[kristinn]

EAGLES UP!!!

[kristinn]

D.C. Chapter ping!

Add your comments, please.

[Militiaman7]

DC FREEPERS are the greatest.

[Angelwood]

Here's the after-action report you were wondering about.

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for the wonderful report Kristinn. I've been a little busy lately and I hope this filibuster accomplished something positive for the conservative side.

I'll have to send Angelwood some minor funds for the production of more buttons and supplies.

[Mo1]

Excellent reporting .. thank you so much for all you do

The Democrats are a complete disgrace and should be ashamed of themselves on how they treated this nominees

They should just put up a sign that reads "Conservative Minorities Need Not Apply"

[staytrue]

"Clinton Doesn't Inhale - He Sucks."

Why did I not hear of this earlier ?

[BillF]

Super report and effort by you and other FReepers!

I arrived about 12 midnight Thursday and stayed for about an hour as Sens. Lindsay Graham, Norm Coleman, and Harry Reid spoke.

When Dem Senator Harry Reid was speaking, I put my head on the wall just behind me. Within 20 seconds after closing my eyes, The attendent sternly told me, "Sir, you're not allowed to sleep." I opened my eyes and apologized, but left about 10 minutes later.

Reid seemed quite angry that the 'Pubs were forcing him to actually try to defend the Dem obstructionism. He kept it in check most of the time, but the anger clearly surfaced for one brief second when he contempuously referred to the 'Pubs doing the session for "right-wing extremists."

Considering myself as an unappologetic Reaganite, I thought that I was so extreme that my favorite recent president only get 89 states out of 100 in 1980 and 1984 combined. He beat his nearest opponent by ten percent.

Yep, I'm real extreme. And "out of the mainstream." Just like Judges who believe that the Constitution means what the founders intended and is not a contemporaneous judicial Rorshak "living document."

[EternalVigilance]

Hey, great report!

Thanks to all who participated, and just as importantly to all who sent emails, made phone calls, and generally helped get the truth out to the American people about the RATs unprecedented and unconstitutional filibustering of judicial nominees.

The Senators who have been driving this action deserve our thanks as well, in addition to the many organizations and their leaders who were involved.

[tgslTakoma]

You can even read the "www.freerepublic.com" on the button, which is great advertising for FR with all those homeschoolers and other young conservatives who previously may not have known about FR.

All the styles of buttons were such a hit at the press conference. Angelwood, I can't remember all the different messages printed on the buttons you brought... will you tell us what they were?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Many thanks to the hard core extremists.

Those who watched C-SPAN got to see Fat Teddy call three women Neanderthals. Only a RAT could get away with that comment.

I agree that the drum beat has to continue. The letters to the Senators and local papers needs to be sustained.

[Xthe17th]

BUMP for your awesome work as usual! Wish I coulda been there.

I watched some of this on C-SPAM and was laughing my *ss off at the Sesame Street big blue cards with yellow numbers. They looked like they were made by PBS. Was that part of the "Fili-BINGO" souvenir game?

[rabidralph]

Congrats, y'all. I hope it translates into more concrete action by the Senate.

[bmwcyle]

Bump from CENTCOM

[Angelwood]

The photo of the buttons with the Free Republic url so prominent really stood out and just happened to be on the same page as the TV highlights for the day so everyone who checked the TV listings had to also see the buttons photo.

I had a button made for an Estrada press conference a few months ago using Nick Danger's image of the Eagle Behind Bars with the caption "Judicial Nominations Held Hostage." That was a very popular button and quite a few of the young men and women who came to fill the Senate Gallery chose that one.

Some of the other buttons:

With
DEMOCRATS
It's Always
PARTY Before
COUNTRY

Advise
and
Consent
NOT
Obstruct
and
Filibuster

NEVER Trust
Democrats
With National
Security

I am sorry that there was no way to meet all of the FReepers who came during the 39 hour Marathon. But I thank everyone who made it, especially those who traveled long distances and those hardy souls who supported the Republican Senators throughout the late evening and early morning hours.

[gcruse]

Well done, guys. Well done.

[Ferret Fawcet]

great job! I wonder where I could get one of those fantastic "stop democrat obstruction" buttons :)

[firebrand]

Great report, great photos, great buttons--hey, you guys do some good work!!! Thank you so much for your constant activism, for always being there in the thick of things.

[Mr. Silverback]

”Now that’s some funky freepin’!”