[Don'tMessWithTexas]

My word, the swimmer is one sick, wicked man.

[jmaroneps37]

This is another example of the evil donkey and their pals in the rat media loosing control of what is and what is not news. In the past the lemmings would be TOLD that this man was not worthy of confirmation. No other voice would be heard and that would be it. Enter FOXtv talk radio and the net. Now the rats can't just lie about Estrada and get way with it.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

This is a great Bob Novak...

This amorale action by the Dem's "leadership" should be viewed as a declaration of war by ALL Republicans in Congress. If this filibuster is sustained, it should become the Just Desserts that the GOP will serve up to ANY and ALL future Demo administrations (hopefully there won't be another one in a generation or three).

[KriegerGeist]

If the DemonRATS do this with every nominee up for judgeship, they will be able to squash all of the rest of the President's agenda like energy, economic stimulus, tax cuts and repaeals, drug plan for seniors...all the things the House passed (50-plus bills) in the last congress that Dasshole held up or completely squashed.

Without a 60 seat Republican "supermajority" in the Senate, and that means without RINOS like Specter, Snowe, Collins and McCain, the Dems still have complete control. They will lie cheat, fillibuster or whaterver it takes, but if the Republicans can't get their and the President's agenda through or confirm Bush's judicial nominees, then we're just as screwed as when the Dems were in the majority...

What's the difference?

[Howie66]

When have the 'Rats not been shameless?

They were shameless when they were running around all over the place yammering on about how clintons' affair with an intern in the Oval Office was "just about sex" and no big deal.

The 'Rats were shameless when they were defending clinton while he was lying to a Grand Jury, telling us that is wasn't perjury.

The 'Rats were shameless when they were spewwing forth with their very personal and baseless attacks that suggested that then presidental candidate George W. Bush was somehow responsible for the dragging death of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas.

The 'Rats were shameless when they were actively working to disallow the absentee ballots cast by our men and women in the armed forces that were deployed overseas.

The 'Rats were shameless when they were actively attempting to thwart the legitimate election results in Florida during the 2000 presidental election.

The 'Rats were shameless when they went to court to keep the polls open in St. Louis for 3 hours after the law said they were to close, allowing the election of Senator Jean Carnahan during the 2000 election.

The 'Rats were shameless when they decided that their Senator Torecelli was going to lose his re-election bid by a wide margin and they swapped candidates well beyond the period allowed under New Jersey law in order to thwart the will of the voters.

The 'Rats were shameless when they turned a memorial service for their fallen comrade Senator Paul Wellstone into a political rally just days before an election.

I think you get the idea. The democRAT party is as unprincipled, shameless, unethical, dishonest bunch of scumbages and slimey maggots as one could possibly find anywhere.

[Alberta's Child]

I posted here yesterday that President Bush should really approach this Estrada nomination in a whole different manner. Pointing out that the Democrats are opposing the Estrada nomination for political reasons is going to generate the same kind of "So what?" response that resulted when it was proven that Bill Clinton had perjured himself and obstructed justice in a Federal civil suit and criminal grand jury investigation.

Instead, someone (perferably not someone directly connected to the White House, for political reasons) should make the case that the Democrats are opposing the Estrada nomination simply because they don't like minorities. Period.

An ad campaign by a "non-partisan" group that points out the Democratic Party's shameful history in terms of supporting slavery, opposing emancipation, opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, opposing the Clarence Thomas nomination, etc. would be very effective, especially when the focus of the Estrada nomination changes from: "What kind of views does Estrada have on these issues?" to: "WHY DON'T THE DEMOCRATS LIKE MINORITIES?"

[aristeides]

This extraordinary design, without precedent in two centuries of judicial nominations, was launched Jan. 30 in the office of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. Present were Assistant Leader Harry Reid and six Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats. With all pledged to secrecy, the fateful decision was made to filibuster Estrada's nomination.

Hillary wasn't at that meeting?

If all those senators are sworn to secrecy, I wonder who Novak's source is.

[swheats]

No weapon formed against this president will prosper. I believe these senators efforts will backfire, big time.

[SGCOS]

...One Judiciary Committee member there was Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Senate's 71-year-old liberal lion.

Novaks eyes are getting bad. Senator Lard is a liberal jackass.

[FLCowboy,]

After watching Sen. Lautenberg read from his prepared text, and then be prompted by Reid from Nevada because he couldn't spew enough invective on his own, I wrote him the following email: Why are you ignoring the facts regarding Migual Estrada's qualifications? I can only assume you are anti-Hispanic in general, since you have not provided any objections to him on a specific qualification. I will support anyone who runs against you, and will campaign against any pro New Jersey legislation you propose, because of your bigotry.

[MissBaby]

This one needs bumped. Very good read.

btt

[syriacus]

bookmarked