CNN just in -- Gang of 14 to stop Dems filibuster attempt

[DeepModem Mom]

If this is true, I don't have the heart to say anything else.

ON EDIT, the 7 Gang Dems:

Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut
Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Ken Salazar, Colorado

ANOTHER EDIT:

The banner across the screen used the words "to stop" filibuster, but other posters understand that CNN only has word that the 14 are meeting.

[FreedomAngel82]

1. As democrats.com said...

IGNORE THE MEDIA!

[Wordie]

3. VERY fast way to contact all Gang of 14 members with free online FAX/email

Through just these two links, you can contact ALL the members of the Gang of 14, quickly and easily. You can send either a FREE FAX or an email. Use the radio buttons to select which you wish to send. OR, even better, do BOTH. If you want to do both, make a copy of your email message before you send it, then use the "back" button in your browser to go back to the original page, click "refresh" in your browser, change the radio button to "FAX" and paste the message into the box. Then fill out the subject line again and click to send a FAX too!

Gang of 14 Democrats:
Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Ken Salazar, Colorado
Write ONE message to contact ALL of the Democratic members of the Gang of 14 here:
http://capwiz.com/thedeanpeople/mail/?id=622&id=10748&id=273&id=201&id=31613&id=31624

Gang of 14 Republicans:
John S. McCain III, Arizona
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Warner, Virginia
Olympia Snowe, Maine
Susan M. Collins, Maine
R. Michael DeWine, Ohio
Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island
Write ONE message to contact ALL of the Republican members of the Gang of 14 here:
http://capwiz.com/thedeanpeople/mail/?id=192&id=531&id=595&id=282&id=283&id=456&id=40039

[Kurovski]

30. Thanks Wordie, you're all over these boards today!

Great job! :thumbsup: :-)

[goclark]

32. Kick this is so easy!

[Slit Skirt]

2. if this is true....these guys are in trouble

it will be war...this treason will not be forgotten

[LiberalAndProud]

4. These are EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. Tell the "gang".

[meganmonkey]

5. I, too, will await more detail before

my head explodes

:nuke:

[drm604]

6. Can they?

Can they stop it if there's not enough cloture votes otherwise?

[DeepModem Mom]

7. I believe they would assure a vote for cloture. nt

[meganmonkey]

10. I think the only way for the gang to fail would be

if there are surprise Repubs who vote against cloture. Otherwise, if the gang tries to block the filibuster I think they can do it

:(

[0007]

8. So the repukes are getting worried, eh? Or maybe it's the white house

that uses CNN for real news.

[smartvoter]

9. So the gang of 14 was a joke, then. We lost the filibuster anyway. nt

[converted_democrat]

29. That's exactly what I was thinking..

We got played..

[benburch]

11. FUCK THEM.

I say all of them go down to defeat.

We have to target each and every one of them.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. THEY HAD BETTER WATCH IT! They wouldn't DARE!

Those rat bastards!:nuke::nuke::nuke:

[bullimiami]

13. the only thing this gang of 14 does is assure that repugs get

what they want.

we need to replace all of these dinos in the gang.

[CoffeeCat]

22. Exactly!!!!

The gang of 14 appears to only help Republicans!!

This gang quells dissent, and stops filibusters.

This bi-partisan group of Dems and Reps does nothing for the Dems, and
makes things easier for the Republicans.

I'll Google these bastards, to remind myself of the names of the ultimate sell outs
and traitors.

[Skidmore]

14. Who are the Dems in that gang?

[AspenRose]

19. .

Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut
Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Ken Salazar, Colorado

[in_cog_ni_to]

23. The USUAL turncoats...here's the list.

Members
Republicans
John S. McCain III, Arizona
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Warner, Virginia
Olympia Snowe, Maine
Susan M. Collins, Maine
R. Michael DeWine, Ohio
Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island


Democrats
Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut
Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Ken Salazar, Colorado

[Walt Starr]

15. The seven turncoat Dems will give cover to Chafee, Snowe, etc.

And there will be no filibuster due to the fact that the Dems can't get it together.

[meganmonkey]

18. At least we will get some clarity regarding

who the traitorous wimpy-ass bastards are, and who actually supports and represents the people.

Gee, there's a silver lining, huh :puke:

[Walt Starr]

21. I'm holding the entire Democratic PArty responsible on this one n/t

[gkhouston]

16. Interesting. The vote must be close or they wouldn't be trotting out

the gang of 14 at the eleventh hour. Wonder if they really will vote as a bloc or if this is just spin.

[CoffeeCat]

17. This would mean...

...that the Dems willingly and knowingly helped to usher in the Alito confirmation.

The Dems would be even MORE guilty than the Reps, because they do have the ability to
stop the nomination and they are refusing to do so.

I will wait to pass full judgment.

[meganmonkey]

20. NOTE: Apparently, all CNN knows is that they are meeting

NOT that they are planning to stop the filibuster...

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. OMG...I hope you're right.

The repukes came out after their first meeting and IMMEDIATELY said they would not keep their promises if the Democrats ever tried to do something they didn't agree with. I HOPE the 7 Dems REMEMBER THAT! DeWine was one of the assholes who said that AND Lindsey Graham!

[Totally Committed]

24. I'll post this here, too:

From NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5080836

TC

[General Paranoia]

25. Don't crash yet consider the source

Remember who the source is. Way too soon to stop pushing! :wtf:

This may be one of a bunch of attempts to derail us.:mad:

Don't stop, Don't stop, Don't stop, Don't stop, Don't stop, Don't stop, Don't stop, :grr:

[rhett o rick]

26. This is where we find out who the traitors are. nm

[cyberpj]

28. Kick - AND CALL!

[cry baby]

31. Watching young turks, Cenk had a caller that talked to Pryor's

staffer. that staffer said that he was going to abstain from voting on cloture. He is on the gang of 14. This certainly isn't official, but the caller said it came from a staffer.

Wouldn't that put a chink in the gang of 14's plans to stop a filibuster?

[DeepModem Mom]

33. That would be an official chink! nt

[CottonBear]

34. DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO CORPORATE MEDIA WHORES. n/t

[sundancekid]

35. CanNeverNoodle NothingNews missed that Pryor will ABSTAIN and

that is a totally perfect strategy WITHIN the 14Gang agreement -- nobody said that Dems had to have the backside of repukes on their getting 60 votes for cloture!!!

ALSO :: So sorry to hear about Ensign (R-NV) who was hospitalized this morning after a car accident ... we pray for his full recovery; however, it is possible that such a horrible turn of events may put dr strangefrist on a shorter list for his cloture vote this p.m. BUT I bet that cee.no.no media tool won't report that either.