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Schadow
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 Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Paul Mirengoff at PowerLine has a pretty convincing story on the genesis of Kerry's gallant, self-sacrificing departure from Davos to lead the fight for filibuster of Alito. It's pretty simple, actually. The looney libs were mega-outraged that the Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee went too soft on Alito and if Kerry wanted their support for an '08 pres bid, he'd better show some leadership.
| Quote: | The clients from hell
All attorneys have had them, clients who take the fun out of practicing law. One sub-species is the client with a losing case who can't understand why you're not cleaning the other side's clock. In fact, some otherwise agreeable clients are like this. Recall the story about the client who asked John Roberts how he could have lost a case in the Supreme Court 9-0, to which Roberts replied "because there are only nine Justices."
The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have their own clients from hell -- the juvenile left-wing of their party. During the Alito confirmation hearings, Senators Kennedy, Schumer, Durbin, et al. threw the kitchen sink at the nominee. They accused Alito of being unethical, of not caring about poor people and minorities, of associating himself with racists, of supporting police state tactics, etc. And most of them were full-throated about it. That none of the attacks stuck was down to reality, not lack of effort -- the personal attacks were bogus and, on the substantive issues, Alito's views were at least as close to the "mainstream" as those of his interrogators.
Now, in the deluded style that characterizes such clients, elements of the left, and certain bloggers in particular, are incensed at the performance of the Judiciary Committee Dems. If only they had pushed this or that pet theme harder, the public would have turned against Alito, thus completely altering the dynamic of the process. Or so the fantasy of the "reality based community" goes.
And, as is so often the case in the practice of law, there's an opportunistic and mildly disreputable lawyer emerging from the shadows (or in this case the ski slopes) to pander, for his own purposes, to the pathologically wishful thinking of the client. He's John Kerry, and he's here to help. |
I would only take issue with Mirengoff's characterization of Kerry as a "mildly disreputable lawyer".
By the way, the Hildebeast has joined the filibuster movement. 
Schadow
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GM Strong
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These clowns have no core and no principles and keep on proving it. They morph to whatever they think their base sees. Thus, nobody knows who or what they really stand for.
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Schadow
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| GM Strong wrote: | | These clowns have no core and no principles and keep on proving it. They morph to whatever they think their base sees. Thus, nobody knows who or what they really stand for. |
I think it's fairly clear that Move On and the other pond scum 527s have put out the word to all Dems who are looking for money from them had better dance to the tune. Anyone who thinks these filibuster recruits are doing it out of any sense of principle or what's good for the country are naive in the extreme. Soros has them all by the short ones. 
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blue9t3
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Who's the idiot driving that car? Im laughing so hard I cant see!  
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homesteader
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| Who is driving? It must be Teddy (I know there is a bridge here somewhere) Kennedy. |
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Ohio Voter
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Mother Moonbat threatens Feinstein |
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Truely, the man of all time for the plight of the "little people".
| Schadow wrote: | <snip>
In another filibuster-related story, the usually comedy-challenged White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, got off a pretty good one today when he remarked about Kerry's overseas call for filibuster. [Paraphrased] "That was quite a yodel to be heard from a 5-star ski resort in the Swiss Alps." Note the twinkie little zipper pull.
(Source for both stories: Brits show this afternoon.)
These are, indeed, the good old days. 
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