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Who's to blame for Samuel Alito?
It's easy to point fingers at Democrats who won't filibuster, but they weren't alone in getting us here.
Tim Grieve [2006-01-27]

  • Dems and filibusters

    Tim Grieve is correct in a general way. There is blame to go around.

    Our Senators, though, are supposed to be leaders. They should not need a huge groundswell of outrage from the minority of voters who actually pay attention.

    The Senators should have been crying Holy Hell from the minute Alito was nominated. They should have shrugged off predictable right wing complaints about the propriety of deciding how to vote prior to the hearings by pointing out that the hearings are not designed to tease the truth from right wing judicial nominees.

    The Democrats are almost 100% useless. They are not doing their constitutional duty to fight tooth and nail for their beliefs.

    Unless, of course, their "beliefs" go no further than desperately trying to hold on to their jobs.

    -- Joel_Grant
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    Saturday, January 28, 2006 05:57 AM
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