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The Neville Chamberlain Republican Senators
self | 5/24/05 | exit82

Posted on 05/24/2005 4:52:19 AM PDT by exit82

We have seven Republican Senators who have betrayed their party, their country, and the Constitution.

They have accomplished "peace in our times" by allowing the Democrats to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in regard to the judicial nominees.

They have not only sold us out, but they sold us out for no gain. All they have accomplished is that the filibustering of nominees has merely been kicked down the road, to a time and place of the Democrats' choosing.

The filibuster, they tell us smugly, will only be used in "extraordinary" circumstances. To the Democrats, if a Bush judicial nominee is breathing, that is extraordinary.

From this point on, it is hereby decreed that these seven Republican weiniemeisters are to be hereby referred to as the "Neville Chamberlain Republicans" because, at great cost to the country and their own party, they have capitulated to an enemy bent on destroying them, in order to gain a false peace of no value.

Let history judge them rightly.

You are now free to return to normal Freeping. Thank you for your attention.


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KEYWORDS: 109th; filibuster
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To: randita

Compromising Senators must have the mistaken impression that once Brown and Owen go up to the Circs, the libdems will "love them" and wont oppose their promotions to the Supremes. That strategy worked magnificently with Bork, Thomas, Scalia didnt it?


61 posted on 05/24/2005 10:35:20 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: Air Conditioned Gypsy

we still need to get to 60, or as close to 60 as possible, in 2006. This means: winning in Nebraska etc

Allowing Nebraska Dem Sen Nelson credit for this compromise just guaranteed his re-election in 06; Nelso thus avoided voting on the nuclear option and compromising his "prolife" stance here in Nebraska. NIce Job RINO Sens


62 posted on 05/24/2005 10:39:14 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: RonDog

ELECTION DAY MY A**!!! RECALL THE WEASELS!!!


63 posted on 05/24/2005 10:52:33 AM PDT by oprahstheantichrist (...rethinking the Oprah thing. Watch Soros closely.)
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To: Polyxene

Well grab it and cook it for dinner........hehehehehehee.


64 posted on 05/24/2005 10:52:38 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: stan_sipple

[B]we still need to get to 60, or as close to 60 as possible, in 2006.[/B]

Would that matter? What have the Republicans done with the 55 we gave them this election?

The Republicans need to prove [I]now[/I] that they:
(1) are committed to actually enacting a conservative agenda and not are just talking about it, and
(2) are willing and able to discipline its dissident members to prevent them from subverting that agenda.

Without those, no number of nominally "Republican" Senators will ever be adequate. They'll be telling you in 2007 to give more money so that they can get the 67 Senators they need to accomplish something.

My message to GOP "leadership":
- No more "bait and switch"
- No more talk without action
Show me [I] now [/I] that you are worthy of my support. Not tomorrow. Now.

[I]Confirm every single one[/I] of the nominated judges. No exceptions, no excuses.


65 posted on 05/24/2005 11:10:08 AM PDT by dez
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To: dez
we still need to get to 60, or as close to 60 as possible, in 2006.

Would that matter? What have the Republicans done with the 55 we gave them this election?

The Republicans need to prove now that they: (1) are committed to actually enacting a conservative agenda and not are just talking about it, and (2) are willing and able to discipline its dissident members to prevent them from subverting that agenda.

Without those, no number of nominally "Republican" Senators will ever be adequate. They'll be telling you in 2007 to give more money so that they can get the 67 Senators they need to accomplish something.

My message to GOP "leadership": - No more "bait and switch" - No more talk without action Show me now that you are worthy of my support. Not tomorrow. Now.

Confirm every single one of the nominated judges. No exceptions, no excuses.

66 posted on 05/24/2005 11:15:34 AM PDT by dez
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To: exit82
Democrats... 1 step backwards, 3 steps forward..

Republicans... 2 steps backwards, followed by 1 more step backwards.. for good measure.. so nobody is confused.

**Result- Unilateral withdrawal..

67 posted on 05/24/2005 12:36:49 PM PDT by hosepipe (This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
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To: exit82
From this point on, it is hereby decreed that these seven Republican weiniemeisters are to be hereby referred to as the "Neville Chamberlain Republicans"

Yesterday, we were ready to do battle, but the rug has been pulled out from under us. Now, I have an idea how the Czech soldiers felt the morning after the Munixh Agreement was signed.

68 posted on 05/24/2005 12:47:13 PM PDT by Taft in '52
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To: dez

Well said. You hit the heart of the matter. These are Republicans, not conservatives. They don't have a political philosophy. They don't have a moral framework. They don't give a tinker's damn about anything but reelection. Remind you of, say, a President in the last decade of the last century?


69 posted on 05/24/2005 8:56:33 PM PDT by jammer
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To: Sister_T

So...didn't like the deal huh? :D


70 posted on 05/25/2005 11:37:02 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: cyborg
How'd'ja guess? Image hosted by Photobucket.com
71 posted on 05/27/2005 7:29:42 PM PDT by Sister_T (Starve a RINO!!!)
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To: exit82

How about the Neville Chamberlain RINOs? I resist calling them Republicans. They are appeasers and pseudo-RATs.


72 posted on 05/27/2005 7:47:16 PM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: exit82

More like the Gelding Republicans!


73 posted on 05/27/2005 7:47:59 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: maggiefluffs; Gritty

Pardon my lack of manners--but thank you both for posting those great pictures on this thread. The image of Neville C. was exactly what was in my mind when I started the thread.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend.


74 posted on 05/27/2005 9:25:44 PM PDT by exit82 (You see, I've been to the desert on a horse with no name--then I found FreeRepublic.)
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To: exit82

Following on this theme, if it is true that the democrats can't be reasoned with, just like Nazis, then democracy is dead.


75 posted on 05/27/2005 9:29:24 PM PDT by Pelayo ("If there is hope... it lies in the quixotics." - Me)
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To: Pelayo

The co-operative nature of bi-partisanship has died. The lockstep with which the Democratic party moves and the vile rhetoric spoken by their leaders is appalling.

And certainly evokes the images of 1930s Germany and the rise of fanatical National Socialism there.

I have to say what I never thought I would: looking over the events from 1993 to date, the Democrats do not care for America and are trying to tear it apart.

They need to suffer the fate of the Whigs--political extinction as a major party.


76 posted on 05/27/2005 9:38:15 PM PDT by exit82 (You see, I've been to the desert on a horse with no name--then I found FreeRepublic.)
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To: exit82
They need to suffer the fate of the Whigs--political extinction as a major party.

What's the point? Since this is a recurring theme, and since it usually takes the form of classism or enfranchisement ---> radical partisanship, (as Plato predicted); I say just consign the whole system to the ash heap. After all, since you can't have national socialism, or communist socialism without democratic republicanism, it's logical to assume that the last leads to one or the other of those horrible outcomes. And given the history of democracy, both in Europe and here, it is arguably an inevitable evolution (or devolution). The system doesn't work, it's not organic. The artificial checks and balances are finally braking down it seems.

77 posted on 05/27/2005 10:11:07 PM PDT by Pelayo ("If there is hope... it lies in the quixotics." - Me)
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To: exit82

Lets not overstate it too much. :-)


78 posted on 05/27/2005 10:11:43 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: HitmanNY

What can I say--I majored in hyberbole in college. :)


79 posted on 05/29/2005 6:32:48 AM PDT by exit82 (You see, I've been to the desert on a horse with no name--then I found FreeRepublic.)
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To: Pelayo

A most erudite response. We are not at the point of discarding the system. But,this system we have must be fought for, for it to work. And the Pubbies are not rising to the challenge yet.

The people remain the ultimate check and balance and reserve that right to themselves.

To your tagline, we must be true--Freepers are quixotics at heart.


80 posted on 05/29/2005 6:36:41 AM PDT by exit82 (You see, I've been to the desert on a horse with no name--then I found FreeRepublic.)
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