There they go again...
Posted on 01/26/2006 7:00:05 PM PST by johnmecainrino
Filibuster Alito by John Kerry
Do I support a filibuster? The answer is yes.
Yesterday Senator Kennedy and I spoke with our colleagues about it. I don't have a shred of doubt in my opposition to Sam Alto's nomination. I know Senator Kennedy does not either. He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
I spent a lot of time over the last years thinking about the Supreme Court and who America needs on the highest court in the land. So I don't hesitate a minute in saying that Sam Alito is not that person. His entire legal career shows that, if confirmed, he will take America backwards. People can say all they want that "elections have consequences." Trust me, more than anyone I understand that. But that seems like an awfully convoluted rationale for me to stay silent about Judge Alito's nomination.
John Kerry's diary :: :: I voted against Justice Roberts, I feel even more strongly about Judge Alito. Why? Rather than live up to the promise of "equal justice under the law," he's consistently made it harder for the most disadvantaged Americans to have their day in court. He routinely defers to excessive government power regardless of how extreme or egregious the government's actions are. And, to this date, his only statement on record regarding a woman's right to privacy is that she doesn't have one.
I said yesterday that President Bush had the opportunity to nominate someone who would unite the country in a time of extreme division. He chose not to do this, and that is his right. But we have every right, in fact, we have a responsibility, to fight against a radical ideological shift on the Supreme Court. Just think about how this nomination came to be. Under fire from his conservative base for nominating Harriet Miers--a woman whose judicial philosophy they mercilessly attacked--President Bush broke to extreme right-wing demands.
This was a coup.
Miers was removed and Alito was installed to replace the swing vote on the Court. The President gave no thought to what the American people really wanted--or needed. So it's up to us to think about what America really needs - that's part of the true meaning of "advice and consent."
Here's the bottom line though and I'll just be blunt and direct about it. It takes more than one or two people to filibuster. It's not "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." I'm doing what I can, Senator Kennedy is doing what he can, but if, like me, you want to stop Judge Alito from becoming Justice Alito, we can't just preach to our own choir. We need even more of your advocacy.
To think that a lot of posters voted for third parties when this radical leftist commie was the other option is quite scary.
Translation: blah blah blah, I'm bitter that I lost, blah blah blah.
That piece of garbage Kennedy wasn't embarrassed enough by the hearings.
He has blocked three supreme court judges. Two nixon judges and bork.
Kennedy's staffers are boasting about his prowess.
I would be confident except for the fact that this is the same party that blocked miguel estrada.
My guess is the dems are really going to use the filibuster if stevens retires and this is just an appetizer.
I'm confused. If Alito is really a tool of the rich and powerful, shouldn't rich and powerful people like kerry and kennedy want him on the SCOTUS?
How pathetic this man is to announce the filibuster from Switzerland? How can someone reach in this position this level of incredible stupidity?
Another translation: blah, blah, blah, I'll say anything to get my name in the news. blah, blah, blah
Send this two-faced clown a basket of fruit.
Kerry is sorry that Bush lived up to his campaign promise even though he could have offered someone whom Kerry MIGHT have approved. Short of nominating Dr Dean or Hillary, I'd find it difficult to believe Mr Kerry and this is yet another reason I'm GLAD he is STILL licking his wounds in Switzerland and not at Camp David. Between Gore and Kerry in their post-election rants and raves, thank GOD we got GWB!!!
"Kennedy's staffers are boasting about his prowess."
Two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence, ever: "Kennedy" and "prowess."
There they go again...
These two have been playing in the same sand box for a long long time.
She WITHDREW, you dimbulb.
...and Alito was installed to replace the swing vote on the Court.
They sure are exercised about that "swing vote," aren't they? Don't they realize that Alito IS a "swing vote?" He's OURS though, and that's what killing them
The President gave no thought to what the American people really wanted--or needed.
Could he be any further out of the loop?
Right now, we know you're just fundraising from the moonbats.
I spent a lot of time over the last years thinking about the Supreme Court and who...
who I would have nominated if I hadn't lost. Oh yeah, that's right, I lost. Now I'm just another Senator, 1 of 100, and looking for anything I can do to stay relevant even if that means mover even farther left and courting the Dean democrats whom I despised while seeking the nomination... blah blah
Ooops Howlin, you addressed all this to me, I am the wrong addressee :)
A filibuster would merely prove what we've known all along -- John Kerry is an uncourteous ideologue who makes up his mind without bothering to listen to his colleagues.
Sorry!
What I want to know is how he can cast a no vote when he is in Switzerland?
Did he take Mrs. scumbag Heinz with him to Switzerland? I havent see a picture of the two of them together since he lost.
No problem, I know you did not mean it :)
"BRING IT ON!"
Mr. Nuance thinks "elections have consequences" is convoluted?
LOL... Democrat Moonbat unbelievable!
I previously posted that Kennedy's new Anita Hill was John Kerry. I guess I was right.
Exactly.
Maybe he is lost in reverie, remembering the day (five years ago this month) that he met Alexandra Polier, his platonic friend.
I met John Kerry for the first time in January 2001, in Davos, Switzerland.
Caused by the same bunch of lunatic moonbats who support John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, etc. Maybe it has to do with people like them calling the President a liar and trying to impeach him for following the law to protect the country from TERRORISTS! I would rather keep the country divided.
BTW, when did Kerry get so desperate for attention that he had to start posting at Kos?! roflol!
"This was a coup. Miers was removed"
This will make Kerry popular with the DU. Does every action in the political realm qualify as a coup?
Oh, you can bet on that . If Bush gets another appointment and the Republicans still control the Senate, the Dims will use every underhanded trick in their arsental to Deep 6 anyone Bush nominates. The hearings don't matter at all. That last seat could have the potential to push the court to a certain right majority for a long time, and our pathetic excuses for Americans know it.
John Kerry: "Trust me"
No thanks.
"The President gave no thought to what the American people really wanted--or needed. So it's up to us to think about what America really needs..."
It's up to us democrats to tell you peons what is good for you since you are incapable of doing it for yourself. Guess what, more of us voted for him, so we kind of knew what we were going to get, a-hole.
"...we can't just preach to our own choir. We need even more of your advocacy."
We really don't want to talk to you, just send the check.
01/26/06 - A new poll finds that 47 percent of Americans would vote to confirm Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, up from 45 percent two weeks ago when the confirmation hearings were just getting underway. Opposition to the nominee is 32 percent, with one in five unsure (21 percent).
Someone should tell Kerry that Miers was "attacked" because she answered her application like a college freshman. It was bipartisan criticsm by the way.
Of course he did, he has to travel with his mommy and doesn't have enough money to pay for the tickets himself. :)
TY, I didnt know.
A hundred bottles of beer on the wall, a hundred bottles of beer...
he took one down, he drank it all down, ninety-nine bottles of
beer on the wall... come on everyone... join in..."
Kerry's drivvle, er, blog.
Not if you're John Kerry, it doesn't.
Davos is a great forum for idiocy. Remember Eason Jordan?
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/13/rs.01.html
Sam Alto? He's a High Talker? I would have thought he was a Tenor or Baritone!
Seriesly, WTF is up with Senators from the Bay State? Alto, Alioto -- what, have they never met an Italian in their pathetic lives? These two mental midgets are ready to filibuster a guy whose name they can't spell! Might as well elect Terry Bradshaw to represent that state.
For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.
Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/index.php?topic=Documents
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Please help get this bill passed
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BEFORE the '06 elections!
Stolen Valor Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)
HR 3352 IH
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Call or write your media
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Write every Senator and Representative.
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Spread the word far and wide.
This is a no brainer, conservatives control Congress
and the White House
Do I support a filibuster? The answer is yes.
WOW! I'M TRULY SHOCKED THAT A LEFTY WOULD OPPOSE ALITO.
Yesterday Senator Kennedy and I spoke with our colleagues about it. I don't have a shred of doubt in my opposition to Sam Alto's nomination. I know Senator Kennedy does not either. He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
AND BY "COLLEAGUES" I MEAN THE ACLU, ELF, ALF, CINDY SHEEHAN...
I spent a lot of time over the last years thinking about the Supreme Court and who America needs on the highest court in the land. So I don't hesitate a minute in saying that Sam Alito is not that person.
HE'S NOT THE TYPE OF SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST WE NEED ON THE COURT...
His entire legal career shows that, if confirmed, he will take America backwards.
HE'LL THROW OUT THIRTY YEARS OF FAILED, LEFT WING, DINOSAUR LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT HAVE NO BEARING IN THE MODERN DAY.
People can say all they want that "elections have consequences." Trust me, more than anyone I understand that.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REJECTED MY BID FOR PRESIDENT AND NOW IT'S TIME THEY PAY!!!
But that seems like an awfully convoluted rationale for me to stay silent about Judge Alito's nomination.
I'M A LEFTY AND I'M PREPARED TO DIE FOR THE PEACENIK VOTE!
John Kerry's diary :: :: I voted against Justice Roberts, I feel even more strongly about Judge Alito. Why? Rather than live up to the promise of "equal justice under the law," he's consistently made it harder for the most disadvantaged Americans to have their day in court.
ONLY WHEN OUR COURTS FAVOR MINORITIES, WOMEN, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, ENEMIES OF OUR STATE AND WEIRDOS WHO HATE AMERICA WILL WE TRULY BE FREE FROM OBNOXIOUS UPSTANDING CITIZENS.
He routinely defers to excessive government power regardless of how extreme or egregious the government's actions are.
OF COURSE AS SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS WE LOVE GOVERNMENT POWER BE IT WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO SET UP A BUSINESS OR TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF CAR THEY WANT TO OWN SO NOW I'M TALKING OUT BOTH SIDES OF MY MOUTH...
And, to this date, his only statement on record regarding a woman's right to privacy is that she doesn't have one.
AND BY "RIGHT TO PRIVACY" I MEAN ABORTION.
I said yesterday that President Bush had the opportunity to nominate someone who would unite the country in a time of extreme division.
AND BY "UNITE THE COUNTRY" I MEAN "ROLL OVER AND GIVE US LEFTIES EVERYTHING WE WANT."
He chose not to do this, and that is his right.
OF COURSE, WE COULD HAVE COMPROMISED TOO...
But we have every right, in fact, we have a responsibility, to fight against a radical ideological shift on the Supreme Court.
FROM WISHY WASHY AND UNPREDICTABLE TO FOLLOWING IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY = RADICAL SHIFT, HOW OFFENSIVE IS THAT?
Just think about how this nomination came to be. Under fire from his conservative base for nominating Harriet Miers--a woman whose judicial philosophy they mercilessly attacked--President Bush broke to extreme right-wing demands.
AND UNDER FIRE FROM LEFTIES FOR "CRONISM" DON'T FORGET. YEAH, BETTER IF HE HAD BUCKLED TO THE EXTREME LEFT.
This was a coup.
I'M REALLY PISSED OFF THAT I'M NOT IN POWER.
Miers was removed and Alito was installed to replace the swing vote on the Court. The President gave no thought to what the American people really wanted--or needed. So it's up to us to think about what America really needs - that's part of the true meaning of "advice and consent."
WHAT AMERICA WANTS: ABORTION OUTLAWED, VICTORY IN THE WAR ON TERROR, LOWER TAXES AND OTHER THINGS THAT LEFTISTS LIKE MYSELF ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO DEFEATING..
Here's the bottom line though and I'll just be blunt and direct about it. It takes more than one or two people to filibuster. It's not "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." I'm doing what I can, Senator Kennedy is doing what he can, but if, like me, you want to stop Judge Alito from becoming Justice Alito, we can't just preach to our own choir. We need even more of your advocacy.
ADVOCACY FROM DAILYKOS IS PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. ONLY LIBERALS IN DENIAL BELIEVE OTHERWISE - BUT KEEP TALKING TO THEM KERRY.
You're Welcome. I didn't know, either, until I saw that post by maggief today.
Greetings,
FYI - as for the liberal Daily "Kos" mentioned as the Blog that posted Kerry's filibuster comment, in Persian the word "kos" is a word for female genitalia starting with a derogatory "c" in English.
There can be no successful filibuster since seven Democrats have pledged not to support a filibuster except under "extraordinary circustances". That criteria has not been met by any measure. Kerry is well aware that there will be no successful filibuster. The Democrats' near unanimous rejection of the Alito nomination is not about Alito - - it is about the NEXT Bush nomination. The Democrats are simply sending a message that the next nomination MUST be a moderate (liberal). Everything they're saying about Alito is just a bunch of phony bluster - - totally meaningless in and of itself.
And this "call for a filibuster" by Kerry is all about the Democrat primary and the support of MoveOn.org and the rest of that goofy, bitter, far-left ilk (the Democrat "base"). It was meant as a shot across the bow of the Evil Ship Hillary!. The Democrat primary will be a bloodbath. David Schippers once said that Bill Clinton ran the White House "like a Mafia don", and I believe he was being only slightly rhetorical. In my opinion John Kerry better watch his back - - the Clintons will stop at nothing. Nothing.
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