O'connor Retiring

Now the spit is going to hit the spam

Published on July 1, 2005 By Dr Guy In Politics

Not Rehnquist, altho he still has time. But now we are going to see the nastiest side of the democrats. Watch for the vitriol and invectives to start flying!

Comments (Page 1)

Dr Guy

on Jul 01, 2005

The Nuclear Option is back on the table.

Zoomba

on Jul 01, 2005

Goddamnit... just give an up or down vote... that's all you have to do... that's all you should do. Don't give me crap about a miniroty being silenced or whatever... we're a representative democracy, our government is run by people that represent the majority, that's how the system is supposed to work!

Dr Guy

on Jul 01, 2005

Zoomba, can you say it with a little more passion? I admire your deadpan, but put some spark into it!

ParaTed2k

on Jul 01, 2005

A retirement was not surprising, and maybe I'm a little behind on this, but I sure didn't see Justice O'Connor as the next to step down.

This is the big one, the one the Congressional Democrats have been wringing their hands over. O'Connor has been the "swing vote" for a lot of years and the deciding vote in a lot of cases, the feathers are going to fly in the Senate now!!

HC1240

on Jul 01, 2005

Rehnquist was certainly the expected retiree... and there's still time, I think. If it had been Rehnquist that was stepping down, noone would have blinked. Conservative judge gets replaced by conservative judge. Not much of a shift.

Couldn't help but grin this morning, though, as I thought of the liberals squirming in their seats as they realized it was O'Connor that was retiring today. Must be a bit disheartening to realize you're losing an ally, allbeit an unpredictable one.

Dr Guy

on Jul 01, 2005

This is the big one, the one the Congressional Democrats have been wringing their hands over. O'Connor has been the "swing vote" for a lot of years and the deciding vote in a lot of cases, the feathers are going to fly in the Senate now!!

I agree totally. I think Rehnquist would have been an easy one as the worst they would have gotten is a tit for tat. But O'Connor being a swing vote, they are going to fight her replacement visciously. They are already gearing up for the fight.

Dr Guy

on Jul 01, 2005

Great minds think alike! And I dont think they are squirming. They are just gearing up for a filibuster.

bakerstreet

on Jul 01, 2005

And now we'll see how much "roadbuilding" Dem-friendly McCain actually accomplished. I'm betting somewhere in the neighborhood of zilch.

Dr Guy

on Jul 01, 2005

And now we'll see how much "roadbuilding" Dem-friendly McCain actually accomplished. I'm betting somewhere in the neighborhood of zilch.

I think you are over estimating! Dodd and Kennedy have already made veiled threats to the President. Zilch would be no effect. McCain has had the opposite effect. He emboldened the clowns!

foreverserenity

on Jul 01, 2005

Sticks finger in ear..lalalalalal....

Sorry Doc I couldn't resist when I saw yours about this!

drmiler

on Jul 01, 2005

Rehnquist was certainly the expected retiree... and there's still time, I think. If it had been Rehnquist that was stepping down, noone would have blinked. Conservative judge gets replaced by conservative judge. Not much of a shift.

Great minds think alike! And I dont think they are squirming. They are just gearing up for a filibuster.

Which the republicans will "promptly" blow-up with the "nuclear option"!

Island Dog

on Jul 01, 2005

You guys think you saw the real hatred from the left. Just wait. Nothing they did before the election will compare to the hate that is coming.

trueandfree

on Jul 02, 2005

Nobody wins in a nuclear war. The Republicans will contaminate the senate for everybody, including themselves. The nuclear option was always meant to be a deterrent because of the horrible consequences. Remember radiation and nuclear fallout has no preference to Democrats or Republicans, but only to mutually assured destruction. Besides, what do you think will happen when the Democrats regain the majority?

drmiler

on Jul 02, 2005

Besides, what do you think will happen when the Democrats regain the majority?

That's not a when, it's an "if".

bakerstreet

on Jul 02, 2005

" Besides, what do you think will happen when the Democrats regain the majority?"

Frankly? What SHOULD happen. The President will appoint the judges he wants as long as it is palatable to the majority of Americans.

More importantly, people MIGHT start taking who they elect to the White House and Congress more seriously, since they will actually feel the results in terms of their rights.

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