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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:24 AM Original message |
Official Alito Committee hearing thread |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here we go. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:27 AM Original message |
My stomach is all in knots... |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just tuned in - they voted already? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Nope.. the sidebar shows |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. oh, I get it - thanks n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think we will see |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. this is the committee - it goes to the floor tomorrow. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. am I counting wrong? I thought there are 18 on the committee? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. There's the gavel. |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. There are 10 Republicans and 8 Democrats. (That's the problem, Dems |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. It's a done deal. Maybe we'll get to see the misses cry again. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. LOL Yes, you are right. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. s'okay! I'm a little slow this morning myself |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:33 AM Original message |
There are 18 n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Let me repeat: |
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stop_the_madness (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. Voting Tomorrow? |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. it goes to the floor of the Senate tomorrow. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. "Frist won't allow debate" |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. I hope Leahy places his previous speech in the record when |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. What's Up Cat Killer Being Investigated? (HCA) |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Yes it did but Slaughter kicked it up a notch with the discussion |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Welcome to DU, stop_the_madness! |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. Debate moves to the floor tomorrow. |
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stop_the_madness (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. oh ok |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I heard the rumor that Frist wasn't going to allow any debate on the |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Not a rumor - see link: |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I saw that speech - I thought they meant that they |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Correct |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Good, I was wondering how he thought he was going to pull it |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. He didn't allow debate before the 25th, tomorrow |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. Does Sen. Ben Nelson even *understand* the idea of the "unitary executive" |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Alito told him what he wanted to hear - so he believes him |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I don't think he does... |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Yet he spoke out against judges who "legislate from the bench"! |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. Specter seems distracted this morning |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You are right, he seems very distracted. |
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stop_the_madness (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. chemotherapy? n/t |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. He's done with that - as you can see by the fine head of hair he's growing |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. At least his face has filled out a bit--looked pretty bad a couple of |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
60. Chemo-brain. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. "most committees in the Senate won't hold hearings because |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Isn't the whole asbestos thing to protect Halliburton? |
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stop_the_madness (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
30. Spector YES |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. He already stated that at the end of the hearings before |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. Specter is a fraud. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I don't think his pro-choice support is fake - I think the GOP |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Ha! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
92. Must be why |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. He said that right in the record |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. "there are six Republicans or more who are pro-choice" |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
41. Leahy: President pledged to be a "uniter not a divider" - many other |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Leahy gets it - loud and clear! n/t |
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berner59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes...he gets it... |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Oh, I hope his comments make the news - msm. People need to hear this! |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
43. Leahy now |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. He is realigning 9/11 - take it back from blivet** Leahy |
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berner59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. What a closing statement... |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Leahy: The president should not be allowed to "pack the court" and |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
48. It's like watching a train wreck i know i shouldn't but... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #48 |
64. I know how you feel! |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
49. "A bridge too far" Perfect!!!!!! |
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berner59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Hatch up now.... |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
55. Hatch saying Alito qualified--but IS he? So many of his decisions |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. And yet - he RECOMMENDED Ginsburg |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. Hatch is using the argument that |
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berner59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Kennedy smacking Hatch back down... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
59. Kennedy now - Give em hell! |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. "the real insight into judges is their dissents" |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
62. Oh-oh...Hatch. Going on about "judicial activism" and "liberal agenda" |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
65. Lord, this is nerve wracking. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. ... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. good points about unitary executive |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
68. Kennedy doing very well in laying out the case against Alito's support of |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
70. Grassley now. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Grassley can't even read with any meter - he reads like he is |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Grassley is WRONG! |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
71. Grassley doesn't get it at all - he is giving him a bj right there |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
74. Biden up now |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Quoting what MLK wrote while sitting in the Birmingham jail.. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
75. Ok Biden - time to redeem yourself |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. It's a start - he left his cap at home! |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. .... |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
78. Biden doing great on making case that Alito is an "activist judge" |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Addressing prejudice "now its more subtle" |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
81. Are we missing some senators? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. They are all supposed to speak, from what I understand... |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
82. When the hell was he ever a constitutional expert? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
83. Kyl up now |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Kyl said that opposition to Alito was a partisan thing....yuck. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
84. Were we expecting any surprises? |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #84 |
95. I predict Lindsey Graham will pull a surprise reversal |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. I want some of what ever you are smoking then |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
86. Are Repub senators born with defective ears |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
87. Kohl now |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
89. The Dems are doing an *excellent* job in making the case. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. they cast their vote to take him out of committee to the full Senate |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #91 |
101. Yes, but will there be more debate? C-Span said it would take 3 hours. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Official committee vote... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
90. Please vote these "official" threads to the Greatest Page early on. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. it may also be time for Thread #2 for dial-up users. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. I second that emotion. n/t |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
94. DeWine now |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. DeWine would be great at speed dating then! |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
100. By all accounts, Alito is all talk. And talk is cheap. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
103. Here is Feinstein... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
104. Thread 2 is up! |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
105. Thread two is here: |
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