Anti-Specter Prayer Vigil in Frist's Office

[janx]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1273148/posts#54

Join Evangelical and Catholic Pro-Life Leaders The Rev. Rob Schenck, Rev. Pat Mahoney, Troy Newman, and Chris Slattery to cry out:


"No Judiciary Committee Chair To Sen. Arlen Specter!"

and join us when the Senate returns from recess in a


"Stop Specter Pro-Life Pray-In"
Tuesday, November 16th (Call Chris Slattery for Free rides from NY and NJ)

Assemble at either: 109 Second St. NE (near U.S. Supreme Court) 12:30PM (then we will process to pray) or Arrive at 1PM sharp at 1st St. and Constitution Ave.



Senator Bill First 461 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC


I doubt this will come to anything near fruition at this point, but we can expect some fine theater in the coming years, I'd bet.

And why not? It's a green light now, right?

[janx]

1. Shameful kick

[gauguin57]

2. We need Specter to turn Democrat and 11 moderate Repubs in Senate

to turn Independent because they're so pissed off at the Bush Administration's extremism. I believe that would give us a one-vote majority.

[janx]

8. Then I hope these right wingnuts succeed in their prayer

vigil, and I hope the media covers the heck out of it. But I don't think the idea's going to fly very well.

[Generic Other]

53. Is this a possibility?

He's not exactly the GOPs Zell Miller, for chrissake. They are such vindictive little worms.

[GRLMGC]

3. Dumbfucks

Well, at least we're not the only ones turning on our own.

[janx]

4. Did you read the thread?!

What are they going to do now--shut up the looney right who essentially got Chimpy elected to a second term?

[GRLMGC]

6. eeeehhh

i'd rather not go there. I'd feel dirty

[zulchzulu]

5. Let's make sure this gets LOTS of airtime

We have to expose the rest of the people who voted for Chimpy these extremists.

[janx]

7. That was my first reaction too, Zulch, but I don't know if even

Frist would let them come anywhere close to his office. Yet as one of them said, they've earned some "political capital," and they intend to use it!

AHHH HAHAHAHAHA!

[janx]

9. trouble-in-paradise-already kick!

[rlev1223]

10. they're going to start eating each other up

The hard-right dominionist fundies don't really care about party --
they have shown in the past they will fight the reputzes when they think they have to (several years they scuttled a bankruptcy overhaul because it would have hurt anti-abortion groups seeking bankruptcy protection -- pissed off the NY banks "big time.")

Perhaps some of the "moderate" repubs -- a very relative term -- will start to wake up, get some balls, including Olympia Snowe -- and
realize that these people are their enemies, too.

[janx]

11. There aren't enough of those left, and the wingnuts are too

entrenched. They are owed..."bigtime," as F-yourself Cheney would say.

I like the moderates, but there are simply too few of them. Even so, your idea would be nice.

[Malva Zebrina]

42. I would not count on Snowe and Collins

Snowe, a professed pro-choice moderate voted for the partial birth abortion bill. I think Collins, another professed "pro-choice" moderate did also although I have not looked that up. They will go the party line and may deviate some on "safe" issues, like providing pencils to teachers who are spending their own money on supplies.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. 1,000 Lefties Should Show Up And Pretend Their Fundies (nt)

[blondeatlast]

28. DC evilDUers, you have your calling!

Great idea.

[Leilani]

13. LOL!!!

We may be depressed, but the next 4 years should be a riot.

[janx]

15. My thoughts exactly! n/t

[blondeatlast]

29. That's true--our wits are already returning.

Gitmo should be a riot...

[Obviousman]

14. so it has begun

we are witnessing the first battle of the gop civil war. bwahaha

[janx]

16. I think it has begun in earnest, finally. I feel for those few

moderates who are left. Their days are numbered.

[gordianot]

49. Maybe they will join us outcast Democrats?

After all we are still counting Zell Miller.

[janx]

17. Anti-Specter furor grows

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/06/MNG8H9N4F41.DTL

Anti-Specter furor grows
Attempts to backpedal on remarks fail to stem conservatives' ire

Washington -- Angry conservatives flooded Senate phone and fax lines Friday demanding that Republicans prevent Sen. Arlen Specter from presiding over the Judiciary Committee after his comments predicting that strongly anti-abortion judicial nominees might be rejected in the Senate.

The outpouring illustrated how the party's conservative wing has been emboldened by the White House election victory and the strengthening of Republican majorities in Congress, potentially raising new hazards for moderate Republicans who might want to break from the president or House and Senate leadership on major issues.

Republican lawmakers and top Senate aides, speaking privately for the most part, said the uproar from the right was becoming an impediment for Specter, a Pennsylvania lawmaker who has coveted the chairmanship. They said while it was likely he would still get the post, it was no longer a certainty.

"He is not out of the woods," said one Senate aide who is closely monitoring developments on the Judiciary Committee.

Most of those Republicans said they initially believed that Specter's subsequent clarification -- that he did not mean his remarks as a warning to Bush not to nominate to the Supreme Court a judge who would be inclined to overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision -- would protect him. But they said continuing resistance to his taking the chairmanship of the committee that examines judicial nominees was being fanned by conservative talk-radio hosts and activist groups outraged over his comments in the immediate aftermath of resounding Republican wins Tuesday night.

(more at link)

[lanparty]

21. Fauxndies needs to be careful ...

The GOP moderates could go independent and cut deals to give themselves committee chairmanship under a bi-partisan leadership group.

[SoCalDem]

27. Spector should do exactly that..

He should try to convince the others to join him, and caucus with the dems.. Wouldn't that frost the tinpot cowboy's cake??

[janx]

45. I hope he does.

Whatever happens, I'm sure we'll see plenty of pyrotechnics in the what's left of the Republican party in the days to come.

[Booster]

18. Man, these people really need to go to Hell for all the things

they're doing in the name of religion. I bet God is pissed.

[janx]

19. So are what few are left of the moderate Republicans.

But they should have seen it coming many years ago.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

20. Let them EAT each other

Cannibalism in the GOP. I love it. Yum, yum, yum, eat each other up.

[MidwestMomma]

26. My sentiments exactly! nt

[Julien Sorel]

22. Now their crazies get to tear them apart.

[blondeatlast]

33. I can't wait. I know I shouldn't feel this way, but Black Tuesday

may have been the best thing for the moderates and the left--EVER.

[lanparty]

23. We must face one truth ...

Unless our judges can stay on the bench, Roe V Wade is HISTORY.

Bush won't make the mistake that Reagan made. Reagan's appointments were based on legal experience. Bush will NOT appoint jurists. He will appoint right wing synchophants like Thomas!!! And he'll appoint them EXTRA young so they can stay on the bench for 40 years!!!!

In all honesty, I think Roe v Wade will fall within Bush's presidency!! At that point, it will be legal in the blue states and illegal in the red states!!!

[foo_bar]

24. Reagan's appointments were based on legal experience?

Scalia, Rehnquist, O'Connor, and Kennedy are jurists? Reagan's appointments are the reason we inhabit a banana republic...

[blondeatlast]

32. Won't happen. If we hold anti-choice Congress folk accountable

for abortion rights, they are backed into a wall.

They haven't got the nerve to completely overturn Roe v. Wade, but if they don't they lose their base.

This is the most powerful strategy we have at our disposal--force the issue.

[Malva Zebrina]

48. Oh I think they indeed do have the nerve nt

[DeepModem Mom]

25. kick

[blondeatlast]

30. Seriously, we need to e-mail Specter with support.

Right now, we need all the friends we can get.

Here's the contact info:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mail/?id=497&type=CO&lvl=C&state=PA

He's been a vocal proponent of opening up stem-cell reseach, too.

[blondeatlast]

31. I've never been good at this, can someone offer talking points? nt

[janx]

34. It's not hard. Just tell him you appreciate his sentiments and

his integrity as a senator. Let him know he has your support and that you look forward to his wisdom and competence as head of the Judiciary Committee.

These aren't talking points. I hope they're better.

[blondeatlast]

36. Thanks--it's on it's way.

As one with a potential benefit from stem-cell research, I appreciate every freiend I've got.

Specter hasn't just been a supporter, he's been vocal about it. That takes some guts in his party.

[robbedvoter]

35. Was there a fiery cross? Specter already denounced the statements

said they weren't his. Same f8ing day.

[janx]

37. It hasn't happened yet, and I doubt it will happen. But it's

an indication of the kinds of things we might see by the emboldened right wingnuts.

What Specter said is now (of course) irrelevant. It's media/cyber legend that counts now.

[tjdee]

38. I just became Arlen Specter's greatest fan.

Just because Bush "won", I expect there to be an onslaught of public praying and gnashing of teeth by these Xtians.

I will support common sense wherever I find it, and if Arlen Specter is the only thing standing between Conservojudge and the right to make a personal decision, then he's my guy.

[blondeatlast]

40. I just wrote him, address in post #30.

I think he could be persuaded to go Independent, as he is pretty moderate to almost liberal regarding socail issues.

We need every friend we've got, and if we can demonstrate bipartisan support now, he'll be an ally concerning SCOTUS, you can bet on it.

Not to mention, he has enormous clout.

[blondeatlast]

39. Check this response from a Freep:

Agreed. I would like to see specter step down. But this is utterly the wrong way to do it. Watch the cameras show up from the media. Crazy right wing Christian stories. If Specter does not get the Chairmanship now, it will be because Bush can't stand up to the crazy right-wing Christians.

THIS IS WRONG WRONG WRONG. THE FOLKS DOING THIS ARE GIVING THE LEFT THE HOOK THEY WANT.

(emphasis mine)

Ya gotta LOVE that.

The cannibalism has already begun.

[janx]

41. The whole thread's like that!

The far-right now has even farther right wingnuts who believe they have a mandate.

I tried to egg the thread along for awhile last night, but it finally petered out.

[janx]

43. Also, I want them to do it, and I want the media to cover it!

But I doubt it will happen, at least this time.

[footinmouth]

44. The Rev. James Dobson

is on "This Week" right now, ripping Sen. Spector a new one. I despise this man.

[demokatgurrl]

46. If Specter has any guts, he'll switch parties. Not holding my breath.

[blondeatlast]

52. I see him going I, though.

I think he really has the guts to stand up, and I'm going to support him from the get-go.

[gordianot]

47. Good Grief

I hate Specter from his days on the Warren Commission and Thomas hearings.

This is tooooooooo much. Fine Fine theater. Cleansing of the Party?

[democracy eh]

50. I hope somebody sneaks in some beer

[ColdWarZoomie]

51. Civil War Begins

GOP has been courting the rabid Christian right for a long time.

Now, Bush & Co. is going to be expected to deliver, and fast.

Don't forget that these politically active evangelicals are the ones "out of touch with the mainstream."

[Geek_Girl]

54. I'm a little confused

Wasn't he the guy in the Anita Hill Clarence Thomas hearings who helped Clarence Thomas get appointed. Why is he now going the other way?

[blondeatlast]

55. Indeed he did, and it hurt him politically. But with SCOTUS

at stake, we need EVERY friend we can get across the aisle, and he's bucked the party line before.