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Democrats say "NO" after vote. (the rats!)
Atlanta Journal Constitution | 11-15-02 | Anon

Posted on 11/15/2002 3:01:44 PM PST by tet68

The majority 10 democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee on Thursday engaged in a voting maneuver so extraordinary that some of the senators themselves were unsure what happened.

First, they allowed one of President Bush's conservative judicial nominees to be approved by a voice vote.

Then, one by one, all the Democrats present asked that they be recorded as having voted against the nominee, District Court Judge Dennis Shedd.

In effect the Democrats arranged it so they are now recorded as voting against Shedd after failing to make any effort to block his confirmation. Many Senate veteran staff aides and lobbyists said they could not recall a similar event in Washington.

The committee sent the U.S. Appeals court Nominations of Shedd and University of Utah professor Michael McConnell to the full Senate after having delayed the two men before the midterm elections.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: shedd
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What is up with this? The Repubs had better start playing hard ball or they will find themselves behind the eight ball. (mixing my metaphores carefully.) Sorry for any typos, hand inscribed from the paper.
1 posted on 11/15/2002 3:01:44 PM PST by tet68
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To: tet68
in effect they asked that the 'record' lie for them... nothing new for the dimocRATs... none of those ten have any honor or integrity... they dishonor the Senate...
2 posted on 11/15/2002 3:06:02 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: tet68
Here's the headline on this from a Dem site:

Get THIS! Democrats Let Right-Wing Judge Move Forward, THEN Ask to Be Recorded as Voting NO. What Kind of Cowardly, Despicable, Disgusting Garbage is That? Holy Cripe! Where's The Spine!? 11/15
3 posted on 11/15/2002 3:06:27 PM PST by summer
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To: tet68
I get the distinct impression that these socialist/democrats do not have a favourable opinion of President Bush's judge nominees.
4 posted on 11/15/2002 3:06:37 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: tet68; Howlin; Liz; Mudboy Slim
Last ditch effort to screw things up...
5 posted on 11/15/2002 3:08:53 PM PST by Libloather
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To: SamAdams76
I get the distinct impression that these socialist/democrats do not have a favourable opinion of President Bush's judge nominees.

These are Democrats. Their behavior toward the nominees has nothing to do with their opinion of the nominees. It only has to do with calculations of the best way to gain political advantage.

6 posted on 11/15/2002 3:09:00 PM PST by irv
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To: tet68
They agreed to let the Shedd nomination pass as a final tribute to Strom Thurman, knowing full well that it would pass next year anyhow.

So they passed it by voice vote. However, none of them wanted to be on the record of having approved it, so they did this stupid little exercise.

It means nothing. The voice vote was the official committe vote.

7 posted on 11/15/2002 3:13:54 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: tet68
The Democrats are arranging their own demise, LOL. Everything they do now is petty and transparently obnoxious. They're extremely entertaining for us FREEPERS.
8 posted on 11/15/2002 3:14:12 PM PST by agincourt1415
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To: tet68
That's pretty much the extent of the power the lame duck Senate Majority wields ("hey, look at us! Nyah nyah!") - I love it.
9 posted on 11/15/2002 3:14:23 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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To: tet68
Perhaps Trent Lott as a conciliatory gesture to the Dems will kill the nominee. That would show us all he's back in the saddle.
10 posted on 11/15/2002 3:15:10 PM PST by PianoMan
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To: tet68
The Democrats know that they are in deep trouble. It looks to me based on the last few days that they've decided to adopt the Clinton "triangulation" strategy. They're going to try to be on both sides of the issues, particularly the ones where they are vulnerable because their actual position is unpopular.
11 posted on 11/15/2002 3:17:54 PM PST by jpl
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To: SamAdams76
YOu sir are a master of understatement. Yet I agree with
Irv too. We are seeing the Rats with the shades off and it
ain't a purdy picture.
Ps. Look for more of the same to come.
GW, get ready!
12 posted on 11/15/2002 3:19:58 PM PST by tet68
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To: Dog Gone
"However, none of them wanted to be on the record of having approved it, so they did this stupid little exercise."

Phony bastards!

13 posted on 11/15/2002 3:20:02 PM PST by blam
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To: tet68
I am so thankful that the toilet flushed on these turds! Now they can focus on their total lack of an agenda!
14 posted on 11/15/2002 3:20:16 PM PST by makoman
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To: Texas_Jarhead
They take their own constituency for a bunch of morons (which they are). Only doofus Democrats would fall for this parlimentary slight of hand.
15 posted on 11/15/2002 3:21:45 PM PST by My2Cents
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To: Libloather
Screwing things up is only the half of it. These despicable libs want to have their cake and eat it too. They allowed the nominees out of committee, but they want to be able to tell their dopey liberal constituencies they voted against the Bush nominees.

In the last analysis, the recording of voice votes as no votes is outright fraud. The Pubbies better enforce the rule on this pronto.

16 posted on 11/15/2002 3:21:54 PM PST by Liz
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To: tet68
Senators approve of nominee, yet get on record as having said "no". The Democrat party is fully Clinonized. Dirty opportunists. This should be spead all over the media for the rank-and-file Democrats to see and then dispair.
17 posted on 11/15/2002 3:23:26 PM PST by VRW Conspirator
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To: summer
"Where's The Spine!?"

In the Senate? The Rats in the Senate are long on audacity but real short on spine and brains.

18 posted on 11/15/2002 3:27:57 PM PST by sweetliberty
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To: Liz
I don't really care as long as the candidates get the floor votes they're entitled. and it certainly can't help for the DemoncRAT supporters to see how much disdain they are held in by their own heroes who obviously think they're all total Michael Mooreons to actually buy into this stupid stuff (similar to how they slapped Howard Ford upside last night and planted him back on their liberal plantation).
19 posted on 11/15/2002 3:28:43 PM PST by Steven W.
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To: Dog Gone
So they passed it by voice vote. However, none of them wanted to be on the record of having approved it, so they did this stupid little exercise.

Sorta the democrat equivalent of Specter citing scottish law " Not Proven" voting on the Clinton verdict
20 posted on 11/15/2002 3:29:05 PM PST by uncbob
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