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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Did You Hear That, Eh? That's What I'm On About!
Remember the previous post, when I said that the Corporate Media are part of the problem, part of the power structure, part of the enemy? Here we go again :
They can't even get all the Repubs to vote for the guy.
The Dems are starting to circle the wagons.
But the headline is, "Alito Confirmation Supporters Look Strong".
In actuality, this is becoming a knife fight. But your Corporate Media, your So-Called "Liberal" Media, your untrustable source for lies and misinformation and especially propaganda, is trying to make it look like a foregone conclusion.
It ain't.
Alito Confirmation Supporters Look StrongThey've only got 50 votes out of 100.
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito won a Senate Judiciary Committee vote along strict party lines Tuesday as well as commitments from a majority of senators, assuring his confirmation and a likely tilt of the court to the right.
All of the 55 Republicans — except Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee; Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island; Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine; and Ted Stevens of Alaska — have publicly committed to vote for Alito through their representatives, interviews with The Associated Press or news releases.
That gives Alito 50 votes, and Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson (news, bio, voting record) of Nebraska's support makes a majority.
Twenty Democrats are publicly opposing President Bush's pick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, while the other 23 and independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont are still publicly undecided or refuse to say how they will vote on Alito's nomination.
The only way Democrats can stop the conservative judge now is through a filibuster, a manuever they show little interest in.
They can't even get all the Repubs to vote for the guy.
The Dems are starting to circle the wagons.
But the headline is, "Alito Confirmation Supporters Look Strong".
In actuality, this is becoming a knife fight. But your Corporate Media, your So-Called "Liberal" Media, your untrustable source for lies and misinformation and especially propaganda, is trying to make it look like a foregone conclusion.
It ain't.
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Yeah, I've noticed that too. In fact, it seems to be happening more blatantly across issues. Instead of 'coming to their senses,' they're headed farther in the wrong direction.
From our perspective.
From the perspective of any corporate person, they're doing exactly the right thing; dampen criticism, marginalize critics, Pump (or Pimp) The Message.
From our perspective.
From the perspective of any corporate person, they're doing exactly the right thing; dampen criticism, marginalize critics, Pump (or Pimp) The Message.
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: 8:02 PM
: 8:02 PM
You ain't wrong, Michael. The sickening display of "care about the little guy", or however they phrase it, is belied by everything they do. This is only one of today's examples.
Well, I know I'm stating the obvious, but VP Dick C's the tiebreaker vote in the Senate, so it looks like it's a done deal--unless, of course, they require a 2/3 majority (which makes perfect sense to me).
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