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Wednesday, November 19th, 2003It 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.
It’s Wictory Wednesday
Wednesday, November 19th, 2003Today is Wictory Wednesday everyone, and with a year to go until the Presidential election, we all have to do our part to help keep America on the right by reelecting George W. Bush.
I urge my readers to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush Campaign.
With ultra-liberal extremist groups like MoveOn.org expect to raise an unprecedented $420 million from “Limousine Liberals”. They’ll spend it on harsh negative ads and Get-Out-The-Vote efforts in key swing states.
The lying liberal media won’t tell you this: The Bush campaign is now badly outgunned when it comes to fundraising.
You have the power to change that. Bush and the Republican party now have hundreds of thousands of small individual donors, far more than the Democrats have. You can join their ranks by clicking here and making a small, recurring monthly contribution of $24, $54 or $104 to the Bush 2004 campaign.
If you’ve already donated and volunteered for the Bush campaign, then talk to your friends and enlist them in this battle for America’s very soul.
Today is Wictory Wednesday. Every Wednesday, I ask my readers to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush 2004 campaign.
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Letting Justice Take Its Course
Tuesday, November 18th, 2003Recently, my opinions posted on this site about a local story involving three teenagers who got into a car accident after drinking and driving (which resulted in the death of one of the teenagers) has gotten a lot of attention. Several people close to the case became aware of my writing, and this resulted in a large number of people commenting here in a relatively short amount of time.
Why I still stand behind my opinions regarding the case, it was clear that people connected to the victims in this case were revealing information that could possibly have affected the case. Rather than sift through all the comments and edit out information that could possibly have effected either the prosecution’s or the defense team’s case, the post in question has been removed until the trial is over.
Further, any future comments posted here that either reveal information regarding the incident or details of the case will be deleted.
Various stories on the case:
Crash kills teen who accepted ride
Teenager dies in car crash
Editorial: Community mourns for teenager
Local teen to be charged in deadly crash
Temporary license allows drunken driving suspects to drive again
Accused in crash collapses
Lethal crash brings driver’s second DUI in 12 days
A Letter From my old Battlegrounds
Sunday, November 16th, 2003Today I received an e-mail from a current student at the University of Hartford. It’s nice to see my efforts recognized by others.
Hi, Matt. I saw your site a while ago and today I felt like writing to you. As you may recall, I was one of your fellow staff members on the Informer, and I portrayed myself as a radical leftist. Today, I still think I am radical, although I can’t say I’m a leftist anymore. The change started when, one day in class, my ‘liberal,’ hippie friend turned on me after I somewhat-jokingly said that I didn’t want to go to her antiwar protest, because the war was going to happen anyway. Now, like you, I was raised in a pretty ‘liberal’ town and engrained with its cultural stereotypes. Becoming an unofficial resident of West Hartford has been an eye-opener. I’m still a Democrat, but only because I want to have a say in who becomes mayor of my town and no Republican has ever made it past the primary. Well, what I wanted to say was that although I do not agree with everything you say, I think you are a good writer, are rightfully entitled to your opinion, and to the free expression of it. You are obviously going places.
Chris Dubey
University of Hartford
Class of 2005
Thanks, Chris.
Well, It’s Not the MCAS
Saturday, November 15th, 2003
I wouldn’t use those exact words….
Liberal Judges - Never Again
Friday, November 14th, 2003The Democrats have now pushed the limit. Their dispicable, racist, sexist, partisan and unprecedented attacks on George W. Bush’s judicial nominees has now set the stage for their own demise.
After adding two more judicial nominees to their “Filibuster List,” the Republicans, trying to get decent and qualifed judges on the bench, have now dropped an iron fist on Democrats. According to an article on NewsMax:
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said some Republicans already were plotting revenge for the day when a Democrat president tries to get his judges approved. His colleagues are saying, “We’ll have our opportunity someday, and we’ll make sure there’s not another liberal judge. Ever!” Santorum said.
Amen!
It’s Letters to The Editor Friday
Friday, November 14th, 2003As a part of the grassroots campaign to help reelect George W. Bush, I call upon all supporters of Bush to participate in a nationwide effort to promote our soon-to-be-reelected President.
It’s time to get active in support of the President. I urge you to write letters to the editor. Discuss President Bush’s outstanding leadership, his commitment to America, and demonstrate why America needs him for another term.
If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to discuss any topic. The constant flow of good news regarding the economy is good material to talk about.
I hope you consider taking part in the grassroots campaign to help reelect President George W. Bush.
To write a letter to editor, you may use the following form to look up papers in your area and write a letter directly to them:
It’s Wictory Wednesday…
Wednesday, November 12th, 2003Today is Wictory Wednesday everyone, and with a year to go until the Presidential election, we all have to do our part to help keep America on the right by reelecting George W. Bush.
I urge my readers to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush Campaign.
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