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?
That's how it sounds to me. Weird, isn't it? Just as weird as marching to ensure we won't have grandchildren.
Then we'll hear to no end that the tradition has ALWAYS been
a moratorium of *60*!!!!!!!!
The Reps stole the Justiceship!The Reps stole the Justiceship!The Reps stole the Justiceship!
/DUers off
Cspan2
Please thank your two heroes for their sacrifice for my family. And congratulations big time on your determination!
He's only 1/9 of the Court, get over it dude...
He "does so wish this president had been a uniter, not a divider". And with that he bows his head and gives up the ghost. Pass the popcorn.
Gawd..they get Bernie Socialist next..
Blah, blah, blah...a uniter, not a divider, blah, blah, blah...shut up leaky. You know damn well that WHOEVER was nominated short of another ruth bader ginsburg would not have been unanimously approved. You guys live to oppose President Bush.
Morning, Cal; nice outfit. :-)
Hilariously funny!
Cartonist forgot two things:
1. The 24 morons following Kerry
2. The height of the precipice over which they have fallen.
Try C-span 2
My heart! My heart!! I can't handle much more good news! :-)
BRING IT ON!!!
South Carolina.
When the Hawaii senator was ill and couldn't make the vote on a judge, Senator Stevens voted yes, but then changed to "abstain", to balance out the vote. This is what a collegial body does.
On a cloture vote, the "nays" are meaningless, all that matters is how many "aye" votes there are. For a brief moment, when Senator Reid stood up to announce Ensign was injured and couldn't make the vote, I thought Reid was going to announce that, in honor of the senate collegiality and common decency, he would vote "yes" on clotuer for his fellow Nevadan since Ensign's "abstain" vote would be like a "no" vote.
But then, he didn't, because democrats, and Reid in particular, have no honor, no propriety, and no sense of decency or collegiality.
Morning...........glad you could make it!
Frist was grinning from ear to ear. He was so proud of himself.
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I loved seeing his huge smile on the Senate floor while the votes were coming in. It must have felt like a great moment for him.
You're of cspan 1. Go to cspan 2. (did the same thing)
Why does "johnensign.org" want to give me a cert every time I load this thread?
Yes.
You are blessed to have Jeff Sessions as your Senator .. he's a fine gentleman who'll fight when necessary.
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