Senators who refused to sign anti lynching resolution

[buff2]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/6/14/12949/6428

Damn racist bigots! These 20 ought to be lynched! SHAME ON THEM!!! I am outraged over this. :argh:

[Kikosexy2]

1. Orrin Hatch...

no surprise there...his face alone...screams racist pig for some reason..

[yardwork]

2. That is a disgrace! What's the matter with them?

[patrice]

3. What are any of them saying for themselves on this?

I simply can't understand it.

It's like Pro-Life - seems to have no basis in sanity.

[still_one]

4. a little surprised the grassley is on that list

[Mass]

5. Conrad has signed since \nt

[Frances]

6. I am so glad that we have this list

It proves that it is Repubs who are racist, not Dems

[bushisanidiot]

7. The RepubliKKKan Party appears to be alive and well. Dean was right

as usual!!

will voters notice how the GOP are SPITTING on black american once again??

they're anti-affirmative action, they refuse to apologize for ANYTHING they've ever done because they can't admit to making mistakes.. it's not the MANLY thing to do.

idiots.

[patricia92243]

8. I think they just were not there - not that they refused to sign it. n/t

[quaoar]

9. Shelby and Sessions did not co-sponsor

Here is their explanation from a story today in the Montgomery Advertiser:

Of course, I'd like to know why Shelby is attending an air show in Paris.

About 80 senators co-sponsored the legislation. But Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, both Alabama Republicans, were not among them.

Virginia Davis, Shelby's press secretary, said the senator was unavailable for comment because he was on a congressional trip to the Paris Air Show. But she said Shelby supported the resolution, even though he was in the minority of senators who were not co-sponsors.

Mike Brumas, Sessions' press secretary, said Sessions does not endorse everything that crosses his desk. But in a statement, Sessions said he supported the resolution.

"While the South has every right to take pride in the tremendous advancement in race relations that has occurred in recent decades, true reconciliation and progress cannot be achieved without an honest recognition of the wrongs that have occurred," Sessions said.

[quaoar]

11. OK -- to amend that

It seems that Sessions has signed the resolution. Good for him. Shelby is still in Paris hobnobbing with the traitorous French cowards:

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050614/APN/506140799

Shelby, who was attending the Paris Air Show when the voice vote was taken Monday, said Tuesday he did not remember anyone asking him to co-sponsor the bill but that the era of lynchings was rightly condemned by the Senate.

"I've always been for law and order and due process for all Americans. This was a breakdown of law and order. It's wrong. They should have done this a long time ago," he said in an interview.

Sessions became a co-sponsor of the bill Monday. He issued a statement supporting the resolution.

"While the South has every right to take pride in the tremendous advancement in race relations that has occurred in recent decades, true reconciliation and progress cannot be achieved without an honest recognition of the wrongs that have occurred," he said.

[Rebellious Republican]

14. In defense of Shelby being at Paris Air show, Boeing has a big....

stake in their new "Dream liner" in order to compete with the Airbus A380. Could mean huge contracts for Boeing witch translates into Jobs.

It is also a dog and pony show for the latest military hardware.

Shelby is on the Appropriations Committee, Defense and homeland security committees as well as others.

So yes he could be there on truly official business. Not saying I agree with his politics.

Just answering your question.

http://www.komotv.com/boeing/story.asp?ID=37351

http://www.vote-smart.org/committee.php?comm_id=25

[quaoar]

16. I think Paris

also has a few nightclubs. And I have heard they have a restaurant or two.

[Rebellious Republican]

19. So does Birmingham!

And so does Washington D.C. Any one of those places he could be found doing official business.

So I guess that makes him an alcoholic club hound? Aren't they all?

:crazy:

[quaoar]

22. Shelby is from Tuscaloosa

where he used to be a prosecutor.

They have a few restaurants there, too. But none of them accept euros as far as I know.

Yes, I'm sure there will be much "official business" conducted on the Champs Elysees during this junket.

[Rebellious Republican]

23. I stand corrected, Tuscaloosa it is. You may also be very correct

about "I'm sure there will be much "official business" conducted on the Champs Elysees during this junket".

Actually lots of deals are sealed in informal settings,after hours when people have a tendency to loosen up, but then you probably already know this.

[AirAmFan]

18. That excuse won't work. George Allen and the vast majority of Dems

became co-sponsors in FEBRUARY!

How long has this Paris junket lasted, anyway?

[Rebellious Republican]

21. Very astute observation and good point as to why hasn't he signed

the bill AirAmFan.

However my reply was an answer to quaoar's question "Of course, I'd like to know why Shelby is attending an air show in Paris."

Reread his post.

:toast:

[NMDemDist2]

20. so was the new Dem Gov. of Wash. (at the Paris Air Show) they go

there trying to lure aero companies to build in their states and start plants for plane parts

[snowbear]

10. I called Lisa Murkowski's office,,,

...on her toll-free number for Alaska residents.

Whoever answered the phone didn't know jack-shit about these signatures or anything about it. She said she had no idea what I was talking about, but that she'd have Senator Murkowski call me HERSELF at home tomorrow afternoon.

I'm curious if she'll really call ~ ;)

I have to tell you.. as much as I despise her for being "appointed by her daddy" and for being a royal Bush-butt-kisser..

I can't honestly believe she wouldn't sign such a thing... I just can't.. :shrug:

I guess the nicest thing I can say about her is that she's not the type to snub such a thing.

BTW.. if she does call.. I'm not going to tell her I'm the one who scared the shit out of her at a hockey game in October. I snuck up behind her and screamed in her ear "TONY KNOWLES FOR U.S. SENATE!!" She lost half the box of popcorn she was holding and I =KNOW= she'd remember the incident!!! :popcorn:

[McCamy Taylor]

12. Cornyn of Texas didnt and his poll 40%, Hutchinson did and she is 60%

You would think that our ex-AG who has recently been implicated in criminal activity involving the rip off a Native American Casino would notice that Sen Hutchinson's (R) maverick behavior keeps her popularity high while his popularity is piss poor (lowest of any US Senator). But no, he goose steps along strict party lines.

[reality based]

15. Well, he was a Wallace supporter in the past

[Paul Dlugokencky]

13. Trent Lott?! What a surprise!

But what's with Kent Conrad?



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[indepat]

17. I see Lamar M(y) F(riend) Alexander on this shameful list