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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:41 PM Original message |
Good news/bad news-Lieberman to Oppose - Byrd to Support Alito |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Byrd to support? |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I was almost in tears when I called his office yesterday |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. He needed more calls from his constituents, not |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I called -- and I'm a West Virginian |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. byrd is emminently porkable |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. No surprise - Byrd is very social conservative and deferential to |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. yup, he is a virulent homophobe , too, sadly. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Yep. Byrd has always been a conservative 'southern Democrat.' |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Anybody getting the idea that |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Huh? |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Good Cop (Dems) vs. Bad Cop (Pubs) |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. No surprise for Byrd - Good surprise for Lieberman. |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. why arent you surprised about byrd |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Look at Byrd's record on these issues and you will see he is very |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Byrd's always had crappy ACLU and Human Right's Campaign |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. thank you |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. They obviously have dirt on Byrd |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Why - Why do you refuse to see Byrd for who he is. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Because rhetoric is all that matters. Hillary is a liberal, did you hear? |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Are you saying he is a Dirty Byrd? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Whaaaa? Have they "gotten to" Sen. Byrd?? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. No |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. But, he MUST see that the entire "co-equal branches" tenet is at stake! |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Really no surprise for Lieberman--he has always been consistently |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. I know a lot of people are going to be surprise by Byrd, but there should |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I'm surprised because |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. And he led the compromise that basically prevents the filibuster. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I'm a little surprised, too |
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CityDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Byrd is old school |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. well, he was one of 22 Dems who voted for John Roberts also |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Given that Sen. Byrd carries around a copy of the U.S. Constitution -- |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I don't believe it! |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. BYRD is senile - or a supporter of the 4th Reich? Has he been threatened |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought I had read where Byrd is so afraid of the nuclear |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Maybe Byrd ought to get around to reading that copy of |
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Free the Press (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. um, strictly posturing now. Alito to be confirmed - filibuster defeated. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Call them ALL! Fax them ALL! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. Byrd is speaking right now! n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The man who spoke eloquently about Executive Authority w/Iraq Resolution |
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rsinger (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Alito |
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rsinger (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. Alito |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. Wow! Kudos to Lieberman, who I'd long written off and I'm totally confused |
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