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<< Blair Faces Revolt/Resignations on Iraq | Main | Mexican Voters Reject Government/War >> March 09, 2003Backfire of "Anti-Latino" Line on Estrada FilibusterThere is an idiocy to Republicans harping on the idea that Democratic filibustering of Estrada is racist and anti-latino. The Democrats have a simple response to disprove it. Filibuster a bunch of white nominees as well. Such as Charles Pickering who Bush has renominated. At this article notes: But Louise Bogard, legal director for the Alliance for Justice — one of the groups that opposed the nominations of Charles Pickering and Estrada — said the fight over Estrada has strengthened the Democrats' resolve to block the promotions of Charles Pickering and other conservative judges. Charles Pickering has been nominated for a seat on an appeals court that hears cases from Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.And think about it. The Republicans have now put a bunch of moderate Democrats on record voting against Estrada. Which means they are almost guaranteed to support further filibusters to escape charges of anti-latino racism. How dumb could the GOP be? See also GOP Attack on Estrada Opponents Backfires. Posted by Nathan at March 9, 2003 04:09 PM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI was inspired by your first sentence. Just as there is a pride of lions, or a crash of rhinos, or a murder of crows... Now there should be an idiocy of Republicans. Posted by: Tom at March 9, 2003 04:34 PM Well, even if they do, they can still be callled racist. But if they don't, that charge is a lot easier. So the Republicans have pretty much forced them to filibuster others. Posted by: John Isbell at March 9, 2003 08:39 PM Considering how many of the people in Bush's cabal have ever actually been in the military, I won't take bets on how many have read and comprehended the finer points of Sun Tzu. Posted by: Seraphiel at March 9, 2003 09:05 PM Hey, Bush was in the military! He was bravely defending Texas against Viet Cong invasion. No wait, he even went AWOL for that. Posted by: Raznor at March 9, 2003 09:24 PM Start with Jeffrey Sutton, likely to be the next nominee up. Go to www.adawatch.org to see why he should be next on the filibuster list. Posted by: ltobserver at March 10, 2003 01:54 AM "And think about it. The Republicans have now put a bunch of moderate Democrats on record voting against Estrada. Which means they are almost guaranteed to support further filibusters to escape charges of anti-latino racism." Nothing new here: unprincipled Dems tring to destroy careers to cover their own backsides. Beautiful.
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