Live Thread: Estrada Confirmation Filibuster

http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | February 12, 2003

[Howlin]

As requested, a thread to follow the filibuster.

[Miss Marple]

Saxby and Warner getting their digs in with questions. Rats objecting, but the chair is the Alaska senator, and they are overruled! HA!

[PhiKapMom]

Republicans have taken the floor with Hatch in charge and he is not yielding to the RATs. Reid almost had a hissy fit but Stevens wouldn't yield to him.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Senator Smith was a breath of fresh air after listening to Byrd.

And it was surely needed. I would have hated to have gotten a whiff of the air in the Senate Chambers after the putrifaction that was loosed from the mouth of the distinguished Klansman from West Virginia.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Hi everyone! In the previous hour:

 

Sen. Arlen Specter:

 

"They want, as the minority party in the Senate, full partnership with the President of the United States." Re. appointing judges.

 

"If the American people want judges confirmed, they're going to have to elect 60 (members) of the President's party."

 

"We are really heading for extraordinary deadly deadlock in this body."

 

"It's a Constitutional revolution (going on here)."

 

"It would be my hope that cooler heads will prevail."

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Correction of MY earlier post: Sen. Durbin (not DORGAN) and Sen. Kennedy  were the only two Dem. Senators to ask follow-up questions.

 

Sen. Orrin Hatch:

 

"I think that this is an abuse of the process."

 

"It is abuse by the minority."

 

"We have confirmed 26 Clinton judges who did not have (judicial) experience. It's the phoniest argument I've heard yet!"

 

"This is a man with every qualification and they haven't laid a glove on him."

 

"Of the 108 men and women who have served on the Supreme Court, 43 had no prior judicial experience at all."

 

Sen. Brownback:

 

"It's my understanding that Mr. Estrada worked for the Clinton administration, for the Janet Reno justice department". (Sen. Hatch) It's highly unlikely that he would receive the support of Seth Waxman if he were a right wing idealogue. Sen. Brownback: "I find it so odd that that would be a charge brought against him when he worked for the Janet Reno Justice Dept."

 

Sens. Santorum, Nickles, Gregg, Chambliss, Allard, Smith, Warner, Bond chip in with questions to re-state Miguel's impressive personal, educational and legal record, debunk the lies that "Miguel" has a hot temper. Sen. Hatch says, yes, they can ask  - "without giving up his right to the floor" - and skillfully answers each and every one. (^:

 

Re. the Dems. claims that other requests for private memos had been granted: "If they had records they must have been leaked. They were not granted."

 

"They're (any private memos) not his to release even if he wanted to."

 

"They just don't like the fact that he is a conservative Republican hispanic."

 

"If our friends on the other side would prevail...that means no privileges would be respected in the Executive Branch of government."

 

 

Senator Hatch and the Republicans in the Senate are doing a fine job tonight! They are a team with a purpose.

[Aaron0617]

ORRIN still FIGHTIN!!!

Are they going all night?

[Semper911]

Arrrrg! FR was down forever! (Well, only about an hour, but that is forever in FRWorld.)

[Howlin]

LOL!

Hey, I like what the GOP is doing now!

[jackbill]

Free Miguel!

That's a great one.

Pass it on.

[chnsmok]

Hello? Are we back?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Senator Smith was a breath of fresh air after listening to Byrd.

And I'm sure it was badly needed. I would have hated to have taken a whiff of the air in the Senate Chambers after the putrifaction loosed from the mouth of the distinguished Klansman from West Virginia

[Darlin']

"You know what this is, Darlin'? This is GEORGE W. BUSH VS. HILLARY CLINTON.
We CANNOT lose this battle. "

We aren't going to lose this one. The President is a gentleman but he has planted his feet. Don't forget, he didn't mind reminding her that he wasn't about to shoot a $20M missle through a $10 tent just to hit a camel in the rear end and he won't hold back this time if need be. He doesn't fear her.

[Mo1]

DANG Posts still aren't showing

HATCH IS HOT!!!!

[Quicksilver]

Sen. Hatch is really fired-up!

[Darlin']

FOFLOL. Ain't it the truth ? A slogan so accurate that even the dimwitted dems will get it.

[votelife]

I emailed them both yesterday, and got responses. Graham starts of talking about the NASA incident...Eventually, he says he is recooperating (meaning he wants to dodge Estrada)...I emailed him again saying a gun running for Pres needs to take a position.

Nelson wrote me back blathering on, basically, he wants more info or some nonesense. Again, I told him to take a position...

So, I emailed them both again tonight. I think we really need to keep the pressure on Graham and Nelson, being from Florida, big Latino population here!

[Carolinamom]

My connection to FR conked out. I've been trying to log back on, finally got here, but NOW I can't get beyond post #1258, no matter how many times I refresh. If anyone has a solution or explanation for how I can correct this, will you please freepmail me?

[hoosiermama]

Just got home! BUMP

[Miss Marple]

Attempting to post to see if it shows up. Trouble with the system.

[Lancey Howard]

It's Carl Levin.

Oh no!
Not that little cop from Barney Miller again!

[swheats]

How long will the Republicans be able to keep the floor. Hopefully they are all there to keep asking questions.