It appears the Democrats are trying to work themselves up into enough artificial courage to filibuster Sam Alto’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Truth be told, I sort of hope they do.
It’s time for a showdown in the Senate. For Republicans who want to learn, finally, if the people, we sent to the Senate, have the courage to do the right thing, for a change, and bring the hammer down on the Democrats in the form of the “Constitutional Option”. (Approving the President’s nomination by a simple majority vote of the Senate… that would restore a 214-year tradition of the Senate.) Frankly, a lot of Republican careers in the Senate depend on the way they vote when the “ship hits the sand”.
The Democrats have fallen all over themselves in an attempt to frighten the American public into believing Sam Alito is some sort of "far right monster", when he is nothing of the kind.
It is a sidesplitting comedy to watch their antics. It would be even funnier if the Republicans didn’t sit around, like sober judges, (no pun intended) and allow them to get away with their posturing, their blustering, and their embarrassing antics before the cameras and microphones of the nation and the world.
So much of the Senate hearings are a staged performance. The artificial respect each side has for the other, the over the top dignity of the Senators as they defer to each other, the introduction of the nominee, to the committee, by his home state senator, who does not want to see Alito confirmed and the other, a former Governor of Alito’s home state, who does.
It was particularly interesting to watch three “would be” presidential candidates carefully set out the platforms upon which they hope to rest their aspirations for the Presidency.
It is interesting to note the appearance of unshakable calm, of the nominee, who is tasked with sitting through three hours of pontification from 18 men and women who could not hold his coat in a battle of wits. Yet, he must bear their public display of arrogance and condescension, without flinching, and with notable humility. No matter that some senatorial presentations may, in fact, be designed to test his temperament and his control of that temperament.
The real battle begins today. The liberal Democrats will be out for blood and the conservative Republicans will be running interference for Alito and defending the President’s choice for the open seat on the Court.
If you’re into politics... it is great theatre. It isn’t much else. Unless there is a major, major, unveiling of some horrible wrong committed by Alito, he will be recommended to the full Senate for an up or down vote. And that’s where the real fight is most likely to take place.
Democrats having run, rough shod, over the weak Republican leadership in the Senate, are out for bear. They will attempt to intimidate the Republicans with their threats of a filibuster.
Conservative Republicans are hoping to bait the Democrats into doing just that, a filibuster. If they are successful they will push through the “Constitutional Option” and shut the Democrats down and reestablish themselves as “real leaders” in the eyes of their conservative constituency. This would also allow Senator Frist, the Senate Majority Leader to step down, at a high point in his career, and… allow Senate Republicans to install a powerful new Majority Leader and regain control of the Senate in time for the elections this November.
Then… we wait for the third opening on the Court. Some conservatives believe at least one liberal Justice will resign simply because of the new “conservative influence” on the Court. Should this happen, the President will answer with another Conservative nominee and the court will be safely in the hands of conservatives for at least a generation.
That is my hope. That is my dream. That is my prayer!
Longstreet
7 comments:
If he think's warrantless wire tapping is ok, people have no right to privacy, and the President is more powerful than congress he should not be on the court plain and simple. Wher are the "I want the government off my back" Republicans? I am a Liberal and I can't believe the growth and invasion of this UN-AMERICAN regime into what should be personal and private matters. I also can't believe all the treasonist pond scum traitors who support it. Shoot I am so hard on your Nazi leadership I wouldn't be surprised if my phone is tapped. Screw Bush, Screw Republican neo-facist scum! Now Let's see how long before the FBI show up. Decent afterall is the trueist form of patriotism.
When are you Nutcase Left Wingers going to understand : WE ARE AT WAR!!!!!
None of your precious "civil liberties" means a damn thing if we don't have a country! Left to you bunch of whiners we WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY!!!
The Presdient is right and legal in what he is doing. God Bless him for it!
Give me liberty or give me death, sound familiar, Mr. J Davis? What if our founding fathers had your cry baby attitude? What about live free or die? I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees. He who gives up freedom for security desreves neither freedom or security. At war with who? War protestors? I think not, groups praying for peace? I doubt it. How can we honor our soldiers who are fighting for freedom by giving up our own? Are we that afraid? I am not. Just the sounds of you guys makes my eyes water, and i get beads of sweat on my brow. Have we grown to acustom to our freedoms that we now take them for granted? Are you that jaded by party lines? If Bill Clinton tried something like this I would be embarrassed. You sound like a whinning coward. "Give up our freedoms or the terrorists win" is that your motto? Mr. Longstreet I'm sure that you of all people do not agree with this guy. IF THIS IS THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE I COULDN'T TELL BY YOUR POST.
Good J Davis, If we ever get a fair election again and a Democrat gets in office and he does this I do not want to hear your crap. If this does happen, i hope he uses Bushes addage, If you are not with me then you are the enemy and wire taps every phone in the U.S. and rounds up ALL republicans as enemy combatants and throws them all infront of military tribunels. Bush and his supporters are the enemy of freedom in this country. Sorry about so many responses but the ignorance of J. Davis is unbelievable.
President Bush has proposed seven amendments to the Constitution over the last five years, including a controversial amendment to define marriage as a “union between a man and woman.” Members of Congress have proposed some 11,000 amendments over the last decade, ranging from repeal of the right to bear arms to a Constitutional ban on abortion.
Scalia says the danger of tinkering with the Constitution comes from a loss of rights.
“We can take away rights just as we can grant new ones,” Scalia warns. “Don't think that it's a one-way street.”
And don’t buy the White House hype that the USA Patriot Act is a necessary tool to fight terrorism. It is a dangerous law that infringes on the rights of every American citizen and, as one brave aide told President Bush, something that undermines the Constitution of the United States.
Judging from the overall swooning of the wackos on the left, one would get the idea that they have no idea how funny they appear to the rest of America. As someone has said, the left is only dangerous when they are in power. When they are out of power they are only funny. Right now, it seems they are undergoing some sort of appoplectic seizure.
They offer absolutely no solutions for the problems they claim the right has caused. None. And they expect to be taken seriously.
What a mess! They're sorta like backseat drivers. They can shout and point, but they can do little else. They're just a nuisance.
TO 4:47PM,
I see you can't defend yourself from the garbage this regime puts on us. All you do is pointless attacks no defense you could give could rebut my post at 1:26 pm or 1:37 pm. It just irks me that this country is lead by cowards and you sir, are a coward. someone needs to grab the masses in this country and shake the crap out of them. I can't believe someone could defend the imperialistic nature of this regime. I guess totality is ok if your far right politicaly. What happened to the slippery slope theory? Name 1 government that freely relinquished a power, and you want to hand more to this one. Hand over yours if you want , if they cross the line with me it's WAR.
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