LIVE Senate Thread: C-Span 2; 4:30pm EST....Feingold's motion to censure President Bush

Here's a link to an excellent article in today's NY SUN, providing much background and analysis of the implications of this move. I encourage you all to read it..

Bill Frist, who followed Feingold on the show, was beside himself at Feingold's comments. However, I hope that overnight, Karl Rove reached Frist and they allow the resolution to be brought up. It will cause hell for the Dems...put many of them on the spot...similar to what the House did with Murtha's resolution to pull the troops out now.

Feingold HAS to go foward with this..he made a very public announcement of his intent on the airwaves. Freom his perspective, as the darling of the lunatic fringe, it's a good move..almost a free shot, if you will, though I expect that most Dems aren't happy with this..However, perhaps he figured the GOP would block it...not quite sure of the procedure involved..I'll ask our resident Freeper Senate parliamentarian, cboldt, to elaborate and revise and extend ..

The left/lib wacko fringe of the Dems..the activists..those who vote in primaries..will love it...along with Howard Dean...and will force Dem senators..most of who are running for President...to cosponsor this..or else..it will cause grief for Hillary especially. And I really want to hear Byrd advocating this as he runs for re-election in WV..And or course, there's our old friend, filabustering John Kerry..he'll jump all over this.(BTW..anyone see him on C-span this weekend..talking to dems in NH?..He looks, old tired, boring)...This could be another "Wellstone Memorial" type moment for the Dems..and cost them several Senate seats.

Not sure of the timing Feingold intends today. If there is first the usual period of morning business...then I expect Frist will have to address it, BEFORE Feingold pops up..

So, if you're around today, check out the Senate, and if anything exciting happens, bump the thread..

Has anyone noticed that the Dems so-call attempt to nationalize the 2006 election is degenerating into an attempt to convince the American voters that George Bish is a greater threat to them than Al Queda?..Yup, thnpat will really pass muster. IMHO, in the most significant, and LEAST commented upon statistic last week, in the vote to reauthorize the Patriot Act, in the House 66 Dems Voted for it, and 124 voted AGAINST

Flat out, I now predict that the GOP gains seats in both the House and Senate in November, and then the Dem party proceeds to tear itself apart.

1 posted on 03/13/2006 6:18:49 AM PST by ken5050

To: Howlin; OXENinFLA; tiredoflaundry; Txsleuth

2 posted on 03/13/2006 6:19:35 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)

Just possibly the Senate will be a very interesting place today. Yesterday. Russ Feingold managed to stun even George Stephanopoulous when he announced that today, he would introduce in the senate, a motion to censure President Bush for engaging in "illegal" wiretaps..

Oh, this should be good...

Thanks for the thread! :)

3 posted on 03/13/2006 6:20:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

FYI..you're up..please...can you expand your comments of what happens procedurally with this?..Thanks..

4 posted on 03/13/2006 6:20:18 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)

Thanks for the ping Ken!

5 posted on 03/13/2006 6:21:21 AM PST by tiredoflaundry (I'll admit it , I'm a Snow Flake !(Snoq) The rest of my tagline redacted by court order.)

To: Congressman Billybob

What position will your opponents take on Conyer's impeachment resolution?

6 posted on 03/13/2006 6:21:22 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)

I think the Pubbies should get behind this 100% and encourage EVERY SINGLE Democrat AND Republican to go on record.

I want lots of air time, footage and sound bites ... all for future use.

All committee work should be suspended until ALL senators have spoken their thoughts into the Record.

7 posted on 03/13/2006 6:23:02 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)

The dolt should be ignored as he pursues his quest for the VP slot on the lunatic party ticket.

8 posted on 03/13/2006 6:24:53 AM PST by Obadiah

Thanks for the thread, ken. Do we know what time the Senate convenes?

9 posted on 03/13/2006 6:25:18 AM PST by Bahbah (An admitted Snow Flake)

10 posted on 03/13/2006 6:25:19 AM PST by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie)

yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn. How did the seeds come out in the NCAA?

11 posted on 03/13/2006 6:25:47 AM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?")

To: ken5050; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...

12 posted on 03/13/2006 6:25:50 AM PST by OXENinFLA

I think that's the whole idea. A new "sign up sheet" for leftist Senators to take into the 2006 elections. It's a reaffirmation so they can say to the Dems moonbat base that they're still with them, no matter how ridiculous the idea is.

13 posted on 03/13/2006 6:26:21 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)

To: ken5050; mewzilla; tiredoflaundry; smoothsailing; Justanobody

It will cause hell for the Dems...put many of them on the spot...similar to what the House did with Murtha's resolution to pull the troops out now.

Speaking of that jerk Murtha... while we're all waiting around I'm shamelessly promoting his soon-to-be-officially announced opponent - Diana Irey.

I don't live in PA, but this ticked off veteran will be actively supporting Ms. Irey.

14 posted on 03/13/2006 6:29:47 AM PST by Coop (FR= a lotta talk, but little action - now do you know what my tagline means?!?)

15 posted on 03/13/2006 6:29:59 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia

10:00 am..(read the whole header..LOL)

16 posted on 03/13/2006 6:30:09 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)

To: Tulsa Ramjet

My sources tell me that Feingold will also demand that the Senate investigate how the Cincinnatti Bearcats got left out of the Dance..

17 posted on 03/13/2006 6:31:44 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)

Flat out, I now predict that the GOP gains seats in both the House and Senate in November, and then the Dem party proceeds to tear itself apart.

I would encourage the DemocRATs to stick together and keep Howard Dean through the 2008 elections! :)

I agree with your statement that we will pick up seats because some of the opinions I see on here of the 'sky is falling' are not from Freepers that understand politics is local. Dean, Ms. Clinton, her hubby, Kennedy, Kerry, and now Feingold are our best weapons to register more Republicans and win more seats -- want them to keep right on with their remarks.

18 posted on 03/13/2006 6:32:39 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Throw out OK's Governor DoLittle in 2006! Allen in 2008!)

I don't live in PA...

So? I live in NYS. Since when has a little residency problem ever bothered the Dems? :)

...but this ticked off veteran will be actively supporting Ms. Irey.

Ms. Irey and Mr. Swann :)

19 posted on 03/13/2006 6:32:40 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

Flat out, I now predict that the GOP gains seats in both the House and Senate in November, and then the Dem party proceeds to tear itself apart.

HEY, dont be jumpin on my bandwagon without proper attribution, dude!

Pukin has been saying this for months now.

ROTFLMAO!

20 posted on 03/13/2006 6:33:31 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)

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