Unfreep this poll by Sen. Bill Frist

[La_Serpiente]

http://www.senate.gov/~frist/

[onebigbadwulf]

1. How

am i supposed to vote?

[La_Serpiente]

2. yes

[onebigbadwulf]

3. says 83% is yes right now...

looks like we did well

[depakid]

4. Yes is the wrong answer.... N/T

!

[La_Serpiente]

5. It's down to 70 percent now

[R Hickey]

8. It's a trick question. This is a push poll

I voted No. And I would say more, if it wern't for my cat.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Vote No, Right?

nt

[La_Serpiente]

7. right

[WyLoochka]

12. A Little background

might have been helpful in your original post. This Frist "poll" is on a subject of utmost importance to our future and we HAVE to win this showdown or be stripped of our rights by Scalia/Thomas/Rehnquist clones apponted to lifetime positions on the federal benches.

Once the federal benches are packed with a bunch of right wing Federalist Society goons, it won't matter who occupies the executive branch or has the majority in congress. The present GOP ideology will control everything from the bench and dominate our future. They won't have to be in elected office to beat on us for the next 40 years. They'll do it from the bench.

The fight over federal judges is a fight for the future and it is of utmost importance to win this one NOW!

Frist's poll question itself is a lie. There is NO specification in the Constitution that mandates an up or down floor vote on judicial appointments. The Senate is to give advice on judicial appointments and it is free to consent to them or not. There is no prescribed method such as an up or down floor vote by which the advising and consenting process must be carried out. The Senate Democrats (enough of them to hold the line anyway) have made it clear that they DO NOT CONSENT to some of Bush's appointments and they have been filibustering some (they'd add more if they had more support from us) for months. They have confounded the Senate GOP leadership with their adamant non-consent, and blocked the most odious to this point.

The Senate Democrats have been fighting a valiant battle on our behalf on this matter from day one of the Bush installation, sadly, with very little support from DU and little mention of their beleaguerment by any of our candidates who are now getting media time due to the election cycle.

Frist is staging a 30 hour all nighter spectacle on the Senate floor to try to fool the masses into taking action into pounding the Democrats into submission. Don't fall for this "up or down vote bs." It's not in the Constitution nor should it be. Obviously, if there were an "up or down" vote ALL Bush* appontments would be a shoe-in.

Our elected representatives have a right to block the nominations by filibuster and thus block a floor vote. Bush* or rather Gonzalez, the guy in the admin who really picks these nominees, can just go back to the drawing board and send up the names of more moderate nominees or leave the seats vacant. It's that simple.

This is urgently important folks. During this 30 hour beat-up on the Democrats time staged by Frist we simply MUST let our guys know that we support them in their filibuster or it's all over. I suggest we start sending them notes of support and perhaps tangible items, like flowers or something, that Frist and Hatch will see being delivered. At the least we should all vote NO on his Frist's little poll.

[Barad Simith]

9. now we're at 64% no, 36% yes

[arcos]

10. 5:15 ET - No: 68%, Yes: 32%. 109 total votes n/t

[elfin]

11. I voted no and got an

ERROR message.

[karlschneider]

17. Same here, it wouldn't take my 'no' vote.

Must be hooked up to a Diebold machine. :grr:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. 71% NO

[Barad Simith]

14. it's down to 50-50

vote NO

[TNOE]

15. Error Message

Taken down perhaps?

[JohnGideon]

18. No - 51% Yes - 49% n/t

[mndemocrat_29]

16. Now it's at 49 Yes, 51 No

n/t

[Flaming Meaux]

19. Free Republic had better get busy.

Re-freeping this stupid poll. I suppose he wanted to cite the results during his 30-minute overnight speech.

Message to Dr. Frist (who I wouldn't let touch me if he were the only doc my HMO approved): The Senate rules are set up the way they are for a reason, that being to CAREFULLY consider the dreck sent to it by the House and/or the executive branch. Yes, it is perfectly normal for 41 senators to hold up ANYTHING they deem un-Kosher, like stealth appointments to the federal bench. The sooner you're made MINORITY leader, the better.

[lysergik]

20. 53% NO 47% YES.. Keep it up!

[eleny]

21. Voted NO!!!

I heard on the radio that the Repubs are furious and want to change the cloture rule of the Senate. No more 60% vote to nominate judges. We have to vote NO!!!! They aren't so worried about the future and Dems being in the majority. They think they'll own the country for the next century. And they will happen if these ultra conservative judges get appointed to the higher courts.

I heard that one of our Dems was filibustering last night by talking about recipes for chile. You go on, there! This is America in action where the minority party has some clout. Let's not allow that to be taken away, too. The Repubs want to take that away, as well.

"I hate the Republican Party!"

[Liberal_Andy]

22. No 52% - Yes 48%

n/t

[beyurslf]

24. KICK

52 yes and 48 no now. VOTE PEOPLE!

[eleny]

23. Kick it up

[redqueen]

25. I voted no

but the site didn't show results afterward... (?)

When i clicked to see the results, yes was ahead. :(