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I'm tired of the democratic hypocrisy and the republican's impotent response. Frist should force the dems to use a REAL filibuster if they are going to filibuster these nominees. And, Bush should fill EVERY vacancy with recess appointments of these same nominees that will remain in effect until the nominees are given an up-or-down confirmation vote in the Senate.

Have you heard when Pickering may be brought up? That will give us three being denied an up/down vote, imo. We may get one or two more before this is over with.

I pray to God that this tactic by the Demcrats will be the death of them. I used to hope that the Democrats would reform themselves and develop new leadership -- leadership with some intergity. Now I hope the Democrat Party goes the way of the Whigs.

I hope the good people of this nation make the Rats pay dearly in 04 and beyond.

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Could Frist not call up the vote on Estrada and Owen tomorrow and force the Democrats to defend the filibuster over the weekend, at the same time that Graham, Kerry, & Lieberman are supposed to be debating in SC?

Frist needs to start playing hardball.

THEY MUST PAY

Frist is a spineless weenie. If he had any guts, he'd demand an actual filibuster each and every time the Dems 'filibuster'.

Didn’t Hillary Clinton (WMMO) just get through saying, in her shrill speech, that Republicans were afraid of debate? Hypocrisy # 1,345,687

BTTT - the post and entire thread.
useful ammo, it seems.

This is criminal activity, pure and simple.

If the Bush administration fails to confront a public conspiracy to destroy fundamental Constitutional law from a law enforcement perspective, posterity will be ill served in this instance by a President we trust and respect.

When the High and Mighty can publicly do violence to the integrity of the US Constitution, blatantly abrogating their sworn oaths to protect and defend that most fundamental of our laws, without any response from the Justice Department, no Constitutionally protected right is worth the paper it is written on.

President Bush, you are the highest law enforcement official in this great nation, UPHOLD THE LAW! Have a federal grand jury empaneled to hear charges of criminal conspiracy to violate Constitutional law in the judicial confirmation process on the parts of senators kennedy, schumer, leahy, and feinstein.

UPHOLD THE LAW!

The Estrada Nomination must be fought for, especially with Republicans gaining the majority. I'll be handing out fliers at the Cinco de Mayo event in Little Rock. May 9 will be the third year of Estrada's nomination. Put me on whatever Estrada/Owen pinglist you have.

I called Sen Graham D-FL today and his staffer, after I asked about Roberts, a white conservative approved unanimously (for the DC Court which Estrada is nominated for) said "I assure you Sen Graham is not racist."

He was calm when he said it but hopefully these calls are getting to him.