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Senator Schumer, "You are a Dumbass". So says Orrin Hatch.

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Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-01 10:51 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I so love it when they tell it like it is. *5*

Posted by Tadderly 2003-05-01 11:09:23|| 2003-05-01 11:09:23|| Front Page Top

#2 All right! Tell it like it is, Red!

Posted by Scott 2003-05-01 11:31:11|| 2003-05-01 11:31:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Daschle ran rings around Lott even when the GOP had a 55-45 lead before 2000. The judge thing is very frustrating but I wonder if Lott would have even caused the Dems to filibuster or just folded without a vote. The Dems are filibustering a Hispanic (Estrada), a woman (Owens), and may filibuster some African Americans Bush has just nominated. They can't look good to their base doing this.

Posted by AWW 2003-05-01 11:34:22|| 2003-05-01 11:34:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Senator Dumbass - Truth in advertising. I like it

Posted by Raj 2003-05-01 11:59:59|| [angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-05-01 11:59:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Saw a report the other day that said Daschle's support in S.Dakota had slipped below the 40% mark. I just can't understand how the Dummycheats can't see that their actions are hurting them, not their opposition. This isn't about "what's best for the nation", but pure spite at losing the majority in both House and Senate, and being as obstinate as possible. The Democrats are trying to kill any political action by Bush and the Republicans, and in the process, are proving that the Democratic Party line is more important to them than actually governing the nation. This is not going to set well with the people of this nation, and their response may marginalize the Democrats for a decade or more.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-05-01 12:08:02|| 2003-05-01 12:08:02|| Front Page Top

#6 AWW and Old Patriot: With Fritz Hollings very likely retiring and a Republican poised to pick up that seat, Harry Reid and Tom Daschle have to be very careful on this one. This kind of crap titillates the Hollywood left and entrenched East Coast liberals but doesn't sell in their home states. John McIntyre at RealClearPolitics.com (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/commentary.html#4_30_03_0813) commented on just this thing yesterday. Go check it out - a good read.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-01 12:19:29|| 2003-05-01 12:19:29|| Front Page Top

#7 The stunts the Dems have been doing, for example, holding up judicial nominations, lambasting the CIC when the war was on, etc, marginalizes them even more with the American public. So 2004 is the Republicans to lose. They need to take the the moral high ground and move things along. They need to be more agressive in defending their positions and people against the blow-hard verbal attacks of the left. In short the Republicans need to show some backbone and stand up against the Dems and their little people with high-dB bullhorns, or they can lose it all, and that would be a tragedy. The public wants a safe country, a good economy, and stable families, and really aren't into perverts (like the left is).

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-01 12:53:33|| 2003-05-01 12:53:33|| Front Page Top

#8 ColoradoConservative/Alaska Paul
I agree the Dems should pay a price for their actions not only on judges but the war, the economy, and so forth and they may in 2004.
However, after watching Dem senators get reelected from very GOP states (South Dakota, Montana), Bill Clinton get elected twice, and Hillary get elected I've lost some faith in the American public to penalize the Dems for their behavior.

Posted by AWW 2003-05-01 12:58:53|| 2003-05-01 12:58:53|| Front Page Top

#9

Another strategy is to hit back at Tom Daschle's protege - Jon Adelstein - whose term is up at the end of June. Read the entry at the following link for more on this strategy which would really tweak Tommy Boy:

http://southdakotapolitics.blogspot.com/

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-01 13:02:30|| 2003-05-01 13:02:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Attaboy Hatch! And to "dumbass" I would like to add "asshat"

Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-05-01 13:13:05|| 2003-05-01 13:13:05|| Front Page Top

#11 the dems are holding up Judicial nominations - wherever did they get the idea to do something like that? ;)

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-01 13:38:10|| 2003-05-01 13:38:10|| Front Page Top

#12 "The public wants a safe country, a good economy, and stable families, and really aren't into perverts (like the left is). "

what the hell is that about?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-01 13:40:15|| 2003-05-01 13:40:15|| Front Page Top

#13 ACtually, "Dump Daschle" bumper stickers have been popping up since the very beginning of the war. With that, and the amount of people in S.D. that I have heard refer to him as "Dasch-hole", I think he could be in trouble. He'll have to steal his seat next year if he wants to retain it.

Posted by Mike N. 2003-05-01 13:43:04|| 2003-05-01 13:43:04|| Front Page Top

#14 "very GOP states (South Dakota, Montana)"

IIUC Montana, with large numbers of miners and railway workers, is historically less solidly GOP than any other mountain state but New Mexico.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-01 13:43:11|| 2003-05-01 13:43:11|| Front Page Top

#15 To liberalhawk:

Re: " what the hell is that about?" It means that the left perverts these ideas into something xenophobic, class centrist, racist, etc. Exhbit A: See my posting about Garafola above.

You are correct about Montana. Montana, albeit conservative, is not as solidly Republican in its choices for Federal representation. (Best example is Mike Mansfield for so many years.) However, Montana is still reliably Republican in the electoral college.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-01 13:55:52|| 2003-05-01 13:55:52|| Front Page Top

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