WE don't want a "NO" vote on Gonzales. America needs a filibuster

[genius]

This matter must never come to a vote. I don't want my family tortured. Do you?

[Padraig18]

1. Just a tad melodramatic, genius....

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[Padraig18]

5. I wasn't aware we were even acquainted, much less friends.

It does appear rather odd that your post would have the word in quotes. Were you implying something, by chance?

[Ravenseye]

9. I have family in Iraq

Can I say I don't want my family to be tortured without it being melodramatic?

[RaulVB]

2. Do "our" senators have a damn clue about this???

DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT TORTURE IS IMMORAL???

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG HERE?

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. Not going to happen

Democrats say they won't block Gonzales nomination

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats won't try to filibuster Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general but will hold extensive debates in the Senate over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on treating foreign detainees, the Senate's top Democrat said Tuesday.

"There will be an up-or-down vote," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters after the Democrats huddled together for their weekly planning session.

A filibuster, a parliamentary tactic for delaying Senate action, would require Republicans, who hold a 55-44 majority in the Senate, to win over at least five Democrats -- or four Democrats plus Vermont Sen. James Jeffords, an independent -- to put Gonzales in office.

Reid predicted that at least 25 or 30 Democrats would vote against Gonzales but said "there was a decision made not to filibuster."

more: http://www.tdn.com/articles/2005/02/01/nation_world/news23.prt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. With tail between their legs..another show of moral courage.

Pitiful.

[LSparkle]

8. If they're not going to filibuster, this is all HOT AIR

and I for one am sick of it! They promise that they'll get a spine and then they cave! If they want to keep talking, we're going to have to listen to more Cornyn/Hatch/et al., which isn't worth it to just blow off steam. I'm really losing my patience with the whole lot of them.

[gulfcoastliberal]

7. Didn't you hear the dems new mission statement?

To be the most compliant ministers of King George IIs court.