I heard Chris Matthews this morning say that the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee looked like fools and buffoons. He continued that they were not organized like the Republicans were and the only shining moment of the hearings was when Mrs. Alito shed those Rove tears. He concluded that the Dems would only muster 30 to 35 of their 45 leaving them unable to force a filibuster which might cause Republicans to go for the nuclear option.
Yesterday, I called my Senators, Schumer and Clinton and told their receptionist that if the Democrats don't filibuster Alito, my friends and I will not vote for anyone in 2006.
In other words:
If they as a party don't show up for us, we will stop showing up for them.
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I am a little sick of hearing every media person say that the Alito confirmation is a shoe in. If they are correct and they cannot stop what will happen to us by Alito joining with the other right wing justices to kill "Roe" then their presence in Washington is useless. They already let pigs like Brown and Owens on the Federal Appellate Courts.
Back to the media whore Chris Matthews. Biden's flippant attitude this past week was absolutely disgusting and I am getting very very sick of him. Feinstein, can't bend over fast enough for Republican dicks. Kennedy is too old and he's not sharp anymore but he was sort of Ok. I thought Schumer was just terrific and Feingold was good too. Durbin was just Ok.
However, Mr. Matthews, what did the Republicans do that was so good besides staging the crocodile tears of Mrs. Alito. Poor Mrs. Alito didn't like that her very weird and right wing husband was being attacked by bad Democrats. That bitch can cry all she wants but who is going to cry for all the poor women who get butchered by back alley abortionists. Who is going to cry for the people who die in abortion clinics when people who are her friends and her husband's right wing friends blow them up. Who is going to cry for the families that get stepped on by corporations. Who really gives a shit about those tears, not me, but in the media that was a terrible thing to do and the Democrats are getting blamed for it even though it happened when Republican Lindsay Graham was questioning her. Anyone who joined CAP and has such significant memory loss like Alito has, should never ever be on the Supreme Court. "I do not recall" is not exactly exculpatory!
The Democrats weren't fools and buffoons, well except for Biden, Feinstein and Leahy (who was comatose). It is the press who are the fools and buffoons, the same way they blanketed the air waves that Bush beat Gore in the presidential debates because Gore's color was off. It didn't matter that language and thought challenged George W. Bush was making monkey faces into the camera when Gore was speaking. The media is disgraceful! Unfortunately, the Democrats are not too far behind.