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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayners who wrote (683119)	5/22/2005 11:51:11 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Somebody dreamed it up in the Senate when they couldn't win anybody over, and it stuck for over a century...

To: Wayners who wrote (683119)	5/23/2005 12:00:51 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

We should always remember that-as Bismarck said-the greatest thing about democracy is that the people get exactly the government they deserve. The American people re-learned that the hard way again-due to the disgraceful impeachment fix and the 1 to 2 million fabricated Gore votes in 2000. Our people have gone a long way to make amends ever since. I doubt we will ever see it, but IF they elected Hillary president and IF they elected 51 Senators for her, judicial nominees should STILL get a straight vote, and the filibuster should STILL be banned for judicial confirmations, AS WELL AS for presidential appointees to the administration...