30-Hour Marathon Senate Debate on Judicial Nominations - Thread #3

[goobergunch]

Thread #2

[goobergunch]

1. Hutchison now up

saying that the Constitution precludes judicial filibusters.

:crazy:

[bluestateguy]

2. Which C-Span is this on?

I only get C-Span 1.

[goobergunch]

5. C-SPAN 2

I've got a streaming link in my sig line.

[mndemocrat_29]

8. It's on CSPAN2

You can watch it online, however.

[Avalux]

3. The president is losing his constitutional right

according to the Kay the Hag.

[dennis4868]

9. This president spit and took a dump on the....

constitution in the 2000 election.....

[kyrasdad]

4. the appointed president is losing his constitutional right

to appoint judges... okaaaaay

[Mattforclark]

6. I apologize for my 2 senators (TX)

[kyrasdad]

10. no need to apologize... good poeple are often represented by idiots

[Avalux]

13. So do I

they're an embarrassment - I need to move.

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. KB Hutchison

Talking about adhering to the Constitution 100%.

How'd she vote on the Patriot Act and Iraq Resolution again...?

[Emboldened Chimp]

11. Back to the Dems!

[goobergunch]

12. Bayh now up for 15 minutes - moving to go to Unemployment Bill

Of course, Repubs object....

[BuckeFushe]

14. Bayh trying agin to do the business of the country

OBJECTION screeches Hutchenson.

[kyrasdad]

16. why do the business of the people when you can do the business

of your party....

[mndemocrat_29]

15. Bayh just asked for unemployed bill to come up

Hutchison objected.

[Emboldened Chimp]

17. Senate reduced to something like a farce

a kabuki theatre

[jsw_81]

18. Bayh: Senate has become a Kabuki theatre

Keep an eye on this guy. I'd bet $100 that he's a future President or Vice President.

[Avalux]

19. Go Bayh

We are much better speakers, aren't we? :bounce:

[goobergunch]

20. He's a pretty conservative DLC Dem

but I'm agreeing with him on this.

[BuckeFushe]

21. If hypocrisy had a value we could erase the Federal debt.

what a GREAT line.

[kyrasdad]

22. is it just me or is Bayh kind of a hottie...

or are my retinas seared from looking at Specter for so long?

[BuckeFushe]

25. From looking at Spectator (Bayh's hair is a problem for me, bad)

but, who has their real hair in the Senate anymore anyway.

[kyrasdad]

28. FAB 5... emergency at the Senate...

Bad Senator hair everywhere

[terrya]

36. LOL! :-)

Even Kyan would throw up his hands at that hair disaster in the Senate!

[kyrasdad]

40. just need heavy duty "product" and a good "juush"

[maddezmom]

26. it's not just you

I think he's a hottie, too!

[BuckeFushe]

29. Have to take a break, back later to hold up the fort

us old farts don't sleep well, so we'll keep the thread alive for the morning wake up/catch up.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. He's a hottie!

but don't tell my hubby! ;)

[Avalux]

30. Yeah, but needs new hair

[in_cog_ni_to]

32. Is that a toupee?

It kinda looks like one.

[bearfartinthewoods]

49. a dead fish would look good after spectre

i'm almost not upset that i don't ger cspan two if spectre is on.

[Vadem]

54. No Way!!! I can't stand Evan...He reminds me of Holy Joe and

is not a Dem I would support as Pres.

[Emboldened Chimp]

23. Bayh tellin' it like it is: it's all about power

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. All about power.

all about the balance of power. tipping the balance...to appoint an extreme judge. Very good!

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. 30 hour..30 hours..30 hours

misplaced priorities. The Dems are doing EXACTLY what they should be doing. Point out everything that isn't getting done. :bounce:

[Avalux]

33. Durbin now

Thanking the "Senator from Indiana". Talking about the people...

[kyrasdad]

34. Bayh's speech was great... made me puddle up a bit

it IS important that ALL of us are invilved in our government... it is OUR government... not theirs... Days like today I'm even prouder to be a Dem...

[jsw_81]

35. Jim Talent is such a geek

Did you see those coke bottle glasses? :puke:

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. Durbin is up again.

:bounce: Tell 'em Dick! He's a great Senator. But then we have Fitzgerald. :puke:

[wndycty]

38. Wow Durbin hits FAUX NEWS

Bam boom!

[terrya]

39. We won't have Fitzgerald for much longer, thankfully. n/t

[Jose Diablo]

41. Durban is great n/t

[nostamj]

47. slapped KBH upside the head with the CONSTITUTION

the president doesn't get to APPOINT
he gets to NOMINATE

<smack!>

that's the difference. their side wants the president to have the right to APPOINT. and that is NOT in the CONSTITUTION

[maddezmom]

42. Go Dick Go

Talking now about all the job loses and lack of focus.

[Avalux]

43. 4 judges

all this time wasted on 4 judges. Correcting Kay BHole now - the president DOESN'T have a constitutional right to get judges through - just name them, that's all. The president is held accountable....

[Emboldened Chimp]

44. Whoa, Durbin slaps down Kay-B!

Says she's wrong: prez doesn't have the const. right to appoint judges, only to nominate.

[kyrasdad]

45. The Republicans are so out of touch

they have no idea how silly they look... we are talking about jobs, vets, unemployment... they're whining about 4 friggin judges that already make over 100 grand a piece...

oooops, what that? :nuke: that was the republican party

[Avalux]

48. It's about the next appointment of the Supreme Court

that's what the real story is all about. GO DURBIN!

[in_cog_ni_to]

51. Estrada makes $500,000 a year!

He makes $500,000 a year and the republicans couldn't give a flip about the unemployed. They're thinking is so skewed. :mad:

[jsw_81]

64. Estrada

Not only does Estrada -- a partner in a major D.C. law firm -- earn $500,000 a year, but in a really good year it's not uncommon for partners in his firm to earn well over a million dollars a year. And this is the guy the Republicans are worried about?!?

[in_cog_ni_to]

46. Shame them...shame them...shame them

have done nothing to help the people. lost 3 million jobs....and millions will never come back. We are spending 30 hours on the floor debating over 4 judges...over 4 judges. Go Dick. Explain the constitution to Hutchinson. Awesome speaker!

[Avalux]

50. "If you pick the right people

we wouldn't have this problem!"

[in_cog_ni_to]

52. woohoo!

he's pointing out other judges who have been filibustered...they just failed. Hahahaha! LOVE YOU DICK!!!

[kyrasdad]

53. I think I'm falling in love with Dick Durbin!

This guy is awesome!!! He just blew the Reps to hell with their never a fillibuster routine...

[Avalux]

55. Yes he did

with conviction and clarity. :toast:

[terrya]

59. I've never been more proud of my Senator until now.

Dick Durbin does Illinois proud. I'm calling his office tomorrow and thanking him.

[Emboldened Chimp]

56. Question from Reid

Is what the Rethugs say about never having a fed judge filibustered T or F?

Durbin: False, then reads off a list, most from 1994-2000.

[Avalux]

57. Durbin knows his stuff n/t

[BuckeFushe]

65. The differences between us have never been more apparant

Democrats are for Americans and the business of America. Repuglicans are for the agenda put fourth by Bush, the extreme Right, the Federalist Society, and his PNAC cronies. America be damned.

Durbin even made me stand up and clap. So far, we've handed their asses to them, and the press will (hopefully)report the differences tomorrow.

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. 63 Clinton nominees

never even made it to the floor! Oh...here we go! Reid wants him to explain how a judge gets to the floor.

[kyrasdad]

60. Time to go outside so my head can explode...

Be back in a bit...

[nostamj]

61. kay honey.... i'll explain this REALLY SLOW for you

'cause we KNOW how DIM you are...

the REPUBLICANS

CHANGED the rules

these four would NEVER HAVE HAD A HEARING OR MADE IT TO THE FLOOR

if

the REPUBLICANS

hadn't CHANGED THE RULE

in the committee.

OK

like those 63 nominations that you REPUBLICANS blocked from even a hearing.

history will judge you as a blithering hypocrit.

OK?

blather on....

[Avalux]

66. HA HA HA

God her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.....

[Avalux]

62. Not Her Again - ughhh

Kay is horrible - Priscilla endorsed by all Texas newspapers! That makes her qualified of course! Now playing the immigrant card with Estrada.

[curse10]

63. Man, Hutchison is completely inarticulate!

She sounds like W

[Mattforclark]

67. Kay doesn't even know the requirements for amending the US constitution.

Sad, so sad.

[BuckeFushe]

68. Here comes "Mr obstruction" Orin down the Hatch

blaming Clinton for the recession, if the word TOOL has a picture next to it in the dictionary, his is it.

[Avalux]

69. Hatch

gotta take a break or I'll hurl :puke:

[BuckeFushe]

71. New talking point word, desssssspickabble.

n/t

[Jose Diablo]

72. I wish the voters would put hatch out to pasture n/t

[BuckeFushe]

76. Despicable should be used as a new Republican drinking game word

n/t

[0007]

83. The folks in Utah think Orrin is Angel Moronni

[Rose Siding]

70. AAyyyyy! Hatch blaming job losses on CLINTON

says the recession began in the last yr of the last admin- Why didn't you do something about the jobs then, he asks!!!!! There were NO job losses THEN.

WEENIE Hatch

[BuckeFushe]

73. OUR fault jobs have been lost because we won't cave to their shitty

bills destroying everything we stand for.

[kentuck]

74. Yep...Unemployment rate was 4%...Employers were begging for workers

That was what it was when Clinton left office.

[Rose Siding]

75. I HOPE the dems are taking NOTES

to counter all of these lies! Now Hatch is using snotty voices to mock what he says dems have said.

[1songbird]

77. Orrin Hatch just made this whole thing

about abortion. What a prick! Surely the American people can see what these Rethuglican jerks are doing.

[Rose Siding]

79. He says

"These guys don't have the guts to take on 'the groups'"

"the groups" are pro-choice groups. He supposedly learned this from a Dem as an answer to a private question as to why some judge didn't get through. DEMS need to quit SPEAKING to these repub clowns. How many times will they let themselves get stabbed by the right?

[BuckeFushe]

82. Probably Zell "I love Bush" Miller told him

n/t

[jsw_81]

78. Jesus Christ

How many times are they going to repeat Estrada's life story?!? Yes, Senator Hatch, we KNOW he's an immigrant, and we KNOW he speaks broken English, and we KNOW he went to Harvard, but the fact of the matter is that he is an extreme right-winger, a member of the Federalist Society and a close friend of Ann Coulter. And he's not going to be a federal judge. Period.

[BuckeFushe]

80. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

no one FUCKING CARES you dickwadd, STFU (Hatch)

[Rose Siding]

81. He's confounded that dems think Scalia, Rhenquist and Thomas

are OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM!

[BuckeFushe]

84. Levin up, central theme, America's business and needs

stick a poker in their eye Carl.

[Vadem]

85. One of our favorites, Carl Levin, on now, speaking of the

economy and loss of jobs in this country.

[Jose Diablo]

87. Levin- Imperial presidency

That is why the filibuster is legal. The right of the minority to convince the majority. It's not just majority rule. Debate is most important to doing the right thing. Especially in a democracy.

[nostamj]

86. Levin

"an IMPERIAL presidency"

sweet. the Dems have better scripts. hey, they even have FACTS

[Tatiana]

88. This "marathon" is going to (if it hasn't already) backfire on the Repubs

They are really looking pathetic.

The Dems are talking about the most important issues.

The Dems have concrete indisputable facts.

The Dems show that they have a better working knowledge of the Constitution.

The Dems are more passionate, and a lot more logical.

The Dems have taken this Republican marathon and completely framed the discussion. Look at the Republicans... responding to Democratic statements, using Democratic talking points... they are on the defensive.

[nostamj]

89. yes, and notice that Orrid Hatch

chose to IGNORE the facts of prior judicial filibusters and just continue to spew his bitter bitter LIES.

I HATE REPUBLICANS (and republicans HATE you, btw, and that include all the 'little people' who vote for them. kids, if you can't INVEST a grand or two, you're invisible. just keep hating who we tell you to, be AFRAID when we tell you to, and don't let anyone tell you you're IGNORANT because you don't question us.

here's a fresh flag. you know what to do)

[Pastiche423]

90. Who is speaking now?

6:57 pst? (I can only hear, not see.)

[eleny]

92. Dodd of Connecticut

He's good, isn't he!

[Avalux]

93. Dodd n/t

[Avalux]

91. Dodd is wound up

gave a nice little lesson on separation of power...for what it's worth.

[Vadem]

94. Chris Dodd on fire! Speaking extemporaneously about the

checks and balances and the Constitutional mandate of the Senate to advise and consent.

[BuckeFushe]

95. We are only stewards.

n/t

[0007]

96. 'Old Hatch will now tell us that Dodd is all wet

and now Santorumn speakth.

[Tatiana]

100. You see how (Needs-to-be-committed-to-a-)Sanitorium

Is responding to Senator Dodd's comments?

Again, Senator Dodd has framed the point of discussion.

The Repubs are looking like manipulative maniacs. Seriously. Rick looks like he's about to lose it...

[Avalux]

97. Time to hit the mute button - Sanitarium is up

[Avalux]

98. This guy is a freak

sounds like a fundamentalist preacher :puke:

[Vadem]

101. He is that, as well as a member of Gloria Dei, the right wing branch

of the Catholic religion.

[politicat]

99. Can we just get a ballgag for Santorum? Please?

[0007]

102. Fuck! what an acting job Santorum is doing, 'eh?

What a puke!

[GreenArrow]

107. How about a hooker?

.

[in_cog_ni_to]

103. UGH! Santorum...

Listen to him WHINE! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Boo fucking hoo! :puke:

Oh. let's throw a fit, why don't we? WEENIE!

[0007]

108. I hear ya - Wayne Allard

Who ever moves this thread to start a new one please take the last five or ten post.

[Pastiche423]

104. Lordy!

How could anyone keep a straight face listening to him howl?

[Tatiana]

105. For our friends on dialup, new thread

here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=700925

[quinnox]

106. Santorum is the worst

He makes my skin crawl. Even Hatch isn't as bad as that guy, as horrible as Hatch is.

[politicat]

109. FYI: Allard was LYING - The Pueblo paper DOES not speak for most of us in

Colorado.... Pueblo is a little, tiny nowhere town.....

But that's nothing new for Allard. He lies about changing his underwear.

[politicat]

110. As Mr. Politicat says in Re: Debate shouldnt be unlimited Repug position:

"Just you wait until you Repugs want to filibuster.

Quotes can be a bitch, can't they?"

:evilgrin:

[Jose Diablo]

111. But when Levin spoke in 2000 about endless debate

The judiciary committee had different rules. These 4 nominees would have never made it out of committee if the committee rules had not been changed.

Filibuster is now the only way to stop placement of radical judges.