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Driving Mary Jo Filibuster
By Matt Margolis | November 19, 2003
It appears that the driving force behind Mary Jo Kopechne’s death in Chappaquiddick was also the driving force behind the filibustering of Bush’s judicial nominees.
Confidential Democratic memos downloaded from a Senate Judiciary Committee database and leaked to the press show that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) overcame the reservations of 15 Senate colleagues to convince Democrats to wage filibusters against some of President Bush’s judicial nominees.
While Democratic memos continue to be leaked, the American public continually sees the malevolence of the Democrats. Ted Kennedy and the Democrats do not care about right or wrong, they care about Left or Right. Ted Kennedy is clearly driving his fellow Senate Democrats off the Dike Bridge – and it’s not pretty.
The documents also show in detail the evolution of Democratic opposition to Bush’s controversial nominees, from an initial hesitancy over blocking nominees with no obvious negative marks on their records to being fully committed to blocking those considered well qualified by the American Bar Association, such as Estrada, who subsequently withdrew his name from consideration.
Blocking nominees “with no obvious negative marks on their records.” What does this translate to? Bitter partisan politics. This has nothing to do with alleged “extremism” or “unqualified” candidates. This is about the Democrats stopping at nothing to undermine Bush’s presidency.
A memo prepared for Kennedy in April stated that Democratic staff had “heard that several Democratic senators have expressed concern about any filibuster of a judicial nominee that is based on substance, as opposed to process.”
The memo listed 15 senators who “may be wavering or opposed to extended debate.” They are: Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Tom Carper (Del.), Bob Graham (Fla.), Bill Nelson (Fla.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Mary Landrieu (La.), John Breaux (La.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Max Baucus (Mont.), Fritz Hollings (S.C.), Robert Byrd (W.Va.) and Zell Miller (Ga.) .
Two of the aforementioned Democrats (Ben Nelson and Zell Miller) have stuck to their guns an opposed these repressive and unprecedented filibusters against Bush’s nominees.
These memos reveal the calculated efforts by the Democrats to try and destroy Bush’s nominees, including “one-on-one” lobbying sessions. It seems that Democrat Senators were practically bullied into supporting the filibusters. The effort that was spent swaying their colleagues who were either opposed to or on the fence about using the filibuster to block qualified nominees shows that the Democrats are desperate party - a desperate party with nothing to lose… not even integrity.
Dictated by extreme left wing interest groups, the Democrats have further alienated themselves from mainstream America, and are selfishly trying to bring the judiciary down with them.
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November 19th, 2003 at 8:58 pm
Driving Mary Jo Filibuster
It appears that the driving force behind Mary Jo Kopechne’s death in Chappaquiddick was also the driving force behind the filibustering of Bush’s judicial nominees. Confidential Democratic memos downloaded from a Senate Judiciary Committee database a…
November 20th, 2003 at 10:49 am
I’d give anything to be down in Miami today kicking fascist ass! My comrades in arms will overthrow the corporate oligarchy that enslaves womyn and minorities the world over.
END THE WTO - ELECT HILLARY!
November 20th, 2003 at 10:51 am
Hitlery??? Who would want to elect an islamo-fascist commie bitch?
November 21st, 2003 at 9:19 pm
I’m sorry to disagree, but when has Congress NOT been partisan? The Republicans routinely blocked Clinton nominees, many more than the Democrats are currently blocking. Before we start screaming “The Democrats are nakedly partisan!” we should look at how the Republicans behaved when they didn’t hold the presidency (including some choice memos about how to smear the President). You can pick your saying, either “what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”, “the chickens have come home to roost”, or my preference “you reap what you sow”. The vicious nature of the Republican attacks on Clinton have yet to be matched by the Democrats now that a Republican holds the White House. This is part of how our system has worked since before the Civil War.
November 21st, 2003 at 11:09 pm
Jack:
Ok…so because the republicans might have did it during clintoon’s era, that makes it acceptable? That first grade logic isn’t going to get our judicial system anywhere…we need strict constructionists on the bench, not a bunch of liberal activists who want to legislate from the bench because the democratic party’s ideals are not welcomed by the people.
November 22nd, 2003 at 10:19 am
You are all beating off because 40 years ago today a Democrat bought it.
The joke is on you: the most prolific of the Kennedy boys is still going strong, insuring a progressive future for Matt’s state and the WHOLE country and world!