Re: Bush chaos: Americans should sue
"TOliver" <toliverjrFIX@Hot.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote ...[color=green]
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> > Is there a recent practical example of that happening ?[/color]
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> Ten or so nominees were prevented from coming to Senare "Floor votes" by
> threat of filibuster in the last term, while of course, Judge Bork remains
> the best know modern "reject".[/color]
Hence the term "He/She was Borked."
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> > Btw - on a side issue but similar concept - the European Parliament
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> > refused to confirm the incoming 'new' EU Commisioners on the basis of
> > certain
> > radical right wing views held by one specific appointee in particular.
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> In otherwords, there as here, partisan politics and/or political[/color]
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> matter far more than professional or intellectual qualities. Perish the
> thought of some slavering right winger....[/color]
Paul Nixon
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