Republican threatens filibuster if next Supreme Court nominee stands up ‘for the little guy’

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There is not yet a vacancy on the Supreme Court but the second-ranking Republican in the Senate is already planning a strategy of opposing President Barack Obama’s potential nominee.

Jon Kyl (R-Az) told Fox News’ Chris Wallace that Republicans are prepared to fight a nominee who might stick up for the little guy, a position he called “overly ideological.”

Kyl had decried the use of the filibuster when Republicans were in the majority. “It’s never been the case until the last two years that a minority could dictate to the majority what they could do,” Kyl said in 2005.

Since Democrats were the first party in decades to use the filibuster to block a judicial nominee, Republicans are within their rights to continue to use it, according to Kyl. Democrats blocked George W. Bush’s nominee, Miguel Estrada in 2001.

“It is wrong and it shouldn’t be done but I think you would agree if only one side is permitted to do it — the Democrats and not the Republicans — you have a very unfair system,” Kyl said Sunday.

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa) thinks there’s a better chance for consensus next year and worries that a nomination fight this year would mean gridlock in the partisan Senate.

“I think we need someone who will step into Justice Stevens’ shoes, who will be very tough on the issues of executive power,” Specter said. “A federal court this past week declared the warrantless wiretapping unconstitutional. I think we need the kind of balance that Justice Stevens has provided to offset the majority on the court which is in favor of executive power.”

“I am a little troubled by what Arlen said,” Kyl responded. “Don’t have somebody coming in with preconceived attitudes. I’m going to be tough on the executives or I’m going to be for the little guy, we’ve had too much of that.”

While speculation has been mounting for months that this might be his last session, this weekend Justice John Paul Stevens told the New York Times he has not yet made up his mind. He will turn 90 this month.

This video is from Fox’s Fox News Sunday, broadcast April 4, 2010.



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  • Atilla

    They stepped over that line in Nov. 2000, and there was no going back from there. They hve no choice but to continue on with their coup attempt, no matter what the cost.

  • Christopher

    The GOP has stepped far over the lime from partisan to treason.

  • deadeyeAZ

    Kyl would never do anything for the “little guy” remember his quote that unemployment checks of $250 a week are disincentive to looking for work? he's a pompous ass who does not respond to mail to his office. he needs to unemployed and go away. i live in Arizona and both kyl and mccain do not represent their constituents……

  • Dr. Matt

    Please, PLEASE nominate Hillary Clinton just so America can watch the Teahadist hicks implode with outrage.

  • lm945

    Scalia, Thomas and especially Roberts don't have preconceived attitudes?

    Wasn't it Roberts who lied to the Senate during his confirmation hearings? He told them what they needed to hear to get confirmed, and then proceeded to legislate from the bench, ignoring years of precedent to achieve his personal agenda .

  • moxaman

    OUTLAW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I've had enough of their fascist ideology and tactics.

  • Democratic_Socialist

    That “line” doesn't stop many Dems now days either, if you're keeping score.

  • icenine

    Truly a non-story. Kyl is going to filibuster the next Obama Sup Ct. nominee no matter who it is, unless the person is an extreme-right reactionary like Kyl. And that ain't going to happen.

  • buttsniffer

    I love this guy. Liberals don't have a clue. Go give somebody a handout. I would love to see Santorum get a nod for the bench. His jurist prudence is unparalleled in my opinion. Another good choice would be Newt Gingrich. He is the smartest guy in the room and not even liberals can refute that. They know it and fear him because he is 100% right all the time and liberals have to lie to refute him….it is a fact that I read in Hannity's new book about Freedom and America.

  • Dr. Matt

    Best impression of a teabagging hick ever. Congrats.

  • edwards_com

    Thank You Sen. KYL…
    You just gave the Dems a new Political Add to run & raise money from.

  • mbuch65

    Wonderful idea. Santorum could finally outlaw man on dog sex and Gingrich could put people to death for selling pot.

  • http://jonathan-seer.blogspot.com/ johnny morales

    Kyl claiming to speak up for the little guy is solid proof of the extreme contempt Republithugs hold American Citizens who work a day job, have a family to support Etc.

    In the 8 years of Bush and 12+ years where they controlled congress, doing right by the little guy was not on their agenda.

    Their ability to lie is truly impressive, and makes any need for courtesy when calling them out unnecessary.

    They know they are lying, any claims to the contrary are just more of their cynical tactics designed to mislead those naive enough to think they believe their own lies in hopes of gaining their trust.

    Speaking of trust, as if the majority which elects senators and presidents and representatives have completely forgotten their years in power. geez..

  • buttsniffer

    This is insanity. I am saying that a US congressman is a great man and you people jump on me. Looks like I am the only patriot on this little chat forum. I think Obama is a socialist..he wants to put it all in a big pot and spread it around like PB and J. It makes me sick. He is also Islamo-Facist. It was proven by a piece that Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes did on the Beltway Boys a few years ago. It is a fact. Also, Bernie Goldberg told me that Obama as a smooth talker and CBS loves him and will always throw him softballs. Do you believe this? I wouldn’t be surprised if we all woke up dead tomorrow because of this Obama slobbering love affair. Also, Hannity told me that Obama was corrupt and all politicians in Chicago are thugs because it is a crime syndicate. I nearly poo’d myself when I heard this. I read my bible and bought a gun and bought stock in gold….because my personal hero G. Gordon Liddy told me too. Reagan should be on Rushmore.

  • Democratic_Socialist

    Dr. Matt, I'm afraid it wasn't just an impression; I think he's serious.

    “it is a fact that I read in Hannity's new book about Freedom and America.”

    Yep, see, I told you…IT'S A FACT because it was in a neo-con book. Oh, GAWD, please come and smite these inbreds before the gene pool starts turning to complete slime.

  • margaretpoa

    How do you spell hypocrite? K-Y-L

  • nostrafarious

    If the Dems are smart they'll work at find the evidence to out this homophobic closet queen

  • Anonymous

    Cool story bro…

  • palmharbor

    As president of “Fair Play for the Wealthy” I agree, the little guy is just too fat
    and happy these days and we have to let him know that we the wealthy run
    the nation and the Republican party represents us in every way. As my family
    eat our prime rib and have wonderful French wine for Easter, I am reminded
    of Christ's words when he said, ” it is easier for a Camel to walk through the eye of a needle than for a poor man to gain entrance into heaven” We will also ponder the words ” Blessed are the wealthy, they have such nice things and they eat well too”
    Johnathan Alvin Dow II
    Palm Beach Estates

  • starvapor

    Jon Kyl needs to go back to school to re-learn that one of the fundamental elements of a democracy is that it is designed to protect the minority group (ie., the “little guys”) from the onslaught of the more powerful majority.

  • palmharbor

    You and I know the Fuhrer would be proud of this man. Don't forget Mr. Buttsiffer that the 13th of April is the Fuhrer's birthday.

  • starvapor

    buttsniffer huh?…
    How telling.

  • starvapor

    buttsniffer huh?…
    How telling.

  • dennycrane

    Jon Kill (TORY-ZZZZZ) Believe me, there is no body “smaller” in statue than this piece of shit. Just another tory royalist, obstructing the process of the country. Asswipe.

  • Brett

    Thank God we have John Kyl to stand up to the little guy!

  • greg2009

    Well that is about as plain-spoken as it gets. Why doesn't the GOP just change the name of their party to the Multinational Corporate Party and start wearing NASCAR uniforms with patches on them that identify their corporate sponsors?

  • greg2009

    “I would love to see Santorum get a nod for the bench. His jurist prudence is unparalleled in my opinion. Another good choice would be Newt Gingrich. He is the smartest guy in the room and not even liberals can refute that. ”

    Thanks for the laugh, that was fucking hilarious! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

  • LIVE FREE OR DIE

    I just have a feeling that somebody is going to kick this guys f*cking ass! As a Peacemonger, I'll say that I hope it doesn't happen. Still, it'd probably be better for that to happen to him now, then say, a wholescale populist revolution in which all of the CRIMINALS running the govt. are strung up and hung for TREASON AGAINST THE USA!

    PEACE, PEOPLES, PLAY FRISBEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jik_the_Mahe

    Why haven't the “Guardians of Freedom” sent one of their famous “resign or be removed” letters to this rat bastard yet?

  • ed01

    The problem with the GOP is that the working class is the little people, can't help them. Have the working class pay more taxes so the rich won't have too.

  • http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/ Dredd

    The federal bench is more conservative than it has been at any time since 1937.

  • icenine

    You’re too obvious, Buttsniffer. You’d be funnier if you simply plagiarized a few Tea-baggers.

  • pitbullstew

    When did we ever expect anything less from the GOP anyways?
    They are a party in tatters with no platform to stand on except of course yet another NO.

  • http://twitter.com/loganbacon loganbacon

    Three piece suits? Did you come here in a time machine?
    Goose-stepping is a group marching in perfect concert. Now which party does that describe? It sure isn’t the Democrats.

    PS – When the heck did a Republican last stand up for a little guy, anyway? Was the light bulb invented?

  • Where goeth sanity?

    Probably “Ike”. By “goose steppers” I meant neo-Nazi-like. And, yes, some democrats fit the bill. I don’t give them a pass either.

  • missskeptic

    “Don't have somebody coming in with preconceived attitudes.”

    That is quite possibly the most nonsensical and ludicrous statement I have ever read. And this guy is a SENATOR?

  • missskeptic

    Jurist prudence? I believe the word is “jurisprudence” and you don't really know what it means, do you? Unparalleled? Well, maybe. After all, few are as stupid and hypocritical as Santorum.

  • http://twitter.com/loganbacon loganbacon

    Buttsniffer, if you are trying for comedy, keep your day job. If you are trying to get a rise out of people here, keep your day job. You are being way too obvious for most people here to take seriously. Some are just so pissed off they are reading too fast to realize that you are playing games.

  • ZarathustraMike

    Hey KYL, why don't you eat a big pile of SH*T and then die…………………

  • oktoss

    Thomas's wife is a teabagger, Scalia went hunting with Cheney then turned in a favorable opinion on a case against Cheney And don't forget Alito who refused to recluse himself from hearing an appeal in a matter against Vanguard in which Alito was heavily invested at the time. If Stevens retires, I still count 4 judges that need to be cleaned out of the SCOTUS.

  • Anonymous

    Power flows from the barrel of a gun…even though a murdering commie said it, it’s still true.

    The golden rule – “He who has the gold makes the rules”…heh, you can have all the gold in the world, but when I’ve got a gun to your head, guess who’s the boss at that moment in time?

    If they want “fair play” for the wealthy, then capital gains taxes should be increased in direct proportion to the number of U.S. jobs shipped overseas, and those taxes used to replace those jobs with government jobs…perhaps then we’d still have a middle class.

  • DFW

    I think Buttsniffer is having a bit of a laugh, here. A “FACT” he read in Hannity's book? Come one, people. Hannity's book had a fact in it? Maybe the date of copyright and publication, but that's about as far as I'd trust any book by Hannity to have facts in it.

    For the record, by the way, Hitler's birthday is April 20th. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that Kyl wants it made a national holiday, but that's one threat he hasn't made (yet).

  • Showdown0_0

    all the conservitive justice's need to be impeached, they have lived up to all the articales of impeachment the criminal side that is.

  • Uncle_Meat

    “Thank God we have John Kyl to stand up to the little guy!”
    ~
    hehe, well-put. The gullible little Country Republicans have been zombified by FOX, Beck, and Limbaugh to see everything upside-down and inside-out, as when the she-beast, Ann Coulter, attacked the widows of the 9-11 bombing, Rush Limbaugh attacked Michael J. Fox for having Parkinson's disease, and Glenn Beck attacked Obama for being “racist.” It's all based on Karl Rove's 'reverse psychology' political strategy.

  • AtlanticCapers

    I've never heard of a case where it's an executive versus the little guy. It always seems to be corporations versus human beings. I wonder what this lying sack of scrotum cheese is referring to.

  • rgriffsf

    Thank you for proving our point. You Tea Party (Tea Bag, whatever) people simply parrot the party line as given to you by your leaders. The truth is relative to you people. When it proves your point it is a fact, when it doesn't it is a lie. WAKE UP your moron!

  • patriot101

    Kyle may have just gave Democrats a great tv ad for years to come! LOL! Many knew the GOP hates the little guy but getting it on tape is priceless!

  • rgriffsf

    I love sarcasm. LOL

  • rgriffsf

    It is obvious to me now that the Republicans want to do away with the two party system. They don't want to allow the democratic system to work. Because when it does Republicans tend to be voted out of power. Check it out, when more people vote, no matter what party they are affiliated with, the Dems tend to win. I wonder why that is? They want a one party system with one idea, complete control of the country and then hand it to the Corporate suits. That people is Fascism.

  • Midge Baker

    Yeah, Senator Kyl has never been overly fond of “the little guy” — not even his own poor and unemployed constituents.

  • Midge Baker

    Yeah, Senator Kyl has never been overly fond of “the little guy” — not even his own poor and unemployed constituents.

  • Sheila Hooker

    Unfortunately, the corporations have also bought the Democrats. We'd have the public option for health care and stronger restrictions on banks if the Dems weren;t also sellouts. I feel like one small American looking for an honest political party.

  • Sheila Hooker

    Unfortunately, the corporations have also bought the Democrats. We'd have the public option for health care and stronger restrictions on banks if the Dems weren;t also sellouts. I feel like one small American looking for an honest political party.

  • Westcoastliberal

    Kyl should be thrown out on his ass along with the rest of these “bought & paid for” legislators. We must get money out of politics, pure & simple. It's the poison of democracy. Publicly-funded elections are the ONLY way to go. Otherwise you'll get idiots like Kyl, Palin & the Bush(es).

  • douvie

    And look at his name. He just HAS to be a Republican.

  • davidrvelasquez

    I don't suppose 'average joes' ever bother to notice when GOP asshats like Kyl open their trap to reveal who they really serve.

  • CosimodiRondo

    Hidey Ho, Kyl!!!

  • scytherius

    Can ANYONE explain to me why ANYONE would vote GOP? I mean I get not voting Dem. But how these TeaBaggers can support a Political Party that wants us dead is beyond me.

  • bushsworstnightmare

    New Rule: You Can't Use “There Will Be No Cooperation for the Rest of the Year” as a Threat If There Was No Cooperation in the First Half of the Year
    Bill Maher – Host of HBO's “Real Time with Bill Maher”
    Posted: March 26, 2010 05:36 PM

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-ru…

    Watch the video here
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwTc-9kJWA

    GOP self-destruction imminent

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#35994250

  • pecador

    Hitler's birthday is the 20th? Is that what I have been celebrating on 420 day?

  • pecador

    It is good to hear one of the Republicans finally spell it out in plain English what they really stand for. If you are knocking down 200K a year and your business is a sweat shop that is polluting the community where it is located and is sucking the marrow from all of the local resources, then the Republicans and Senator Kyl are the folks for you.

    Meanwhile the rest of us are thinking that it might be a good idea to remind the Republicans that they themselves once advocated the Nuclear Option as a viable choice for the majority party if their candidates are obstructed by filibuster.

  • Anonymous

    There is no way that buttsniffer is a real maroon…he’s just playing one here. That was the best impersonation ever…. Two thumbs WAY up!

  • elmer fudd

    Our court system has been too partition to the “little guy”? Yeah, its the little guy that can BUY judicial justice. The “BIG GUY” has to constantly concede his rights to that “little guy”. I think I'm getting sick……….

  • patriot101

    I wonder if Fox News viewers are smart enough to realize he is trashing them for corporations? LMFAO! F*** the little guy he says right to their teabagging faces! Too damn funny!

  • an84u

    Poor little Kyle's the consummate RePUKEliCUNT asshole in my book. He matche Faux Noise perfectly. Yet, I'd have to say you can put the demented bastard's influence in a thimble.

  • osage

    REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM 1956 – HOW MUCH THEY'VE CHANGED

    http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid…

    “The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities.” — Abraham Lincoln

    “In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative.”

    “[T]he purpose of the Republican Party is to establish and maintain a peaceful world and build at home a dynamic prosperity in which every citizen fairly shares.”

    “We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land.”

    “We believe that basic to governmental integrity are unimpeachable ethical standards and irreproachable personal conduct by all people in government. We shall continue our insistence on honesty as an indispensable requirement of public service. We shall continue to root out corruption whenever and wherever it appears.”

    “We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs—expansion of social security—broadened coverage in unemployment insurance —improved housing—and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people.”

    DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM 1956 – HOW MUCH WE’VE REMAINED THE SAME

    http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid…

    “We recognize monopolies and monopolistic practices as the real barriers between the people and their economic and political freedom. Monopolies act to stifle equality of opportunity and prevent the infusion of fresh blood into the life-stream of our economy. The Republican Administration has allowed giant corporate entities to dominate our economy.”

    “The addition of all necessary classrooms for our primary and secondary schools; the construction of needed new homes, with a proper proportion devoted to the re-housing of low and middle income families in urban and rural areas; the increase of benefits under the Old Age Assistance and Old Age Survivors Insurance Programs; a substantial expansion in hospital facilities and medical research; and a doubling of our programs for resource development and conservation.”

    “We condemn the Republican use of our revenue and money systems to benefit the few at the expense of the vast majority of our people.”

    “We pledge ourselves to achieve an honest and realistic balance of the Federal Budget in a just and fully prosperous American economy.”

    “The Republican tax policy has joined hands in an unholy alliance with the hard-money policy. Fantastic misrepresentation of the Government's budgetary position has been used to deny tax relief to low- and middle-income families, while tax concessions and handouts have been generously sprinkled among potential campaign contributors to Republican coffers.”

  • Anonymous

    Run along and gather your christer easter eggs. Whatever the hell that rabbit has to do with anything. But hell, you tories will believe anything. And while you are here can you take this “pledge.” Man up.

    I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:
    I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.
    I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.
    I will foreswear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls. Also.
    I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:
    · Social Security
    · Medicare/Medicaid
    · State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
    · Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
    · US Postal Service
    · Roads and Highways
    · Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
    · The US Railway System
    · Public Subways and Metro Systems
    · Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
    · Rest Areas on Highways
    · Sidewalks
    · All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)
    · Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
    · Public and State Universities and Colleges
    · Public Primary and Secondary Schools
    · Sesame Street
    · Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
    · Public Museums
    · Libraries
    · Public Parks and Beaches
    · State and National Parks
    · Public Zoos
    · Unemployment Insurance
    · Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
    · Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
    · Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
    · Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
    · Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD’s ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
    · Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
    · Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
    If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
    I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
    I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
    · Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
    · The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
    · The government-operated Statue of Liberty
    · The Grand Canyon
    · The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
    · The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
    · All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC
    I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.
    I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.
    I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.
    I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.
    Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.
    Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.
    SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.
    _____________
    Signed
    _________________________
    Printed Name/Town and State

  • starvapor

    Isn't it amazing, that as soon as you think you've seen the ultimate asshole, another one always pops up as a replacement.

  • Anonymous

    ….”the privileged few.” Is that a new name for loser “tories?” NIce “word smithing”. Asswipe.

  • http://theharvview.blogspot.com/ TheHarvView

    I think the Democratic Party should do some real detective work on some Republicans and use it to convince them to join the Democratic Caucus. Hence 60 votes and defeat of the Filibuster. Don't blackmail, just have deep throat have a friendly talk.

    Another method, is to take about 3 million dollars from the Democratic National Committee and offer it to anyone who will change party affiliation. I am sure there are a few that can be bought. After all the insurance companies bought a whole bunch, didn't they?

    Do not call it a bribe. Characterize it as a bonus for signing up as is given to ball players.

    Threaten a few vulnerable with competing candidates and a huge dollar arsenal to defeat them.

    Take a page from the opposing party's book and run with it.

    Read Harv: http://TheHarvView.blogspot.com

  • orwellinglyyurz

    Is there any chance Chris Wallace could have less overly ideological guests on his Fixed News show as Senator Jon Kyl is ?!

  • Anonymous

    Bite me, you elitist assmaster…just remember what happened to the man who would be king…

    Maybe someday someone will nail your golden crown to your skull with 6 inch nails…

  • orwellinglyyurz

    Is there any chance Chris Wallace could have fewer overly ideological guests on his Fixed
    News show like Senator Jon Kyl is?

  • orwellinglyyurz

    Is there any chance of Chris Wallace having fewer overly ideological guests on his Fixed News
    show like Senator Jon Kyl is ?!

  • dennycrane

    Of course you would. After all, the tories from The John Birch Society has him at the top of their “conservative” list:

    The John Birch Society's mission is to bring about less government, more responsibility, and — with God’s help — a better world by providing leadership, education, and organized volunteer action in accordance with moral and Constitutional principles.

    So, lets sign the “pledge” asswipe.

    I,________________, as a member of the Tea Party, take an oath that I
    will not use “socialist” programs such as SS, Medicare, other medical coverage provided by the Feds,
    take out loans from the Feds, use the Fed highways, roads, fire departments, use 911 emergency
    system, the police departments, the Armed Forces will not protect me, will not use libraries,
    schools, use cell phones, land phones since the use Fed money, over the air television or radio stations,
    use the internet, use Fed workers to guide my plane to an airport, public transportation, etc.
    Anything that uses Fed money, included free wood from national forest, hunting land, fishing resources,
    camp grounds. I will slao take a chance on the food I eat, the water I use, since I will have to
    test it myself along with the waste water leaving my property.

    If I am using or benefitting from any Fed program, I will immediately stop and return said
    money.

    Sincerely,______________ Date___________

  • Roadster

    If you think there are any facts in Hannity's book you probably were also a sucker for Bush's lies, corruption and incompetence.

  • Guest

    Thank you for believing in me and my quest to bring the socialist Obama Chicago crime syndicate down.

  • patriot101

    Those anti-American little guy hating tea bagging Republicans just keep shooting themselves in the foot! LOL! But he was on fox news so it probably went over their heads!

  • Laughingattheleft

    Typical libturd statement. It is fine when they do it, but don't anybody else even think of it.

    As far as smaller, pelosi, reid, obama just to name a few

  • Jhoffa_

    Raw Story sucks monkey balls..

    That's Not what Kyl said AT All!!!

  • Where goeth sanity?

    Uuuuuh, I think you need to look up sarcasm in the dictionary.

    I’m not an O’Bummer fan but I don’t see anyone bringing anyone down in this country. The “Theys” have it all and it won’t change as long as “they” are recruiting from “we” among our own working class. Unfortunately, after one of our brothers or sisters beats us to a pulp for asking for an end to war, they will take us aside and say, “Hey, nothing personal, it’s JUST MY JOB”. And in a weird way I sort of VERY vaguely understand that if they have moths to feed in this economy. The whole world is fucked up; you may as well just take a seat and watch the movie.

  • yrbmer

    With Jon Kyl looking out for the big guy, someone should look out for the little guy.

  • CharlieL

    It's no biggie. There's no difference between a 5-4 vote in SCOTUS and a 5-3 vote.

    Obama should nominate the right person and just leave it at that. If the Rethuglicans won't vote on it, then they will love in November 2010 or November 2012, and then he can shove whomever he wants through.

  • Mark

    Roberts lied to Congress. That's an impeachable offense, of which, he'll forever get away with.

    For that alone the POTUS should nominate the most left-wing radical he can possibly find.

  • scortchdearth

    Yep…good call.

  • scortchdearth

    No, most liberals are fine if everyone gets to do it, but don't like the privileged few being the only ones that can do it.

  • scortchdearth

    No, most liberals are fine if everyone gets to do it, but don't like the privileged few being the only ones that can do it.

  • connoisseurodg

    ronPaul2012

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  • KWillow

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    You provide a decent Eisenhower quote below, did you bother to read it?…here’s some good Thomas Jefferson quotes for you…

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    But in announcing his plans to filibuster against an as-yet unnamed candidate, isn't he coming in with a “pre-conceived attitude”? OMG, the hypocrisy of these lunatics is infinite.

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    By the way, I really hope Ginsberg and Stevens step down ASAP. Theres really is no guarenty that Obama will get a second term. Also the Senate or house could look really bad for dems after the mid term elections (unless the GOP adopts my suggested slogan). The best chance we have of filling those seats with someone at least vaguely liberal is moving on it sooner rather than later. I love Ginsberg and Stevens to death but they are so freaking old and fragile. Now is the time to switch them out with some liberals who can last as long as Alito and Roberts.

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  • jimbo92107

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  • huey

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