Congressman Conyers:Alito Day II, Bush, Holtzman, 35,000 signatures

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Alito Day II
Bush sermonizing on the War
Holtzman on impeachment

I caught a little of the Alito Hearings today. I was glad to see that the Democrats were beginning to take the gloves off and ask the hard questions that needed to be asked for the swing vote on the Court. But I was most struck by the extent that the Republicans have totally abandoned their advise and consent role and turned into nothing less than full-fledged lobbyists for the Administration. They used their time to do little other than resuscitate Alito's testimony when he stumbled. There is no doubt in my mind that until we get meaningful answers on Alito's past record and can be sure that he won't help turn our democracy into a monarchy, the Democrats should filibuster his nomination. The stakes for our nation are simply too high to give this one a pass, no matter what the "gang of 14" says.

I also read about Bush's speech before the VFW where he had the temerity to question the tone of the debate on Iraq. After he misled us into war, he simply has no standing to determine what type of dissent "brings credit to our democracy." Come to think of it, after Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004, he shouldn't be sermonizing about democracy at all.

Finally, kudos to my friend Liz Holtzman for joining the impeachment debate. If you want to join us directly, please sign our petition, now over 35,000 strong.

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1. What happened to Conyers Censure motion?

they had 14 days to respond - did they?