After Fight, Senate Agrees to Bush's Choice for Judge (6 Dems with Bush)

[Maddy McCall]

By NEIL A. LEWIS

Published: July 7, 2004


ASHINGTON, July 6 - The judicial nomination wars, dormant in recent months, re-emerged Tuesday as the Senate narrowly confirmed one of President Bush's nominees to the bench who has argued that abortion is akin to the Holocaust and that the Bible requires women to be subservient to men.

The Senate voted 51 to 46 to put J. Leon Holmes on the federal bench in Arkansas after a fierce debate in which some Republican women voted against the president while Democrats from Mr. Holmes's home state, Arkansas, spoke of him in glowing terms.

Mr. Holmes has a record of saying startling things, like his statement that rape victims become pregnant as often as it snows in Miami. He also wrote in 1997 that in a marriage "the woman is to place herself under the authority of the man."

snip/

(This will piss you off!)

In the end, six Democrats voted in favor of Mr. Bush's candidate, while five Republicans broke ranks and opposed him. In addition to John W. Warner of Virginia, and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, the other three Republicans voting against Mr. Holmes were all women, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe, both of Maine.

In addition to Senators Lincoln and Pryor (both Arkansas Democrats), the Democrats who supported the nomination included Zell Miller of Georgia, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and John B. Breaux and Mary L. Landrieu, both of Louisiana.

much more at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/07/politics/07judge.html

You need a user name and password to view this article. From bugmenot.com, try username:buggoff password: bugoff (Can't guarantee they will work, though.)

[burrowowl]

1. GD those f**king

so-called Dimbulbs! Geeze even KBH voted against!
There are Dims that are selling us out!

[Kool Kitty]

2. I don't fuckin' believe this.

How could they confirm him? HOW????? His opinions about women are positively prehistoric. Just one more reason why BUSH MUST GO!!!!!!!

[Cha]

3. What's up with mary landrieu?

What the hell good does it do to have Democratic Senators who vote with the repukes?

[MarkTwain]

13. Absolutely, and I sent that..

... Senator a campaign contribution, although I'm from Florida, because her fight was represented as being so "critical and crucial" to democratic interests.

This is, at least, the third or fourth time that she has done something completely contrary to progressive interests.

Cheney Her !

[Justitia]

4. stupid, stupid democrats

This man is a vile woman-hater!

For the first time in my memory I have actually been in agreement with and PROUD of my senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison on something!!!!

Mary Landrieu has undermined her gender and her party yet again.
I never had any faith in her (unlike others), but THIS is completely dastardly on her part. Her Bayou buddy Breaux is unsurprisingly along for the ride.

I am disgusted by this.

[unblock]

5. this guy sounds like the taliban guy in f9/11

you know, the 'i feel sorry for your husband, he must have a difficult time with you' guy.

why doesn't bush appoint that guy to the supreme court?

[JusticeForAll]

6. What a difference a day can make

This morning I woke up liking Mary Landrieu as I saw her speak on CNN about John Edwards candidacy for VP...Now I go to sleep wishing she never was part of our party.

[silverlib]

7. Kay Bailey Huthcinson? from Texas?

Wow - what happened there? I write my Senator at least once a week blasting her votes and I get a return letter every time - one of those form letters, telling me why she thinks she is correct in her views. I guess I'll have to write a letter of support on this one - I am absolutely amazed!

I can at least say she has answered every correspondence. I can't say that about Cornyn.

[Justitia]

8. Yup - can you believe it????

To oppose a Shrub nominee too - unbelievable!
THAT IS HOW BAD THIS GUY IS!!!!

I always get the form response too, you referenced it, the one that says I don't give a flip what you think. However, she does deserve a thank you for standing up to that embarrassment that calls himself a fellow Texan on this matter.

[AndyTiedye]

9. The Boll Weevil Infestation Is Getting Out of Control

This is really bad. It should have been possible to stop this one.
We even had 5 Republicans voting with us!

[nathan]

10. ugh

Makes me ashamed to be an Arkansan. But I was already half ashamed of that fact anyway. =P

I just can't see how Blanche Lincoln could go for this, especially when three Republican women voted against appointing him. Sigh.

[Pachamama]

11. Uneffing believable! 6 democrats voted for this guy when even 5 repubs

....wouldn't support him???? What the FUCheney?

I can't believe this....this man is so scary and now he sits on the federal bench thanks to DEMOCRATS?

Zell Miller isn't a surprise, and quite frankly neither is Breaux....

But Landrieu? And the others? Are they up for re-election? If memory serves me correctly, she isn't....

I can't believe this....unreal...I mean even Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas didn't back her buddy Bush...I'm just stunned....And people think our country is safe by removing Bush/FUCheney from the White House....

Try our Democratic Senators....

I think all of DU needs to contact these so-called Dem Senators tommorrow...

Any folks here from Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia ....???

:grr:

[Maddy McCall]

12. kick for the morning crowd

:donut: :hi:

[Moderator]

14. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=668532