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April 19, 2005

Frist Hints Nuclear Option?; Charles Schumer Calls for "Muskets"

His statement:

As more and more attention has focused in recent weeks on a partisan minority unfairly blocking simple up or down votes on judicial nominees in the Senate, some have claimed that any effort to restore precedent for up or down votes on judicial nominees would affect the rights of Senators when it comes to legislation.
If I must act to bring fairness back to the judicial nomination process, I will not act in any way to impact the rights of colleagues when it comes to legislation. Senate rules and practices now provide many tools for members, and leaders, to see legislative ideas brought to an up or down vote on the Senate floor and there is no need for change in relation to legislative matters.

It is unfortunate that Democrats continue to block up or down votes on President Bush’s judicial nominees, thereby keeping the Senate from doing its constitutional duty. I urge the minority to put aside its partisan blockade, which interferes with our constitutional responsibilities, and join with me to bring fairness back to the process of voting for or against judicial nominees.

Could still be saber-rattling, of course.

Meanwhile... Chuck Schumer calls the head of the Family Research Council "un-American" -- jeepers, I thought we weren't supposed to bandy about that word -- and actually goes a little further than that, too:

Several federal judicial nominees whom Democrats oppose hold strong Christian beliefs, but Mr. Schumer said their nominations are being blocked for unrelated reasons — including their views on the limits of congressional power relative to the states and their opposition to some environmental regulations.
The conservative group’s president, Tony Perkins, “stepped over the line,” Mr. Schumer said. “He said it’s people of faith versus Democrats.”

“That is so un-American. The founding fathers put down their plows and took up muskets to combat views like that — that one faith or one view of faith should determine what our politics should be,” Mr. Schumer said on the ABC News program “This Week.”

I am rather bothered by the suggestion that this dispute over liberal judges is worth having an actual civil war over. Perhaps Senator Schumer disagrees?

We don't know, and of course we cannot expect our fair-and-balanced media to inquire into what he meant.

But do remember the media was awfully upset that DeLay suggested that judges should be "held accountable."

Thanks to "someone" for the last bit.

posted by Ace at 01:00 PM

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“That is so un-American. The founding fathers put down their plows and took up muskets to combat views like that — that one faith or one view of faith should determine what our politics should be,”

Funny thing for that smarmy NYC shyster Schumer to say.

Since the guy is hell-bent on pushing his liberal anti-gun views on all of us. You can't even own a musket or even a shotgun in NYC without a permission slip from the Government.

Schumers idea is we have moved past that and now have a herdlike population that can be corraled and moved easily in one direction or another by lawsuits generated from elite groups like the one he comes from. And with no "musketry" available, the people will docilely accept the edicts of the Schumers, the ACLU, and liberal judges.

Posted by: Cedarford on April 19, 2005 01:16 PM

More irony with Schumer, I find it funny that he is talking about one view of faith determining what politics should be, when the express reason he and the other liberals are opposing people is because of their faith convictions, be it on abortion, gay marriage, etc.

They can throw up smoke screen reasons all they want. If a nominee was pro-choice, they would be approved in a second.

Devout Christians, Catholics or otherwise, or even Jews or Muslims need not apply to be a federal judge according to Chuck Shumer.

Rush Limbaugh, just played a clip of Coci (sp?) Roberts from the round table discussion of George Stephanopolis' show. Roberts suggested that the reason Schumer was thrown in there was because he was Jewish. She said that the FRC was "looking for a Jewish name."

Ah, the civil debate from the left, defend Arabs blowing up Jews, but bash Christians who dare accuse a liberal Jewish senator of being liberal.

Posted by: Aaron on April 19, 2005 01:33 PM

Leave it to a gun banner to bring Muskets to a Thermonuclear weapon fight. Dipshit.

The only people getting that permission slip are the celebrities, pols and their friends. You live on Webster, you aint getting shit.

Oh and that stupid censor program would not let me put in c3l3bs for some reason.

Posted by: Iblis on April 19, 2005 01:54 PM

Let's be honest. Picture Chuck Schumer with a musket and you're thinking Pirates of Penzance revival.

Tom DeLay, OTOH, is the bad rail baron with six hired guns who's running the poor homesteader off her farm until John Wayne plugs him in the gut.

This works to Republican advantage at election time (no one bought "John Kerry, reporting for duty"), but it bites you in the butt when you're trying to claim Chuck Schumer is a serious threat. DeLay is the Hammer and the Exterminator. Schumer, if he has a nickname, I'm guessing it's something like the Colander or the Manicurist.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos on April 19, 2005 01:54 PM

Nicholas,

Al D'Amato gave Schumer his nickname, and Chuckie is living up to it well. Do we remember "putz-head?"

Posted by: Ron on April 19, 2005 03:10 PM

Funny thing for that smarmy NYC shyster Schumer to say.
Since the guy is hell-bent on pushing his liberal anti-gun views on all of us ... with no "musketry" available, the people will docilely accept the edicts of the Schumers, the ACLU, and liberal judges.

Whoa! Cedarford, if that really is you, you've been bloggin here too long!

(Incidentally, when I lived in Manhattan I kept two shotguns.)

Posted by: 72VIRGINS on April 19, 2005 05:03 PM

Actually, Schumer can be very nasty. If you don't believe me, rent "WACO: The Rules of Engagment" (yeah, I know, I'm a nut).

Posted by: Knemon on April 20, 2005 04:28 AM

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