I've lowered my standards and must state that i'm FIRST.

"We've got you outnumbered and surrounded... we're coming out with our hands up.' Heh, sounds like the french call to arms.

We don't have a democracy, we have a republic, and the difference is important. Mob rule is just as bad as a single dictator. If this were a straight democracy slavery would still be legal. A republic allows the rights of a minority to be upheld against a majorities persecution. I'm not saying I like this decision, but some of the low-brow commentary on what we have or should have seems, to me, to be missing the point.

The problem here is that we peace loving conservatives have to fight the very instinct to instigate mob rule and use louisville sluggers on the idots, er, elected officials that seem to ignore the fact that judicial filibusters are breaking the rules to begin with.

Actually, Blenster, slavery was protected by the Dred Scott decision, and protected from the will of the people by the very insulated, republican (small r) court system.

It was 'the will of the people' that that s**t was going to stop, and four years and some pretty serious ass-kicking later, the will of the people was known, affirmed in several majority-supported Amendments to the Constitution.

The will of the American people is slow, cantankerous and obstinate, but it moves inexorably in the direction of the good.

IMA(ngry)O this is how the Republicans have always acted. They seem to have been listening to the MSM too long and now believe that bipartisan = doing what the Democrats want and unilateral is a Republican legislature winning a vote.

a4g is right on. Blenster, which side (North or South) was the one that needed the 3/5 Compromise to even get a theoretical populational equal representation? Which side could afford to lose more troops (and did) because of a larger population? Cheese on Friday, I didn't even study the Civil War and I know this stuff.

Damn Republicrats.
On behalf of real conservatives in Ohio, please allow me to appologize for our two RINO's, Voinovich and DeWine.
They both suck, except for the fact they have an R in front of their names.

Now--instead of the entire senate having an up or down vote, a little bipartisan group of--what was it? 14? decide who will be a judge and who won't. What a bunch of hooey. If Mc Cain runs in 2008 I will do everything I can to defeat him. And forgive me, maybe Mary Jo would like to see Ted again. In heaven? What a bloviating PIG!

Frist was on his knees for McCain last night it seems...

Maybe thats where Jeff Gannon/James Gukerts been for the past few months...

Why Draft Republicans? They can't fight in the senate either...

Thank you in advance of your hatemail...

BRUISER

You'll be glad that there still is a judicial filibuster after the next economic down turn. Everytime we have one the ruling party gets kicked out of office. Now who here wants a hippy to be a judge?

I realized yesterday that we're darn lucky we don't have to deal with this sort of thing all the time. Those 14 are a virtual thrid party, like you see in every kinked up parlimentary nation.

Two party rule is nothing more than tradition, but it's a tradition that keeps us chugging along.

Actually, that's not entirely accurate, we are a republic yes, but that is shortchanging the U.S. A republic is a nation based on a founding document, such as our Constitution, but not necessarily democratic. We are more accurately a representative democratic republic. So, yes, we are a democracy.

Awww, Bruiser needed some attention. Isn't that cute? Don't bother feeding the troll.

I'm sick of talking about this crap. The RINOs screwed us. I'm not surprised. This whole ordeal will be repeated soon enough. When the President goes to nominate a new member to the Supreme Court we will have the same sh*t-storm. *sigh* I wonder if that will be considered 'extraordinary circumstances'? Hmmm, I'm betting that it will be. So IMO this whole compromise is just putting it off till later.

'ol boy you are exactly right. This is a big "put off" until the serious excrement hits the rotating device with the Supremes.

DT's got it. The most sickening thing is that Reid (I think) admitted that the whole point of their fight was, "When an unnacceptable Supreme Court Candidate" comes up.

If they're unnacceptable, why are they making it out of conference?

I like Mexicans. Do you like Mexicans? Some Mexicans are scary but, on the whole, they're friendly and caring.

Steve makes a good point. It's possible the Dems will be a majority in Congress again one day and will try to appoint judges and department heads. I wonder if Republicans will be granted the same compromises the Dems are getting now when they are in the same position? That'll be a fun argument to see if it happens.

This new form of government is known as the "bendover" system.

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