Durbin will vote "No" on Alito, Springsteen among the reasons
Crossposted with a bunch of other right-wing ramblings on Marathon Pundit.
Shocking news. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin will vote "No" when the vote to confirm Judge Samuel Alito comes to the floor of the Senate, according to AP.
Says Durbin:
Based on his record, I'm concerned that Judge Alito will not be willing to stand up to a president who is determined to seize too much power over our personal lives.
Who is Durbin kidding! He wasn't going to offend the MoveOn base, as in financial base, of the Democratic Party. I was joking in the headline, it's not "shocking news."
But what about Bruce Springsteen? Maybe Durbin--who by the way is not known for his rollicking sense of humor--was kidding, but the Senator also cited the fact that Alito would not definitely declare to the Senate whether he was a Bruce Sprinsteen fan. Judge Alito, like Springsteen, is from New Jersey. Even considering that (un)important information, how does Springsteen's music become relevant to Alito's qualifications, Senator?
Dick Durbin is the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat.
7 comments:
Rubes,
That is no shocking revelation by the Senior Senator from Illinois; he's a boss field-hand on Hillary's Plantation. From the get-go, even before Chief Justice Roberts bone-sawed the credibility of some Democratic Senators. Senator Durbin has been hel-bent on out-doing Sen. Feinstein for the Hollywood 'Best in Show' Democrats - the mopes who keep losing elections for my Party.
Rubes,
One other minor point - have you heard Sprinsteen's latest solo album? Slim Whitman ! America Needs You!
Give me a break. Of course Durbin was joking--consider his audience (students).
Not everyone can give the statesmanlike, articulate addresses Bush does. (Excuse me while I seek medical attention for my hysterical laughter.)
Alito should be filibustered; the alternative is capitulation to Bush's imperial ambitions. Alito will never meet an executive power he doesn't like, I guarantee you--except possibly when it's a Democrat holding office.
Durbin has become a cliche. If the Republicans are serious in Illinois (which remains to be seen) they will start by finding a solid and credible candidate to take this guy in in '08. He is clownshoes and needs to go.
This clown IS a joke.
I wish these gutless, yellow libs WOULD quit redlining and reallyfilibuster, then the GOP would be justified using the 'nuclear option' and ending this ridiculousness.
Springsteen's "Devils and Dust" is garbage. One reliable test if an album is good is to forget who recorded it, and pretend that's an anonymous artist's debut album. Then imagine your're a recording company executive, and it's up to you to put money behind the album.
Carville's not my favorite guy but I may read this book.
From NewsMax
Political strategist James Carville believes the Democratic Party "has a disease" that must be rectified –- and soon -– if the party has a chance of gaining back the White House or the Congress.
In an exclusive interview with NewsMax, Carville is touting his latest book, co-authored by CNN's Paul Begala, titled "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future." Both are savvy strategists who helped Bill Clinton earn a come-from-behind victory that brought him from Little Rock, Ark., to the White House in 1992. Later, the pair were architects of Clinton's successful 1996 re-election.
Today, they have changed roles from insider Beltway operatives to pundits who are warning that their party -– today out of power in every branch of the federal government -- needs emergency resuscitation. Surprisingly, both authors argue that the party needs to change its dogmatic thinking on abortion rights, gun control and environmental concerns.
"We think the problem with the party is anatomical," a direct result of outdated beliefs, such as that supporting health care for everyone must also mean support for late-term abortions, Carville tells NewsMax.
With plenty of his famous Cajun spirit still directing barbs at Republicans and President Bush, Carville's book is notable in that it is not simply a polemic against the Republican Party, but one that doesn't hold back on fellow Democrats whom he and Begala have severely criticized for failing to learn lessons from past elections.
Carville and Begala's "Take It Back" is fast becoming required reading for Democrats. Interestingly, it has developed Beltway "buzz" among Republicans who see it as a must-read for understanding how Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton may position herself in the 2008 race.
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