Posted on 05/25/2002 1:27:37 PM PDT by pulaskibush
My mistake.
I didn't know this.This brought about my first smile of the day.I would be happy w/ anyone except Trent 'I'm going to stay here my whole life cause I can't do anything else' Lott.Thanks for mentioning this,you've made my day.I also need to find out who Dasschles Republican opponent is,which won't be hard.Supporting that human is a fine way to spend my money.
Daschle won't be running in the 2002 election. Instead, his Democrat lackey, incumbent Sen. Tim Johnson, will be on the ballot in South Dakota. He'll be challenged by the state's sole Congressman, John Thune. I'm sure Thune -- and the people of South Dakota -- would appreciate your help.
Daschle's term will be up in 2004. We can thrash his sorry butt then.
Ah yes,it IS 2004.My mistake.I've never done this before,but I will absolutely contribute to the opponents fund in 2004 to get Dasschle out of office.W/out a doubt.I think it is actually my duty as a human to do this.Seeing his Smug face on TV is irritating beyond belief to me.I regularly change the channel and I shouldn't have to do that.
They supported Trent Lott, didn't they? Or are you arguing Trent Lott's voting record isn't conservative (96% in 2001, 100% in 2000, 93% lifetime average). What major votes in the Senate have we been concerned Trent Lott wasn't going to vote the right way?
Free Congress Commentary
This commentary does not necessarily represent the views of the Free Congress Foundation
By Thomas L. Jipping
September 13, 2000
There's No Need for More Senate-Approved Judges
From the "Legal Notebook" Television Program
The Senate is back in session for the final stretch before Election Day and we are now entering the political twilight zone. Republicans are said to run the Senate only because a majority of Senators have an "R" by their name on the roster. That's leadership in form, perhaps, but certainly not in substance. No, the Democrats are really the driving force in the Senate and their principle management tool is political extortion.
Unfortunately, the GOP has caved into this tactic so often that the Dems know it works. Two years ago, as Election Day also loomed and the Republican majority was also desperate to get out of Washington to campaign and hopefully retain their majority. The Democrats threatened to block passage of appropriations bills and President Clinton threatened to veto those that did pass. That would shut down the government, the event which Republicans fear most. So Republicans started doing what they do best, dealing. On October 21, 1998, the last day of the Senate session and just a couple of weeks before election day, Majority Leader Trent Lott confirmed 17 judges so Mr. Clinton would sign the last spending bill.
Now I know what you are thinking. That's just partisan politics, the same thing that Republicans did when the tables were turned. I wish that were true, but it isn't. In 1992, Democrats ran the Senate and a Republican president was in the White House. When the Senate adjourned that year, there were 107 judicial vacancies compared to just 61 today. In fact, the Democratic Senate refused to even consider nearly 60 nominees, leaving them in limbo until they expired when the Senate adjourned. When they run the Senate, Democrats confirm 38% more of their own party's nominees than they do Republican nominees. When the GOP runs the Senate, they confirm just 19% more. Unfortunately, the Democrats' present strategy is not simply an eye-for-an-eye.
Democrats ran the Senate for six years under a president of the other party, and then handed Bill Clinton more than 100 vacancies to fill. Republicans have run the Senate for six years under a president of the other party, and if George W. Bush would win an election held today, he would be able to appoint only half as many judges. Even facing a supposedly opposition Senate for six years, Mr. Clinton has appointed judges at a faster rate than Mr. Reagan did, though he had a Senate of his own party for six years. Mr. Clinton's record is 369-1. More full-time judges today were appointed by Mr. Clinton than were appointed by Presidents Reagan and Bush combined.
There's no reason for the Senate to confirm a single additional judge. And there's every reason not to confirm any more, especially with most of the nominees currently in the pipeline being radical political activists. The judiciary has become so powerful, and so much of the judicial branch is now occupied by political judges who believe they can make the law, that America is truly at a crossroads. Republicans should turn their majority status into leadership for a change and just say no to more confirmations. Let the people decide by their votes in November.
Tom Jipping is director of the Free Congress Foundation's Center for Law and Democracy.
You seem to also be changing the argument from your original context. His leadership skills weren't at issue, but his ideology. Make up your mind. Your arguments continue to make absolutely no sense.
You seem to also be changing the argument from your original context. His leadership skills weren't at issue, but his ideology. Make up your mind. Your arguments continue to make absolutely no sense.
Look I'm a litttle bit older than you and remember some events you that happened when you were still in junior high. When Dole resigned in the 1996 election Lott was chosen but the GOP was on a down turn which was hastened by Trent Lott's being majority leader. And BTW you passed right over Jippins article. No comment on that or is he a spinner as well? Free Congress and it's writters are considered reputable sources by most persons in this forum.
Ever hear of a C-Band Satellite network that was called National Empowerment Television? Or N.E.T. How about Americas Voice which was on C-band and Dishnet recievers? Paul Weyrich a man who is indeed a conservative and has indeed been in on plenty of political decessions was sounding warnings about Lotta and the GOP sellout early on. Weyrich is not one for spin nor his people. Trent Lott can sing a conservative tune to the sheeple and have no problem whatsoever doing so while making deals to sell us out. This man can't lead a two car parade much less the GOP senate.
I listen to proven and tried persons. Paul Weyrich, Janet Parshall, Alan Keyes, Tom Jippin, Bill Lind, Lisa Dean, and many others who are far more knowing of political situations and abuses. I bet you even dislike Larry Klayman if you have a clue as to who he is and the good work he done in the name of justice. But you see Larry is non Partisan and a whole mess of Freepers Boo Hooed when he looked into the GOP. I say thank you Larry. Just for your education Klayman was on to the Clintons right after File Gate. He did civil depositions on Clinton, his staff, and others on critical abuses the Clintons. You couldn't even get most Republican Senators to even have a look see. I expect as much from a Dem and they have my displeasure I demand much better from the GOP and I won't be a quiet sheeple so the party looks good. The GOP is as guilty as the Dems over Clinton.
Bob Barr is another favorite whipping Boy of the "Let's move on crowd". Barr busted his tail as well doing investigations that were fruitfull. If you wish to be conservative you best learn who is and who isn't conservatives. Who says they are and does otherwise. Can you name me the Founder and chairman of the Conservative Caucus a political action org. Have you even bothered to see what the man stands for? Most in here won't because he's not a Republican. Yet wise leaders like Reagan knew he is a key player in the conservative movement and listened to him, Dobson and others.
Most Conservatives who are truly dedicated to conservative issues respect the man for his work and commitment to better this nation. Learn who the real conservatives and conservative voices are and stop listening to the party line cheerleaders who will try and sell you the Brooklyn Bridge as being a tunnel.
You think we are doing well now? Think again. The same situation that let Bill Clinton take this nation to hell in a handcart still exist. It wasn't the POTUS that was the actual Constitutional Problem it was the Leglislative Branch who refused to do their sworn duty for this nation. The same tyrants are still in the senate and considered saints of the GOP except of course for Jeffords. The party loving cheerleaders are to busy worring about their hollow party victories to stop and think about just what wrongs occured in this nations government and more important why did it happen, who allowed it to go unpunished, and how can it be stopped in the future. Even Looney Traficant warned the GOP to go after Clinton on the felonies like China Gate. The fools chose an affair instead. Boy that was a smart move. We lost a speaker and two potentials on count of it. It was then and it still is now a constitutional crisis.
Justice was sold out by all three Branches of Government and Checks and Balances failed to work. The tyrant went unpunished and remained in power.
The only solution now is to remove from office those who were the leaders and those who sat by and for the good of the party ignored Clintons crimes against this nation and let him walk. Yes that also includes the man who said "Let's move on" and his Attorney General. Tell me what will the next Bill Clinton be allowed to do to this nation now that we have established it's fine for a POTUS to sell out America? We lost a lot in 8 years and we are only fooling ourselves to think the matter is resolved.
I stated that Trent Lott's voting record is of conservative ideology. I never argued he was a great leader for the party in the Senate. In fact, I believe the opposite. The article you cited is not relevant to the original context of the discussion and there is therefore no reason to comment on it.
If you'd like to continue this discussion in its original context, go for it. Otherwise, I'm not going to waste anymore of my time.
I remember the events that went on when I was in junior high as well, that's how I remember Lott wasn't majority leader in 1995. Are you now arguing that memory doesn't function until you reach a certain age?
It's the fact the GOP is doing nothing to stop Daschle then crying foul that is their problem. They are still rolling over and playing dead and scared to death that they may have to stick their heads out of their protective shells and do something. I dislike Daschle and his politics but blaming him for the GOP's current woes is a little much.
Show me where I didn't correct that statement. You didn't read the post and you're wasting my time with stupid childish games. BYE!
When Dole resigned in the 1996 election Lott was chosen but the GOP was on a down turn which was hastened by Trent Lott's being majority leader. And BTW you passed right over Jippins article. No comment on that or is he a spinner as well? Free Congress and it's writters are considered reputable sources by most persons in this forum.
There you go again. I've got you, and now you are hoping people didn't read the statement you made that I am responding to in that last post, hoping they will think I am still beating a dead horse over the date Lott became majority leader, rather than it being a response to your ridiculous suggestion that I'm not capable of knowing what was going on back then because I was in high school. And you call me childish?
By the way, I have agreed with you that Lott is a poor leader. And yet you continue to respond to my posts as if I am arguing against that point. The point of discussion was Lott's ideology and a request for you to justify your assertion that Lott's voting record/ideology is not conservative, which you have to even attempt to defend, and instead keep referring me back to an article about his leadership ability, not his ideology.
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt yet again and assume that you are just simply confused about the topic of the discussion and not dishonest (as it is increasingly appearing to be). I hope that repeating myself yet again and making the topic of discussion clear will finally wake you up.
Don Nickels (R-OK), the #2 man in the GOP Senate leadership, has already announced his candidacy to replace Lott.
My guess is the next Majority Leader of the Senate will be either Nickels or Rick Santorum (PA).
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