Kerry going to Filibuster on Alito

[Vashner]

Kerry going to Filibuster on Alito

Looks like Dubya might have to use the Nukleer lol option

[Oh, Gee!!]

the word is Nucular.

[IceColdBrewski]

Kerry needs to just go away permanantly. Nobody takes his act seriously anymore.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Kerry's a fucking idiot. This is going to be great though, the Democrats are going to give back any political headway they've made in the last year by filibustering Alito.

[Yonivore]

"I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."
Animal House (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes)

It appears Kerry was listening to Otter.

[SpursWoman]

You think he'll go for Strom's record? :fro


Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) set a record in 1957 by filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes, although the bill ultimately passed. Thurmond broke the previous record of 22 hours and 26 minutes set by Wayne Morse (I-OR) in 1953 protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation.

[Guru of Nothing]

^while i don't agree with icb's statement, i do think this is a desparate-looking and futile attempt

What if he changed his name to Ice Cold Madison? Then, would you agree with him?

[Peter]

You guys still care about politics? Well, suckers are needed at the fair, I suppose.

[Yonivore]

You guys still care about politics? Well, suckers are needed at the fair, I suppose.
Politics decides our fate.

[xrayzebra]

Old blowhard Kennedy is right in there wanting the same thing as Kerry.
But Reid put the jinx on both when he said no one was interested in what
they, Kennedy and Kerry, wanted. Alito has his sixty and more.

[Mr. Peabody]

the word is Nucular.

Nucular.....

http://www.channel4sales.com/images/channel4pics/homer-simpson.jpg

[Oh, Gee!!]

Old blowhard Kennedy is right in there wanting the same thing as Kerry.
But Reid put the jinx on both when he said no one was interested in what
they, Kennedy and Kerry, wanted. Alito has his sixty and more.

I think Kerry and Kennedy are just saying what their supporters want to hear. Neither are going to initiate a filibuster, but at least they can say they're on record as opposing Alito when elections come around. Just politicians being politicians.

[xrayzebra]

I think Kerry and Kennedy are just saying what their supporters want to hear. Neither are going to initiate a filibuster, but at least they can say they're on record as opposing Alito when elections come around. Just politicians being politicians.

Your right! They have to pay back their lobbyist (not supporters). But
they can get away with it, cause they is the left leaning kind. :lol

[Yonivore]

I think Kerry and Kennedy are just saying what their supporters want to hear. Neither are going to initiate a filibuster, but at least they can say they're on record as opposing Alito when elections come around. Just politicians being politicians.
You mean they're not already on record as opposing the nomination?

I think the majority of the electorate in their realms of constituency will see this as pathetic. But, of course, the rabid left will love the gesture.

Apparently, neither Kennedy nor Kerry received the memo Robert "Sheets" Byrd did. That, or they're counting on Massachussetians (whatever you call'em) to continue to be the stupid idiots that keep putting Ted "Owl Club" Kennedy back in office every 6 years.


http://media.michellemalkin.com/images/byrdpic.jpg (http://media.michellemalkin.com/videos/byrdfinal.wmv)
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Regardless of any Senator's particular view of Judge Alito, I think we can all agree that there is room for improvement in the way in which the Senate and indeed the nation have undertaken the examination of this nominee.
Let me be clear. I mean no criticism of the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee or any particular member of that ccommittee. I feel compelled to address this issue. Not to point fingers. Not to scold. Not to assign blame. But only to address specific, sincere, heartfelt concerns that have been brought to my attention by the people of West Virginia in particular.

The people of West Viriginia in no uncertain terms were, frankly, appalled by the Alito hearings. I don't want to say it, but I must. They were appalled. In the reams of correspondece that I received during the Alito hearings, West Virginians--the people I represent--West Virignians who wrote to criticize the way in which the hearings were conducted used the same two words. People with no connection to one another. People of different faiths. Different views. Different opinions. [They] independently and respectively used the same two words to describe the hearings. They called them called an outrage and a disgrace.

And these were not form letters ginned up by special interest groups on either the right or the left. These were hand-written, contemplative, old-fashioned letters written on lined paper and personal stationary. They were the sort of letters that people write while watching television in the comfort of their living rooms or sitting at the kitchen table. It is especially telling that many who objected to the way in which the Alito hearings were conducted do not support Judge Alito. In fact, it is sorely apparent that many who opposed Judge Alito's nomination also opposed the seemingly made-for-TV antics that accompanied the hearings...
Yeah, this is a man who knows his looney left base make up a mere fraction of his electorate.

[Oh, Gee!!]

You mean they're not already on record as opposing the nomination?

That's what Kerry's half-hearted call for a filibuster was--his going on record in opposition.


Yeah, this is a man who knows his looney left base make up a mere fraction of his electorate.

different state, different electorate. Byrd is listenening to his constituents, the K brothers are listening to theirs'.

[Yonivore]

That's what Kerry's half-hearted call for a filibuster was--his going on record in opposition.
Yeah, okay.

different state, different electorate. Byrd is listenening to his constituents, the K brothers are listening to theirs'.
What does that say about people from Massachussetts? And, what does it say that Kerry and Kennedy are in the extreme minority of their own Party by calling for an unsupported filibuster? The former Party candidate for President and a freakin Kennedy can't get the left behind them?

One might suspect they represent the fringe -- but, of course, that'd undermine everything Cindy Sheehan has worked so hard to achieve.

[Oh, Gee!!]

What does that say about people from Massachussetts? And, what does it say that Kerry and Kennedy are in the extreme minority of their own Party by calling for an unsupported filibuster? The former Party candidate for President and a freakin Kennedy can't get the left behind them?


Depends on how you interpret their actions. Maybe it says that Kerry and Kennedy stick to their guns and other dems cut-and-run. Maybe it says they're "out of touch with the common man." Not that you give a shit about the common man.

[Yonivore]

Depends on how you interpret their actions. Maybe it says that Kerry and Kennedy stick to their guns and other dems cut-and-run. Maybe it says they're "out of touch with the common man." Not that you give a shit about the common man.
Mr. Flip-Flop sticks to his guns? :lmao

[Oh, Gee!!]

Mr. Flip-Flop sticks to his guns? :lmao

same can be said about your president.

[Yonivore]

same can be said about your president.
I don't recall the President asking for a filibuster against Alito.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I don't recall the President asking for a filibuster against Alito.


bin laden, wiretaps to name a couple

[Yonivore]

bin laden, wiretaps to name a couple
I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about the filibuster threat...hence, the title of the thread.

I hear Ritalin will help with your apparent inability to remain focused on the topic at hand.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about the filibuster threat...hence, the title of the thread.

I hear Ritalin will help with your apparent inability to remain focused on the topic at hand.

we were. then you attacked Kerry for being a flip-flopper. I said that W can also be considered a flip-flopper and provided two examples.

Then you made a lame attempt at a personal insult. Figures

[Yonivore]

we were. then you attacked Kerry for being a flip-flopper.
Because you made the ludicrous assertion that he was sticking to his guns.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Because you made the ludicrous assertion that he was sticking to his guns.


I said that one may perceive it that way. Convenient how you left out the fact that I also said one could percieve it as Kerry being out of touch, a perception touted by your right-wing talk radio hosts.

[SA210]

Hey, who's flip flopping?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/livindeadboi/bush_two_faced.jpg

[Yonivore]

Depends on how you interpret their actions. Maybe it says that Kerry and Kennedy stick to their guns and other dems cut-and-run. Maybe it says they're "out of touch with the common man." Not that you give a shit about the common man.
I apologize. I misread the sentence that followed, "...and other dems cut-and-run," as being a defense of Kerry and Kennedy and a criticism of the "cut-and-runners." I read it a little hurriedly.

I believe they are out of touch with the common man. Being one, I care a great deal.