Official Monday Senate Debate – Alito – Thread 8

[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

Thread 7
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x271365

[meganmonkey]

1. Cloture vote starting

:scared:

[Greeby]

2. Take names, sir

Aisle-crossers will be publicly flogged :evilgrin:

[endarkenment]

Every DINO who votes for cloture is my personal enemy.

[cyberpj]

75. Well - there are actually quite a few of them. nt

[CottonBear]

3. You can't hear anyone's vote dammit. n/t

[StoryTeller]

5. I think it's just a roll call first.

[WahooJunkie]

10. Is it a roll call?

or is it the vote? someone help me I'm gonna explodoodooeod!!!

[StoryTeller]

19. The last time I watched a cloture vote...

...they called the roll like this and then went back through for the actual vote. And the clerk announced the votes as they were given.

[Catamount]

110. It's for the cloture, and Lieberman voted aye!

[Sydnie]

13. No, it's on the cloture motion

this is where the rubber meets the road!

[mom cat]

4. I can't get through to C span on line...They are on overload!

The message is Please Try Back Later.

So I get to find out here, with my on line extended family!

[yellowdogmi]

7. did you try just listening instead of watching? nt

[mom cat]

56. Yep...crystalone must be jammed too!

[bettyellen]

9. glad you ate here, m-cat. n/t

[hwmnbn]

11. I know!!....

I can't get thru either

[orleans]

6. haha harry reid said "we are fortunate" that senator ensign

was in a car accident...blablabla

he meant to say we're fortune ensign is okay, but he started rambling and it came out that we are fortunate he was in a car accident

[Marie26]

8. Freudian slip? nt

[orleans]

12. that's what i thought! n/t

[peacetalksforall]

15. I didn't hear that???? nt

[orleans]

18. when he got up after frist and first started talking

that was how he started it. i said WHAT? and laughed.

[goclark]

16. Wouldn't want anyone to think that at all

Hope he clears that up.

Knowing what a decent person he is, he will.

[orleans]

24. he didn't even notice it

[bettyellen]

38. he clarified right away that the accident wasn't bad, the airbag worked

didn't hurt his head, etc. he gave sincere well wishes to him and his family.
nothing confusing to clear up, if you heard it all.

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. Whoops

[Sammy Pepys]

14. I love the drama n/t

....

[Sammy Pepys]

20. Thought I heard faint chanting in the background for a second....

Protestors?

[Sammy Pepys]

30. Bingaman, Carper, Dorgan, Landrieu, Pryor, Rockefeller

.....

[Strawman]

26. Not me. My stomach is in knots

Hopefully the Senate will end up in a similar way.

[ralps]

17. Shoot I thought I heard Reid of nevada say Aye

[blonndee]

21. I heard that too. n/t

[benny05]

25. He did

whimp

[cry baby]

23. I heard that, too...what gives?

[benny05]

128. Defectors who say they will vote no on the reg vote

Baucus, Bingaman, Nelson of FLa, (Chafee-R), Conrad, Dorgan, Inouye, Johnson, Rockefeller, Salazar, Lincoln of AR, Lieberman, Cantwell, (Snowe-R), Kohl, (Reid just changed his mind to the good side, but he's a sheep, weak and not deserving of being the Dem senator minority leader)

Their votes are worthless, in my view. My senators, Durbin and Obama, voted no to cloture.

Shame on these folks. I will not contribute one fu**in' dime to the Dem Senate Re-election funds. I'm happy to tell my favorite former senator, John Edwards, why I cannot donate. These folks are turncoats. I respect them in the sense that they have to vote what their constituents tell them, but I also think they are not leaders in convincing folks what matters: our Constitution and our Bill of Rights.

Now the rest is just procedures. I'm very disappointed, and Bush gets another victory to put on his SOTU speech. The American People lose.

[Jersey Devil]

27. me three (nt)

k

[peacetalksforall]

22. Why can't we hear? Are they not there? I thought I heard Cantwell say

yes?

[slide to the left]

28. I think snowe just said yes

[peacetalksforall]

33. Carper Dorgan for cloture? nt

[Kurovski]

31. Byrd and Landrieu voted yes.

Bleccch...

[orleans]

35. and rockefeller voted yes. jerk!

[ralps]

32. Landrieu & Pryor Aye

[ekelly]

36. Dorgan, yes n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

34. I counted 44 yes

about 10 no

:scared:

[orleans]

41. inoye yes

[Pacifist Patriot]

42. *foulest expletives*

I thought we'd be hearing more.

[Wheezy]

43. I thought 13 no.

[Kurovski]

45. Oh geez...it looks like they're milling around at a wake.

[ekelly]

46. This is CRAP!

They don't listen to us ......... fire the lot of 'em!

[The Witch]

37. 34-11

now the real fun starts

[Marie26]

39. 11 nays only

[slide to the left]

40. 38-11?

[Sydnie]

44. they are still voting

Seems some are waiting to see what happens.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

55. Still voting...

excruciating

[Marie26]

47. Where are the other votes? nt

[Marie26]

52. Obama votes no!

Surprising

[orleans]

48. CHAFEE AYE. HOW COULD YOU???

[rateyes]

49. Landrieu vote "aye."

After all the support she was getting from us in the face of Katrina. OK LA Dems...time to put up somebody against her.

[ralps]

50. Inouye Aye, Obama no, Nelson of Florida Aye, Chafee Aye

[rateyes]

57. Time to run a good Dem against Nelson of FL... nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

60. Biden, no? He grew a pair?

[The Backlash Cometh]

126. Nelson of Florida voted yes?

Well, thanks to everyone who really was a Democrat today. Everybody else can get prostate and ovarian cancer for all I care.

[Pacifist Patriot]

51. Bill Nelson is a traitor!!!!

I am just beside myself that he is my Democratic option for the Senate in the fall. I can't remember the last time he voted like a Democrat.

[cyberpj]

53. We're getting slapped in the face by our own party. wow.

[LeftNYC]

What else is new? nt

[Sammy Pepys]

yup.

It was all a big show.

[Pacifist Patriot]

67. My cheek's stinging.

[ourbluenation]

54. Obama - NO!

[meganmonkey]

59. Chaffee - Yes

:wtf:

[Strawman]

Vote prelim

Ayes:
Bingahman
Collins
Conrad
Landrieux
Murkowski
Rockefeller
Dorgan
Nelson FL
Chafee

Nays:
Boxer
Dodd
Durbin
Feinstein
Feingold
Kerry
Kennedy
Stabenow
Wyden
Obama

[rateyes]

72. Rockefeller and Dorgan, aye....

where are Dem. spines?

We're going to lose.

[ralps]

58. Jeffords no, Biden no,

[orleans]

61. jeffords, biden, obama thank you for voting no

[Sydnie]

62. There was Biden's ONE ROUND no vote! n/t

[cyberpj]

80. Yep. And our other Senator, Carper, voted aye. (Owned by banks).

[Doremus]

63. Jeffords no.

[Lasher]

64. Looks like there's not going to be a filibuster (EOM)

[berner59]

76. Schumer no...

thanks Chuck...but to no avail I'm afraid...

[Inuca]

65. CHaffee

aye, Jeffords & Biden - no

[cyberpj]

66. There's just NO REASON NOT TO KEEP DEBATE OPEN. These

Dems voting aye SUCK A BIG FAT ONE.

[The Witch]

68. 45-14

[orleans]

69. menendez no thank you

johnson screw you

schumer no

[endarkenment]

70. I am disgusted with the traitors in our party.

[Pacifist Patriot]

81. I have had it with Bill Nelson. It hurts worse because

from my city councillor and county commissioner up to the POTUS I am represented by exactly two Democrats. My county tax collector and Bill Nelson. So basically I'm f*cked.

[The Backlash Cometh]

129. We weren't represented today.

But at least I don't have to spend a penny on his campaign again. Frankly, I won't be voting for any Democrat in Florida if he's not liberal. Here that Jim Davis? Stop the e-mails unless you can act like a real Democrat.

[Helga Scow Stern]

71. Menendez no! Welcome to the Senate.

[Greeby]

73. Dayton no, Menendez no. Johnson aye?!?

:grr:

[ralps]

74. Dayton, Menendez No, Johnson Aye, Schumer no,

[orleans]

77. SALAZAR AYE ASSH*LE!

[Greeby]

78. Salazar aye

:argh:

[orleans]

79. LINCOLN AYE. JERK

OF COURSE BEN NELSON VOTES AYE

[Marie26]

82. Lots of discussion on the floor now... nt

Nelson of NE - aye

[Career Prole]

102. Maybe trying to figure out how to apportion the

remaining face-saving 'no' votes while still allowing cloture. :grr:

[orleans]

83. REID NO/BAUCUS AYE YOU JERK!!!

[Marie26]

85. Reid votes no. nt

[ToolTex]

84. Wondering if the shemale has any of that rat poison left.

Ayes:
Bingahman
Collins
Conrad
Landrieux
Murkowski
Rockefeller
Dorgan
Nelson FL
Chafee
Nelson NE

[WinkyDink]

And Inouye.

[Sydnie]

86. Holy shit - DU at level 6!

Never seen level 6 before.

[AZBlue]

97. How many levels are there?

[uppityperson]

122. I haven't seen beyond level 4 in 1 1/2 yrs (since I've been here) nt

[shanti]

87. BOXER, Feinstein???

votes yet?

[Sydnie]

90. both were no n/t

[cry baby]

94. both voted no I believe

[Viva_La_Revolution]

88. Thread 9 is up!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x272463#272560

fixed

[LeftNYC]

89. How many "nos" do we have? nt

[meganmonkey]

91. Levin NO

Thanks Carl - knew we could count on you! :patriot:

[Marie26]

92. Levin, Bayh, Clinton vote no... nt

[ralps]

93. Lieberman Aye

[LeftNYC]

98. Traitorious Bastard...nt

[orleans]

95. AT LEAST MURRY AND MIKULSKI VOTE NO WITH LAUTENBERG

CANTWELL VOTES AYE

[Greylyn58]

96. Those that betray us should be made to pay

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official...

~Theodore Roosevelt

Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

~Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice

[ralps]

99. Lautenberg no, Cantwell Aye

[uppityperson]

114. I just called Cantwell and expressed my extreme dissatisfaction with her

and will do whatever I can to get rid of her next election. Too much, too little.

[The Witch]

100. voinovich is the nail in the coffin.

his grandkids wish he would cry now.

[rateyes]

101. Joementum....aye...

does anyone anywhere anymoe consider Lieberman a Democrat? PUKE.

[orleans]

103. SNOWE VOTES AYE! HOW COULD YOU OLYMPIA?????

[rateyes]

108. She's a Republican in a state that favors...

choice heavily...time to get her ass out of the senate.

[Kurovski]

104. Cantwell, Aye. Dammit!

Ya couldn't abstain?

Snowe-aye. shoot!

[Firenze777]

105. I call it Time of Death (democracy) 4:59 PM Eastern

my grief knows no bounds

[Pacifist Patriot]

112. Fantasy Time:

They voted to close debate so they can hurry up and vote against Alito.

I think I need a drink.

[ralps]

106. Snowe Aye,

[Viva_La_Revolution]

107. YO! thread 9 here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x272463#272560

fixed

[orleans]

109. KOHL AYE THANKS FOR NUTHIN

(we are so screwed...) and we'll know WHO TO BLAME!

[Doremus]

111. I count 22 no's so far -- anybody else been counting?

Now 23

[ralps]

113. Frell!!!! Kohl Aye, I will never vote or contribute to him again

[Pacifist Patriot]

117. I'm trying to figure out how to beg someone to run against

Bill Nelson before the qualifying deadline. He soooo needs to go.

[ralps]

115. Reid of nevada just changed his vote to no!!! Yay!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

118. Is this part of a strategy? I mean we couldn't hope the

Dems actually have a playbook for this could we?

[orleans]

116. WHAT DID harry reid just vote???

[BReisen]

125. He voted Nay (Reid - Nevada) n/t

[orleans]

119. BYRD AYE--TRAITOR WITH THAT CONSTITUTION IN YOUR POCKET

[ladjf]

135. He should be booed every time he pulls out the Constitution

copy. He is a total hypocrite.

[Catamount]

120. IS there still a chance that we'll get a majority tomorrow?

[orleans]

123. i don't think there is a chance in hell

we had a better chance of them not getting sixty votes today and us only getting 40 (because ensign isn't there)

[orleans]

121. do they have their sixty votes yet???

[Viva_La_Revolution]

124. link to Thread 9 - Really this time

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x272463#272560

[Malva Zebrina]

127. Looks like we are sold out

by betrayers of the Democratic party. How lovely. Harry Reid votes "aye"

How does it feel women? How does it feel to have all the money and the time spent relentlessly bolstering up this party from the grassroots, only to have them slap you upside the head? And for what?

Robert Byrd? The champion of the Constitution? Harry Reid the gaddam f**king minority leader.

Fogedda bout it. My money goes elsewhere. This will be a humiliating defeat.

[Laurab]

130. Harry Reid voted "no" n/t

[Catamount]

131. He didn't did he? I thought he voted no?

[VP505]

132. Listen to the crap

being thrown into their faces NOW. Good God it was 75 to 24, 19 Democrat traitors

[melissinha]

133. they said AYE then changed to No....

It was a mistaken pronouncement. Reid must have gone back and clarified, I didn't ahve a visual...

[classof56]

134. Could somebody please clarify something for me?

When Alito is approved, HASN'T CONGRESS JUST VOTED ITSELF OUT OF A JOB???

Just wonderin'...

Tired Old Cynic

[ekelly]

136. Tomorrow won't be a vote to confirm

a supreme court justice.........

It will be a vote to confirm the new monarchy.

Either hail the boy king or get thee on the train!

This really does suck :(