Comments on: Senators Leahy and Dodd reintroduce Habeas Corpus Restoration Act

By: Dusty

Dusty — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:38:26 +0000

Yep, once again it fucking failed..and Bush had already said he would veto it..so why the hell didn’t they all rent a set of nads and vote for it anyway?

It would at least show solidarity.

By: ProudProgressive

ProudProgressive — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:30:38 +0000

Damn them not only did this bill fail,but so did the Webb amendment. Sell our constitution some more you political fuckwits. goddess i am so angry, that 60 vote rule could be changed. This is so beyond parties..this is about the Constitution - the entire Congress , needs remedial work on the basics. dammit dammit dammit.

By: ProudProgressive

ProudProgressive — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:03 +0000

This bill has got to pass, GOT TO. Oh i am calling you betcha..on the fence, about this ? If they are on the fence they have no business being in the senate. NONE as they have NO understanding of our Constitution and rule of law. Ike was adament H.C. a true Believer and well he should have been. I just saw Good Night and Good Luck last night..better late then never. Mcarthyism, terrorism its all the same stuff, different decade.

And it all boils down to this. Without it, (HC) we are not..and never will be again. That place once known as america.

By: earl bockenfeld

earl bockenfeld — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:23:05 +0000

Restore Habeas Corpus/a> Whip Count

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)
Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

All of the above have been designated as on the fence, potentially wobbly, or not taking a position as yet, and need an extra nudge, please. Thanks again for all the effort, gang.

UPDATE: The whip count tool is operational — you can take a peek here. Thanks to Sens. Dodd and Leahy for putting this together.

By: big ass belle

big ass belle — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:50:12 +0000

it’s about fucking time. i remember they pulled this stunt; seems like the news was revealed about 6:00 on a friday evening, then some scandal hit the news and that was that.

i just talked to a brilliant man yesterday who told me that i am crazy for expressing a greater fear of what bush and cheney and our government has done to us than what the terrorists might. he holds his views as strongly as i hold mine. i wonder if all of us frightened people ~ those who are terrified of our unbridled government and those who are terrified of the muslim extremists ~ will ever be reconciled?

this bill must get wide support. it must. i will call my two asswipe senators, hard core right wing nutbags, and see what they have to say about it. what do you want to bet they’ll be opposed? just as these alleged fiscal conservatives were opposed to the bill to allow medicare to bargain for the drug benefit provided in Part D.

boy, can’t start on one topic without extending tentacles of disgust to every other thing happening in our world today. our government is rotten to the core and i believe we can reclaim it, but we have to start now. this is a good place to start. kudos to leahy and dodd.