Is anyone listening to Ted Kennedy bitch slap Alito???

[sweetm2475]

These are just opening remarks. Go Teddy!!!! :spank:

[Armstead]

1. Yep -- No surprise that he's calling him out

Can always rely on Teddy.

He's covering the fullspectrum of real issues at stake.

[SW FL Dem]

2. I am - it's wonderful to hear n/t

[Guaranteed]

3. Yup...Alito's got the deer in the headlights look. nt

[BuyingThyme]

4. Go Ted!

[waiting for hope]

5. Can anyone quote?

I'm a cube rat at the moment....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. play by play here....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x88324

[sweetm2475]

13. check out this thread someone just posted....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=88324&mesg_id=88324

they've been watching since the start. you could probably get a quote or two over there.:hi:

[waiting for hope]

17. Thanks!

Wish I could hear...would love to see that foppish sob quiver....

[moc]

6. Loving it!

:bounce:

[catmother]

7. yes. i just turned it on. we can always count on uncle ted. nt

[Sydnie]

8. yep - thread here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=88324&mesg_id=88324

[sweetm2475]

11. thanks for the thread

:yourock:

[yurbud]

9. hot damn! he's still alive

[Tin Man]

10. Good 'ol fashioned, over-the-knee, pants-down spanking !

Ouch!!!

[lyonn]

14. Grassley just said

"...men and women of the Supreme Court.... Women? There will be only one. That is referred to as a woman on the supreme court.

[durrrty libby]

16. You Go Boy

Ted’s opening remarks are in your face, no holds barred.

He is angry over spying, torturing, discrimination against Blacks, and calling Alito out on his possible support of wanton executive power, lack of any writings supporting Blacks complaints of discrimination in the workplace, and questions his credibility.

You can watch hearings on CNN.com (pipeline)

[ThomWV]

15. Ah, A breath of fresh air - This Sum It Up?

Lied on his job application.
Lied when he said he'd recruse himself from Vangard - didn't.
Lie, lie, lie

What's he gonna lie about next?

That pretty much sum it up

[Trevelyan]

18. Help out - sign one of the email petitions to your Senators at Congress.or

Judge Alito’s record makes clear that he would work to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state and to open the door to majority rule on religious matters. Replacing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with Judge Alito would fundamentally alter First Amendment law and immediately put at risk many of the crucial protections for religious minorities that the Supreme Court has recognized and consistently enforced during the past sixty years. Judge Alito’s judicial philosophy, particularly in how it relates to the Establishment Clause, would be disastrous for religious liberty and the protection of religious minorities.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=/au/issues/alert/?alertid=8318456

[sweetm2475]

24. done, but....

you really should start a separate thread with that. action like that is too important to get hidden in the middle of this thread. unless you already did, in which case i'm a dumb ass.:evilgrin:

[lyonn]

31. Thanks

Sent it with comments for all the good it will do. (sarcasm)

[sweetm2475]

19. Grassley makes me want to puke!

Poor, poor, nominee with the black eye. Tell that to the mother of the 10 year old girl who got strip-searched.:nopity: God these people make me sick!:puke:

[rodeodance]

23. greenly was lecturing (loudly) members for the 'up and down' vote.

[sweetm2475]

25. how many times do you think we're gonna hear that tired old crap

in the next few weeks? up or down vote, strict constructionist, doesn't legislate from the bench, blah blah, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:puke:

[louis-t]

27. You forgot "ABA highest rating" etc..

[FreedomAngel82]

45. Ten year old got stripped search?!

And Alito is okay with this?

[lyonn]

20. Leahey and Kennedy are hammering

the fact that Myers didn't even get a chance to be before the committee, the Base spoke out clearly against her. Dems need to hammer this throughout this process. They are showing how phony the repubs are is this process! I believe this is happening, Yeah!

[rodeodance]

21. ted did good but he will be dissed as a libbbbbberal.

[sweetm2475]

26. Badge of Honor, IMO n/t

[EFerrari]

30. I guess to the far right, Kennedy looks far left. n/t

[Trevelyan]

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What a year it has been. As we get ready now to kick off 2006, I want to thank you for being part of the TedKennedy.com community.

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The reason is clear. We tackle important problems facing our nation, and do our best to raise awareness among our fellow citizens and create change.

http://www.tedkennedy.com/

Together, we will build on our track record of success.

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[louis-t]

29. Funny, "Remember William Myers?"

Oops, caught that in the original e-mail from Uncle Ted's office.

[sweetm2475]

28. No, Biden, We're entitled to a filibuster of this freak N/T

[lyonn]

32. As a call-in mentioned on C-span

Why not filibuster? We have nothing to lose. Where is our spine? Are the Dems in the Senate willing to go all the way with their principles? I am afraid they will do the usual, go along to get along.

[sweetm2475]

33. I heard that caller. She rocked! Was she the same one that was saying

"Where are the Dems' spines" to Leahy?

[lyonn]

35. I believe so and

he sure didn't impress me with his answer. He did fairly well with his opening statement tho in committee.

[William Bloode]

34. Thats how i see it.

Use the filibuster now! Simply because if the repukes go "nuclear" they will be cutting of their own nose to spite their face, seeing how they will surely go down this year. I think the repukes know that they are in serious hot water politically and cannot count on being the majority for long, hence i doubt they would go nuclear. But hey, these are the neocons, and we all know they are not about smart decisions. At any rate let them use the nuclear option, it will only come back to bite them, and very soon i might add.

[sweetm2475]

36. dumb question, but if they go nuclear, then what?

i have heard a few different things regarding this. don't the dems then have the option to close down the senate? or do i have my facts wrong? because the way i see it, all this repub congress has done is f**k things up. they haven't done any good. so if the dems shut the place down (and i know they wouldn't, but just hypothetically speaking) then what? the preznit takes all the power? oh wait, he already did that!

[lyonn]

37. The complaints that the Dems don't have an issue

is a serious issue. Our Dems representing us are playing nice and all I hear from Repubs and even other about Kerry is he did not stand up for us. I don't even want to get into the Kerry issue, really, but that is what the media use successfully. A filibuster would get the attention of the nation. Then the media would have to talk about it, hey, the Dems are rearing up would be the comments and then they would spends days hammering the dems for how wrong they were, but, at least it would get the conversation going. Geez do we have issues and our reps need to earn their pay and quit being politically correct.

[lyonn]

38. Damn, I like Feingold!

Every time I hear him I end up totally agreeing with him. Am I missing anything negative?

[sweetm2475]

39. nope. he rocks!

another great smackdown:spank:

[lyonn]

40. We need to recommend this post

so it won't get lost. At least I like it. Not very many of this hearing.

[sweetm2475]

41. betcha strip search sammy really needs a bathroom break after that

:hurts: i can't recommend it. i started it. but i agree, good conversation.:toast:

[sweetm2475]

42. i am really starting to like david gregory, too.

are you watching the span? he's going off on quacky.

[lyonn]

43. Yup, he smacked Scotty

You were referring to the press conference?

[sweetm2475]

44. yeah, i was.

[FreedomAngel82]

49. Gregory has been doing great with reporting

He's been great at standing up to the Bush white house. He should get reporter of the year award.

[sweetm2475]

52. white house reporter of the year. him and Helen Thomas

there are other great reporters out there who would never get a shot at quacky. it's a shame.

[sweetm2475]

46. Next batter up....ChuckE Schumer.....

GO BOY!!!

[sweetm2475]

47. how bout another bathroom break, sammy?

:hurts:

[iconoclastNYC]

48. look at this ... cspan headline....

On C-SPAN Now:
Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint


Lovely that they've picked up the Radical Right's talking points/framing!

There activists aren't activists...they are restrained. YEAH RIGHT. That's why it's THOMAS and SCALIA have overturned more acts of Congress than anyone else sitting on the high court.

[sweetm2475]

50. why worry about those little things called facts.....

when you're trying to appeal to the "guns, god, and gays" crowd.

[sweetm2475]

51. and again with the "liberal agenda"

ok libs, time to burn the flag, kill the pledge, destroy christmas, everyone got their ACLU card? On we go.....:patriot:

[lyonn]

53. Coburn, R-OK, Ugh

Thank gawd that old ladies can not produce like old men can. They wouldn't even be having this discussion. I am an old lady. This man makes no sense when it comes to a woman's rights "that fetus that has downs syndrome has as much right to life as anyone." Guess the family that must care for this child, the mother that is not able to get a job because she must care for this special child, the child that must deal with it's disability, who is to decide what is right? Those like Coburn or those that don't think like Coburn/Alito/Hatch. Of course they will not vote for Federal funds to care for these special people!

[sweetm2475]

54. I just posted a poll re: the rightwingers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=90603&mesg_id=90603

[Tsiyu]

55. kickin for the night shift

:kick:

[Tsiyu]

56. Kick

It's relentless...resistance is useless

I mean this damned Donkey:kick: not fighting Alito!!!!!