33+ hours and counting in the 39-hour Pointless Senate Debate. Thread #10

[politicat]

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Anyone up for AIM chat?

Politicat, who is calling the cloak rooms on the hour, to offer encouragement and a verbal slap over the back of the head.

[VermontDem2004]

1. I thought the Senator from Lousiana

made some excellent points and showed alot of passion. I hear many people who say they don't vote because politicians show no passion in what they say and only care about getting elected. I just wish those people heard what she had to say earlier tonight.

[politicat]

2. Agreed... but Either Pryor is tired as I am or he's just uninspiring.

Scheduling him in the dead of night was good... prime time would have been deadly for us.

Pcat

[VermontDem2004]

3. I think it's a combination of both

But it's a good thing he is on in the middle of the night. How many Senators are there in the building right now?

[elperromagico]

5. He is a boring speaker trying to avoid confrontations

One of his campaign commercials here in Arkansas included the line, "I support President Bush in the War on Terror."

I voted for him, yes, but only because his opponent was the truly despicable Tim Hutchinson.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

26. Me too

Hutchinson was terrible. Anything in comparison is better. From letters I've received from him, Pryor doesn't strike me as being very charismatic or very liberal. BTW, KUAF (Fayetteville AR) made sure everyone in their listening area knew when Pryor would be on the floor, and hinting at the great sacrifice he was making for the party by taking the graveyard shift....

[ibegurpard]

6. Boring or not, he's speaking for OUR side

That's something to consider when you remember that there are people like Zell Miller who have the nerve to call themselves Democrats.

[rucky]

4. This is the graveyard shift...

all the A-listers are taking a well-deserved snooze.

I think I'll follow their lead

[elperromagico]

7. The South Carolina Afterbirth's back up

"This is a crisis!!! We're hurting future generations!"

I'd say the fact that future generations have unemployed parents right now is more of a crisis.

Moronic prick.

[politicat]

11. Um-hum. With the Deficit spending he keeps approving.

let me say this in 1st grade words.

4 judges will not make the court log better.

40 judges might alleviate the backlog in the circuit courts.

400 would help a lot.

The big problem is the country is growing and the need for courts is growing as the society becomes more complex.

These 4 judges will just make this worse and cause problems for the Supreme Court.

Politicat.

[politicat]

8. so correct me if I'm wrong....

there are 55 Repugs in the senate and 45 Dems.

Those 55 knew going in that if this was going to go on party lines, they couldn't get it to pass because of the reduced super-majority (used to be worse - 66).

So they had to get 5 Dems to go along with them, and with the climate, it was not going to happen.

So this is literally nothing more than their way of trying to kick us....

And amazingly it's not happening.

I think we are winning.

But we didn't start this debate. They did. They called it.

Insane.

[elperromagico]

9. Minor correction

51 R
48 D
1 I

The Republicans need nine votes. They already have Zell "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" Miller, so they only need eight.

[benburch]

10. And if 39 hours does not work...

... they will make it 48, 96, 240, whatever it takes because they have no respect for fairness or tradition or civil discourse.

[elperromagico]

12. And they have no respect

for the millions of unemployed people who will lose their benefits on New Year's Eve. It fills me with rage to watch these whiny f***ing Republicans shoot down any attempt at legislation to extend unemployment benefits.

These bastards want to shut down the damned government so they can complain about four judges! And now they want to take it to the Supreme Court!

[VermontDem2004]

13. The Senator from Louisiana provided an interesting fact

The republicans rejected 20% of Clinton's judges while the democrats are only rejecting 4% thus far.

[elperromagico]

14. And the South Carolina Afterbirth replies with

"We didn't filibuster any of Clinton's appointees!"

[politicat]

15. I have been wondering about that....

I mean, if they want to prove how "serious" and "tough" (and dimwitted and out of touch with their constituencies) they are, they could make this permanent.

Make us call in the National Guard because they're squatting. After all, it's a federal building. You're not allowed to live there.

Something on the line of a weird, twisted strike.

I'm making calls to my senator's office regularly to complain. This is bullshit.

Of course, Allard the Mallard and Benny Boy Campbell don't listen to liberals like me.....

Politicat.

[theoceansnerves]

16. santorum again.. blah

i can't believe i'm still watching this.
and rick santorum is such a scumbag. he's interrupting sen. reed for "questions" which are ridiculously far fetched hypotheticals. reed is being far too congenial. hasn't santorum been around all day? is he just some robot they wind up and put on the floor? ugh

[elperromagico]

17. Again with Santorum's "Most Jobs Ever" chart

How about we get the "Most Unemployed Americans" chart?

[dpibel]

18. Rick Sanscrotum Speaks a Truth!!!!

He just said, "If you wanna see the debasement of our culture, you should tune in C-Span right now."

Well, hell. If you did that you'd see. . .

Rick Sanscrotum

And he is a debasement.

[ComerPerro]

21. That guy is a fucking psychopath

I swear. I just watched his little tirade.

I am sorry, Rick, but quite frankly, the Christian God has no place in the public sector. I am sorry you feel forced to recognize muslims as human beings, but you are just going to have to learn to deal with disappointment.

And, watching this asshole at work, I can't help but wonder...

Does he ever pass up an opportunity to "defend marriage", by which I mean does he ever miss a chance to slam homosexual relationships???

What a jerkoff.

[chascarrillo]

19. If you want to see the debasement of our society...

"If you want to see the debasement of our society, watch CSPAN right now." - Sen Rick Santorum (R-PA)

Hey, I couldn't agree more!

[aldian159]

41. Based on what DUers say of ricky

how the hell did he get elected in the first place?

Intelligence doesn't seem to be his strong suit...

[dpibel]

20. Hey, Rick. Here's some God in the public square for ya:

God, Rick Sanscrotum is repulsive.

[BuckeFushe]

28. I sent Sanatoriums an email.....

"Sir, in watching your antics and theater during the FAILED talkathon put on by those of you who are supposed to be doing the business of the country, I find you to not only be the most repugnant person I have ever viewed in Politics, I find you to be a devious and deceitful human being. Your moral outrage is misplaced, and you soil not only the Constitution, you soil the memory of the great politicians who have preceeded you in the sacred chamber that is known as the Senate.

You don't deserve to serve the people, you deserve a place in prison serving the special interests behind steel bars. The American people are your employers, and I can only hope they dismiss you in the next election. You deserve nothing less."


Feel free to send this to any Senator of your choosing.

[kyrasdad]

38. Very good Bucke!!!

I love the soiling the memory statement... fan frikkin tastic!

[kdmorris]

22. Rick just tried to move for the Unanimous consent of the judges. (6:30 AM)

Durbin said "No way". Not until we pass the unemployment benefits act.

Santorum makes me want to puke. It's too early in the morning to listen to his crap!!

[maddezmom]

23. Dick kicked butt

once again! Telling the Sen from PA...he's suffering from political amnesia. The cots are still cold from the made for FOXTV fillabuster.

[dpibel]

24. Hot Flash for Rick Sanscrotum (R-Psychosis)

Tell ya what, Rick.

If you think Ruth Bader Ginsburg (ooooooh! hisssssss!!!) is some sort of wild radical, Durbin was right. You are the extreme loony right wing.

Because sane people know that Ginsburg is a complete, utter, absolute centrist.

Of course, Senator Rick (R-Jihad) is a one-note Charlie. Come out and say it Rick, baby. What you really want is judges who will do what judges should do: Get big government back in our bedrooms, where it belongs.

[dpibel]

25. A few words from Kit Bond (R-Pantsonfire)

He just said that, no matter where he goes, in the country, in the city, in the towns, in the villages, far and wide, nobody wants to talk about Iraq or jobs or all that crap. Nosirreee! They want to talk about the unprecedented filibuster of judicial nominees.

Kit, baby. Can I have some o' what you're smokin'?

[He loved Big Brother]

27. From Zell Miller's book-

Paraphrasing, I'm tired too- "The USA has a system where 41 members can thwart the will of 59. Try to explain that to someone in the Wal-Mart parking lot," yadda yadda.

While you'are at it, explain how someone who got *half a million* <[i>more votes than their opponent in our 2000 presidential race is not sitting in the White House.

[0007]

29. The tag team boys are at it again I see!

How is the living hell could anyone from Minnesota vote for that puke Norm Coleman? Out of respect for Paul this guy should be put in the toilet and flushed.

[0007]

30. I think things are gonna heat up on the floor in the next few minutes.

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. Did you just hear Santorum???

What a fool! Daschle's up!

[Tatiana]

32. kick

What's the status of the cloture votes?

[eleny]

33. Do they R's really want to extend Unemployment Benefits?

Not! That would make the unemployment numbers look bad. Oh, well. I just got to the computer and haven't been following all night. Looks like Sanctorum was on a roll. What a rat ba*tard.

[0007]

34. Santorum is giving thanks and blessings to all helped ..

in bringing light to the world.

junior must have patted this guy on the ass, eh? Now he's giving predictions about the future of the senate.

How come this prick gets time on the floor for this type of BS?

[TexasPatriot]

35. You know

Natalie owned up to our embarrassment over shrub, but until this debate I hadn't really considered Pennsylvania as a scary place. After Santorum's performance, to all the people of the great state of Pennsylvania, I feel your pain.

[0007]

36. I live in Texas and that is real pain,

Thank you for your concern.

[0007]

37. Know what stupid Texas looks like

got to c-span right now and look at that stupid Cornyn

[GinaMaria]

39. What's happening now?

sitting in a cube again today. Any info appreciated.

[nickgutierrez]

40. Link to "debate"

http://www.c-span.org/congress/debate.asp

Watch Mary Landreau (D-LA) smack Orrin Hatch around, among other things :D.