Tuesday, June 24, 2003

More news to piss you off

Yet another Bush judicial nominee is being filibustered.

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl (Hey, how kuhl a name is that?) will be fillibustered, alone with Washington lawyer Miguel Estrada, nominated to the D.C. Circuit, and Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, nominated to the 5th Circuit. Estrada and Owen have been stalled by the Donks for a long time, and now another one is going to be in Limbo while the Donks do their merry dance.

Now, I know that a lot of people will shake their heads and say "Business as usual". However, the CongressCritters going against Judge Kuhl are none other than Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Why would this piss me off, you ask? Well, let me give you a few quotes, as wonderfully provided by the Washington Times:

"I am pleased that we will be voting," Mrs. Boxer said during a January 1998 floor debate on a nominee. "I think, whether the delays are on the Republican side or the Democratic side, let these names come up, let us have debate, let us vote."
Similarly, Mrs. Feinstein said during a September 1999 floor debate: "A nominee is entitled to a vote. Vote them up; vote them down. ... It is our job to confirm these judges. If we don't like them, we can vote against them. That is the honest thing to do."


Ya smell that? It's hypocrisy.

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