More lies from the Anti-Constitutional DemocRATs in the Senate. They had no intention of living up the these words they used in the past!
Posted on 02/27/2003 2:39:40 PM PST by PhiKapMom
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PRESIDENT BUSH ON THE DEMOCRAT'S OBSTRUCTION: "The Senators Are Applying A Double Standard . . . By Requiring [Estrada] To Answer Questions That Other Judicial Nominees . . . Have Not Been Forced To Answer. And That Is Not Right And That Is Not Fair. By Blocking A Vote On Miguel Estrada, Some Democrats In The Senate Are Flaunting The Intention Of The United States' Constitution. And The Tradition Of The United States Senate Itself. Alexander Hamilton WroteThat The Purpose Of The Senate Confirmation Was To Prevent The Appointment Of Unfit Characters. No One Can Possibly Call Miguel Estrada 'Unfit.'" (President George W. Bush, Remarks At Latino Coalition Meeting, 2/26/03)
"Democrats Are Effectively Filibustering Estrada's Nomination . . . ." ("Senate Returns To Floor Fight Over Estrada Nomination," National Journal, 2/24/03)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Declared "[W]e're Not Going To Allow An Up Or Down Vote On Miguel Estrada." (Jesse J. Holland, "Democrats Say They Have Enough Votes To Filibuster Estrada Vote," The Associated Press, 2/12/03)
Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) Doesn't "[B]elieve That It Is In The Senate's Best Interest To Allow This Confirmation To Go Forward . . . ." (Jesse J. Holland, "Democrats Say They Have Enough Votes To Filibuster Estrada Vote," The Associated Press, 2/12/03)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Will Support A Filibuster Even Though Her Spanish Language Radio Campaign Ads "During The 2002 Election Proclaimed She Supported Estrada's Nomination." (Jan Crawford Greenburg, "Democrats Vow Senate Filibuster To Bar Judicial Nominee," Chicago Tribune, 2/12/03)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Is Angry Over Estrada Nomination And Pledged To Fight. "'If we have to exercise all our rights in order to protect them, so be it,' Kennedy said." (Jennifer A. Dlouhy, "No Letup In Judiciary Wars As Party-Line Vote Advances Disputed Estrada Nomination," Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 2/1/03)
AtLeast 54 Senators Would Vote To Approve Estrada. FloridaSenator Bill "Nelson became the fourth Senate Democrat to say he would not support a filibuster to prevent a vote. The other three are John Breaux of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Zell Miller of Georgia. Breaux and Ben Nelson also plan to vote for Estrada's confirmation." (Frank Davies, "Nelson To Vote For Bush Nominee," The Miami Herald, 2/26/03)
The Washington Post Calls On Democrats "To Stop These Games And Vote." "Because of a Democratic filibuster, [the Senate] spent much of the week debating Mr. Estrada, and . . . Democrats are holding together to prevent the full senate from acting. The arguments against Mr. Estrada's confirmation range from the unpersuasive to the offensive. . . . It's long past time to stop these games and vote." (Editorial, "Just Vote," The Washington Post, 2/18/03)
Democrats' Filibuster And "Vicious Attacks" Takes Conflict To "New Level." "That Democrats would oppose a conservative nominee is not surprising. . . . But the Senate filibuster carries such conflicts to a new level. Even some Democrats are appalled at their fellow Democrats' vicious attacks on a highly qualified and respected candidate." (Editorial, "Dems Handle Judicial Nomination Unfairly," Lancaster New Era, 2/21/03)
The Democrat Strategy Is An "Abuse." "Considering the issues currently confronting Washington, the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada does not rise above partisan wrangling. To block a vote on his appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is an abuse of the filibuster." (Editorial, "End Filibuster, Put Court Nominee To Vote," Albuquerque Journal, 2/23/03)
"The Filibuster Should End." "The Democrats should consider that the information they have in hand is all they will get and allow, even encourage, a vote. . . . [T]he filibuster should end this week with the congressional recess." (Editorial, "Voting On Estrada," Bangor Daily News, 2/19/03)
The Filibuster "Ought To Be Abandoned." "The Democrats' tactic employed last week of filibustering the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada . . . is an anything-goes strategy that ought to be abandoned." (Editorial, "Advice And Filibuster," The [Riverside, CA] Press-Enterprise, 2/18/03)
The Filibuster Is "Outrageous." "For Senate Democrats to talk down [Estrada's] nomination is not just embarrassing, but outrageous." (Editorial, "Democrats' Opposition To Estrada Is Outrageous," Providence Journal-Bulletin, 2/18/03)
"It's Time To Vote." "The time is past for the U.S. Senate to talk about Miguel Estrada's nomination to the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit. It's time to vote." (Editorial, "Rush To Judgment," The Dallas Morning News, 2/17/03)
Estrada "Deserves A Vote." "His opponents can vote against him if they wish. But this able lawyer who has Mr. Bush's confidence deserves a vote by the full Senate." (Editorial, "Give Mr. Estrada A Vote," The Hartford Courant, 2/14/03)
The Legal System "Must Not Be Held Hostage." "Our legal system cannot and must not be held hostage to political nitpicking. Estrada deserves to be the first Hispanic on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia . . . ." (Editorial, "Wheels Of Justice Caught In Washington Gridlock, Again," Chicago Sun-Times, 2/14/03)
Democrats Are "Irresponsible." It's irresponsible, this hysteria being acted out to keep Estrada from serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. But Democratic senators do have their excuses, each more petty than the next." (Editorial, "Democrats Turn Ugly On Estrada," Rocky Mountain News, 2/14/03)
It's Time Democrats "Got On With It." "He deserves a vote by the whole Senate which, we would think, given the temper of the times, has other more pressing work at hand. It's time they got on with it." (Editorial, "The Savaging Of Miguel Estrada," The [Charleston, SC] Post And Courier, 2/14/03)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Said He Would Fight Any Filibuster. "I would object and fight against any filibuster on a judge, whether it is somebody I opposed or supported . . . ." (Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressional Record, 6/18/98)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Called Filibustering Judicial Nominations "Improper." "[E]arlier this year . . . I noted how improper it would be to filibuster a judicial nomination." (Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressional Record, 10/14/98)
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Claimed Filibustering Nominations Out Of The Committee Process Was "Blackmail." "We had nominations that were filibustered. This was almost unheard of in our past. . . . It is used, Mr. President, as blackmail for one Senator to get his or her way on something that they could not rightfully win through the normal processes. (Senator Tom Harkin, Congressional Record, 1/4/95)
In 1997, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Said Senate Should "[A]ccept Our Responsibility And Vote People Up Or Vote Them Down. . . . If We Want To Vote Against Them, Vote Against Them." (Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressional Record, 10/22/97)
In 1997, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) Said "It Is Not . . . Appropriate Not To Have Hearings On [Judicial Nominees], Not To Bring Them To The Floor And Not To Allow A Vote . . . ." (Senator Joe Biden, Congressional Record, 3/19/97)
In 1997, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Said The Senate Should Not"[O]bstruct The Process And Prevent Numbers Of Highly Qualified Nominees From Even Being Given The Opportunity For A Vote On The Senate Floor." (Senator Barbara Boxer, Congressional Record, 5/14/97)
In 1998, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Said "We Owe It To Americans Across The Country To Give These Nominees A Vote. If Our Republican Colleagues Don't Like Them, Vote Against Them. But Give Them A Vote." (Senator Ted Kennedy, Congressional Record, 2/3/98)
In 1998, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) Demanded "Vote The Person Up Or Down." (Senator Richard Durbin, Congressional Record, 9/28/98)
In 1999, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) Said "An Up-Or-Down Vote, That Is All We Ask . . . ." (Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, 10/5/99)
In 1999, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Said "It Is Our Job To Confirm These Judges. If We Don't Like Them, We Can Vote Against Them." (Senator Dianne Feinstein, Congressional Record, 9/16/99)
In 2000, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Said "[W]e Are Charged With Voting On The Nominees. The Constitution Does Not Say If The Congress Is Controlled By A Different Party Than The President There Shall Be No Judges Chosen." (Senator Chuck Schumer, Congressional Record, 3/7/00)
In 2000, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Urged "[T]he Republican Leadership To Take The Steps Necessary To Allow The Full Senate To Vote Up Or Down On These Important Nominations." (Senator Tom Harkin, Congressional Record, 9/11/00)
In 2001, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Declared "[W]e Should Have Up-Or-Down Votes In The Committee And On The Floor." (CNN's "Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields," 6/9/01)
In 2001, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Said "My Expectation Is That We're Not Going To Hold Up Judicial Nominations. . . . You Will Not See Us Do What Was Done To Us In Recent Years In The Senate With Judicial Nominations." (Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume," 6/4/01)
More lies from the Anti-Constitutional DemocRATs in the Senate. They had no intention of living up the these words they used in the past!
Their word means no more to them than truth or honor do.
(Oh, and thanks for the triple ping, PKM! I kinda felt important for a while! :o)
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Someone check hell for snowfall!! That's the second time in the last week or so I've seen something from the Washington Post based on principle and reality rather than the National Socialist Party's blast-fax of the day.
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