Hatch to Stalled Judicial Nominees: 'Hang In'

Reuters ^ | 09-05-03

[ETERNAL WARMING]

The ineptness of the Republicans in the Senate is unconscionable at the very least. Or is it actually laziness?

Amen! Where's the spine? Where's the angry defense of people like Estrada? Where's the put down for Democrats who would deny access because they think he's too Conservative?

It's outrageous that they twiddle their thumbs and duck everytime a Democrat accuses them of something!

And let's not even get started on Jellyfish Frist!

[PhiKapMom]

Isn't it funny how a post to ALL hits home? Glad to be on your side!

[Cboldt]

Keeping the thread alive >bump<

Noticed that your comments (in #74) have so far not received a direct and cogent rebuttal. Yesterday this was important, today it's not?

I still haven't had any response to my opinion that a supermajority requirement for judicial appointments is bad (that the ability of a minority of Senators to block appointmenst is bad) -- to the contrary, it's been held out as a good thing, in case conservatives are ever in the minority.

At any rate, even though the judicial contention has not been settled, I think all of us can agree that is it reasonable to EXPECT success (i.e., at least approval of nominees) during the current session of the Senate, even though we aren't clear as to the exact mechanism.

I wonder, is that a reasonable expectation?

I'd like to see a vigorous debate as to the application of the unanimous consent rule to judicial nominations. THe hurdle must be made higher, for any Sanator who is objecting to taking the vote.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Judicial appointments are a key part of our form of government, and I DO trust the GOP to make the most of the situation. I also believe GWB fully intends to take advantage of the situation, with the goal of reducing judicial activism for us, and our posterity.

Er, when do you think he might start? We're talking three years here.

[exit82]

Re: Your phone bill going out of sight:

Here's a tollfree number to reach your Senators and
Congressman:

1-800-648-3516

This is the number for the Capitol switchboard. A live operator will answer. Just ask to be connected to Mr or Ms.'s office. Your taxes are already paying for this number.


Also, here's the number for the Republican National Committee:1-202-863-8500. This is a toll call.

When you get the menu options on the automated answering machine, push "1". You will be connected to a person. tell them you want to leave a comment for Chairman Gillespie.



Please remember to be polite when you call to your elected officials' office. You can be forceful, but be civil. I also ask the staffer to relay my concerns to the Senator or Congreesman. They will ask your name and address. I give that out, but I also add that I don't want a letter reply(these are just canned responses anyway and are another waste of our tax money)

Be short and to the point. You can get up on the soapbox, but that won't be as effective as being brief and to the point. You can call as much as you like. You can also call reps from other states, but I am always upfront about who I am and where I am from.

IF you call Frist's office, you must interrupt the staffer before they plug you into an answering machine to leave your comment. Who knows if anyone ever listens to those.

These phone calls are more effective than e-mails. Most e-mails are not even seen due to the extreme volume of them. They are glossed through by staffers, but no one has the time to read them all. When you call, they write down your comment, and give it to your rep. Like letters in the mail, they figure one caller represents about ten other people who have not taken the time to write or call.


Concerning Estrada, I called my Demon Senators(NJ) many times and did so again today, as well as the RNC. I told them they need to take the gloves off as the Demons are playing for keeps, and the GOP is asleep at the switch.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

This could be the first time I DON'T VOTE.


Please, AA. Vote for Mickey Mouse if you have to, but don't give them the satisfaction of thinking you are merely apathetic. Do a protest vote. In NH in one election, I put in a protest vote and voted for the names most unfamiliar to me. It turns out that 14,000 of us did the same thing. It was just my little disgusted decision, but others apparently had decided on the same act. We had the state officials shaking their heads...they couldn't figure out why we did that. At least they noticed.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

This could be the first time I DON'T VOTE.


Please, AA. Vote for Mickey Mouse if you have to, but don't give them the satisfaction of thinking you are merely apathetic. Do a protest vote. In NH in one election, I put in a protest vote and voted for the names most unfamiliar to me. It turns out that 14,000 of us did the same thing. It was just my little disgusted decision, but others apparently had decided on the same act. We had the state officials shaking their heads...they couldn't figure out why we did that. At least they noticed.

[Cboldt]

Read just above -- I think it is reasonable to expect progress during this session of congress (i.e., before the new crop is sworn in).

These guys are the pros. They have said they will deliver.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. And yes, I am deeply disappointed in GOP performance. I wish the Dept. of Edu. was gone, for example. I wish FedGov was becoming less intrusive. I wish there was less wealth transfer. But that's just me complaining, with no solution ;-)

[Cboldt]

I like your story about NH voting. I did the same here.

After concluding that Snowe was a shoo-in, I simply didn't vote for Senator. She won, but the GOP notice the number of "not voting Senate" compared with number of voters. If Pingree had a snowball's chance in hell, I"d have held my nose and pulled for Snowe.

The local GOP does NOT welcome conservative volunteers for the national races. It's uphill pal, uphill.

[Sabertooth]

I can't believe this. On one side, I've got family and friends who insist I've sold my soul because I'm conservative. And on the other, I've got friends who are so damned concerned with "playing nice" that they don't want to get the job done! And when I point out the problems, I get patted on the head and told that I'm throwing a four-year old's tantrum. I can't win. Why do I even bother? Hell, why do any of us bother?

Here's a glimpse of the next few pages of RNC strategery...

Take back the Senate!

I. Get a majority! Confirm conservative judges!

II. Get a filibusterproof supermajority! Confirm conservative judges!

III. Get a RINO-filibuster-proof super-dupermajority! Confirm conservative judges!

IV.Now shut up and send us money.

[ConservativeMan55]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/977054/posts

[Kuksool]

Hatch needs to stop pandering to illegal immigrants, and start fighting for judicial confirmations.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Noticed that your comments (in #74) have so far not received a direct and cogent rebuttal. Yesterday this was important, today it's not?

I know. Shock follows shock, huh...? :)

I've observed that as being a peculiarly omnipresent behavioral "tic" in the overbearing, volume-mistaken-for-content types around here. To wit: whenever provided with a question they cannot answer sans self-incrimination, or an argument they cannot rebut: they scatter like scalded cats. :)

[Timesink]

Please, AA. Vote for Mickey Mouse if you have to, but don't give them the satisfaction of thinking you are merely apathetic. Do a protest vote. In NH in one election, I put in a protest vote and voted for the names most unfamiliar to me. It turns out that 14,000 of us did the same thing. It was just my little disgusted decision, but others apparently had decided on the same act. We had the state officials shaking their heads...they couldn't figure out why we did that. At least they noticed.

I wouldn't recommend this. Lots of people in my city played the "protest vote" game last time around, and as a result we lost a GOP mayor and got a RAT who was 25 years old and had just graduated from college, who was only running for the hell of it. Needless to say, the entire city has completely fallen apart in the couple of years since he took office.

And most days, you can drive down the alley behind city hall, and see him standing out back smoking cigarettes and hanging out with his buddies, as if it were his free period in high school.

All because a few people wanted to register a "protest vote" to "put a little fear" into the GOP mayor (who they mainly didn't like because she was originally from England, and has a someone upper-crusty accent that the simpletons here interpreted as a Marie Antoinette complex). Instead, the only thing they accomplished was taking their already troubled city and flushing it straight down the toilet.

[Timesink]

At the very least, if you're dead set on protest voting, choose someone with ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE OF WINNING. Like the guy from the Natural Law party or something. But if you're faced with a race where your only choices are GOP and RAT, put your anger aside, vote GOP and figure out some other way to get your message across after the election. Little is worth insuring a RAT gets elected.

[montag813]

Hatch to nominees: "Hang in!"

Betrayed Conservatives to Hatch: "Hang yourself you S.O.B.!"

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Here's a glimpse of the next few pages of RNC strategery...

Take back the Senate!

I. Get a majority! Confirm conservative judges!

II. Get a filibusterproof supermajority! Confirm conservative judges!

III. Get a RINO-filibuster-proof super-dupermajority! Confirm conservative judges!

IV.Now shut up and send us money.

Laugh of the day! ROTFLMAO!!!! :)

[Amelia]

I've got friends who are so damned concerned with "playing nice" that they don't want to get the job done!

Hasn't this been the problem with getting things enacted anytime the GOP gets in power?

The Dems or special interest groups start crying that the GOP is being mean-spirited, and the GOP backs down. Every single time.

[samtheman]

From what I have heard/read, ALL 51 Rep have to be there 24/7, while only 1 dim would have to be.

Yes, that's true. But just think how that would play in the press, even in the liberal-leftwing-scumbag press which would be absolutely unable to ignore the spectacle of total Republican unity behind the ideal of the US Constitution.

And just think how evil and disgusting that one lone Dimo-wit would look.

And just think how evil and lazy and corrupt the dimo-wit no-shows would look.

If the Republicans had any guts, you know what they'd say to the filibuster:

Bring it on!

But they lack the will. They lack the guts.

I saw Frisk on this subject and he sounded just about as whimpy as a whimp can get.

"People who ask us why we don't force a real filibuster are naive," said the Senate Majority Whimp. "They don't understand the rules."

And then he goes off in Africa and performs operations on sick people, which is wonderful, but completely not the reason he was elected. He should go back to doctoring and leave leadership to those who have the guts for it.

Democrats are leftwing scum: shame on them.

We are too lazy and cowardice to stand up to them: Shame on us.

[Cboldt]

S. Res. 138 >bump<

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:S.Res.138: <- Link

S.RES.138

Title: A resolution to amend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate relating to the consideration of nominations requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sponsor: Sen Frist, Bill [TN] (introduced 5/9/2003) Cosponsors: 11
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2003 Senate preparation for floor. Status: Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 180.