Official Monday Senate Debate – Alito – Thread 6

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Thread 1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x267811

Thread 2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x268317

Thread 3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x268868

Thread 4
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x269641#270029

Thread 5
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x270261

[xiamiam]

1. im irritated with obamas stance..provided Hatch with ammunitiion..nt

[uppityperson]

8. Repubs don't need any ammunition, capable of making up their own.

Like Kerry calling from Switzerland. Like middleclass values are not the same as my extreme liberal left radical views and senators don't really want to filibuster but we are making them. blah blah blah.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. beat me to it. thanks.

[Sydnie]

2. hehehehehe

I love old american century's stuff!

[Botany]

7. sniff you never answered your last message from me.

It is going to be close ......

We are still in the ball game .... we must make sure we keep our cloture votes.
I called Byrd & Conrad and asked them to abstain from voting on Cloture if they
have to.



a lot of repugs are needing these now.

[Sydnie]

18. I did answer your last post .. the one from today?

I even sent you some :loveya:!

[Botany]

26. but I answered that one .....

... you EDVs we men are just like tissues to you .....
use us once and then we a history.

[Sydnie]

47. I see it now

[ClayZ]

3. Special Decisions (like his wife belonging to PRO LIFE groups).

[Sammy Pepys]

4. Who are the undeclareds so far?

Been busy with work stuff, so haven't been able to pay attention.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

19. these...

Bayh
Cantwell
Dorgan
Landrieu
Rockefeller
Snowe

[HereSince1628]

5. Geez, higher courts' job is not to right wrongs?

I thought that was exactly what the freaking appeals process WAS ALL about with the SCOTUS as the final arbiter.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. Notice on CSPAN - "Cloture vote scheduled for 4:30pm Monday" is now

"If Cloture vote passes, vote will be Tuesday morning"

:rofl:

we rock!

[Marie26]

9. Great!

Even if it doesn't work, at least it's making them nervous.

[Marie26]

10. Dupe. nt

[uppityperson]

12. "It is about abortion. This is what is driving them and special interest"

leftwing groups, Alitos opponents want Roe v Wade left alone. Per Hatch

[Marie26]

14. Actually no - it's all about executive power. nt

[uppityperson]

17. Right, sorry, was quoting hatch. nt

[Marie26]

36. Oh, sorry, I know

I was really talking to Hatch - if that makes any sense.

[ekelly]

20. Do the dumbasses actually believe

that overturning Roe will stop women from having abortions?
It won't.
It will simply assure that women will DIE!

Nice to hear them admitting that they are PRO-DEATH!

As long as abortions will continue.....why not at LEAST keep it as safe as possible?

[BReisen]

hatch is actually being up front about it

What I hear him saying is that "yes we are going to overturn RvW."

[Sammy Pepys]

13. What did Obama say?

I missed it.

[Kurovski]

43. You can check it out here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2072735

[Skidmore]

15. OMG, I've got to

pee so bad, but I'm afraid I'll miss something important. If I have kidney failure, will someone be a donor.

[Sydnie]

22. post #7 has just what you need! n/t

[Kurovski]

25. isn't there a vase handy?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

32. empty pepsi bottle...

trucker style.

lol

[Kurovski]

35. Fling it out the window!

...along with Alito...

[Wordie]

16. Last minute,online FAX/email link-LOTS of Senators. Write only 1 message.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x264848
The link takes you to a site where you can fax (online - free!) or email a long list of Senators. Use the radio buttons to select either a fax or email.

We're so close now! One more push and we're there! :)

Thanks Viva, for your efforts today. Recommended.

[Kurovski]

40. PLEASE GO TO WORDIE'S THREAD! If you haven't done so yet,

WHY NOT?

C'mon y'all. :-):bounce:

[Wordie]

44. People just won't believe how easy and FAST it is! eom

[Kurovski]

56. And fun? Hot damn, YES!

Wordie even has a sample message for you to copy if there's no time to compose your own.

WHEEEEE!!

[ralps]

45. I just sent them another message

[meganmonkey]

21. Damn, we're at level three!

:crazy:

[Sydnie]

24. 45 minutes til motion for cloture

getting ready right now for that I would guess.

[AZBlue]

23. Sooooo...he's basically admitting Alito will overturn RvW?

That's how I'm understanding it. But then again, I'm part of the hard left.

[Marie26]

27. He forgot to mention the NY Times editorial.

Wonder why?

[LeftNYC]

30. thats cause their "librul"

:sarcasm:

[Marie26]

37. Ooohh, OK. nt

[BReisen]

28. That is exactly what I heard! n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

29. Cochran

:insert pic of cockroach wearing grey wig here:

[More Than A Feeling]

33. called him "Senator Alito"

lol, Cochran shouldn't be allowed to vote if he doesn't know what he is electing alito to.

[ralps]

34. LOL I'm listening to Randi while the republicans are on

[selmo7]

65. I'm watching the Young Turks -

http://www1.theyoungturks.com/xoops/
They've been running a round the clock Filibuster Alito broadcasting marathon the last couple of days. SO COOOOL

and making last ditch phone calls - Levin, Bayh, Cantwell...

[uppityperson]

31. Cochran: Time for debate to end! All questions asked, answered

well, many of us have a different opinion.

[Wordie]

38. What other judicial colleagues say is irrelevant: no executive power issue

ever came up at that level!

[LeftNYC]

39. Did Cochran just practice his yodeling?

en thooo siastic

[Viva_La_Revolution]

41. Brownback up for last 10 min.

bleck

[ralps]

42. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas up now

[LeftNYC]

46. This is the Matter with Kansas...nt

[ekelly]

53. he mentioned the "freedom of religion" thing...

I'm pretty sure the founders meant that people cannot be dragged out of their beds at 2 am and shot because their neighbors ratted on them.

It does NOT mean (and as far as I'm concerned has NEVER meant) that people are free to shove their views down my throat and force me to look at it and listen to it everywhere I go.

[LeftNYC]

much respect...Welcome to DU! nt

[ralps]

52. But Senator Brownback I thought that the Judiciary job was to review laws

[AZBlue]

48. Ooooooh, Alito thinks it's ok for Muslims to be cops.

:wtf:

[Javaman]

49. boy what a sport, damn, next he will be saying it's okay for them to

have their own religion...hey wait a second!!!

scalito: the deep thinker of our time...

:sarcasm:

[flpoljunkie]

50. Interesting Brownback trying to minimize Roe v. Wade being overturned.

Very pointedly noting that the question would "go back to the states" and that we don't really know how Alito would vote.

The guy has a really creepy inappropriate smile, at times.

[Richard D]

51. Is this online someplace?

I couldn't find it at c-span

[flpoljunkie]

54. It should be on C-Span2.

[uppityperson]

55. I'm watching online at cspan here's the link.

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[Marie26]

57. C-span 2

But it says it's on "Avian Flu Preparedness."

[uppityperson]

which is amusing in it's own right

[Marie26]

70. Isn't it?

This is the Bush Empire's doing, I know it.

[stevedeshazer]

63. Click the link, no bird flu

[stevedeshazer]

58. C-Span2 n/t

[slide to the left]

59. c-span

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

[Midlodemocrat]

60. Kerry up now.

He is wonderful.

[Wordie]

68. Demolishing the ABA recommendation issue very forcefully! Great! eom

[ClayZ]

71. Kerry! Tells the Americans full story of ABA

"US senators have to consider much more than ABA!

ABA does not consider standards of the AVERAGE Americans.

That is the job of the SENATE!"

[Viva_La_Revolution]

61. Kerry back up for 7 minutes!!

bringing up ABA score

[Wordie]

72. Will they take a vote then? What about the Sens we haven't heard from? eom

[Sydnie]

62. Kerry back up for 7 minutes! n/t

[ralps]

64. Yay!!! Sen. Kerry is back up

[ralps]

67. He's bringing up the ABA rankings

[northamericancitizen]

73. What's ABA ?

[stevedeshazer]

75. American Bar Assoc. n/t

[northamericancitizen]

81. TY nt

[Kurovski]

66. Kerry's back to sweep away

the elephant dung!

[Sydnie]

69. Poor man is always left with the dirty work of both parties

I :loveya: him and am proud of him! :patriot:

[Kurovski]

74. Wub at first fight!

:-)

[ralps]

77. We need to take a stand now, & this is an extraordinary circumstance

[Coexist]

76. "this nomination IS an extreme circumstance"

yeah, baby.

[suffragette]

79. The prosecutor is making his case.

Listen up, gang of 14.

[Wordie]

84. Gee! Maybe they DID read all those emails I sent! That's what I said! LOL

[Coexist]

89. Wordie - you have been invaluable in this fight

thank you.

[Wordie]

78. "We can't go back..." (after a SC confirmation) is a very good theme.

[ClayZ]

80. Kerry is so good!

:patriot:

[Wheezy]

82. Leahy, Reid, Specter and Frist supposed to speak before 4:30

[Nimrod2005]

83. Final vote at 4:30 PM? in few minutes? n/\t

[Wordie]

90. Bayh, Cantwell, Dorgan, Landrieu, Rockefeller, Snowe have not yet spoken.

Won't they get a chance to?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

85. Kennedy up for last 7 minutes

[ClayZ]

Bring it on home!

[ralps]

86. Sen Kennedy for 7 minutes

[Marie26]

87. Anyone having trouble w/C-Span stream? nt

[AZBlue]

106. Online? Oh yeah! Gave up and went to just audio feed

(you can click on "listen" on the right side of the page)

[Marie26]

109. I'll try that. Thanks! nt

[ralps]

95. Wow!!!! He's practically yelling, The Supreme Court lead the way. The

Supreme Court protects the March toward Progress.

[Midlodemocrat]

88. Teddy on now.

God help us, what will we do when he passes away? Is there no one who is willing to be the 'liberal lion' of the senate?

Makes me start weeping just to think about it.

I love Teddy Kennedy.

[Marie26]

Who are the 6 undecideds? nt

[suffragette]

93. He is roaring now.

And I love it and him.

[Helga Scow Stern]

94. Give them HELL Ted. He's yelling.

[Wordie]

99. He's giving it his ALL...not holding anything back. VERY powerful! eom

[cyberpj]

107. God love 'im, he's already hoarse. But making points left and right!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

91. fired up again!

go Teddy!

[Kurovski]

92. Sen. Kennedy is tearing it up!

Thank you sir!

SOARING rhetoric...beautiful!

[berner59]

101. wow....

This is riveting... I've got chills...

[AZBlue]

96. And that, my friends, was John Kerry opening a can of whoop ass!

[Coexist]

97. OMFG - I am crying.

Teddy Kennedy is amazing.

[uppityperson]

105. you're not the only one. THREAD 7 Up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x271365

[The Witch]

98. From 0 to LIon in 5 seconds!!

:yourock: :bounce: :woohoo:

[maddezmom]

Ted K makes me proud

love ya TK

[bettyellen]

100. Wow, Teddy's on FIRE! I'm hearting him so much right now.

shout it.
our founding fathers failed us.
all about doing the right thing. the march to progress. the SC must protect it.
too much blood has been shed....

[Greeby]

102. On fire like I've never seen before

Ted, your brothers are looking down and smiling :patriot:

[dogday]

103. Get Em Ted!

set their asses on fire.....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

104. Thread 7 is up!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x271365

[Kurovski]

108. "If you want someone who is going to stand up for the working

men and women of America...it's not going to be judge Alito."

[Horse with no Name]

110. Wrong Judge--Wrong Time--Wrong Court

Go Tedd!!!
You nailed it.

[ClayZ]

111. WOW!

[orleans]

112. kennedy--enough to make you cry. he was great. as usual! n/t