#2 Official CSPAN2 Thread on Senate Judicial Noms

[cyberpj]

Specter gave a good speech encouraging voting but that party leaders release members from party line voters.

Wants everyone to vote their conscience.

Now giving background on Owens.....


PREVIOUS THREAD HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1790507&mesg_id=1790507&page=

[cyberpj]

1. Says Owens is

"a sound jurist and worthy of confirmation"

[dhuss]

2. But he's only gave the good background...

Didn't even mention why the Democrats are oposing her...

D.H.

[cyberpj]

7. You're right. And that wasn't fair after such a non-partisan speech. nt.

[dhuss]

10. Well it is fair...

He's more than entitled to have his opinon. It was very dishearting to me after such a non-partisan speech that his opinon landed squarly in the R's favor.

D.H.

[cyberpj]

3. Now Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is up. nt.

[janx]

9. One of my all-time favorite senators! n/t

[keithjx]

4. Just thought I'd include a link

on CSPAN 2

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

KJ

[cyberpj]

6. Good move. nt.

[keithjx]

5. Leahy

"This is an exercise in breaking the rules to change the rules."
KJ

[Oreo]

8. Leahy

Frist would be the first majority leader to leave the senate considerably weaker

[cyberpj]

11. I have to go to work now - can someone keep these

threads going? Not a lot of action now, I know, but it's still better to have all the info on a single thread I think.



Usually create a new one when they get to 80-100 posts each so people on dialup can participate easily.

If not.

Oh well....... :shrug:

[dhuss]

12. If I'm not oversteping my bounds I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

D.H.

[Roland99]

13. "It's not a game of King of the Hill"

[janx]

14. Leahy's on fire now!

[fighttotheend]

16. YES he is, good but will his words go unheard????

[dhuss]

28. Man I hope not... n/t

D.H.

[fighttotheend]

33. Unfortunately soo many reps. dont listen and are quick to toss aside any

other statements other than their own

[Roland99]

15. "No man! No party should be above the law!"

[CWebster]

17. Leahy is great!

Breaking the laws in collusion with the executive branch... What ever happened to the separtion of powers?

[keithjx]

18. LEAHY is AWESOME -

Holds up a sign that says 208-5. We have confirmed 208. We are opposing 5. Is this a judicial crisis?

[janx]

24. We ought to spend a little more time wondering if we're on God's

side and a little less claiming he is on ours. This from a quote of Lincoln's.

He's going after the religious right--Robertson, etc.

I hope Senator Leahy can inject some form of conscience into the Senate today.

[Roland99]

19. "doesn't require a religious test"

"ALL of American should fear this" (referring to move to focus on "faith" of nominees)

[stevedeshazer]

20. FOR SHAME

Quoting Pat Robertson

[keithjx]

21. More leahy

"We should spend more time wondering whether God is on our side instead of declaring infallibly that He is on ours."

[janx]

32. I got the quote wrong the first time.

It's even better than I remembered!

[CWebster]

22. This is the best I have ever seen Leahy. nt

[CWebster]

25. It's conTEMPtible!

It's conTEMPtible!

[dhuss]

26. i'm impressed...

:applause::applause::applause:

D.H.

[Roland99]

23. "The 208 aren't [people of faith]"?

"religious McCarthyism"


"IT'S CONTEMPTIBLE! IT'S CONTEMPTIBLE!"

[stevedeshazer]

27. *it's contemptible, it's contemptible*

[demnan]

29. Dick Durban up

[keithjx]

30. dick durbin for 7 minutes

[CWebster]

31. Durbin up! nt

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[dhuss]

41. How Ironic after Leahy and Durbin just mentioned all the threats on judges

D.H.

[Roland99]

35. Get ready for a long stream of total BULLSH*T! Cornyn's up.

[fighttotheend]

37. YEP YEP

oh BROTHER< here he goes...x(

[keithjx]

36. Cornyn (r-Tex) up.

hmm.

[CWebster]

43. Here comes a member of the good ol boys club

behaving as if he is the only statesman in the room while he lies out of his big white arse.

[Roland99]

38. Cornyn's whining about adjectives used

Well, when you ARE despicable and a radical, get ready to feel the heat.


Asshole.

[fighttotheend]

42. GOOD one

[proud patriot]

39. Hi all , I'm here good morning

I'll do my best to help with these threads today .
As they get to big and new ones open I'll lock and
link the previous ones .

[keithjx]

44. Thanks!

Glad you're here!
:hi:
KJ

[Roland99]

40. Cornyn talking about "facts". This will be good....NOT

[dhuss]

45. Did anyone make out that chart he had...

I couldn't make it out on the stream, to fuzzy.

D.H.

[fighttotheend]

47. This may be a stupid ?, but why do dems oppose her exactly.,

[keithjx]

53. Here's a quick thread I saw earlier this morning on her....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3680040

KJ

[fighttotheend]

54. Thanks!

[proud patriot]

46. john cornyn (r) from texas just talked down to the American people

the bastard . "I understand that the people watching
might be confused about all this"

No we are not confused :grr:

[fighttotheend]

48. HE's confused lol

[keithjx]

49. One thing that has not been said

is that Texas is not the best lithmus test for the rest of the nation. Who cares if Texas supported her 84%? Keep her there then....
KJ

[fighttotheend]

50. lol, now that is funny and a good idea!

[dhuss]

52. AMEN!!! n/t

D.H.

[Oreo]

58. They'll spew the same thing for the other judge

According to Frist she got 74% of the vote in CA... so she's GOT to be ok right?

Reid answered it quickly... she ran unopposed.

[ticapnews]

67. She ran unopposed and only got 74% of the vote?

A good day for "none of the above" eh?

[TahitiNut]

92. 74% is below average on judicial popularity votes.

California submits all state judges and justices to a Yes/No vote on a cyclic basis on their ballots. Judges are never opposed on the ballot.

One Chief Justice and six associate justices are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. The appointments are confirmed by the public at the next general election; justices also come before voters at the end of their 12-year terms. Voters vote "Yes" to confirm justices; vote "No" to oppose confirmation.

[demnan]

51. Are the speeches still going on

C-SPAN radio has gone to phone calls?

[quaoar]

55. You ain't missing much

Just Se. John Cornyn of Texas. Gag.

[CWebster]

56. Yeah, he is droning on about the "partisan minority"

Democrats are always "partisan" for not marching in step with the criminal Right.

[fighttotheend]

57. SOMEONE please make him stop , BULLSHIT!!!

[Oreo]

59. Saying gonzalez never said Owen was bad

OK people let's start digging. He's lying bigtime

[fighttotheend]

60. here's a thought why dont both rep & dems just vote her down?

to stop the "option" from happening, for senators that believe the option shouldnt be...just once get together and show others you cant break rules to change the rules for the abuse of power!

[CWebster]

61. "Narrow band of far left at the fringe"

Just like some DUers brand Dems who question Dem accountability

[Jo March]

62. Per REID: CONTACT THESE SENATORS

Sorry for the shouting. I just got off the call with Reid re: filibuster

He has asked us to call the Senators from these states: AZ, VA, RI, ME, NE, PA, NH and ask them to oppose the nuclear option.

Here is the contact info!

State Name Phone Fax Webform
AZJR Jon Kyl 202-224-4521 602-840-1891 http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
AZSR John McCain 202-224-2235 520-670-6334 http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home
MEJR Susan Collins 202-224-2523 207-283-1101 http://collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm
MESR Olympia Snowe 202-224-5344 207-622-8292 [e-mail]
NEJR Ben Nelson 202-224-6551 402-441-4600 http://bennelson.senate.gov/email.html
NESR Chuck Hagel 202-224-4224 308-236-7602 http://hagel.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
PAJR Rick Santorum 202-224-6324 814-946-7023 http://santorum.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm&CFID=8958625&CFTOKEN=50103763
PASR Arlen Specter 202-224-4254 215-597-7200 http://specter.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInfo.Home
RIJR Lincoln D. Chafee 202-224-2921 401-453-5294 http://chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm
RISR Jack Reed 202-224-4642 401-528-5200 http://reed.senate.gov/form-opinion.htm
VAJR George Allen 202-224-4024 540-772-4236 http://allen.senate.gov/?c=email&which=Standard
VASR John W. Warner 202-224-2023 804-771-2579 http://warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.htm

[fighttotheend]

64. Will do, Im from Pa and contact senator spector often.,

[ticapnews]

70. A few interesting names on that list....

He can't think we are going to convince Sanitorium to vote to save the filibuster, can he?

How sad that we have to lobby a Democrat to stick with us on this issue...

[fighttotheend]

74. I think he is Republican

[spooky3]

95. Allen is a lost cause. Warner is too conservative but seems to be more

intelligent and more reasonable.

[dhuss]

63. Hutchison (R-TX) speaking, more lies/BS ahead...

D.H.

[Beelzebud]

65. Hutchinson: We were all good when we were kids.

The issue is not how hard, or nice her early life was. It's about her decisions as a judge.

Are we grading a grammar school aged kid, or a federal judge for a lifetime appointment?

[janx]

66. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

:boring:

[proud patriot]

68. lol

I know she is boring

[janx]

69. ALWAYS.

She always has that effect on me.

[Catt03]

71. OMG

Hutchinson is going to cry.......

:eyes:

[Oreo]

72. KBH Is getting choked up

I'm sure the freepers are getting misty too. That or they're lambasting her like they did Barbara Boxer.

What a waste of time that speech was. So she's a nice lady in person. Her actions on the stand are what counts.

[dhuss]

73. Allen (R-VA) talking... and it's sounding like another boring speech

D.H.

[janx]

75. He is talking about abortion and doing his cause more harm

than good.

I hope he talks about it for a long time.

[The Witch]

76. Is this thread still open?

For whatever reason the dailykos site is cranky to my crappy computer-- so here I am instead :D Not that I don't love you guys as much as kos or anything. Is there a #3 thread now?

[janx]

77. Not that I know of. Allen was such a windbag that few people

commented, that's all. ;-)

[The Witch]

79. Well here comes Boxer.

That should wake 'em up.

[CWebster]

78. Think so

Patty Murray up now. Now off. Boxer now rebutting.

[CWebster]

80. Schumer.

[American in Asia]

81. Go Schumer!

Strong start from Schumer! Abuse of power! Temper tantrum! They want their way all the time! Approval of Republican leadership going down and down - Schiavo, threats on judges, SS, etc.

President has "reaped what he has sown" - no consultation, no discussion, nominees "way over at the extreme."

[fighttotheend]

85. and he called frist out when he used the filbuster haha

[dhuss]

82. My live feed isn't doing so well...

I think their server's getting a little busy... anyone know of a mirror or another live feed?

D.H.

[fighttotheend]

83. Schumer-you go boy., just say it.... This president SUCKS!!!

[proud patriot]

84. Charles Schumer Rocks the floor

:bounce:

[dhuss]

86. I'm digging the visual aids... lol... that big yellow on blue "95%"

D.H.

[fighttotheend]

88. me too, the scale was pretty scary thou, to see how many reps control

everything, this madness must be stopped!!

[Avalux]

87. Schumer's doing a good job

pointing out there's nothing in the Constitution saying judges should have a majority vote. 'They' like interpreting things into the Constitution that are not there.

[reprehensor]

89. Wow!

They are kicking ass today!

Go!!

[fighttotheend]

90. No matter how much ass they kick., Reps. dont care

[janx]

91. Schumer is pissing off the freeps!

:rofl: They're calling him names.

To: Soul Seeker

HE IS A LIAR..........she NEVER got an up or down vote!

EVER!

1,288 posted on 05/18/2005 11:07:07 AM MDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)

Gimme me a D
Gimme me an O
Gimme me a R
Gimme me a K

What's it spell?

Putzhead!

Let's hear it again!

PUTZHEAD!

Louder!

PUTZHEAD!
1,290 posted on 05/18/2005 11:07:31 AM MDT by OESY
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[American in Asia]

93. Dork???

Wow - that's gotta hurt.. :shrug:

[dhuss]

94. NEW THREAD - as Schumer finishes up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1791198

D.H.

[proud patriot]

96. Please continue in thread 3 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1791198