To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (254715 ) 5/13/2002 2:21:49 PM From: PROLIFE Read Replies (1) | Respond to LIES, SCARE-TACTICS, AND FAULTY LOGIC-----all bedrock of the Democratic ticket;;;;;;;Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee continue their campaign of character assassination for political gain Democrat Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Democrat Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy. These two individuals, in concert with the other Democrat members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have conspired to thwart the Senate from performing its Constitutional duty to provide ‘advise and consent’ to the judicial nominations of the President of the United States. “America suffered through the extreme left’s misrepresentations, distortions, and lies as Judge Charles W. Pickering of Mississippi—who was supported by both the American Bar Association and a broad and diverse spectrum of supporters from his home state—was subjected to intentional misstatements by left-wing fringe groups and their Senate Democrat allies, simply because he is Conservative. “America continues to watch in horror as the special interest groups of the left appear to play puppet-master to their ideological colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee, reciting almost verbatim the same rehashed and faulty talking points deliberately crafted to obfuscate the reality of each nominee’s record. lies, scare-tactics, and faulty logic. They argue that the real desire of Conservative judges is to rollback Supreme Court decisions on a wide range of issues important to liberal special interests. They engage in such rhetorical bombast despite the fact that they know the President’s nominees, when confirmed, have a duty to follow Supreme Court precedent.
