Shameless ... GOP Sen Allard links 9/11 and Judicial Filibuster

[NewHampshireDem]

From Marshall's Talking Points Memo (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/)

Here's Sen. Wayne Allard (R) of Colorado justifying Republican use of the nuclear option in a letter now being sent to his constituents ...

In light of recent terrorist attacks, it is readily apparent that we face a new age of global unrest, a world in which terror has replaced formal declarations of war as the major threat against freedom and democracy. A necessary component of providing justice to those who would do harm to our nation is to maintain an efficient court system - a court equipped with the personnel and resources that enable it to fulfill its role as a pillar of our constitutional system of governance.

The current filibusters of President Bush's Circuit Court nominees clearly demonstrates an active effort by a minority of Senators to block the confirmation of well-qualified judicial nominees. I firmly believe that these tactics have damaged the judicial nomination process to an unacceptable degree, and now it must be corrected. It is shameful that the action of a handful of Senators has created a vacancy crisis that threatens the service of the very justice upon which our great nation depends.

Without the nuclear option, the terrorists will have won.

Ironic.

-- Josh Marshall

You can contact Allard here to express your disgust.

[MontageOfFreedom]

1. Senator Allard is speaking the words of a fascist....

Leave the fillibuster alone for good, and debate judges and laws in the senate or is that too much for you mister moneybags?

[punpirate]

2. Sophistry, thy name is...

... Allard.

This guy would have been right at home in McKinley's cabinet....

[Demit]

3. A vacancy crisis? Aren't we talking about 7 or 10 judicial nominees?

The "tactics that have damaged the judicial nomination process" is Bush's petulance in trotting out the same nominees that were rebuffed before. And isn't it 5 or 10% of all his nominees, the percentage that has been blocked, compared to 35% of Clinton's nominees in a similar timeframe? What an over-dramatic blowhard this Allard is.

[serryjw]

10. One for you for catching it

205 confirmed is "tactics that have damaged the judicial nomination process" WTF??? Allard unfortunately is MY Senator. He is really a piece of work. This is truly shameful, but NO SURPRSISE

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Rx for GOP officeholders: When in doubt, go to:

PLAN A: 911 and future 911s.

PLAN B: Clinton got a blowjob and ruined our security, economy, national morality.

[Vickers]

5. lmao (and practically crying at the same time)

How pathetic that their strategy can be summed up so succinctly.

How surreal that it is so effective.

[NewHampshireDem]

6. How about this ...

If is so damn important, nominate some one else for the job, someone both sides can agree on.

If our Democratic leaders were smart, they'd turn this think right on it's head.

[DearAbby]

7. Just how is this related to 9/11?

Terra Terra Terra...Scare people into changing 200+ senate rules and tradition, on an old boogerman scare tactic. Disgusting, This is one of my senators...I am ashamed to say.

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. Actually, Allard makes a valid point, in spite of himself

I, too would like to see justice done to "to those who would do harm to our nation" Every last treasonous one of them.

[GardeningGal]

9. Oh I hope I get it.........

I'll send it back telling him it's the biggest pile of bullshit I've ever seen.

[Blue Topaz]

11. What a shameless piece of shit

If in fact there is a "vacancy crisis", it was created by the bastard Republicans who held up almost 1/3 of Clinton's judicial nominees. These people make me sick.