Sen. Estrada (R., N.Y.)?

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Tuesday, March 4, 2003 | STEVEN MALANGA

[syriacus]

Today on the floor of the Senate, YOUR senator told more lies in an hour than I've told in my entire life.

Boy, do I know he's a liar.

He made me very angry last week, when he stood on the floor of the Senate and pretty much told the world that he hasn't heard from any constituents who care about the Estrada nomination.

That's why I started a campaign of mailing, to every senator, a copy of the pro-Estrada letter (which was also an email) I had sent him early last week.

Letter to EACH Senator. The outside of the envelope says I HAVE asked Schumer to confirm Estrada

On the outside front of the envelopes I've hand-printed "Sen. Schumer has heard from his constituents who support M. Estrada." On the back of the envelopes I've written, "Please vote 'Yes' on Miguel Estrada."

I know the letters won't get to the Senators in time, but at least a lot of mail handlers will know what Schumer is like.

[syriacus]

Democrats 2004
Still Sore
      Still Losers

I like it. It rings true.

Most Democrats still show no sign of giving up their resentment for being bumped out of first place in the hearts of American voters. You'd think some of them would get smart and move-on.

I wonder -- Did a Democratic leader give the order to shoot deserters?

[sneakypete]

I wouldn't vote for Rudy and reward his open ADULTERY against his wife. Disgusting.

That is your decision to make,but I can think of a dozen better reasons to avoid him like the plague than him being unfaithful to a wife he is seperated from,who is also unfaithful to him. The type of thinking you exhibit is the reason Clinton wasn't removed from office. He had the "it was all about sex,nothing but sex!" excuse to hide behind,and all the sex talk gave the media and everybody else cover to not talk about the actual crimes and the treason. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Landru]

"Great! That's just what the country needs,yet one more 'moderate' Republican to vote with the Dims on 99% of the issues. A 'moderate' Republican in NY would be called a "communist" in Moscow." ...etc.

HA!!! Yesssssss!

Your political dowsing rod's right on the money, ol' man.

...again.

[presidio9]

Ahhh, spelling/typing skills. The last refuge of the unimaginative. Tell us: Are you ever going to give us some idea of how you think Pataki is going to become more popular over the next 3 years or are you going to continue to ignore the issue and try (and fail) to score minor points?

[WaveThatFlag]

Oh, well, if you live in NYC then I must throw in the towel. Rudy's the king, George is the dunce, my opinion is asinine.

If you are trying to be condescending, it would help if you made a valid point, bub. I say as each day goes by in this city, people get more sick and tired of Mike Bloomberg, and the Guliani legend grows. He is the man to unseat Clinton. No question about it.

[cyborg]

Actually more reasons why I wouldn't vote for him:

abortion advocate, and a whole host of other reasons. I was just really turned off by his blatant cheating ways.

[WaveThatFlag]

Rudy's already been out of office over a year now. In 2.5 more years you feel he'll still be the more formidable candidate against the Shrew than the multi-term incumbent governor? I tend to disagree.

OK this is where this all started. And since you are now complaining about it to me privately, I want to settle this in public once and for all. Without linking back to previous posts by Presidio, let me point out that, yes, Guliani will remain more popular than Schumer in 2006.

1) He will most likely deliver the keynote address at the RNC in MSG in 2004.

2) He is currently the second largest fund raising draw for the party behind GWB, and will play a huge role in the reelection campaign. Especially in NY.

3) He is a proven best selling author, with a contract for another book on the way. Want a bet that book appears some time between now and 2006?

4) He is a regular and frequent guest on the cable news shows

5) He remains the most recognizable Yankees fan

6) His consulting work in Mexico city will closely followed by the media

7) He is currently much more popular than Pataki

8) He is a much better politician than Pataki

9) Mike Bloomberg's contintued inferiority is making more and more NYers realize we had something special with Rudy.

10) Any issues of infidelity will be ancient history in 2006.

Pataki did win reelection. But he is less popular now. Now, without pointing to earlier articles, please make a similiar case on why Pataki will be more popular in NY than Guliani in 2006.

[only1percent]

At the risk of repeating myself, it seems that there's a lot of underestimating of Schumer. He has never lost an election in his life, in fact, in the ways most people measure accomplishment, he has been batting 1.000 since he was 13 years old -- Harvard, Harvard Law, the Legislature, the House, and the Senate, without a break in his stride, without taking a single bad bet or making a single intemperate move. He is tremendously popular among the swing voters who matter -- regarded as intelligent, honest, devoted, etc. He has essentially NO negatives dogging him, except for the distaste of people like us, conservatives who account for perhaps 20% of the vote in New York, and 0% of the swing vote. The history of Senate politics is full of charasmatic and popular challengers who fell on the shoals of the advantages of incumbent Senators who traded well upon the very factors which benefit Schumer. Giuliani has latent negatives which can absolutely be used against him, but which are not forefront in anyone's mind these days.

[votelife]

Check out this ad The Latino Coalition recently ran in Roll Call! This is a great ad to fax to liberal Dems!

http://www.thelatinocoalition.org/news/pdf/EstradaRollCallAd.pdf

[votelife]

Let's give LULAC a FREEP FOR SUPPORTING ESTRADA!

League of United Latin American Citizens (I've heard this is the LARGEST Hispanic Organization, and they're SUPPORTING Estrada!)
http://www.lulac.org/About/Email.html
Hector Flores,LULAC President, email: HFlores@LULAC.org

[dez]

". . . the intelligent members of the Democrat Party."

A small minority of Democrat voters, to be sure.

[presidio9]

And they lost their leader on Wednesday...

[votelife]

Freepers, rather than waiting to see what happens with Estrada, we need to take the lead. That means presuring Senators, special interest groups, media organizations, etc. This thread is meant to be an ongoing effort to get this man confirmed. For too many years liberals have had their way on the courts. Now, President Bush is in a position to move the courts to the right. The election of '02 showed that the country is with the President. I think it's time to let Daschle, Hillary, and Pelosi know this is Bush country. Are you with me! Let's FREEP these people.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/847037/posts

[votelife]

bump for Estrada. Keep the pressure on the Dems!

[votelife]

bttt

[votelife]

My email to W:

Dear President Bush, With the Surpeme Court session getting ready to close, it may well be time for perhaps the most important domestic decision of your presidency: the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice(s). The main reason why I supported you in 2000 and why I wanted Daschle out of power in 02 (and 04) has to do with the courts. I want America courts to interpret law, not write law. During your presidential campaign you said Thomas and Scalia were your two model justices. Those are excellent models. The High Court needs more like them. Clarence Thomas recently said to students that the tough cases were when what he wanted to do was different from what the law said. And he goes by the law. This should be a model philosophy for our justices. Your father, President Bush lost his reelection campaign for 3 main reasosn, as far as I can see. 1. he broke the no new taxes pledge 2. David Souter 3. Clinton convinced people we were in a Bush recession (which we had already come out of by the time Clinton was getting sworn in)

I urge you to learn from all three of these: 1. on taxes, you're doing great. Awesome job on the tax cut. 2. good job so far on judicial appointments. I want to see more of a fight for Estrada, Owen, and Pickering, but I commend you on your nominations. 3. by staying engaged in the economic debate you'll serve yourself well

I have been thoroughly impressed with your handling of al Queida, Iraq, and terrorism. You have inspired confidence and have shown great leadership.

But I want to remind you that your Supreme Court pick(s) will be with us LONG after you have departed office. I urge you to avoid the tempation to find a "compromise" pick. Go for a Scalia or Thomas. Don't go for an O'Connor or Kennedy. To be specific, get someone who is pro-life. Roe v Wade is one of the worst court decisions I know of, and it's the perfect example of unrestrained judicial power.

I know the temptation will be tremendous on you to nominate a moderate. But remember who your true supporters are. I am not a important leader or politician. I am "simply" a citizen who has been an enthusiatic supporter of you. I am willing to accept compromise in many areas of government but I will watch your Court nomiantions extremely closely. What the Senate Dems are doing right now is disgusting, but as the President you have the bully pulpit to stop it. Democrats will back down if you turn up serious heat on them.

Moreover, I think public opinion is shifting towards the pro-life position. Dems will want you to nominate a moderate, but almost all will vote against you anyways. Pro-choice Repubs will likely still vote for you if you nominate a Scalia, after all, you campaigned on it. So Mr. President, I urge you to stick with your campaign statements and nominate justices who believe in judicial restraint, like Scalia and Thomas.

Happy Memorial Day and may God bless you and your family.

[votelife]

Why Frist and all won't go 24/7 (Vanity)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/958139/posts?page=1

[votelife]

Senator Estrada would be sweet justice!