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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:58 PM
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is Leahy filibustering??
Hes been talking for a while now...
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kevinbgoode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:59 PM
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1. I'm glad he dragged out that Schiavo fiasco!!
eom
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Blue Poppy Donating Member (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:01 PM
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3. and he mentioned that she was diagnosed from the Senate floor!
:rofl: Frist, you are an idiot!
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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:00 PM
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2. Why not?
This can make some Freeper representatives and senators look really bad.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:03 PM
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4. Maybe he saw 'Mr. Smith Goes To Washington' this weekend! nt
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Trouser Trout Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:09 PM
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5. Leahy did well I thought
Allard(R) now on the floor
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:11 PM
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9. I did, too. He thinks this is a big waste of time, as do I. nt
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 03:02 PM
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30. Mr. Smith fits this era to a tee.
If Gore had had Clarissa instead of Donna.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:09 PM
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6. Repubs may not even win a cloture vote so this BS wouldn't even
make it to a final vote in the Senate.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:11 PM
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7. Oh, yes. The old "obstructionists" and "activist judges" routine.
Que the issues!
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Trouser Trout Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:11 PM
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8. Allard thanking his co-sponsers
for their hard work and hatred in drafting this amendment.Ok, maybe not hatred but he might as well have.........
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Trouser Trout Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:14 PM
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13. Allard now speaks for the framers of the Constitution
saying they certainly would have supported his amendment.Sheesh.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:12 PM
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10. May not? It will not get cloture
Not even all of the Republicans are going to vote for it.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:14 PM
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11. No sense in filibustering something that isn't going to pass
The GOP types who will vote against it will trot out the STATE'S RIGHTS business, and use the NO BIG GOVERNMENT excuse, while urging the matter to be left to the states to decide.

I still think people should, if they are represented by a likely YES VOTE clown, call their Senators/Representatives and tell them they've lost a vote with their decision. But this is just a big bang, a distraction issue to rally the ever-shrinking base of haters.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:14 PM
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14. it would make news
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:17 PM
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16. We don't wanna waste the effort, though
We shoulda filibustered Alito, but didn't.

This thing is not going to fly. It hasn't a prayer. All it does is make those who care about personal liberty feel pained and hypervigilant, and it gives a small cadre of hate-filled bastards something to crow about for a brief moment.

It's a huge mistake. It's a Terry Schiavo moment, once again.
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:34 PM
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22. The GOP knows it won't pass, but they brought it to the floor
-just so everyone would see where they stand. Would it hurt for dems to call them on it in a way that would show that? I don't believe they will because they aren't as serious about showing everyone where they stand on this issue.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:14 PM
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12. hes done for now, but hes obviously stating how much BS this is
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Trouser Trout Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:17 PM
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15. Marriage under attack says Allard
Is he happily married or another self-loathing gay-basher.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:23 PM
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18. yeah this guy is completely nuts
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joanski0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:19 PM
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17. Allard says it's Congress' duty to discuss
the state of marriage in America. Good God!!!!!!!!!
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:24 PM
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19. ok then lets start with divorce statistics
And whats causing divorce.

Not that they would try and discuss this in a sane rational way....
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:25 PM
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20. Let's also talk about spousal and child abuse statistics.
And how destructive they are to marriage and children.
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Trouser Trout Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:29 PM
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21. Jeebus, this guy is STILL talking
Gawd what a pretentious asshole!
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:43 PM
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26. Ever since gays started getting more rights
Edited on Mon Jun-05-06 02:43 PM by TlalocW
50% of all marriages end in divorce, and the other 50% end in death!!!

:sarcasm:

TlalocW
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joanski0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:35 PM
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23. Tim Johnson (D) South Dakota now up
calling the Republicans pandering. ... Marriage laws should be left to the respective states. States should not be denied the right to interpret their own Constitution. My marriage is more threatened by heterosexuals.
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:36 PM
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24. cynical election year charade. Great speech by
Edited on Mon Jun-05-06 02:37 PM by cal04
Johnson
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:40 PM
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25. Dorgan up now - this should be good
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:50 PM
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27. and yet another Dem reads off 50 REAL issues to debate this week
Edited on Mon Jun-05-06 02:50 PM by LSK
But no!!!!!!!

HOW DO THESE FUCKING ASSHOLE SCUMBAG REPUBLICANS LOOK IN THE MIRROR????

:grr:
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:54 PM
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28. I think I like Dorgan, at least because of this. - n/t
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:57 PM
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29. he can make some awesome speeches
The one he made during NAFTA debate about a year ago was great!
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 03:06 PM
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31. anyone else loose the cspan stream??
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