Ole’ Arlan grew a set?

Onager on April 3, 2008 at 7:02 PM

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I thought that said “skirt”.
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the possibility of halting all Senate business

Hallelujah!!!

In an interview with The Hill on Thursday, Specter said it was “a possibility” that the GOP would object to motions that allow routine business to proceed on the floor, a move that would stifle Senate action and effectively bring the chamber to a halt.

the entire Senate? that would be good.. need more squabbles like this..

Too many right-winger do not seem to understand the word “conservative” or have conservative values. The Gang of 14 represented the sensible conservatism of requiring a 60% supermajority consensus before most actions by the Senate. If you want less government and I certainly want less government, then you want the filibuster.

The way I understood it, it was an unprecedented use of the supermajority to bring judicial nominees out of committee for a vote on the senate floor… and that not even to the senate confirmation vote yet…

He’s no conservative. Most of those in Washington aren’t conservative. They vote on huge boondoggles, and push for contracts to political cronies. The answer of term limits is obvious, and rejected by, those in power, what a surprise.

In Georgia, one of our more Conservative congressmen, has also voted for nonsense government grants to businesses, including one that was under investigation for misappropriating government funds. There are no true conservatives, not in DC there aren’t.

The super majority is a sham. If Judicial Nominee’s are an issue, then why don’t they address the issue? Because, both Republicans and Democrats intend to use the issue to get our votes, using them as scare tactics. The Democrats will claim they are preventing far right wing judges from getting the bench. The Republicans are and will claim that the Democrats are preventing good and decent judges from going to work on the backlog of cases brought by the trial lawyers.

The same trial lawyers we haven’t had the guts to reign in before? Yes, those trial lawyers. Those same lawyers we blame for ruining the medical practice by suing everyone in sight when someone sneezes in a Hospital. The same lawyers who turn every minor fender bender into a major legal fight.

There are no Conservatives, because if there was just one Conservative running for the White House, he would change everything in sixty days. Impossible you say? Very possible. A truly conservative president who cared about the people would tell congress to give him a flat tax legislation in sixty days, or he would pardon every citizen for any and all tax crimes for the current year, in other words, you would pay no taxes, and get away with it.

It’s a lie that we’re sending Liberals, or Conservatives. They both push the same legislation through, and we stupidly support them both. We oppose a national ID card as Conservatives, but we pass the National ID act as Conservatives. Everything we’ve opposed, we’ve voted for, all in the name of Conservative.

I’m sorry, are we talking about the same John McCain who was the proud leader of the Gang of 14 and opposed the conservative Judges?

Too many right-winger do not seem to understand the word “conservative” or have conservative values. The Gang of 14 represented the sensible conservatism of requiring a 60% supermajority consensus before most actions by the Senate. If you want less government and I certainly want less government, then you want the filibuster.

Before going any further, I wish to say that the word “stupid” should hardly ever be used, but there are some times when it is appropriate. Here it is appropriate. The right-wing strategy is a heinously, stupid long run strategy for the right wing’s own interest. If the right-wing Republicans would have eliminated the filibuster, because if judicial appointees are a reason to get rid of the filibuster, then so is voting rights for the disenfranchised residents of DC, so is gun control so we can stop the killing, and so is every f****** leftist agenda item once they get their 51 senators.

I appeal to anyone objecting to the Gang of 14 to think for fifteen seconds.

Spector goes with the wind, and he ain’t a true Republican. Wait and see.

AMartinez on April 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM

I bet the surrendercrats string him along enough to keep action going, then run out the clock without confirming many…if any.

They too will need an issue to unify their nutballs due to their in-fighting, so I bet they continue to obstruct.

It sets a bad precedent, and one the Democrats may live to regret. If Barack Obama wins the presidency, every nomination will get microscopic scrutiny and passionate opposition.

I beg to differ, Ed, but the Republicans in Congress are a bunch of spineless pansies. Especially the Senate!

It’s got to be a joke.

You have only one Party in America: The Democratic Party and its lighter liberal version, the Republican Group.

Indy Conservative on April 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM

For whining pseudo-Republicans who can’t tell the difference between red and blue there’s always the Nationalist Party.

Bringing the Senate to a grinding halt would be a plus. Specter is full of surprises.

Zorro on April 3, 2008 at 8:06 PM

They have been on a halt except for investigations. Where is the action on Social Security, Oil Production and Refineries, Immigration, Education, Health Care, Raising food costs because we are burning our food supply instead of gas, Ear mark spending, making the tax cuts permanent, Housing and Mortgages.

Our wonderful leaders pander and pass out money we don’t have to people who don’t pay taxes to get votes so they can sit on their ass and continue to do nothing and bitch about Bush. They all disgusting. All.

WTF more could anyone want?

Uh oh- looks like Ed broke the blog again. At least on my POS work computer; the stories are all in one column.

Hollowpoint on April 3, 2008 at 7:29 PM

Minor problem. Just need to reduce the graphic for this entry to something less than 267 wide.

Democrats might do better to quietly get through the backlog of nominations

Very true. In fact with the candidates’ dissatisfaction levels being very high with large portions of their base, I would imagine that both the Dems. and the Reps. in the House and Senate would want to be very very quiet until November, so as not to tip the scales; or rock the boat, don’t rock the boat baby.