LATEST SPIN ON THE 'ALL BUT WON' ALITO CONFIRMATION

[debbierlus]

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Supreme_Court

Note that 5 Republican Senators our on the fence (GIVE EM A CALL)....

But, they spin it like it is a done deal.

SICK.

Use that anger to make you fight!

[leftchick]

1. even Bob Schieffer said

"It is all but a done deal" toniht!

:grr:

[debbierlus]

2. With five Republicans breaking ranks

And, Jeffords....

There could be a tie vote.

SICK. I AM SO ANGRY!

[wryter2000]

4. If Cheney gets to cast the tie-breaking vote

I will :puke: Can't you picture his evil smirk as he does it?

[mom cat]

10. It could also mean that a nuke could be outright blocked.

[tsuki]

23. Schieffer says a lot of things, mostly untrue. n/t

[IndyOp]

3. CONTACT INFO for the 5 Repubs who have *not* committed their vote:

Lamar Alexander
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Web Form: http://alexander.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home

Lincoln Chafee (RI)
141A Russell, Washington, DC 20510
[phone]
Web Form: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm

Susan Collins
461 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Web Form: http://collins.senate.gov/public /

Olympia Snowe
154 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
WebForm: http://snowe.senate.gov/Webform.htm

Ted Stevens
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
[phone]
Webform: http://stevens.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Does anyone else think that Sen. Stevens' wife looks a little young for him? :shrug: She isn't 22, but I don't think she is the original Mrs. Stevens'... Trivia. Sorry.

[mom cat]

5. I've got my dialing finger ready. Thanks

[Wordie]

6. Excellent! Thanks for that - it's really helpful, IndyOp!

:yourock:

[babylonsister]

7. Thanks for this contact info! K&R! nt

[Wordie]

11. Here are all the FAX numbers for those Senators, and Jeffords contact info

FAX Numbers for the five Senate Republicans
AK: Stevens(R) [phone]
ME: Collins(R) [phone]
ME: Snowe(R) [phone]
RI: Chafee(R) [phone]
TN: Alexander(R) [phone]

Jeffords, James M.- (I - VT)
413 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
[phone]
[phone] (Only in Vermont)
Web Site: http://jeffords.senate.gov/
Direct link to email web form: http://jeffords.senate.gov/contact.html
There was no FAX number given on his website

[emlev]

14. Kick!

[paineinthearse]

16. Lamar Alexander & Ted Stevens?

Lamar Alexander & Ted Stevens, :rofl: Are you kidding?

Lincoln Chafee, Susan Collins & Olympia Snowe, Yankee rethugs, maybe.

[IndyOp]

17. Maybe Ted blames the wimpy Repukes for the worst day of his life...

...when they didn't hold knives to the throats of Dems to get his ANWR bill passed?

:shrug:

[orleans]

18. yeah, i thought stevens gave his whiney crybaby "i don't like you

so i'm going home because i heard what you've all been saying about my freakin bridge to nowhere" speech.

gee--i was kinda hoping that was his great farewell moment.

[wicket]

25. Thank-you very much!

:kick:

[Blue_In_AK]

33. She isn't the original Mrs. Stevens...

The original Mrs. Stevens was killed in a plane crash in 1978 in which the senator was also injured. I've sent off this e-mail to Ted and to Lisa Murkowski this morning.

I'm writing to urge you to oppose the confirmation of Sam Alito to the Supreme Court. I am very troubled by his refusal to acknowledge Roe v. Wade as settled law, but more importantly his support for the "unitary excecutive" concept, in this time of overreaching power by the administration, is to put it mildly "scary." It is time for Congress to stand up for itself and assert it's authority as a co-equal branch of the government. Please do not rubber-stamp this appointment, but carefully consider what it means for the nation.

Thank you for your consideration.

Maybe I should call, too?

[Trish1168]

34. I wrote or called all of them !!

Thank you. Olympia Snowe's phone was busy. I'm hoping this is a good sign.

[mom cat]

8. I am so glad you spotted this . I did not think that Bushco had it sewn

up. This might make it a whole new ball game, especially when it gets to playing with nukes. We might just have enough to block it! WOW!
:bounce: :applause: :bounce:

[bettyellen]

9. K+R + MUCH PROPS to Indy Op

Indy, :yourock:

[blossomstar]

12. Brian Williams said it too! Sickening! It ain't over yet!

[meganmonkey]

13. Right on!

Let's get this shit done!

[bridgit]

15. kick...

:kick:

[spanone]

19. If you only saw my local news today, you'd thought he was appointed.

They failed to note that he was only referred to the senate, he has not won confirmation.

[bilgewaterbill]

20. Here's the problem....

Our fearless Democratic Senators will vote against Alito because they know he will win. Next week they'll all be asking us for money to prevent this from happening again.

They won't, however, filibuster because they fear being framed as obstructionists by the media. The 5 "undecided" pubs are just holding out for some trade or another with the WH. My bet is the vote is a stright party line vote with only 1-2 defections. No chance of a filibuster. Sorry.

[galloglas]

21. There is a talk about fighting...

on this DU thread.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x232842

If we don't draw the line in the sand here and now, then where do we draw it?

For God's Sake, people, we are the watchdogs of democracy!
So, let's (FYI, to all agencies...metaphorically) go out and and bite someone's righteous-assed ankles. Tear those pinstripes, slobber up them Gucci's, and if their toupes fall off, grab 'em and shake 'em like a rat!

[galloglas]

22. There is a talk about fighting...

on this DU thread.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x232842

If we don't draw the line in the sand here and now, then where do we draw it?

For God's Sake, people, we are the watchdogs of democracy!
So, let's (FYI, to all agencies...metaphorically) go out and and bite someone's righteous-assed ankles. Tear those pinstripes, slobber up them Gucci's, and if their toupes fall off, grab 'em and shake 'em like a rat!

[Moosepoop]

24. Here's some even later spin:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_on_go_su_co/alito

Alito Has Enough Support for Confirmation
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - As the Senate begins its final debate on Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist already has won enough commitments from senators to become the nation's 110th justice and likely tilt the high court to the right.

<snip>
As of late Tuesday, the federal appeals court judge had enough vote commitments for confirmation — a simple majority in the 100-member Senate — with 50 Senate Republicans plus Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska publicly saying through their representatives, in interviews with The Associated Press or in news releases that they would vote for him.

<snip>
The only way Democrats could stop Alito is through a filibuster, a maneuver they show little interest in trying. Thus Democrats are working to get a large opposition vote to score points against President Bush.

[ClintonTyree]

27. Score points........

SCORE POINTS! :wtf: SCORE POINTS! And what the hell good will the "points" be of Alito is confirmed?


The only points involved will be the lost points in the public opinion polls if these dip-shits don't filibuster Alito!

[confludemocrat]

26. I've heard that spin here in this forum, the "save a fight for another

time that matters, or that we can really win" crowd, as if their were not a path to ultimate victory that didn't have some winning and some losing fights along the way, but was a defiant, principle-based fight!

[magellan]

28. Spot on

How many surrenders before it's worth fighting, that's what I'd like to know.

[radio4progressives]

29. K&R

[go west young man]

30. The A.P. gets away with this shit everytime.

There's is usually the worst reporting going. I have been constantly emailing the Gaurdian U.K. requesting they drop the A.P. and go with Reuters instead. The A.P. is the dissemination point for all local papers in the country yet few people question their credibility. We all should work harder to expose them and not just the cable news networks for hypocrisy and bias.

[Iowa]

31. Yep...

The AP is just another voice of administration propaganda and they should be tarred and feathered as such. They're a joke.

[Wordie]

32. Kick