Lincoln Chafee Gives Gang-of-14 Mouth-to-Mouth
January 30th, 2006 at 1:25 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesToday, liberal GOP Senator Lincoln Chafee became the first RINO to come out against Judge Alito’s SCOTUS confirmation, breathing a wee tiny itsy-bitsy bit of life into the Kerry/Kennedy axis of filibuster-evil (even though he says he’ll vote AGAINST a possible filibuster). We all know that GOP senators can’t be taken at their word.
He’s the first Republican to say he’ll reject President Bush’s nominee.
Chafee said he’ll vote against a filibuster on the nomination. Republicans say they have enough votes for the nominee without Chafee.
“How are we going to get anything done if we can’t work together?” Chafee asked.
Chafee said recent information about warrantless wiretaps concerns him, and he thinks Alito might be willing to give too much power to the president. He’s also concern about Alito’s stance on abortion and environmental issues.
Chafee called himself a “pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-Bill of Rights Republican.”
Good for you, Lincoln. Your bravery has brought a solitary tear to my eye, and it has just rolled down my face and landed on the ragged copy of Hustler I’m trying to read, if you don’t mind, thank you very much.
More than likely, this is just a political stunt by Chafee, who sees that the confirmation writing is on the wall and needs the lefty street cred that an anti-Alito vote will give him against his GOP primary challenger, Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey.
Now that’s Dan Rather-style Courage™ – bravely voting against something because you already know the end result. Typical politician.
UPDATE:
Senate votes to end debate on Alito. Final Alito vote scheduled for Tuesday.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
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January 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Alito filibuster fails as Ted Kennedy has a meltdown
Via Fox News:
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen Senate Democrats supported ending debate on Sam Alito Monday, setting up a final confirmation vote for the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday morning.
On a 72-25 vote, senators succeeded in passing the 6…
January 30th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Your headline should read more like “Lincoln Chafee Gives Gang-Of-14 Ass-To-Mouth (ATM)
January 30th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Senate Votes To End Alito Debate
The Senate all but guaranteed Samuel Alito’s confirmation as the newest Supreme Court justice, shutt