Yes. I love it that Rush is covering both Leahy's dishonorable behavior and McAuliffe's promise to put thousands of Rat lawyers in polling places on election day.
Posted on 10/08/2002 3:50:44 PM PDT by The Anti-Democrat
Retiring Sen. Thurmond Denounces Dems for Not Considering His Former Staff Aide's Nomination
The Associated Press
W A S H I N G T O N, Oct. 8 — Retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, two months shy of his 100th birthday, denounced Senate Democrats on Tuesday for not using his last appearance before the Judiciary Committee to consider his former staff aide's nomination to a federal appeals court. "I took you at your word," Thurmond told Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who GOP senators said had promised that U.S. District Judge Dennis Shedd, a former Thurmond aide and former Judiciary Committee counsel, would get a vote in the committee. "In 40 years in the Senate, I have never been treated in such a manner." Leahy delayed the Shedd vote, saying it was too contentious to get done quickly. Thurmond's anger over the delay of Shedd's nomination to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., was echoed by Senate Republicans, who fear that Tuesday's voting session was the last of the legislative year. That would mean the rest of President Bush's nominees would be stuck in legislative limbo until a new Congress convenes next year. Besides Shedd, one of those stranded would be Miguel Estrada, Bush's choice for the U.S. Appeals Court in the District of Columbia and a rumored choice for a Supreme Court seat if a vacancy should open. "I hope that the Senate will change hands next year so we can correct some of these terrible injustices," Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., fumed. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., defended the work of the Democratic-led committee. "I defy anyone to come up with a better record," Daschle said. Bush has nominated 126 U.S. Appeals Court and U.S. District Court nominees, and the Senate has confirmed 80: 14 judges to appeals courts and 66 to district courts. The committee also has rejected two nominees, Texas Supreme Court Judge Priscilla Owen and U.S. District Judge Charles Pickering of Mississippi, denying them votes in the full Senate, and has not voted on Estrada and other controversial nominees. The committee sent 17 district court nominees to the Senate for votes Tuesday. Leahy said those nominations would not have moved if they had started debating Shedd's nomination. "We'd have an extended debate on Judge Shedd, not get a vote and not get a vote on anyone else either," Leahy said. Republicans say they consider the refusal to vote on Shedd an insult to Thurmond, the oldest person ever to serve in Congress. Thurmond ends a 48-year career in the Senate in January, and Shedd's nomination is among the last outstanding pieces of business South Carolina's senior senator has left. "It's his last request in the Senate," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said. "I don't believe we should treat Sen. Thurmond this way, and I don't believe we should treat this eminent judge this way." Thurmond, along with Sens. Hatch and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, want to force Leahy to hold one more voting session to consider Shedd's nomination and that of University of Utah professor Michael McConnell to the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The senators insist Leahy promised votes this year on both judges. When asked later whether he would consider having another voting session this year, Leahy said he didn't know. Shedd, supported by both Thurmond and Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, D-S.C., has stirred up controversy in South Carolina with his rulings as a judge. Officials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People say Shedd has shown a pattern of ruling against plaintiffs in civil rights cases. The Dale City, Va.-based Disabled Action Committee also has objected to Shedd's nomination, contending his opinions show a "disregard for laws protecting the disabled" and "a high level of insensitivity on issues of race."
Democrats have no honor nor are bound by their word.
Leahy’s Surprise Attack
Source: National Review Online; Published: October 9, 2002; Author: Byron YorkShedded by Judiciary: Senate Democrats cast off another appointee
Source: Wall St Journal; Published: October 9, 2002Miguel Estrada May be Next Victim Of Judiciary's 'Gang Of Ten'
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: September 09, 2002; Author: Paul M. WeyrichToward Priscilla Owen, Not Even The Pretense Of Fairness
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: August 01, 2002; Author: John NowackiThe Owen Nomination: Liberals Don't Let Truth Stand In Their Way
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: July 18, 2002; Author: John NowackiDemocrats Hold Judicial Nominations for 406 Days and Counting
Source: CNSNEWS.com; Published: June 21, 2002; Author: Christine HallJudge The Senate Judiciary Committee Not By What It Says, But What It Has Done
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: | June 06, 2002; Author: John NowackiThe Left Keeps Trying -- And Failing -- To Smear Brooks Smith
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: May 16, 2002; Author: John NowackiPickering Battle Places Congress on Verge of 'Institutional Crisis'
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: March 07, 2002; Author: Jeff JohnsonMake them pay for 'Borking': David Limbaugh rebukes spineless Republicans to support Pickering
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: March 5, 2002; Author: David LimbaughThe GOP's Post-Pickering Strategy
Source: National Review Online; Published: March 1, 2002; Author: Byron YorkPickering Fight Shows Liberals At Their Worst
Source: Roll Call.com; Publblished: February 21, 2002; Author: Mort KondrackeStill Pestering Pickering
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: February 19, 2002; Author: John NowackiDismantling Democracy through Judicial Activism
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: February 12, 2002; Author:Tom Jipping'A Troubling Pattern': Ideology Over Truth In Judicial Confirmations
Source: Too Good Reports; Published: February 10, 2002; Author: Paul E. ScatesDemocrats Blast Bush Judicial Nominee
Source: CNSNEWS.com; Published: February 08, 2002; Susan JonesThe Next Big Fight: The first major judicial-confirmation battle of the Bush administration.
Source: National Review: Published: Feburary 6, 2002; Author:Byron YorkSYMPOSIUM Q: Should the Senate Take Ideology into Account in Judicial Confirmations
Source: INSIGHT magazine; Published: February 4, 2002;
Authors:
Ralph G. Neas -- YES: The ideology of nominees for the federal judiciary matters more now than ever
Roger Pilon -- NO: Since judges apply law, not make it, the Senate's concern should be with judicial temperamentWhat is the Judiciary Committee Trying to Hide?
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: January 29, 2002; Author: Thomas L. JippingBlasting Conservative Judges: Liberals Launch Their Campaign
Source: cnsnews.com; Published: January 24 2002; Matt PyeattJudicial Confirmation Lies, Deception and Cover-up
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: December 11, 2001; Author: Thomas L. JippingSenator Leahy Does Not Meet His Own Standards
Source:.cnsnews.com; Published: December 07, 2001; Author: By John NowackiSenator Daschle Must Remove 'Leaky Leahy' From Judiciary Committee
Source: Too Good Reports; Published: December 4, 2001; Author: Rev. Louis P. SheldonA Disgraceful Blocking of Nominees
Source: The Wall Street Journal (ltr to ed) Published December 3, 2001Mr. Leahy's Fuzzy Math
Source: Washington Times;Published: December 3, 2001; Author:EditorialSen. Patrick Leahy; Our Constitutional Conscience?
Source: Too Good Reports; Published: December 2, 2001; Author: Paul E. ScatesJudicial confirmations called significantly low
Source: Washington Times; Published: November 30, 2001; Author: Audrey HudsonPatrick Leahy - Words Do Kill
Source: PipeBombNews.com; Published: November 29, 2001; Author: William A. MayerJudicial Profiling
Source: The Wall Street Journal; Published: November 27, 2001Sen. Leahy's judicial hostages
Source: Washington Times; Published: November 21, 2001Judges Delayed is Justice Denied
Source: CNSNews.com ; Published: November 20, 2001; Author: Thomas L. JippingPartisanship is Prevalent with Leahy's Judicial Confirmations
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: November 15, 2001; Author: John NowackiLeahy And Daschle Are Coming Face To Face With Their Own Words
Obedient Democrats
Source: CNSNEWS.com; Published October 26, 2001; Author: Thomas L. JippingWhy is Daschle Blocking Judges needed to Try Terrorists when we Catch them?
Source: Banner of Liberty; Published: October 26, 2001; Author: Mary MostertPat Leahy's Passive Aggressive Game
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: October 25, 2001; Author: John NowackiOperation Obstruct Justice
Source: Washington Times; Published: October 25, 2001; Author: T.L.JippingDaschle wins struggle over judicial nominations
Source: The Washington Times; Published: Oct 24, 2001; Author: Dave BoyerLeahy doctrine ensures judicial gridlock
Source: Washington Times; Published October 22, 2001Senate's judicial powergrab: Tom Jipping tracks Dems' assault on courts
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: June 28, 2001; Author: Tom JippingDems Will Shut Down Judicial Confirmations
Source: CNSNews.com Commentary from the Free Congress Foundation; Published: June 13, 2001;
Author: Thomas L. Jipping
Perhaps brought about by a pattern of the NAALCP having submitted meritless cases.
Yes. I love it that Rush is covering both Leahy's dishonorable behavior and McAuliffe's promise to put thousands of Rat lawyers in polling places on election day.
Main Entry: sar·don·ic
Pronunciation: sär-'dä-nik
Function: adjective
Etymology: French sardonique, from Greek sardonios Date: 1638
: disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking [a sardonic comment] [his sardonic expression]
Perhaps the concept is a little hard for you to grasp, but I stressed that my comment was sardonically black in mood. I do not wish that Leahy had been murdered. However, I used the literary device of dark, mocking humor to make the point that despite being personally touched by terrorism, Leahy insists on remaining viciously partisan in a time of great danger for this nation.
I cannot stomach members of my former party: Democrats lie, obfuscate, twist truth, change candidates, whatever it takes--within or without the law or ethics. They are revolting.
Little wonder I am a
Recovering_Democrat.
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