Focus on the Family: "Schumer must Withdraw from Confirmation Process"

[truthpusher]

Statement released today....

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050707/pl_usnw/focus_on_the_family_action__schumer_must_withdraw_from_high_court_confirmation_process307_xml

Focus on the Family Action: Schumer Must Withdraw from High Court Confirmation Process
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record) should bow out of the confirmation process for seating Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement on the U.S. Supreme Court because he has already acknowledged he won't give any likely nominee a fair hearing, Focus on the Family Action Vice President of Government and Public Policy Tom Minnery said today.

Schumer, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was quoted in news reports in recent days as promising to "go to war" over President Bush's nominee to replace O'Connor, no matter who it is.

"Sen. Schumer went so far as to admit he's not concerned about the judicial backgrounds or qualifications of the man or woman the president ultimately selects," Minnery explained. "For him to say 'It's not about an individual judge' but about 'the overall makeup of the court' makes it clear his only interest is in obstructing any nominee who doesn't subscribe to his brand of judicial activism."

Schumer also implied that the filibuster compromise worked out among 14 moderate senators of both parties to allow confirmation of some of Bush's appellate court nominees would have little bearing on whether filibusters will be launched against a Supreme Court nominee.

Complete statement here: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050707/pl_usnw/focus_on_the_family_action__schumer_must_withdraw_from_high_court_confirmation_process307_xml

link: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050707/pl_usnw/focus_on_the_family_action__schumer_must_withdraw_from_high_court_confirmation_process307_xml

[LisaM]

1. Let me get this straight - a senior SENATOR should withdraw

while hate groups like Focus on the Family get to participate?

[insane_cratic_gal]

57. One act short of Terrorist

in my opinion.

Hey FOF you don't get to tell any elected official shit!

Honestly these people along with Christian Collation are dangerous. They preach hate, intolerance and create radical religious extremism. Breeding ground for terror against non Christians and the Constitution.

[katty]

58. Yup, that's how F ON F likes it-Their Way or NO WAY

[FourStarDemocrat]

80. Contact these loonies, people! Contact info here:

Contact: Christopher Norfleet of Focus on the Family Action, 719-548-4570

or [e-mail]; Web: http://www.focusaction.org

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Memo to Focus on Family Hatred

[TheDebbieDee]

23. But Vash, tell us how you really feel! ROFL

[wallwriter]

60. cc: the horse they rode in on

[democracyindanger]

3. Yahoo News should stop posting PR releases as news. nt

[truthpusher]

4. It is actually posted as a statement....the news is the statement...

...I will post reaction, stories, etc. as they come up...

[confludemocrat]

38. self-delete

[democracyindanger]

48. Didn't mean it as a criticism of you

just of Yahoo News. ;)

[Tux]

15. Never

I stopped using Yahoo! News because they have Christian Science Monitor as a news source.

[NightOwwl]

20. I thought CSM was a fairly "balanced" news source...

(at least compared to other MSM sources.) I'll have to give it another look over.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

28. It is pretty balanced. (nt)

[BrotherBuzz]

22. What's wrong with the Christian Science Monitor?

Although it's not perfect, I find the CSM one of the more credible, reliable, and unbiased news sources out there. Although the Monitor is published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, it is strictly non-denominational in content and appeals to readers of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds for its objective coverage of news and events in the US and around the world, something other news sources like Faux fail to do.

[Ian David]

36. Problem with the CSM is the high turn-over rate of their staff

That's what happens when you keep refusing modern medical treatment.

[BrotherBuzz]

41. LOL, and I thought your view on the high turn-over rate was...

going to be about slave working conditions or something..

I question if any reporters are even Christan Scientists.

FWIW, I grew up under the influences of a CS enviroment and we utilized all modern medical advantages. I was taught that faith could stave off illness on the onset, but we were also people of reason.

[MissMarple]

24. Actually, the CS Monitor's news is usually pretty good.

They don't seem to have a partisan, political ax to grind editorially either. :)

[Tux]

73. But

It wouldn't take much for it to bash liberals either. Nothing against Christianity (too much) but I don't trust a religious publication that could hire a fundie that would change it's views to help the fundie insurgency.

[democracyindanger]

49. Actually, despite its name, it's one of the finest newspapers out there nt

[onebox30]

76. CSM is a reputable journalistic source.

and that is saying quite a bit. However, I can understand that you may be a bit jaded due to prior experiences with other Christian "news" outlets.

[truthisfreedom]

5. based on drudgereport? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. what a joke.

Schumer won't step down based on a fake internet reporter's lies about him.

[Talismom]

6. These wingnuts are unbelievable!

This NYer says that Schumer better keep his butt right where it is and stand up against these christofascist zombies!

x( :spank: :kick:

[bigluckyfeet]

9. You Just Know

chimp will appoint a pig to the court.

[Talismom]

12. Thinkin' 'bout it makes my head hurt! n/t

:banghead:

[otohara]

7. Bush Should "Bow Out" For Actually Going to War

based on a pack of lies. But noooooooooooooo that's ok with Focus Folks. How many families have been torn apart or broken up because of Iraq?

[funflower]

8. ROFLMAO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :spray: :spray: :spray:


These people are getting weirder by the minute!

[Cocoa]

10. Dobson can run for Senate

move to NY and challenge Schumer.

[Talismom]

16. Yeah, and I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell ya!

ROFL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. I miss living near that bridge!

:hi: from a former NYC kid.

[UCLA Dem]

11. As if that group on lunatics has ever done anything fairly.

[mom cat]

13. Focused on the Family Action should withdraw from the planet.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. OR WHAT? N/T

[Mz Pip]

17. Focus on the Family

Who cares what they think?

Mz Pip

:dem:

[bunny planet]

18. Hell no.

No apology, no surrender.

[MissMarple]

19. Minnery's tantrum is for FOF"s own brand of judicial activism.

"the court' makes it clear his only interest is in obstructing any nominee who doesn't subscribe to his brand of judicial activism."

FOF....I think I like that better than Focus. :)

And if anyone has seen their building you may agree that it may be one of the biggest monuments to one man's vanity and self importance in Colorado. Actually it is two buildings thoughtfully placed across the highway from the Air Force Academy and can be viewed from the road on its' lofty hilltop perch. I think the money could have been better spent.

[wryter2000]

21. Why the fuck does anyone repeat what Dobson says?

Why would anyone think he and his ilk have any legitimacy?

[Mari333]

25. Tax em!

[wryter2000]

26. Yeah

Hi, Mari. :hi:

[roguevalley]

27. Minner's group needs to withdraw from this country.

[AlCzervik]

29. FU FOF

[Felix Mala]

31. Focused on the End of Your Nose

[Felix Mala]

32. Focused on the End of Your Nose

[Daphne08]

33. Nervy numbnuts, aren't they?

We need to send them a copy of the Constitution and an "American Government & Politics" textbook. :rofl:

[HockeyMom]

34. Where can I write to them?

Charles Schumer is my Senator. I voted for him to represent ME. I DO NOT SUPPORT Focus on the Family. They do not REPRESENT ME.

[KamaAina]

35. KamaAina: Focus on the Family Should Withdraw From Political Process

since the United States is not now, nor ever has been, nor ever shall be, the sort of Dark Ages theocracy that Dobson and his ilk wish to foist upon us.

[CBHagman]

37. Withdraw THIS, FOTF.

On edit: Is there such a thing as a Brooklyn cheer, and can Schumer do one now, please?

[Toucano]

39. Like hell!

I don't see Chuck being particularly persuaded by Fuckers in the Family, who have opposed him at every turn.

[HockeyMom]

40. I just wrote to them . As a New Yorker,

I am outraged. I told them so.

[Hobo]

42. Hey, Tom Minnery....

Bite me !


Hobo

:beer:

[bunkerbuster1]

43. You and what army is going to make him do this, SpongeDob?

and stop issuing statements through your little butt-boy Tom Mincery. We all know what pile of filth runs this show.

[Strawman]

44. Who cares what Fuck Us and Our Families is saying

[ElsewheresDaughter]

45. BITE ME DOBSON!

[cosmicdot]

46. another example of their modus operandi-in-action

the orchestration, like the emperor, has no clothes

"quoted in news reports"

... and, these news reports are?????

Tabloid Drudge, give us the name of the person, the exact quote of the Amtrak passenger who allegedly overheard Sen. Schumer, the day, the time, who, what, where, how, which, when, etc. -- then, we'll talk.

Drudge gets his action item and plays his role ... the press release is fed to U.S. Newswire, a division of Medialink Worldwide
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=82939&p=irol-IRHome

... Yahoo runs with a press release as 'news' ... feeds MSNBC, AOL and others likely to do the same ...


Fraudulent Journalism is a threat to our national security.

[underpants]

47. This is based on a Drudge report about a phone call overheard on a train?

PUHlease

[aquart]

50. No. Don't think so. Nuh uh.

[slackmaster]

51. Dobson is entitled to his opinion and to express it

Beyond that, he gets one vote just like everybody else.

[Guaranteed]

52. Yeah! That's a CONFLICT OF INTEREST! He's clearly interested

in something other than they are!

[Beaverhausen]

53. Why is Yahoo posting press releases from these idiots?

nevermind.

[despairing optimist]

54. Did Schumer say those things, or were they quoted out of context?

I can't believe he said it would be war no matter who * names, regardless of the circumstances. That's so un-Schumer-like and counterproductive.

Tell me it ain't so. I voted for that guy. As for Focus on the Family, their tunnel vision must indicate advanced brain rot. Tell them to stop mating with all those mad cows.

[Justice]

55. Comical Plame Outer Can Stay, But Senator making alleged comment must go

[Roland99]

56. Fuck Dobson with a rusty handsaw! Repeatedly!!

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

59. Dobson is full of it.

It's good to know someone in our country is worried about our future. Obviously, it's not Dobson...he's just sitting in *'s pocket, waiting to nudge his agenda in. Who's to say that * even cares who gets in, as long as they think the way that he does, or if they're a "close friend." (And he does plenty for his close friends...watch him go and pardon Rove in 3 years.) Just look at his track record, that kind of says it all.

[Jack Rabbit]

61. These guys need to read the Constitutuion

The Senate shall advise and consent to Court appointments.

There shall be no religious test for holding any office of trust in the United States.

Congress shall pass no law with respecting an establishment of a religion, nor prohititing the free exercise thereof.

These are parts of the Constitution these guys seem to have passed over when they were in school.

[kestrel91316]

66. They don't learn trivia like ..........

the Constitution in Christofascist homeschooling.

[Carla in Ca]

62. "Earth to Dobson"

"Please return to your own planet".

[Initech]

Why do people listen to Focus On The Family?

Really, why do we pay attention to them?

It seems like the only reason they dont want Schumer is because he's one of the few people on the Senate Judiciary Committee who doesnt want an insane religious fundamentalist nutjob on the Supreme Court.

[Initech]

63. Why do people listen to Focus On The Family?

Really, why do we pay attention to them?

It seems like the only reason they dont want Schumer is because he's one of the few people on the Senate Judiciary Committee who doesnt want an insane religious fundamentalist nutjob on the Supreme Court.

[really annoyed]

64. Focus on the Fascism can bite me!

:mad:

[kestrel91316]

65. kestrel91316: Dobson should .............

withdraw his Christofascist ass from the planet posthaste.

[zara]

67. Maybe Chuck Schumer can cry too ...

like Dick Durbin and tearfully apologize for speaking the truth.

[WhiteTara]

68. James Dobson is a creep and a fool

wait until his part in the scamming of the Indian tribes comes out.

[CoffeeCat]

69. FOCUS ON YOUR OWN FARGIN FAMILY!!! (NT)

[BiggJawn]

78. What he said. With Sprinkles.

No, not Annie.I don't think even she could loosen up ol' tight-ass James....

[elshiva]

70. Homophobic idiots!

[EC]

71. see below....

I am getting so tired of this shit, I just feel like telling them all to just F**k off.......

[LaurenG]

75. I wish it would mean anything to them

the self rightous, pompous idiots.

[Pallas180]

72. I think Schumer should start yelling anti-semitism at Focus on the Family

and remind them the founding fathers said nothing about a theocracy
in this country...nor that they were wacked out evangelist xians nor
that Focus on the Family's brand of loony xianity should be the religion of ANY land.

[LaurenG]

74. How about we send a letter dismissing Dobson

Asking him to step down as a mouth piece of evil. As the old saying goes you can't serve two gods. Dobson pretends to be good while all the while trying to control the Christian community through misinformation (lies). Evil Freak. :freak:

[adigal]

77. How about this? Schumer recuses himself when

Rove apologizes. Huh??

[rucky]

79. Dobson should bow out of politics.

Focus on your own fuckin' family.

[truthpusher]

81. Like it or not - he is the new face of politics