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Day: January 27, 2006

Sheehan Threatens Feinstein

This is too good.

Anti-war activist and moonbat-to-the-extreme Cindy Sheehan has informed Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA.) that she will run against her in the upcoming election unless Feinstein filibusters Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

Sheehan, who was in Caracas, Venezuela Friday attending the World Social Forum, heard that several Democrats planned to filibuster Alito but that Feinstein, who is up for re-election in November, announced that she will vote against Alito but would not filibuster the nomination.

“I’m appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn’t recognize how dangerous Alito’s nomination is to upholding the values of our constitution and restricting the usurpation of presidential powers, for which I’ve already paid the ultimate price,” Sheehan said in a statement.

There are reports out from Fox News which claim that Feinstein’s ‘people’ are now saying that Diane is calling for the filibuster, but that Sheehan had nothing to do with Di-Fi doing the flip-flop. Just a few days ago Feinstein said she would not filibuster Alito’s nomination.

Pardon me for a moment while I fall on the floor laughing.

If the Democrats can’t stand up to the Leftist Moonbats in their party, how can they stand up to the global socialists, communists, dictators, and terrorist thugs of the world?

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Reno Style

This is painful to watch.

Janet Reno, former U.S. Attorney General under President Bill Clinton, singing Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’. (VIDEO)

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At the conclusion of this performance, those in attendance reportedly saw Ms. Reno leave the event by climbing aboard a short yellow bus containing other ‘special’ kids.

h/t Local10.com

NYT/CBS Eavesdropping Poll

The New York Times and CBS released poll results regarding the NSA wiretap story. As usual, Republicans were undersampled. Still, a majority of Americans (53%) approve of Mr. Bush’s authorizing eavesdropping without prior court approval “in order to reduce the threat of terrorism”. Yet, the NYT headline claims that support remains mixed.

Dr. Steven Taylor shares his opinion on polling the NSA wiretap story. I agree with him.

Ankle Biting Pundits analyzes the results.

Reid’s Moment of Truth

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid faced the facts today.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted on Friday he and fellow Democrats lack the votes to block President George W. Bush’s nomination of conservative appeals judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Everyone knows there is not enough votes to support a filibuster,” Reid said, referring to the procedural roadblock that some Democrats said should be used to put off a vote on Alito.

The Nevada Democrat said, however, he would vote for such a measure to at least send a message of opposition to the nominee. That vote will come on Monday with final confirmation set for Tuesday.

Reid acknowledging the lack of votes is a move in the right direction for the man personally, but it doesn’t erase the fact that other members of his party, namely John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, are still speaking as if a filibuster is next on the docket. It’s yet another example of disconnected communications from the Democratic party. If they can’t get the message out consistently from within their own party, how are they going to speak to the American people?

Unless someone wakes up over there, the Democrats will take another beating at the poll this November.