Kyl Threatens GOP Boycott of Sotomayor Hearing
Kyl Threatens GOP Boycott of Sotomayor Hearing
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) told Roll Call yesterday that he and his Republican colleagues on the Judiciary Committee may boycott Judge Sotomayor’s hearings if Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) does not cave to right-wing demands to delay the hearings:
“As the hearing time approaches we will evaluate whether we can make that deadline,” Kyl said, explaining that if Republicans do not feel they can adequately question Sotomayor they will try to meet with Leahy to make a plea for more time.
However, Kyl, who serves on the Judiciary Committee, did not explicitly rule out the use of delay tactics, including a Republican boycott of the confirmation hearings, if an accommodation cannot be made.
But Kyl is not entitled to any more accommodations than what he has already received. Far from expediting Sotomayor’s confirmation process, Leahy set a schedule which is virtually identical to that enjoyed by Bush appointee John Roberts, even though Chief Justice Roberts’ record was more difficult to investigate because it was necessary to track down thousands of pages of documents Roberts produced while he worked in the Reagan and Bush I Administrations, and even though thousands of new documents relating to Roberts were uncovered just two weeks before his hearings began.
Kyl’s threat to take his ball and go home if he doesn’t get his way is unfortunate, but it is hardly surprising. Earlier this week, all seven GOP members of the Judiciary Committee signed a letter demanding that Sotomayor complete a series of irrelevant or even impossible tasks before her nomination may be considered.
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June 12th, 2009 at 4:20 pmYeah, I doubt if they can pull that off. Besides, all the public is getting out of this is “Republicans are slow readers.” If they can’t get their jobs done at a productive rate of speed, then they can be replaced with more efficient representatives.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:22 pmHave a nice trip home, Senator. Washington would be much better off if all of your kind would just go home, sulk and be quiet. Your votes aren’t needed and your whining is irritating.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:23 pm48% of America thinks obama is doing a bad job with the economy, 46% of America thinks hes doing a good job.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:26 pmTell Kyl to shove his threats where the ’sun don’t shine’ and try not to let the door hit him in the ass as he leaves.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:28 pm100% of TP posters think Jimmy Big Butt is boring.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:29 pmSo Kyl does nothing now, with a media presence and he’s threatening to do nothing later to garner public spectacle.
Sounds like the perfect Republican strategy to me!
June 12th, 2009 at 4:30 pmSo boycott and show everyone that you are indeed a spoiled brat who won’t play fairly.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:30 pmStomp your feet too while you’re at it.
The elephants are loose in the big top and wrecking the circus. They must be getting all of their talking points from Glenn Beck.
Jimmy Big Bucks: Come back to earth and get with the program.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:30 pmDid someone just fart at 4:26?
June 12th, 2009 at 4:30 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
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48% of America thinks obama is doing a bad job with the economy, 46% of America thinks hes doing a good job.
According to? The bumps on your head?
June 12th, 2009 at 4:31 pmI’m surprised that Kyle didn’t show up at the Roll Call with his hood and KKK robes.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:32 pmSince the Republican minority has already proclaimed they will vote no to anything and everything that comes up, how about we just give them a ticket home, send their staffs to the unemployment line and save the whole country a bunch of money and grief?
When they say they are willing to participate in governing, they can come back.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:32 pmAnother wingnut temper tantrum.
Someone throw some water on this berk, quick!!
June 12th, 2009 at 4:33 pmAccording to a CNN poll.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:33 pmKyl quit the hearings so he can spend more time in his closet.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:34 pmfine… this further reinforces their name: the Party of NO.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:35 pmKyl and the other GNOPers remind me of a 3-year-old who refuses to use the potty because his immature mind sees it as his only power play.
Fine, let them sit in their dirty diapers. Vitter can give pointers on use of Desitin to prevent rashes.
PEACE
June 12th, 2009 at 4:36 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
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According to a CNN poll.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
An on-line poll ?
Where several of you GOP rubes vote repeatedly against anything even remotely associated with Obama ……..
June 12th, 2009 at 4:37 pm“Jimmy Big Bucks”
You have my condolences.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:37 pmMay I suggest you go see an orthodontist.
Jimmy Big Bucks Says:
According to a CNN poll.
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really?
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June 12th, 2009 at 4:38 pmjaimymoore Says:
Kyl quit the hearings so he can spend more time in his closet.
I thought the broom and mop got restraining orders against him.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:38 pmFrom now on, in true Pixar fashion, I’m going to post “SQUIRREL!” every time I see a troll try to distract from the real issue.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:39 pmI’d be curious to know if there is any precedent in the U.S. Senate or House in boycotting votes for confirmations or anything else by either party. I have to leave soon for the evening and don’t have time to research it. I assume the threat to boycott is to prevent a quorum so that no vote could be legal.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:41 pmOne of the aseven HAS to carry the nomination to the Floor for the full vote.
If none of them will, then nomination is effectively dead.
It’s one reason I questioned the timing of the Specter defec(a)tion. Harry Reid SHOULD have told Arlen to stay put til the nomination, carry it, and THEN defect, ans all would be well…Instead, hapless HArry tubed it “an ally” once again, another of the times too numerous to note when the Senate Majority Leader ate shit and loved it…
June 12th, 2009 at 4:42 pmRemember when Republicans thought that, “The only poll that matters is the one in November”?
June 12th, 2009 at 4:42 pmSenator Leahy — please hold fast. You know it is both fair and important to Ms. Sotomayor.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:44 pm*
Jimmy Big Bucks Says:
According to a CNN poll.
You mean the poll in fine print stating it is an unscientific poll… and you take it seriously?
June 12th, 2009 at 4:46 pmTechnically, one minority-party vote is required to move a judicial nomination to the floor. But most of the R’s on the judicial committee aren’t psycho bomb-throwers. So I don’t think Kyl can pull that off.
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Jimmy Big Bucks Says:
48% of America thinks obama is doing a bad job with the economy, 46% of America thinks hes doing a good job.
Would that be this poll? Or maybe this one? You’ll need to learn to start citing what you’re talking about if you want us to address your information.
But yes, we’re all terribly angry at Obama for not having fixed all of Bush’s massive screw ups in under five months.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:47 pmWhy is anyone paying any attention at all to OT comments from JBB?
June 12th, 2009 at 4:47 pmbecause they’re so shiny!
June 12th, 2009 at 4:49 pmTechnically, one minority-party vote is required to move a judicial nomination to the floor. But most of the R’s on the judicial committee aren’t psycho bomb-throwers. So I don’t think Kyl can pull that off.
Right. All it will take is one Senator with a sizable Hispanic population back home and a desire for re-election.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:50 pmHow much time do you need to prepare to vote No?
June 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pmGood on Kyl.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pmIn other words, Sotomayor has a stellar judicial record and all these screeching morons have is that one line from an eight year-old speech that’s been parsed into oblivion.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:53 pmcentrist Says:
Good on Kyl.
Goof on, Kyl.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:55 pmShorter Kyl: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!
June 12th, 2009 at 4:57 pmA Re=Thug in the throes of a full-blown tantrum is an ugly and embarrassing sight. I hope his mother isn’t watching.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:58 pm*
Republicans are all radical one way or another.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:58 pmcentrist Says:
Good on Kyl.
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June 12th, 2009 at 4:59 pmHow so?
centrist Says:
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Good on Kyl.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
So nice of you to reveal your admiration for an obstructionist moron ……….
June 12th, 2009 at 5:01 pmThis is awesome. The Hispanic community is already fed up to the eyebrows with these people. Further tantrums over Sotomayor can only intensify the distress of the Hispanic Community which lose them voters.
Is all this an accident? That they’re trying to shaft a highly-qualified Latina? No. Re=Thugs are terrified of anything brown – but especially brown women.
They’re almost as terrified of brown women as they are of EMPATHY.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:02 pm*
“…How much time do you need to prepare to vote No?”
Really.
And as for the rest of the GNOP, if this really is about needing more time to study her record, I’d have to question their job competency.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:02 pmKyl is a member of a known terrorist cell called the republican party and needs to be sent to gitmo for some enhanced interrogation. He is a ticking timebomb.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:03 pmRepublicans vote NO…..to bad ideas…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:03 pmthe Puke Seven on the Judiciary Committee are: Sessions, Hatch, Kyl, Coburn, Grayssly, Graham, and Cornyn.
Pick the one you think will do it?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:04 pmcentrist Says:
Good on Kyl.
Can you give this board reasons WHY?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:04 pmI wonder if Kyl could fit than on a bumper sticker
June 12th, 2009 at 5:05 pmJimmy bigbucks supports a terrorist organization and need to be sent to gitmo for enhanced interrogation. He may know of an imminent attack and we can’t afford the smoking gun to be in the form of a mushroom cloud…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:05 pm100% Of the posters on this board think you should either change your name to Jimmy Big Shmuck or quit posting here…
P.S. No reply necessary…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:05 pmI suppose I’ll have to deal with Jimmy Big Bucks again….
June 12th, 2009 at 5:06 pm“Kyl’s threat to take his ball and go home if he doesn’t get his way is unfortunate, but it is hardly surprising.”
They are like little spoiled children who can’t be the quarterback anymore and don’t want to play.
Fcuk Kyl’s Republic Fascist Party of bitter, sour grapes, sore losing, whiners.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:08 pmJimmy Two Sheds Says:
48% of America thinks obama is doing a bad job with the economy, 46% of America thinks hes doing a good job.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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Hey shithead, I’m still waiting for you to explain why you want to murder 50,000 Jews. Just fyi.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:09 pmXisithrus Says:
I wonder if Kyl could fit than on a bumper sticker
I’m A No Know
June 12th, 2009 at 5:09 pmWhen the Democrats were in a minority, they stayed in DC in the vain hope that their voice might be accidentally heard.
When the Republicans are in a minority, they stay in DC to raise as much h*ll and cause as much disruption as possible.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:10 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
Republicans vote NO…..to bad ideas…
Without substance and from the talking points.
When are you guys going to come to the table with substantial facts and thoughts of your own?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pmWhat happened to a fair up or down vote? Not surprising that Republican ‘values’ and ‘morals’ are truly situational.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pmHey shithead, I’m still waiting for you to explain why you want to murder 50,000 Jews. Just fyi.
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June 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pmIndeed! What is wrong with this pussy? I still wanna here who is nation three in the imaginary hard-on guy nuke-a-thon as well? Is it that Jimmy is a poser? I think we all even centrist know the answer to that one…
Jimmy Big Bucks Says:
Republicans vote NO…..to bad ideas…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Really?
Then why did they have only six votes here and zero votes here?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pmJimmy Big Butts does not equal Jimmy Big Brains…
…maybe Jimmy Small Brains is more true.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:13 pmdbadass Says:
Is it that Jimmy is a poser? I think we all even centrist know the answer to that one…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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Oh, definitely. Those two posing posers put their GI Joe dolls to shame…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:13 pmI say let them boycott it. They are only trying to stall the nomination. They are saying that they need the time to read every decision she has ever made. Funny thing, I really don’t remember the Democrats ever demanding anything like that. As a matter of fact, I believe I remember the GOP trying to keep decisions Roberts made out of the hands of Democrats.
I am getting damn sick and tired of the Republics acting like bullies. If I didn’t know better I would think they won the last election because that’s how they are acting.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:14 pmWhy is it we all of sudden hear all of this crap from Republicans about ‘I feel’, I think’, I believe’ now that they are in the minority?
Didn’t they get the memo on empathy and compassion?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:14 pmWho gives a shit if Kyle boycotts?????
Maybe if all the repubs boycott…we will see an intelligent confirmation hearing. Would be nice.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:15 pmThey only want the extra time to find that needle in the haystack where the corporation media can spin into an non-issue.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:15 pmIf this Kerkos has such big bucks why doesnt he just go buy some GnOPers to vote his way?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:16 pm.
God’s
Oppression
Party
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June 12th, 2009 at 5:18 pmLibertyLover Says:
They only want the extra time to find that needle in the haystack where the corporation media can spin into an non-issue.
Sorry, you could have quit with the extra time part. They know they can’t stop this and all they want is media time.
What they haven’t figured out yet is that having extra media time at being an obstructionist dork ain’t a good thing.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:20 pmWhere’d Jimmy go again? Was it something I said? Centrist does the same thing. Odd coincidence? I wonder…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:20 pmHmmm. Since Congressional GOoPers rubber-stamped every bad idea that Chimpy had, plus a butt-load they came up with independently, I think it’s safe to say that GOoPers vote “Yes” on bad ideas. Then, of course, there’s the decades of bad ideas leading up to Chimpy.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pmJimmy went to go open another beer and got his big bucks caught in the pull tab.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pmdbadass Says:
Where’d Jimmy go again? Was it something I said? Centrist does the same thing. Odd coincidence? I wonder…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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Cobra Commander must be attacking their pillow fort again.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:24 pmThe repubs have learned that the democratic leadership will cave into their demands if they simply yell loud and long enough. The dems have yet to realize that Americans want them to lead the country and get away from the party of “taking care of the rich.”
June 12th, 2009 at 5:24 pmCobra Commander must be attacking their pillow fort again
June 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm—
I still want to organize a weekend roadtrip to go see Roger and his “Buds”…
A couple of interesting Gallup polls:
PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are generally supportive of President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. A majority of Americans, 54%, say they would like to see the Senate confirm her to the Court, according to a May 29-31 USA Today/Gallup poll. Currently, 28% are against her confirmation and 19% have not yet formed an opinion.
Almost 4 out of 10 (38%) Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of their party, while just 7% of Democrats have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party; overall, just 34% of Americans view the GOP favorably.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:27 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
48% of America thinks obama is doing a bad job with the economy, 46% of America thinks hes doing a good job.
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JBB you provided Fixed News lies, I’m sure you did because 62% of Americans still approve of Obama and Sotomayor will be approved.I guess you missed that memo.
And 95% of Americans still and will always blame Bush/Cheney and those “dumb” a$$ elephants for this mess, that’s why you and the rest of your right-wingnut jobs have Obama as your Commander-in-Chief. Get use to that!!!
June 12th, 2009 at 5:30 pmScottsdalian Says:
Who gives a shit if Kyle boycotts?????
Maybe if all the repubs boycott…we will see an intelligent confirmation hearing. Would be nice.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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Good question. It would be a quorum issue if they could get more than 49 Senators to boycott the full Senate vote. I’m not sure what the quorum rule is – if any – for the Judiciary Committee.
Otherwise, it’s just a childish, pointless gesture.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:31 pmSen. Kyl, one of the more frequent spokesmouths for his Grand Old Obstructionist Party, is merely voicing the one big, burning desire of Congressional Goopers- to slooowww walk every effing thing proposed by the BO administration. Judge Sotomayor taking her seat on SCOTUS is of course at or near the top of their slow walk list.
Don’t postpone that hearing for even one week, Sen. Leahy, though you may start to feel you’re the golfer in that old joke- hit the ball, drag Fred, hit the ball, drag Fred, hit the ball, drag Kyl…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:32 pmup or down vote
repeat ad nauseum
up or down vote
June 12th, 2009 at 5:37 pmrinse & repeat
Jimmy Big Bucks Says:
Republicans vote NO…..to bad ideas…
A Republican wouldn’t know a good idea from a bad idea if he gave it a BJ in an airport restroom.
Republicans vote NO because they think that’s going to work out for them. They don’t even care what they’re voting NO to.
Sotomayor is the most moderate judge they could have hoped to get out of Obama. If that’s not good enough for them, then Dems might as well stop trying to be moderate entirely. I swear, sometimes I think y’all are doing more for liberalism in America than anybody on the left.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:38 pmKeep pounding those nails into the Republican coffin, Kyl…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:42 pmZooey Says:
Keep pounding those nails into the Republican coffin, Kyl…
I bet he’s not doing himself much good back home in Arizona, either.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:48 pmEven Kyl’s supporters will have to acknowledge that boycotting a legislative process is not part of his job description.
Your job is to vote, Kyl, si o’ no.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pmGreedy
June 12th, 2009 at 5:54 pmObstructionist
Party
Boosch’s Attorneys General were busy, remember?
Ashcroft had to find the funding to drape salacious statuary,
June 12th, 2009 at 5:58 pmand Gonzo was busy surfing the net looking for porn to “censor”.
Sorry folks, that comment was meant for the thread above..
June 12th, 2009 at 5:59 pmKyl, Kyl, panties on fire. You, sir, can boycott, you can girl-cott, but it is just more stupid GOP grandstanding and hot air. Time to take your shrinking Party and go home. It’s over.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pmThe Senate rules regarding the one minority vote can be changed by the Senate.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:23 pmThese guys are bigoted, ignorant, even stupid tools. Bush senior & Laura Bush, even Bush jr. have all said Sotomayor is a good pick. So these goofy GOPers are totally against opinions by their heroes? What a bunch of idiotic buffoons.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pmBoycotting a hearing is just about the definition of the word narrow-minded.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pmFund raising must be bleak. Hey Kyl, its over. You’ve killed the GOPs chances with the Hispanics, now go burn some more moderate goopers at the stake.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pmWiley, most of us spell narrow minded S-T-U-P-I-D. Sort of like Republican, it saves letters.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:45 pmIt’s been clear, since before the election, that the GOP has committed themselves to obstruction, delay, and sabotage. They will gleefully destroy this country rather than allowing the Dems to fix the messes they inherited. As time goes on they will be seen to try blocking any measures, and every dollar, that could have a positive effect.
BTW, dasm, haven’t you heard? According to the Reichwhiners our last President was Bill Clinton and the last Republican President was Ronnie Raygun. Bush 41 “abandoned his conservative roots” and his idiot kid never existed.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pmThey have been throwing spitballs, and disrupting class, and now they are threatening cutting class completely. What a pathetic bunch of losers. They have no business drawing a salary for a job they are not competent in. Anyone with (R) associated with their name, should be fired. They are not doing their jobs.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:50 pmwell, to be fair to the GOOPers, the folks you name who support the nominee… they’ve led the Republicans down more than a few blind alleys opver the past few years. Maybe even the G-NO-P is getting a little gunshy.
poor Jebbie.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:50 pmAll of the GnoPer’s should go back to their home districts, boycott everything and explain to their constituents why. Some will get a rousing welcome. Most won’t.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:58 pmThat photo makes him look like Tom Wilkerson in Michael Clayton. Is there were he strips and offers himself to the little girl?
June 12th, 2009 at 7:01 pmso its just a boycott. does that mean we can proceed legally while the childish 3rd graders go sit in time out?
June 12th, 2009 at 7:15 pmSenator Kyl represents Arizona in Congress, right? The great State of Arizona has a large Hispanic population, does it not?? Now, he’s proclaiming that he’ll boycott the Sotomayor hearings?
Senator Kyl, do you hear something? Listen; listen VERY CLOSELY….
It’s the sound of your constituency running to the voter booths when you come up for reelection so they can elect your opponent to replace you.
Great work Senator!
June 12th, 2009 at 7:28 pmYou mean they won’t be there to call her a radical, racist (or racialist) left-wing, anti-gun unintelligent affirmative action recipient? Well darn, I’m sure gonna miss that stain on the democratic process.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:15 pmThe Republicans are hammering race, pure and simple. The RNC will be known as the party of racists and fascists.
Jimmy Big Bucks is a poser, nobody can be that stupid!
June 12th, 2009 at 8:20 pmAll just part of the warmup for the Kyl ‘12 presidential run. Yes, it sounds stupid, but remember where you heard it first . . .
June 12th, 2009 at 8:45 pmWould it be possible to somehow send a message to every Republican on the confirmation committee, inviting, even imploring them to boycott it?
June 12th, 2009 at 8:55 pmpenalcolony Says:
All just part of the warmup for the Kyl ‘12 presidential run. Yes, it sounds stupid, but remember where you heard it first . . .
There certainly is precedence for angry, weird old white guys from Arizona to run, and lose, the presidential race…
Goldwater, McCain…..
June 12th, 2009 at 9:25 pmLevi the Dungbeetle Says:
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Would it be possible to somehow send a message to every Republican on the confirmation committee, inviting, even imploring them to boycott it?
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Levi the Dungbeetle, why would you do that?
June 12th, 2009 at 9:35 pmTake heart, America. Arizonians will kick out Jon Kyl in the next senatorial elections and send Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (Dem)to the Senate.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:01 pmLevi the Dungbeetle Says:
Would it be possible to somehow send a message to every Republican on the confirmation committee, inviting, even imploring them to boycott it?
June 12th, 2009 at 10:15 pm=========
What’s your logic behind such a rueful act?
Let them boycott, have the vote without them. The Russians boycotted the UN in 1950 and we had the vote to have a UN force in Korea, that didn’t work well for the Russians.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:15 pmHey, GOP, go nuts, boycott – especially if you’re going to be seeking reelection in a state with a sizeable Hispanic population (like Arizona). I thought the wingnuts were pretty stupid during the W administration, but it seems their collective IQ is going the same way as their approval ratings.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:16 pmIt’s not so much that they are getting stupider, TMS, they are just getting more desperate and loosing control under stress. And, in their fear, they are still fixated on “purifying” the party while trying to put up a front of staunch resistance. Too bad for them. It doesn’t seem to be working in any significant way.
And it sure doesn’t help that they have been reduced to impotent tantrums. Unfortunately, the few who are still buying the message are becoming increasingly dangerous.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:29 pmI guess my logic behind inviting republicans to boycott the hearing it is be rueful. They are only throwing around the rhetoric of boycott to draw the attention of the media. Such an invitation would be very insulting, and insulting wingnuts is so much fun!
June 12th, 2009 at 10:32 pmJimmy Two Sheds Says:
48% of America thinks obama is doing a bad job with the economy, 46% of America thinks hes doing a good job.
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Please review this list of approval ratings and explain where you got your lie.
http://www.pollingreport.com/obama_job.htm
June 12th, 2009 at 10:38 pmToo bad we can’t dock their pay when they don’t show up to work.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:47 pmAnd if all else fails, the GOP will hold their breath, stamp their feet, count to ten, and then take their marbles and go home.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:10 pmThis I want to see and I am sure I will ejoy the next few election cycles even more as the GOP goes down in flames.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:19 pmI might be wrong here but it isn’t the vote tally based on those actually present in the chamber?
If he and the rest of them leave doesn’t that just mean less nay votes?
June 13th, 2009 at 12:25 amIsn’t she seated yet!?! Let’s move on! Let the Republicans bitgh about this in the aftermath. Let the aftermat last for the next ten years. In the meantime, use a 51 vote majority to pass health care reform, get out of Iraq and Afghanistan, bring American businesses home (or tariff the shit out of their products), put Americans back to work, and let these Republican dinosaurs drown in their oil politics.
June 13th, 2009 at 7:00 amKyl’s up for vote in 2012, for the record. Mark your calendars.
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pags2 Says:
The Senate rules regarding the one minority vote can be changed by the Senate.
True, but that would require completely giving up on the notion that Senators of different parties can be responsible grown-ups and do their jobs. I don’t think we’re quite there yet, regardless of Kyl’s chest-thumping.
The Minority Whip doesn’t control committees, just the floor overall. If it comes out of committee and to the floor, R’s aren’t even needed. What’s that they used to say? Oh yeah – “she deserves a straight ‘up or down’ vote.”
June 14th, 2009 at 12:20 amGo ahead Jon and do it. I dare you.
June 14th, 2009 at 2:23 pmen son videolar
June 15th, 2009 at 7:22 amen son videolar