Today the Senate Democrats and 10 RINOs stopped a Senate filibuster against David Hamilton.
Hamilton has been under serious fire for his contentuous rulings and disregard for the law, basing rulings on his leftist ideology.
From the article:
The vote–70-29–limited debate over the qualifications of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton of Indiana, and assured his elevation to the Chicago-based appeals court. Sixty votes were needed to end the filibuster, but confirmation only requires a simple majority of the 100-member Senate.
Ten Republicans repudiated their own party leaders and voted to limit debate. The Obama administration made a crucial decision from the outset by getting the support of Hamilton’s home-state Republican senator, Richard Lugar.
Hamilton has been criticized for rulings against Christian prayers in the Indiana legislature and against a menorah in the Indiana Municipal Building’s holiday display.
Conservatives were furious that Hamilton struck down part of an Indiana law requiring women to make two trips to a clinic for counseling before they could get an abortion. He said the requirement placed an undue burden on a woman’s constitutional right to choose to end a pregnancy.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who led the opposition to Hamilton, argued that Hamilton’s record met his definition of extraordinary circumstances.
He not only attacked Hamilton’s judicial record, but criticized his work in the distant past: vice president for litigation and board member of the American Civil Liberties Union in Indiana; and a fundraiser for two months for the Association of Community Organizatons for Reform Now (ACORN).
Republican senators voting to limit debate were: Lugar; Lamar Alexander of Tennessee; Saxby Chambliss of Georgia; Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine; John Cornyn of Texas; Judd Gregg of New Hampshire; Orrin Hatch of Utah; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Thune of South Dakota.
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Steve Maley
Figures Lugar would be behind this
Finrod (Diary) Tuesday, November 17th at 11:16PM EST (link)He’s got RINO branded in his hide.
Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?
I am very disappointed that Texas values aren't represented by Texas Senators
pilgrim (Diary) Tuesday, November 17th at 11:45PM EST (link)once upon a time there were members of Congress who were intended to represent the values of their state in the US Senate. Most Texans are offended by a judge who rules from the bench that prayers in Allah’s name are ok, but prayers in Jesus’s name are not allowed. On this vote Cornyn voted with the Ds, and KBH did not vote.
Come to think of it Senator Dan Patrick is sounding better all the time
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, November 17th at 11:51PM EST (link)yeah he’s just a State Senator, but he’s seems to be much better than John Cornyn. If I don’t voting Dan Patrick to SD 7 then I wouldn’t have much problems with voting him in as a US Senator.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
Here are the names of the courageous, principled "Republicans"
ColdWarrior (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 12:03AM EST (link)Republican senators voting to limit debate were: Lugar; Lamar Alexander of Tennessee; Saxby Chambliss of Georgia; Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine; John Cornyn of Texas; Judd Gregg of New Hampshire; Orrin Hatch of Utah; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Thune of South Dakota.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, did not vote.
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I'm honestly shocked thet Orrin Hatch was a defector on this
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 9:35AM EST (link)We don’t have an opposition party in this country.
It’s the Democrat Party…and the Republican Party has become their bench…it’s just a question of which Republicans they’re going to put in the game to help them score!
I hope that...
mschmitt (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 9:39AM EST (link)… these brilliant tacticians know something that we don’t; like, that KSM himself will be the next politically appointed judge or something and they need to store up some credibility. Or.. Something…
Nah, I can’t defend it. Boneheads! Or, maybe just some embarrassing bones in the closet…
usque ad finem
I'm not a bit surprised. Hatch is yet another one of
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 9:46AM EST (link)those ‘collegial’ senatorial types who’s been there far too long. He’s marginally better than Bob Bennett in a state that could and would easily elect two Coburns or DeMints.
Hatch has always played the rock-ribbed conservative at home and the ‘why can’t we be friends’ politico back in DC. I’ll never forget receiving a Hatch fund raising letter when I was living in UT right after the whleo Branch Davidian/Elian Gonzalez outrage(s) begging for a donation to his campaign so he could help stop the outrages occuring in the Clinton Justice Dept. I replied with a blistering letter that said that, seeing as he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, that he could skewer Ms. Reno anytime he wanted simply by holding hearings on the whole sordid mess and since he, apparently, wasn’t smart enough to figure out that he already *had* the power he needed, I wasn’t going to be stupid enough to send him money.
Hatch is the living embodiment of what happens when you’ve been in DC too long and with any luck he’ll go the way of Bob Bennett. Utah ain’t Maine. It’s the Reddest state in the Union. It should have 2 rock-ribbed conservatives and Bennet and Hatch ain’t it.
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Woe...Woe...Woe...TEXAS is the redest state in the Union...LOL nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 11:42AM EST (link)Well, being a native Texan it's hard for me to take *too*
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 12:16PM EST (link)much exception to this assertion
But…having said that…UT, except for SLC itself, is about as conservative top to bottom and east to west as you’ll find. Both Houses of the Legislature are overhwhelmingly GOP, and, at least while I was there, all the statewide officials and federally elected officials ‘cept Mathheson in CD 2 are Pubs. (and even Mattheson is actually one of those rare ‘moderate’ Dems in actions, not just words).
You, on the other hand, on top of Dallas and Houston city propers, have to deal with the People’s Republic of Austin.
I’m just sayin’
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Well...I don't claim Ausitn...LOL nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 1:49PM EST (link)Weve Gon Charlie Gonzalez in San Antonio too nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 1:50PM EST (link)Well....nobody's perfect. We had Rocky the Clown in SLC
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 2:34PM EST (link)when I was in UT who was always good either for a laugh or for spiking your blood pressure to heretofore unseen levels.
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I hear ya! What a waste of beautiful country, eh? (nt)
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 2:33PM EST (link)“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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This is how we always lose as Republicans...The Dems advance at warp speed when they're in contol...and block everything we do when we're in control...
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 9:31AM EST (link)and they do it all with the help of five or ten Republican Congressmen or Senators on every issue…
and of course people like me are just troublemakers who “do nothing but attack the Republican Party” for daring to point it out!
Well, this whole sordid episode exposes the lie that was McCain's baby...
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 11:02AM EST (link)the whole “Gang of 14″ debacle. We were piously told by those oh so much smarter than us (like McCain & Graham) that the sky would fall and the world would come to an end if we wasacly, wotten, Wepublicans did away with the filibuster ’cause, by golly, by gosh…then *we* wouldn’t have it available to use when *we* had a nominee that we felt was over the top.
Well, sports fans, if David Hamilton isn’t over the top then nobody will be, and if a Republican prez had nominated someone with the radical, ‘right-wing’ fringe equivalent views of Hamilton you know as sure as God made little green apples that the Dems would have filibustered him till the cows came home.
What a crock!! What a bunch of crap weasels.
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Sigh! Yet another letter to write. I sent Chambliss a
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 9:49AM EST (link)not small contribution during his run-off campaign last year. Time to whip out the trusty Word document and inform him that he can take my name off his contributor mailing list. If he can’t find the stones to oppose someone as off the wall as Hamiltion…well, I’m sure Marco or Pat or Chuck can use the money that would’ve headed his way.
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eburke, just thinking the same thing, when I saw his name...
penguin2 (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 11:10AM EST (link)on the list. Couldn’t believe it. All the support we gave him and didn’t Sarah make a trip to Georgia to help him out? And this is how he serves us? God willing, our efforts towards others will stand us in good stead, but only if we survive what is going on.
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Ask for your money back. I have, successfully.
ColdWarrior (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 2:34PM EST (link)Jon Kyl asked me to donate, claiming to be a conservative faithful to our Party’s values and principles. I sent him money. Then, after getting elected, he joined the “backroom gang” along with McLame and McGrahamnesty, to attempt to sneak through Shamnesty for illegals.
So, I wrote to Kyl’s campaign and DEMANDED my money back. Guess what? I got a check in the mail for the full amount of my donation. I still have the letter and a copy of the check.
Just as an aside, I just heard Rush make the point that all “hot and bothered” McGrahamnesty, who’s asking Eric Holder questions today, VOTED TO CONFIRM THE OBVIOUSLY ETHICALLY CHALLENGED Eric Holder to the position of Attorney General.
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Great minds must think alike CW...
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 2:45PM EST (link)(ok, didn’t mean to insult you like that
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I actually was thinking of doing that; I just didn’t think it would do any good. Now you’ve got my hopes up and a faint smile is crossing my lips as I contemplate dividing my unexpected largesse between Chuck DeVore and Marco.
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Here's the difference it seems to me
bk (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 12:27PM EST (link)A number of Republicans say elections matter, the president deserves a great amount of deference, and vote that way.
A number of Democrats say elections matter, the president deserves a great amount of deference, and vote that way — but only if the the President is a Democrat. If the President is a Republican, they are preserving 233 years of Constitutional precedent by blocking nominees.
and sitll...Republicans always lose because they put 2 to 5 of our guys into their batting lineup on every vote! nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, November 18th at 1:53PM EST (link)