As a (socially) liberal person who is usually a Kennedy fan, I gotta say, submitter, that is a classic headline...

...classic as in: I've read it 5,000 times already.

Alito, who needs 51 votes to win confirmation, already has the support of 53 Republicans...which Republicans control by a 55-45 margin. Republicans accused Democrats of partisanship...

Yeah, because 53/55 Republicans doesn't make it a partisan vote.

*crying into my beer*

Something smells like...burning?

Americans will need to calm down, it's not the end of the world. You'll still be able to get abortions in Mexico, Canada or your kitchen table.

HOORAY! Now Republicans can take off their masks and embrace activist judges!! Fetus Power!

Wait, what's going on? Who's Alito? What's a filibuster? Are the "Democrats" and "Republicans", like, different teams or something?

**Golf Clap***

Cheers Submitter!!

just wait till the 3rd Judge is nominated before Bush's term is up.

Exactly. With a 5-vote Opus Dei majority, freedom in America can finally be done away with.

Love the headline.



/moderate/liberal
//hates hardcore liberals
///and hardcore conservatives
////wishes he was conservative

Does this mean our babies will live or die?

/missed the confirmation hearings.

I wish Senator Kennedy would resign and let some young blood up there. His speech today was embarrassing. That Rep. Markey would be a nice replacement.

As for Senator Kerry. Why did I vote for him? He's useless. And probably hurt his chances for getting the nomination again.

As for Alito. I may not like him, but I respect the right of a President to have a qualified nominee voted upon. Now if only the Republicans will remember this when there is a Democratic President after the next election.

That's sad.

And thus we enter the years of the king.

Let's take a minute to remember George W. Bush was a crack user and alcoholic, convicted of drving while intoxicated.

Laura Bush ran a stop sign and killed an innocent driver.

Yay for cheap politics.

Well abortion had a good run. What was it like 30 years? Not bad for such a polarizing issue.

I wish he would just drown himself.

Hmm, I've seen that headline somewhere before...

Ah, yeah, I remember now. I saw it on Fark sometime last month. And the month before that... and before that...

The vote is still a solid 5-4 in favor of Roe v. Wade, even with Alito certain to go against it, along with Roberts (I regard Roberts as less a sure thing than Alito).

The real fireworks will come if/when Bush gets to make another nomination.

Nice headline, submitter.

Now if only the Republicans will remember this when there is a Democratic President after the next election.

HAHAHAHa..ha...ha.

Republicans? Play fair? Hold themselves to the same standard as their colleagues? Stop rigging elections?

You, my friend, must be Amish.

Canadian abortions are 14% cheaper.
You get a free taco with a Mexican abortion.

Time to start drinking.

/Monday night?
//Who needs to do homework
///mmm useless slashies.

2006-01-30 06:00:23 PM Underwater Bystander
Well abortion had a good run. What was it like 30 years? Not bad for such a polarizing issue.

The court can't outlaw abortion; the most it can do is turn the issue over to democracy.

Headline is gold.



*golf clap*

Descartes
As for Alito. I may not like him, but I respect the right of a President to have a qualified nominee voted upon. Now if only the Republicans will remember this when there is a Democratic President after the next election.

HAHAhahAHAHA!!! *wipes tears from eyes*
Like we'll ever see the democrats (or anyone else) in power again!

No_One_Special: You, my friend, must be Amish.

No. Just a believer in truth, justice, and the American way.

mcostas

Let's take a minute to remember George W. Bush was a crack user and alcoholic, convicted of drving while intoxicated.

Laura Bush ran a stop sign and killed an innocent driver.

Yay for cheap politics.

Crack isn't coke, even freebasing coke != crack.

We'll see how fond he is of over-reaching executive power when /if we next have a Democrat president.

Is the Ku Klux Klan legal?

And yet another Fark flame war erupts! This is gonna be fun to watch!

Golf Clap Submitter

spineless democrats. we need to chuck the two party system.

swahnhennessy: We'll see how fond he is of over-reaching executive power when /if we next have a Democrat president


And that won't make it right, either.

mcostas

Clearly wasn't happy with the unproven cocaine charges, so he decided to up it to CRACK.

Was he into heroin too?

/Crack is whack. Just axe Marion Barry

Well, looks like I spent the weekend faxing and calling Senators for nothing.

Oh well. I hear these are on sale at Wal*Mart.



\Puts copy of "fake" Constitution in ziploc bag
\\Hides it in basement
\\\Waits for exiled constitution to come back

cowsaregoodeating: Like we'll ever see the democrats (or anyone else) in power again!

Ummmm tinfoil. The other white meat.

The headline joke wasn't funny thirty years ago when it was relevant.

Let the 50 years of darnkness commence.

That's good because by co-equal the founders meant the president can do what he likes.

Worst.Senate.Evar.

I have a feeling that, if abortion is made illegal in the US, it would erode a lot of the binds that hold the GOP together. After all, you can't use abortion-loving liberals as a scapegoat when there's no more abortion!

Mugato
The last real competition he had was in '94 when his competition was now-Governor Mitt Romney, who I wanted to see win at my pre-voting age. Judging from how both are currently doing, I'm glad Ted won re-election. Romney's a total GOP sellout who's just got his eye on the presidency and is more than willing to fark up the state to impress Iowa.

Ted's a good example of why we need term limits, though.

Ooh! Lefties getting their shorts in a knot! I'm pulling up a chair in anticipation !

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't the pro-choicers prevent the overturning of Roe by just never bringing a case before the SC? Or will the pro-kids-that-no-one-wants people force the issue by passing more and more restrictive laws designed to push a case up to the SC?

Does anyone else find it ironic that the anti-choice folks are soooo concerned about fetuses until the moment they are born? Then it's "those farkin' welfare-sucking, crime-doing scumballs".