Sen. Boxer to oppose Supreme Court nominee Roberts

[truthpusher]

I had no idea Barbara Boxer was a "liberal"?

You can always count on the AP to be informative and.....educational.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/12706405.htm

Posted on Wed, Sep. 21, 2005
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Sen. Boxer to oppose Supreme Court nominee Roberts
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Associated Press
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., announced Wednesday that she will oppose the nomination of John Roberts to be Supreme Court chief justice.

"I said I could only vote for a nominee who would protect the rights and the freedoms of the people that I represent ... This nominee fails that bar," Boxer said on the Senate floor.

"I don't buy into this reasoning either: Let's support this nominee because the next one might be worse," she said.

The announcement by California's junior senator, a liberal who opposes many Bush nominees, was not a surprise. Still unknown is how the state's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, will vote when the Judiciary Committee convenes Thursday to decide on the nominee.

(snip)

"With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough, in my view, to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee will change his past views," Boxer said.

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complete story: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/12706405.htm

[DIKB]

1. Hear ! Hear !

Gotta love Senator Boxer. She's got more guts than Hillary Clinton will ever have.

[Greeby]

2. Always count on Barbara Boxer

:loveya:

[electropop]

16. Boxer/Conyers '08!

Thank you Barbara! Wanna come to our rally this weekend?

[feminazi]

3. feminazi...proud constituent of sen boxer!

feinstein is a whole other story

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. I wish she'd run for president!

Go Barbara! :yourock:

[castiron]

5. I dig her so much: she's got serious ovaries

[Le Taz Hot]

14. "Serious ovaries"

:rofl: Excellent!

[Frances]

6. That's my senator

I'll bet that Mikulski and Sarbanes vote against Roberts too. Has anyone heard what they have said? (I used to live in Maryland.)

And Kerry and Kennedy are voting no too (I lived in Mass. before moving to Maryland.)

[noonwitch]

17. I have no idea how Stabenow and Levin will vote

My guess is they will vote against him. Both are pretty liberal, although not as liberal as Boxer or Kucinich.

[Tiggeroshii]

7. Good.

I like her cause she has guts, Feinstein doesn't seem to have any of that. Not very many Democrats have had much of that, but a selective few have. I think they need to talk some sense into the reluctant majority of dems who WON'T stand up...

[thingsarelookingup]

8. She's my senator too!!

Proud to be a Californian uh, well ... minus Ahnold.

[Tiggeroshii]

10. Haha. Definitely.

I think we'll get rid of the guy in 06 for sure no matter WHO runs!

[beltanefauve]

12. I called

Di Fi's office today and gave them my opinion, as one of her constituents. Hope it helps. She's more like Dino Fi.

[Tiggeroshii]

13. Well.. she's not as bad as SOMEfolk

*cough*(Zell Miller)*Cough*

[yurbud]

9. Give this a rec so it rises to the top.

I did

[derby378]

11. Good on ya, Boxer!

Now go smack that guy!

[Le Taz Hot]

15. That's 2 out of 2

Feinstein also voting "no."

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=3465...

(Thanking Sabra for the link)

California says, "you're welcome." :hippie:

[alfredo]

18. Yeah!! I wish we had someone like her as our Senator.

We are stuck with McConnell and Bunning.

[Barkley]

19. She's not voting outta fear but outta conviction - that's a true leader

"I don't buy into this reasoning either: Let's support this nominee because the next one might be worse."

- Sen. Barbar Boxer