Thurmond makes last, furious stand

The State ^ | 10-10-02 | Lauren Markoe

[The Anti-Democrat]

"He will definitely make it," said Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., adding it might not happen during this session of Congress, which is rapidly drawing to a close. Hollings, too, was upset about Democrats' handling of Shedd's nomination on Tuesday.

"I'm mad," he said.

At least one Democrat is a man of honor. Incidentally, Washington Times notes that Dems released these letters yesterday, and only 3 were from South Carolina residents: the rest were from liberal special interest groups.

[Captain Shady]

He will definitely make it," said Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., adding it might not happen during this session of Congress, which is rapidly drawing to a close. Hollings, too, was upset about Democrats' handling of Shedd's nomination on Tuesday.
"I'm mad," he said.

I remember Senator Hollings also coming out in favor of Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court back in the 80's.

[gridlock]

Let's hope the voters of South Carolina remember how the 'Rats have disrespected their beloved Strom when they go to the polls in November. To turn that seat over to a 'Rat would be to slap in Strom's face.

[kiwikit]

Leahy: the first to destroy the 'priviledged promise' of
a Senator, the first to reject the largest percentage of
judicial nominees of the President.

[Quix]

LIBERAL special interest groups are the only ones they are interested in representing. The rest of the country's citizens are at best expendable. And if Shrillery gets in again, she'll be happy to construct an above-ground railroad to hell for them, if she can.

Come to think of it, Shrillery in again is pretty close to hell itself, in some respects--masses of people could probably see it from there.

[Thebaddog]

The real monster behind the story is the group called People for the American Way that is run by Ralph Neas and is funded by Norman Lear. Lear got his name from Archie Bunker who's son-in-law was Meathead in All in the Family (I hated that show}.

Lear is affecting our lives by the tyranny of the courts and Meathead is writing speeches for Algork. It doesn't get any worse than that.

[blackdog]

One can measure the goodness in others based on the way they treat small children and the elderly. Well, rats like to kill the very small and take away the ones who survive for the state to raise. Old people are a voting tool, otherwise useless and should be pushed off a cliff in a wheelchair.(That ad say's more about the authors than anyone else) I would say the rats have Strom in a free fall from that cliff.

[syriacus]

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary Committee chairman.
Thurmond says Leahy broke a promise to allow a vote on Shedd.

Repeal the 17th Amendment!!!

The Founding Fathers may have been right, when the wrote a Constitution in which state legislatures elect US Senators.

[Quix]

Right you are. Trouble is, the RATS fail to realize they are going to be falling off their own cliff as well as into the holes they themselves have dug.

[krodriguesdc]

"I rise to express my outrage at yesterday's proceedings in the Judiciary Committee,"

may you rise for an eternity Mr. Thurmond - and may your voice resonate for generations to come...

much respect!

[jshermn]

"I rise to express my outrage at yesterday's proceedings in the Judiciary Committee,"

I rise to express my outrage at the Senate which is upset about one of their own lying but showed no disgust for a President lying before a Grand Jury. What hypocrites!!

[smiley]

I wish Zell Miller would switch over to the Republican party as an expression of support and outrage over his Democrat party's ruthlessness and dishonor.

[nightdriver]

"'Chairman Leahy assured me on numerous occasions that Judge Shedd would be given a vote. I took him at his word,' Thurmond said."

With all due respect, Sen. Thurmond, it would be thought that, after all your time in the congress, that you would know by now that you NEVER can trust a democRAT to be true to his word.

[Theodore R.]

Zell can't switch, for he is campaigning for Max Cleland.

[Malesherbes]

Fritz Hollings is quirky but a reliable vote for Tiny Tom Daschle. When the people of South Carolina returned Hollings to the Senate they assured that Daschle would be running things.

[Prodigal Son]

The Founding Fathers may have been right, when the wrote a Constitution in which state legislatures elect US Senators.

May have been? They were dead on. The 17th has only been around since what, 1913? Our country was the other way longer than the way it is now.

I think it is pretty clear our Founding Fathers were afraid of the idea of democracy and rightly so. They only gave one sixth of the gov't over to democracy. One sixth. They never intended for the President to be democratically elected- the General Election is basically a token gesture, an act of appeasement to the rabble if you will. They never intended for the Senate to be democratically elected. They never intended for the Justices to be at the mercy of democratically elected representatives. All the important roles of the Congress they gave to the non-democratically elected Senate- Treaty ratification, Approving Justices etc. The Senators were also given the longest terms. They knew that the House of Representatives would be basically a monkey house of a forum for the rabble to get up on a soap box and pontificate and this is reflected in the extremely brief terms they were given. If a Rep proved to be a jack-ass he could be dumped in short order while the more responsible section of the Congress (the Senate) would be able to have 6 years to work on their ideas.

If we were to repeal the 17th, you would see much change almost immediately. The focus in politics would rightly return to the States. Who the people elected for their State legislatures would be extremely important and you'd see the various parties do more than pay lip service to the smaller States because the process would work a lot like the Baseball Farm system. You want a Republican controlled Senate 12 years from now- you'd better start now in those states even though the election is 12 yrs away. You'd see most of the ugly politics return to the States as well. Let the local boys sling mud at each other over who they're going to send to the US Senate. Let them do the name calling and hair pulling. Let that ugliness be carried out on a State level rather than a National one. The Senators would be much easier for the States themselves to control as well.

[bankwalker]

Meathead in All in the Family

I heard that he and Gloria lived in the White House for most of the 1990's

[demlosers]

Zig zag Zell may be better off on the other side of the aisle. I like it when he causes turmoil with the Rats.

[CyprianCarthage]

Sen. Thurmond is a man of integrity who transcends partisanship.