted on 01/31/2006 7:29:20 AM PST by eeevil conservative
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