Hatch just bald-faced lied on C-Span - shouldn't he get himself to a

church and ask for sack cloth and ashes? He just said that every single judicial nominee of Clinton got an up or down vote in the Senate. He gave the viewers the impression that every single Clinton nominee was voted on. Of course, that is a big, fat, huge, sloppy, nasty-assed, LIE. SOP for Repugs. Many of Clinton's nominee didn't even get a vote because they killed them in the committee. These guys lie with impunity. And the holy rollers in the party think that is just fine - lies good to overthrown a democracy, lies bad, well seems they are never bad for this bunch.

The Republican Party are a bunch of popinjays who will rot in whatever hell they believe in for all the lies, cheating and bible thumping. And it can't come too soon.

I think I smell a question on Franken's peabody winning show "wait, wait, don't lie to me" :-)

Some of them had a hold put on them by Senators from their home state, effectively killing the nomination. The Repugs changed this rule already. Before, if a hold was put on a nomination there was no vote required.

the only person voting on it, so it was technically an up or down vote.

I love it when Hatch and his boys say that it is SO wrong to let the filibuster force a "supermajority" requirement that 60 Senators be in favor of a nominee.

Under his watch, he allowed a super-supermajority under which a nominee had to have 100 Senators supporting them before they would get a hearing since the objection of only one Senator was enough to derail a nomination.

Hypocrites.

fascist little popinjay bastards from HELL.

"As a 20 year Republican, I am most concerned about the direction of my party......" Then I asked the question about so called "up or down" votes on Clinton's nominees.

I was a first time caller, so a bit nervous. I wanted to make the point that if Frist takes the Senate nuclear to pander to the religious right extremists, I will change my party affiliation and take as many moderate Republicans with me as I can in the aftermath!!! Unfortunately, Hatch jumped on the Clinton question too quickly.

Ha! Good one! I definitely noticed that one! :toast:

That was a very admirable and moderate call... :)

http://mediamatters.org/items/200505180004


Edit: Changed Myth to LIE in subject header, for accuracy

See above: I was the last call on CSpan today for Sen. Hatch. Oh well, I still got the point across that there are many moderate/liberal Republicans who oppose the nuclear option for a handful of extremist judges.