(TX) Holdout Democrats mull ways to return(via venue shopping lawsuit for a Dem Fed judge)

Fort Worth Star Telegram ^ | 7/31/03 | R.A. Dyer and John Moritz

[Torie]

OK. IC. Silly lawsuit; it is DOA in my opinion. As long as the Dems hang out in NM, it is moot. I guess they want to come back, without risk of enabling a redistricting. They want their cake, and eat it too. Don't we all?

[GOPcapitalist]

"The thinking being this: For the first time, minority and minority-impact senators ... now have, for the first time, enough votes to block legislation under longstanding Senate rules," the source said. "So rescinding the two-thirds rule and .. would be an infringement on minority voting rights."

The day that the federal courts adopt that sort of reasoning is the day that representative government dies in America. They are essentially arguing that so long as certain racial minorities oppose a bill it cannot become law.

[Torie]

I know nothing about South Texas federal judges. The 5th Circuit would very probably reverse a rouge judge on this one though. But if the Dems find a rogue district court judge, it will buy them time, and buying time is valuable, in the sense it allows the rogue state senators to return home. Just why they chose Albuquerque rather than Santa Fe puzzles me. I guess some of them are budget sensitive.

[Diddle E. Squat]

One could say they want to have their yellowcake and eat it too. As to the Dems being budget conscious, did you know that at their hotel the rooms start at $159 per night? Brilliant PR move< sarc >, even the sympathetic newspaper articles with all the sob stories of their great sacrifices couldn't pass up noting that. Really fighting for the common folk, they are...

Albuquerque really isn't that bad right now, Wed. the high was 93, but the humidity was 19% and a dewpoint of 38 degrees. Not bad in the shade by the pool. Since most of these runaways are from the miserable sauna known as far South Texas, they probably donned longsleeves up there.

[ambrose]

Bounty Hunters? Yeah, send Dawg after them!

[ambrose]

Good... let them come home off the order of some yo yo judge. Once they're back in Texas, the court of appeal can overturn the order.

[GmbyMan]

As someone who is watching this afar (California, to be exact) I am glad to see other states other than ours are having their problems and hope that when people start ripping on Cal, they remmeber these clowns in Texas.

I think we can all agree on one thing, Democrats will do ANYTHING to keep from losing power. David Horowitz once pointed out the difference between typical Democrat and Republican lawmaker. The Republican lawmaker, he stated, was usually a former business owner who run up against some regulation or tax bill that he didn't like. He usually went to the state capital or Washington to change government. The typical Democrat lawmaker often came from a tradition of trade unions and liberal activist organizations. When they go to the capital or Washington D.C, it is their intention to change the world.

As Mr. Horowitz rightly points out, it is difficult to change government when you are competiting with people who are trying to change the world. To those types of people, any method to achieve their goal will work because, afterall, they are operation with a higher goal in mind. This is why so many Democrats have no shame. Trying to steal an election (Florida 2000), rig a Senate election (New Jersey 2002), using a memorial service for a dead man as a campaign ploy (Minnesota 2002), standing up for a dispicable perjuror and justice obstructor (Washington D.C. 1998), thwarting the will of the people on judicial nominations (Washington D.C.-2001-present), or thwarting the will of the people on redistricting (Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico-2003) are simply the price of doing business when you are trying to remake the world in your socialistic image. They cheat to win. I couldn't even imagine Republicans doing any of these things!!!!(/rant)

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the post and your comments, DES !

One final thought: Shouldn't NM residents be asking why Gov. Krispy Kreme has posted multiple state troopers to guard(round the clock) these runaway Texans at NM state expense, even though Texas authorities have no means to arrest them outside the state, and any bounty hunters would be charged with kidnapping? Where is the threat, isn't this just another political show by a Clintonian democrat at taxpayer expense, at the most expensive hotel in NM?

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[CedarDave]

Appreciate your adding NM to list of topics. Thanks for the morning update; I'm posting the ABQ Journal story shortly.