Posted on 03/15/2002 10:47:57 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia warned fellow Democrats on Friday they may pay a political price in the South for preventing a Mississippi judge from getting a seat on a federal appeals court.
"The political repercussions are too obvious to ignore," Miller said a day after the Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee (news - web sites) rejected President Bush (news - web sites)'s bid to elevate U.S. District Judge James Pickering of Mississippi to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites).
On three party-line votes of 10-9, the panel refused to send Pickering to the full Senate for consideration, contending he cannot be trusted on civil rights. It brushed aside Bush's contention he has had a good record on this front.
Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi called the committee action "a slap" at his home state. And Miller, who has frequently broken ranks with Democrats on Capitol Hill, suggested on Friday the sting may be felt across the South.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, brushed off Miller's warning, saying, "I don't look at judicial nominations through a political prism."
Leahy said his job is to help determine if nominees are "qualified or not." In opposing Pickering, Leahy said during 12 years on the federal bench, the judge often put his own beliefs above the law.
Miller said he was "very disappointment" by the defeat of Pickering, calling him a "good and brave man," and warned of possible repercussions.
"This action may very well elect a Republican governor in Mississippi and it will certainly make it even more difficult for Democratic candidates to be successful in the South," Miller said in a statement.
Democratic Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove's term does not end until 2004. Members of Congress across the South are up for reelection this November.
We MUST not give up on this.... Keep the pressure on YOUR Senators to bring this vote to the FLOOR for a vote by the FULL senate !!!
DO NOT allow Sen. Leheay and his fellow LIBERALS on the Judiciary Committee to prevent this vote from going to the floor!!!
Advise and consent means 100 Senators not 10 !!!
Only after the Senate has had sufficient opportunity to bring the nominee to a vote by the entire Senate.
When they stop fielding candidates like Pat Swindel and Guy Milner, we will.
Of course Leahy NEVER does that, OOOOHHHHHH NNOOOOOOOO!! It's just that leaky Leahy's beliefs are different from Pickering's. Hypocritic goon!
Right. He doesn't look at them through a political prism, he looks at them through a political peep-hole -- and he shoots them down with a political laser.
This is Clinton's Legacy -- even awkward, hopelessly un-slick putzes like Leahy feel "empowered" to play the "what 'is' is" game.
Yo, Patso -- some folks should stick to the truth. You're no Clinton. You can lie, but not with aplomb. Frankly, you lie like a cheap rug. You make a good liar like Jack Webb would have made a good Disco King. If you had a dick, you'd be screaming in pain from having just stepped on it with both feet.
The 'rats will sometimes be reasonable and cooperative -- until they get the upper hand. Then all bets are off, and only a fool would trust them further than he could spit a mouth full of sand on a dry day.
The tragedy is that the Republicans continue to let the patronage machine run the sorry-assed losers to the top, so that they can bring the Marquis of Queensbury rules to a streetfight, and "lose like gentlemen".
Oops, nope; it's Terry "Brundlefly" McAuliffe!
"If you want third-party votes, earn them."
Hahahahah, funny guy!
If you want third-party legislators -- whose votes can be "earned" -- then you should elect them!
Let me guess? You're a Libertarian, right? Only a Libertarian could be that obuse, and completely miss the point, and then start a vicious volley of return fire, shooting every blank in his arsenal.
Dang, that was probably too subtle for you. Sorry.
Here, let's try the "for the literal-minded" version: how the flamin' f' is he supposed to "earn" the votes of nonexistent third-party legislators?
And L's wonder why they're told they've marginalized themselves into irrelevance...
Tut-tut, my good man, that would not be very sporting of us, now would it. Such things are simply not done in the Country Club. Remember, we are the Grand Old Party. There are more important things than winning. We prefer to retain our honor, even if it means losing. For if we lose, we shall lose like gentlemen.
Now brush up on your manners, young man. And don't forget to send more money!
We MUST not give up on this.... Keep the pressure on YOUR Senators to bring this vote to the FLOOR for a vote by the FULL senate !!!
DO NOT allow Sen. Leheay and his fellow LIBERALS on the Judiciary Committee to prevent this vote from going to the floor!!!
Advise and consent means 100 Senators not 10 !!!
Sign PETITION to SUPPORT Judge Pickering...
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Let them know that Judge Pickering deserves a vote of the FULL Senate UP or DOWN by ALL 100 Senators...!
Then PRINT the entire Petition and FAX it to YOUR 2 Senators !!
I'm supposed to vote for Republicans, because then Republicans would have the Senate (again), and then Pickering would have been confirmed.
Pickering would have had a much better go at it had the Lottians in the Senate not been so incompetent (e.g. "Dur, ya think we shoulda had one a them thar war rooms and done sum investigatin' and maybe start speakin' up a little bit before the night before the hearin'?") I suppose that the Republican-controlled House and Republican President Bush should get kudos for all the big government crap they've advanced in the last year? Nope. The GOP is abandoning, en masse, our Constitution and the few of us who actually thinks it means exactly what it says. I'm not going to vote for cowards who are selling out conservatives.
A 'Perfectly Pithy' BUMP for that
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