Evidently John McCain R?/AZ wants to have his name associated with liberals. He is willing to throw in with the democrats concerning the unconstitutional filibuster the Democrats are using to keep the full Senate from voting up or down on Bush's Judicial nominations. On TV today McCain rolled over and threw a few democrat talking points (read - LIES - ) out to explain his reprehensible behavior.
Write to your senators and tell them to allow the judicial nominations to get to the full senate for an up or down vote.
You can encourage these Senators to do the right thing by e-mailing any GOP senator or by calling their office at 202-225-3121.
As a Californian Republican I'm stuck with Boxer and Feinstein. I and many others in this state depend on Republican Representatives and Senators in other states to do the right thing. McCain still has not voted one way or the other and may change his mind BUT! He has lost ANY respect I once had for him.
(More on McCains comments - here - and - here)
Something that many people fail to realilze is that there is already a mechanism in place to fight the dreaded fillibuster.
ReplyDeletePoetically enough, it's called the fillibuster breaker. Effectively, this is where everyone orders take-out, grabs a pillow and a blanket and doesn't leave until there's a vote. I think I remember it happening once or twice under Reagan.
You're partisan, you're stinky. Partisans are valueless.
ReplyDeleteThanks anonymous. I knew that already but needed to be reminded.
ReplyDeleteI heard someone suggest that if Barbara Boxer got up to start the filibuster it would be the shortest and funniest in history. One problem is the Democrats are not showing up at the meetings so there is no quorum. They are not willing to do that which they are elected to do. That is let the nominations out on the floor for a full vote.
I think McCain is the one bright spot in Washington. Hopefully he will be able to get five other Republicans to stand with him over this power grab by the Republicans.
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