All right, Arlen, then...explain the quote.
Posted on 11/04/2004 12:51:30 PM PST by The G Man
Washington, D.C.- Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) made the following comments today on the judicial confirmation process.
"Contrary to press accounts, I did not warn the President about anything and was very respectful of his Constitutional authority on the appointment of federal judges.
"As the record shows, I have supported every one of President Bush’s nominees in the Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor. I have never and would never apply any litmus test on the abortion issue and, as the record shows, I have voted to confirm Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justice O’Connor, and Justice Kennedy and led the fight to confirm Justice Thomas.
"I have already sponsored a protocol calling for a Judiciary Committee hearing within thirty days of a nomination, a vote out of Committee thirty days later, and floor action thirty days after that. I am committed to such prompt action by the Committee on all of President Bush’s nominees.
"In light of the repeated filibusters by the Democrats in the last Senate session, I am concerned about a potential repetition of such filibusters. I expect to work well with President Bush in the judicial confirmation process in the years ahead."
I think "W" smacked him around a bit.
The MSM yanking the nation once again.
Arlen's feeling the heat! Keep it up Freepers!
He still needs to go..
I don't buy it for a second, any more than I buy Kerry for a Stronger America.
Perhaps he got the message he'd better play ball or have the bat delivered like a suppository...
If the President trusts him, that's good enough for me.
Sounds like he wants to keep his position.
I just hope someone has a picture of Arlen spanking himself.
Feeling the heat, is he?
All right, Arlen, then...explain the quote.
However, I still would like to make sure the dude doesn't chair Judiciary.
He's feeling the "Daschle effect".
He needs to be off Judiciary.
Give the guy a chance. I have every confidence he will see the Bush nominees through the process. And his vaunted standard as a media-beloved "moderate" will only help us in that regard.
I don't trust him.
It's got a beautiful ring to it!
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