SENATE ESTRADA FILIBUSTER (Live Thread)

[RobFromGa]

Senate Takes Up Estrada again-- 930am EST

Up Now...

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[grumple]

make no mistake about it....the Republicans are filibustering the filibuster....in order to make the Democrats look like obstructionists an racists for even longer on the public stage...

[RobFromGa]

Durbin asking for Confidential Documents again...

[Sacajaweau]

Everyone should fax a copy to Hitlery with AND CERTAIN OTHER SENATORS underlined!!

[Salvation]

Phi Kap Mom posted this earlier on the Wow! thread:

Make the call!1


If you call Senator Frist office, they will transfer you to to the Majority Leader's comment line -- call that comment line and encourage Senator Frist to go 24/7 to make the RATs filibuster.

They are waiting for support for 24/7 and let's give it to them. Ask for the Senator Majority Leader's Comment line when you call the following:

(202) 224-3344

Maybe we should start calling Hispanic groups with our support as well and ask them to keep the pressure on.


250 posted on 02/25/2003 8:52 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)

I called and the lady was very nice; I also asked her to pass the message on to my GOP Senator and she said she would!

[clintonh8r]

Is this the real filibuster, or "filibuster lite"?

[hobbes1]

NO DOCUMENT PRODUCTION.

[mabelkitty]

I called both of my Senators - please don't post the state or the Senators that you call.

EvilDUers will get the names and call themselves to try and stem the tide. Make them frustrated by not giving them any help.

[RobFromGa]

Hatch says no administration with Constituitional understanding would give up those documents...terrible precedent.

[Howlin]

Filibuster ping!

[Howlin]

Thanks for posting that letter!

[Sacajaweau]

Sounds like a personal message to Hillary, our Constitutional expert. (yeh, right!!)

[KE]

Bennett got caught on the floor yesterday all by himself, (He kept looking around for someone on the Rep. side to ask,) and ended agreeing to maybe they could get some more info to the dems either in paper work, or meetings with Estrada again. This is what Durbin is hitting on this morning.

[hobbes1]

Hatch doing it right.

But with Nelsons statement in the papers today, it is all but over.

If the (R)s were smart they would go 24/7 today, so they can force the media spotlight, and have their staffers put out Nelsons quote.

Game Over.

[Sloth]

Frist has letter to President signed by 52 senators backing Estrada, enough to confirm. (Zell Miller?) Letter entered into the record.

Heck, just seat him on the court, then. Let the Dems file a lawsuit and makes themselves look even more like jackasses.

[Mo1]

Oh heck I was going to type something but I got a phone call when I hit reply and now I can remember what I wanted to post .. LOL


OK .. Who brought the Coffee

[hobbes1]

You were about to either
A: Agree with me ...or
B: Tell me how right I am...; )

[votelife]

I called Frist this morning; circuits busy at first, good sign!

Then I said, "go to the mattresses"!

Bill Nelson is not supporting the filibuster, but he has not come out in support of Estrada.

Graham is still Graham.

Freep away!

[RobFromGa]

Well I helped get it rolling, I've got to leave now and won't be back today. Have fun.

[rs79bm]

The Democrats strategy on this is going to backfire bigtime. I guess they don't understand that the American Public voted in more Republican senators than democratic ones this past election cycle, giving Republicans control of the legislative process. If the Democrats were to filibuster everything, they would essentially be denying the right of the American People's majority. Not a good thing to do, short-term or long-term. People don't forget that easily, and if they continue this process they are going to lose even more seats in the next election cycle.

[Sloth]

Oh heck I was going to type something but I got a phone call when I hit reply and now I can remember what I wanted to post .. LOL

lol... no wonder you couldn't remember that 9/11 quote from you in that article -- you can't even remember your posts for a few minutes!