Posted on 03/14/2002 2:39:32 PM PST by Reagan Man
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to kill the nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the appeals court, handing President Bush a stinging defeat in a racially-charged confirmation battle.
In a series of roll calls, the panel also snubbed Bush's request to allow a vote in the full Senate on Pickering, a 64-year-old Mississippian with more than a decade on the bench.
Yup. Absolute proof that the Clinton influence from 1993-2001 has turned an already-nasty party into a party of near total evil. As least during the Reagan and Bush I eras they were merely jerks. Now they're outright scum.
You caould not be more right.. errr.. Correct.
All of the name callingand hand wringing and jeffords bashing (however correct) is totally inapproptriate to this discussion!
CLUE: Violating one's senatorial oath of ofice by subverting the Constitution is ILLEGAL. Senator leahy has usurped the powers of the executive branch of government ind is totally vulnerable to civil or criminal action to correct the abuse of law he has done.
Need proof? Joseph goebbels first principle of political propaganda: Accuse your opponents of the crime you are comitting. Read senator daschle's remarks after this asinine crayon assault on our constitution, he says President Bush, in pressing for a floor vote on Pickering's nomination was "violating 200 years of tradition...".
Am I getting THROUGH TO THE COMMUNITY HERE?????
If we do not demand action to correct a de facto rewriting of the constitution we will have a the leahy legacy forever, where the politization of the judicial confirmation process places the legislative branch in charge of judicial nominations.
Your Constitution has been defaced by the stunted minds of lilliputian congressional leftists for pure political expediency. We must force our government to scrub leahy and daschle's unsightly crayon marks from that sacred text.
CALL WRITE EMAIL Make NOISE, empower President Bush with your voices to restore the powers of the executive branch of our government from the criminal pruning by the lunatic left!
And stop chewing on each others feet for chrissakes
The only thing keeping W and the GOP aloft, like Wile E. Coyote beyond the cliff edge, is the War on Terrorism. When that fades as an issue, we're going to see immigration-driven demographic reality kick in with a vengance. Maybe I'm wrong and Jorge's americanos nuevos will all magically vote GOP, but a safer bet is that President Hillary Clinton gets her 60 Senate votes in 2006.
We lost this battle, but this is a WAR! Let's not forget this battle and look at the War's end! I think the Democrats look horrible even though they won this battle!
Roger, Roger, Roger
God Bless You Sir, and I am sure you're a stalwart fellow and all, but you are wringing your hands like an old woman... with all due respect...
If I may impart a rhetorical slap in the face, SNAP OUT OF IT!!!
We have a job to do, we need to act to get our constitution back, please direct your efforts to voicing the opinion that senator leahy must be hauled into court for redress of his rewriting of our constitution!
The overt politization of the judicial confirmation process violates the separataion of powers, we have a HUGE OPPORTUNITY to force back the tide of lillipution leftist vandaliasm of Truth, Justice and the American Way!
This act is indefensible, lefties are more vulnerable at this moment than EVER BEFORE, they can be HURT AND HURT BADLY if only we act to reverse an extremely reversible MISTAKE on their part.
CALL WRIRE EMAIL make NOISE, reverse the rewriting of our Constitution!
He wasn't rejected by the Senate, which never voted on his nomination, because of the Marxist tactics used on the Judicial Committee.
BRAVO!!!!! OK EVERYBODY LOOKY AT ALISSA HERE, HERE IS ONE WITH THE RIGHT IDEA. All we need to do is make some noise folks, this act by the senate judicial committee was in incremental coup against the Constitution they swore to uphold, their back sides are dangling out, they make the Big Mistake, and we can put their stupid arses on the defense for good if we ACT
I doubt it - some of the biggest assholes I ever seen, post here - though they don't spend a dime to support this sight! I don't know what's worse: a DU or a self-righteous Freeper who spouts venom on Republicans!
David
Kiss your mother with that mouth?
The Bush administration has just pinata-beat conservatives with their Amnesty bill. Sorry if I haven't rushed back to their side in time to rally for a candidate they couldn't be bothered to fight for themselves.
Sen. Paul Wellstone and Norm Coleman (R), even, 50-50
(Wellstone's chances downgraded 1/22/02 from 52.2%)
Stop underestimating the President. Haven't you learned anything?
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