Official Monday Senate Debate – Alito – Thread 7

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Thread 1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x267811

Thread 2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x268317

Thread 3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x268868

Thread 4
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x269641#270029

Thread 5
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x270261

Thread 6
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x270756#270915

[ewagner]

1. To the brave Democrats

who are standing up for the constitution:



I don't know who did that photoshop job but it's never been more appropriate!

[benny05]

I love the Old Lion

and hear him roar!

[berner59]

6. EVERY Dem senator should be ashamed....

if they don't vote to continue this debate...SHAME....

[cyberpj]

39. Agreed.

[bettyellen]

2. Kennedy is so passionate, brilliant right now....

[Wordie]

3. Thanks, Viva! Everybody remember to recommend this thread! eom

[benny05]

27. K & R n/t

[dogday]

4. Give them Hell Teddy

I am so proud of him right now!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. votes not announced yet...

Bayh
Cantwell
Dorgan
Landrieu
Rockefeller
Snowe

[benny05]

9. Landrieu is a dino

Don't count on her

[Sydnie]

7. I love Teddy - I hope he doesn't have a stroke today

I haven't seen him this agitated since the medicare bill.

[cyberpj]

8. God bless you Teddy, you're hoarse already but making points

left and right.

:patriot:

[Old Vet]

10. WE Need To Back This Man-I got his back

[Coexist]

14. I have always loved Teddy

if only because the right hates with so much passion.

[AZBlue]

19. Whatever he needs!!!!!!

[cyberpj]

11. Need a quorum to call for cloture now.

Edited because I originally thought they were calling for cloture.

[benny05]

Not yet

They don't have a quorum

[cyberpj]

20. Sorry. I'm listening and working at the same time and thought I heard it.

[uppityperson]

17. Is TV CSPAN faster than internetted?

No one is talking right now.

[benny05]

22. There's a quorum vote

tv is a little faster than net

[Wordie]

12. I hope Hatch makes his final statement first, then Reid. eom

[Wordie]

21. Or is it Hatch, then Frist??? Won't the Dems speak again?

[Wordie]

29. Sorry, it is Specter, as Judiciary Chair, then Frist. THEN the vote.

[Sydnie]

31. Should be Frist and Reid

why Hatch?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

38. now says Spector and Frist

:shrug:

[Sydnie]

What better way to force Specter to vote your way

than to ask him to be the guy to wear the bullseye to call for the vote?

[AZBlue]

13. I have CHILLS

[LSK]

15. WOW

[ralps]

16. Quorum call on now, The Republicans are stalling

[benburch]

24. Oh I am so fucking nervous. nt

[ralps]

30. So am I benburch

:scared:

[jhain]

18. Edward was INSPIRED

[ProSense]

25. OMG! That's awesome! Thanks. n/t

[uppityperson]

35. I remember when Bobbie got killed, was a teenager, called home crying

"all the good guys are getting killed", heartbroken to my mother, trying to make sense as to how we could continue on when all the good guys got killed (John, MLKJr, Bobbie).

[Sydnie]

What an awesome pic!

I love that so much!

[cal04]

23. Bravo Senator Kennedy. You hit every issue

:yourock:

[ClayZ]

26. WOW!

He told us! :applause:

[endarkenment]

28. Ted reminds us how far right the kleptocracy party has taken us.

He is the living embodiment of the era before the fucktards took over everything.

Thank you Senator Kennedy.

[cyberpj]

33. I'm always wondering about the amount of rage he must usually repress

with what he MUST KNOW about who killed his brother.

I think he included a little of that today.

[Skidmore]

32. Whew!!! This is hard.

This waiting is the worst I've ever sat through.

[Kurovski]

34. Okay, now I'm ready for whatever comes our way.

I'm psychologically prepared.

If our efforts fail (and they won't!)...it's on to the next matter at hand.

[Epiphany4z]

37. ya I am ready

for the outcome one way or the other...it is going to be important to as active and loud after this as we have been before. Don't let the bastard swift boat us!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

55. Next is the budget being voted on in the House tomorrow...

if it ain't one thing it's another. :P

[Kurovski]

72. ...and then in the evening it's Chimpy's Puke-apalooza.

Oh lord a' mercy...

[Blue_In_AK]

36. Ted Kennedy was simply the BEST...

That speech nearly brought tears to my eyes.

[LeftNYC]

40. "Asbestos, isnt that something!" nt

[Marie26]

46. Is the cloture vote at 4:30? nt

[The Witch]

49. yups

:scared:

[cyberpj]

NOW Specter calling for cloture vote. Of course defending Alito first.

While senators come in to vote I guess.

[Walt Starr]

41. Just getting in one last post before the cloture vote

Here's hoping everything turns out the right way...

[bettyellen]

53. are you outta here if it doesn't go well, walt?

if so,
:hi:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

42. Spector up

requests Senators vote for Cloture.

Says enough talking

[cyberpj]

48. .......and yet HE'S talking!

[ralps]

43. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania up now

[LSK]

44. Specter speaking now

[Greeby]

45. Ugh, it's Magic Arlen

:puke:

[slide to the left]

54. you know what would be so funny...

If instead of all the dems walking out of the SotUA, they should all just start coughing...or maybe making gag noises.

I am listening on the web at work and I keep hearing background coughing...

[AZBlue]

65. Welcome to DU!

I'm listening at work too and it is very distracting!

[benny05]

74. Welcome to the DU

One DU'er has suggested such a thing, Will Pitt.

:hi:

[The Witch]

47. Specter thinks opposition is based on him not answering more.

Opposition is based on his record, asswipe.

(and I say that personally thinking Specter's a fairly decent guy)

[cyberpj]

51. If he were a fairly decent guy, he'd see that Alito is horrible for US and

vote NO.

[Marie26]

56. especially since he's pro-choice &

worried about Bush's NSA program. You'd think those are two good reasons to vote no.

[cyberpj]

101. No matter what happens. I'm writing each and every filibuster voter

who votes to filibuster to thank them and praise them.

[WinkyDink]

50. Was Specter in "Oklahoma"??

"Oh, he's gone about as fer as he could go!"

[The Witch]

52. I keep thinking the same thing.

Besides, he seems to be a Senator who cain't say no!

[mig29]

Is Frist drunk?

He can barely put words together.

[gkhouston]

121. he's got more skin to lose in this game than Kerry, IMO. n/t

[benburch]

57. Supposedly we got Biden.

According to a post on http://www.democrats.com/

[rumpel]

thanks

[bettyellen]

59. great, i have a feeling about snowe, too.

:hi:

[suffragette]

70. I've been having that feeling too and I hope she votes her conscience.

If so, that would be tremendous.

[benburch]

She can, as she is one of the few Republicans who have one. nt

[suffragette]

82. Great point n/t

[Wordie]

58. None of those judges have seen how he would rule on exec. priviledge!

He would not ever have done that on the 3rd Circuit, would he? So none of those judges' statements go to the heart of the issue against Alito! Darn, I wish there was still a chance to dispute what Specter said.

And intellect itself just isn't the issue!

[endarkenment]

60. It is a good day to die.

Fighting for what is right counts for far more than winning or losing a battle. Whatever the outcome, perhaps our party leaders will finally get it.

[cyberpj]

84. Amen.

[Midlodemocrat]

61. Cat killer up now.

[AZBlue]

67. cat killer?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

75. He adopted cats from the pound during med school

and took them home and dissected them. but it's ok, he apologized when we found out a few years ago.

:mad:

hence the nickname

[benburch]

77. Not dissected. VIVISECTED!

Big difference.

[AZBlue]

87. OMG! How did I miss this??

Isn't that a sign of a serial killer? Um, yes it is. Medical school or not.

[Sydnie]

79. yep

[AZBlue]

102. sicko!

[ralps]

Frist up now, Cloture vote in 10 minutes

[uppityperson]

62. So why is Specter talking? seems like just spending time blabbing.

Not saying a lot either way, just waiting.

[Fridays Child]

63. Arlen is singing, "Rock-a-bye Baby..."

Shhh, now go to sleep. I promise that Judge Alito won't hurt you. :mad:

[Javaman]

64. What I find interesting about all this is the repukes have been really

quiet about their so called nuclear option.

crickets infact.

[bettyellen]

71. he's talking anti-filibuster, not pro-alito. hmmmmm

[ralps]

Blah, Blah Upordownvotes, gang of 14

[mom cat]

76. Their own internal polls say that even repukes are against nukes!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

86. You're right!

nice catch

[LeftNYC]

66. Frist appears in a vegetative state

based on video given to me by the neurologists on C-Span...meow!

[Fridays Child]

68. Hey, Little Fristie, go wax your toupee.

You pig.

[Dinger]

106. Almost As Bad As Lott's, Almost (nt)

[ToolTex]

69. From where did you watch the end of the American Democracy?

We should all remember this day of infamy.

[DrRang]

95. C-SPAN 2 is clogged on my DSL line

[AZBlue]

73. "my job is to bring senators together" hahahahahahahah

Oh, my side hurts from laughing so hard....good one!

[cyberpj]

78. It galls me that Frist & others are able to call this bi-partisan confirm.

[gumby]

80. Frist can take his Up-Or-Down-Vote

And Shove It Up His Ass.

[Epiphany4z]

85. up or down up or down up or down

HARRIET??? UP OR DOWN?

[ralps]

96. Upordown Blah Blah

[endarkenment]

98. Or down his throat.

Or both.

[slide to the left]

81. Things I don't understand

How we get called "big government" when its the reps that want to govern our private life.

How liberal judges are "activist" when the conservatives want to overturn decisions and turn back the clock.

Orwellian misdirection, I say. Call your opponent what you don't want to be called.




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on another note, I am glad that I have found a home at DU. I feel like I am not alone.

[The Witch]

88. Welcome to DU, slide!!!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hug: :hug: :hug: :grouphug:

[Marie26]

89. Welcome to DU! nt

[Sydnie]

90. Welcome to DU

Glad you have joined us. DU keeps me sane too.

[cyberpj]

92. Welcome. We're happy you found us too. Good questions.

:hi:

[Kurovski]

114. Welcome to DU, slide to the left.

:hi:

[uppityperson]

83. maybe if Alito were forthcoming it wouldn't be so long.

If you obstruct and don't answer, so what if it takes longer? WTf is it with instant gratification?

[Sydnie]

105. They were the ones that didn't want to come back till Jan 30!

It wasn't our side that was looking for a delay.

[IndyOp]

91. Awww, Alito has had 91 DAYS during which he has been considered...

LET HIM WAIT!! For an eternity!

None of the Justices currently on the court had a cloture vote - WELL BILL shouldn't that TELL YOU SOMETHING??

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[livvy]

93. OK, let me see if I have this straight....

If Democrats stick together it is partisanship, but if Republicans stick together it is fair and reasonable decision making?
How can anyone swallow this shit? Excuse my French, but this is just disgusting!
:banghead: :banghead:

[Javaman]

118. updates for us cube rats!!! Please, this is killing me!!!

[Marie26]

94. The suspense is killing me

I just keep hitting refresh, refresh...

[ourbluenation]

97. blah blah blah - up or down or up or down

[ourbluenation]

100. reid: for the record ensign in accident on way here eom

[IndyOp]

99. Y'all are clear that they are only 3 votes from getting cloture...

There are 57 'yes' votes pledged to Alito thus far, and those folks will most likely vote for cloture.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[Marie26]

107. They'll probably get it

But it'll be interesting to see who votes against it, and there's always the chance...

[ralps]

103. Yay!!! sen. Harry Reid up now

[Viva_La_Revolution]

104. Smarmy used car salesman!

Using Kennedy's words from 20 years ago!

Reid now speaking about car crash, senator Ensign is OK

[ourbluenation]

108. Here we go - vote

[Old Vet]

115. How did byrd vote?

[benny05]

109. Here it is--cloture or more debate

[ralps]

110. Cloture vote on now!!

[Blue_In_AK]

112. Oh, my God, I'm too scared to watch.

[Sammy Pepys]

113. aye carumba

Been waiting for this.

[ToolTex]

120. Carumba, indeed, Sammy.

Let us go find the upstairs maid for diversion.

[uppityperson]

111. VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Witch]

116. Who's counting? Any responses so far?

[Sydnie]

117. We need a new thread Viva - where are you?

all hell is about to break loose!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

119. Thread 8 is up!

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