some very interesting, if sad, facts about sessions last night on maddow. to have gone, in his lifetime, from calling an african american assistant district attorney to "boy" to an african american, Mr. President, must be very surreal. i suspect he is not the only one in the party of lincoln.

...to have gone, in his lifetime, from calling an african american assistant district attorney "boy" to an african american, Mr.President, must be very surreal. i suspect hie is not the only one in the party of lincoln. (sbvpav, creswell oregon(Sent Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:25 AM)    
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I suspect you are right! IMO this is one of the reasons  why the "base" republicans have a "no" problem  with the president.  This is also why they will not embrace courting minorities wholeheartedly.
 

Hey sbvpav, do you know the word that compassionate Democrat Robert Byrd uses, to describe African Americans?  

Lets, call it what it is--Sessions is a RACIST!..and Hatch may be of the same ilk!  Sad for the Senate, maybe Crazy Bachman knew what she was talking about afterall. Wink! Wink!

Will the court trade in their BLACK robes for Pointed WHITE HOODS?

Try a Little Empathy RepubliKLANS!  The President is certainly showing Empathy towards those law-breaking CIA agents who broke the LAW!

This is so very disgusting!  

The hearings on the SC pick have all the potential to be an  exercise in hypocrisy, and irony, from the Democratic point of view. With Sessions there, it will be an exercise in revenge? Will Sessions be on a mission to dust off Obama's pick as a way of payback for his federal bench rejection? Sessions as the face of the Republican party for the confirmation hearing will be an advertisement for their party, the only question is what that ad will say.

“In conversations with Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, another Republican in line for the Judiciary Committee job, Mr. Sessions said he had agreed that he would serve as the ranking member through 2010 and then relinquish the post to Mr. Grassley,” the New York Times adds.

Sessions will have no choice but to relinquish the post in 2010. He won't be relected in Alabama. The tide in this State is changing swiftly.

We don't want him in our middle class district. He wouldn't have his butt now if the polling areas weren't redistricted. This is more of GWB garbage left over from the Attorney Generals office.

Cheney and Bush made quite a few trips to this State to meet with Gov. Riley.

We might as well appoint a fox to guard the henhouse. Sessions is a RASCIST pure and simple. No and, if, or buts about it.  

And the mindless mantra of the indoctrinated mob "racist, racist, racist, racist..
zombies marching lock step behind Garofalo,
Hey why don't you guys go audition for the remake of The Mummy..Zombies!
Nevada just indicted ACORN for voter fraud.."racist racist racist ..."

It's pop quiz time!

Which of the following two United States Senators was once a high ranking officer of the Ku Klux Klan?

Evil Republican Jeff Sessions

or

Saintly Democrat Robert Byrd

I say amen to Anita.  I live in Mobile and embarrassed by Senators Sessions and Shelby as well as Jo Bonner.

The stench in my nostrils is unbearable...Sessions is a rotten no good S.O.B. that just signed his own warrant. Can anyone tell that I find this peice os S disgusting and embrassing?

Just what we need, a supporter of the KKK in a leadership role in the Senate. How much lower is the Republican party going to stoop before they realize that that crap doesn't cut it in America any more? Sessions may play well in redneck country out among the broken cars and the single wides but most of America has moved on.

The good ole boys club just moved to the forefront. This is a kick in the face to America and minorites. Spencer Bacus tried to raise a coo with the KKK in Cullman, Alabama with President Obama's "birth certificate" and now Jeff Sessions has been selected in an attempt to block the President's choice for the Supreme Court.

This is why they lost the last election and will lose many more, personally they need to. The far right wingers that are left on the hill have pulled their last coo. I am ranting simply because we have come too far in America for this s*** to still be happening.

This is a slap in the face of Alabama. There is a large "majority" in this State that will not tolerate racisium. Our State's history is dark enough without adding this peice of s*** to it.

Hey Mike in Illinois, which Senator appologised for his youth membership in the Klan: Hint it is NOT Sessions.

And the mindless mantra of the indoctrinated mob "racist, racist, racist, racist..
zombies marching lock step behind Garofalo,
Hey why don't you guys go audition for the remake of The Mummy..Zombies!
Nevada just indicted ACORN for voter fraud.."racist racist racist ..."
John Doe, Seattle Wash (Sent Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:21 AM)

John....voter REGISTRATION fraud, not voter fraud...there's a big difference.  submitting a card with the name "Mickey Mouse" on it is a lot different than sending someone to the polls to vote twice, or paying for votes...the Nevada DA made clear that there are no allegations of voter fraud..

The more interesting point is the comfusion of message from the Republicans. We want to listen and not focus on cultural issues but rather new ideas of governing and legislating. That is the Pizza Parlor message.

But the actions message is that we want cultural idea purity and purity of traditional Southern white politics (used to be Democrated but shifted to Republican after LBJ signing the 1964 civil rights bill). It the party continues on its current court, it will replace the 1850s/60s Democratic party as the sessionist, racist party.

Keep up the good work, Sessions.

I am appalled that the republican party would appoint a man of this caliber to a leadership position.  This man is a racist pure and simple.  I thought the repubs were trying to rebrand.  Seems like same ole same ole to me.  I am an independent that always voted repub but now I kick myself for thinking that this party was best for the country.

I trust Sessions' first act will be to promise an "up or down vote" on the President's nominee, with no grandstanding in confirmation hearings and no threat of filibuster.  After all, such things amounted to a genuine Constitutional crisis during the last administration, surely GOP principles would prevent them from creating a Constitutional crisis now.

The smear machine is in full gear..
The Zombie March.."racist, racist, racist."

Voter Fraud is not prosecuted. Look what happened to Sessions...charging "civil rights workers, one of whom worked with Dr. King," with voter fraud..only 17 provable cases.."racist, racist, racist."
Does the Prosecuter in Nevada want the Smear Machine to target Him..for charging "civil rights workers, one of whom worked with Obama" with voter fraud?
No Siree, them white bigots done learned their lesson..
Acorn is Safe..from anything except the most mild of charges..a sop to the "racist, radical right."

I have an idea...why don't the Repubs wait until there is a short list of nominees BEFORE they voice opposition to the next SCOTUS pick???  

Because this makes sense I know it won't happen, but, wouldn't it be nice for a change if we were able to understand a person's merit and background before determining that they are/are not suited for the job.  Otherwise, it just looks like the Repubs are up to their old tricks of opposition for opposition's sake.

john doe,
go back and put your hood on...maybe you won't post here anymore.  another repukelican who never lets facts get in the way of their opinions.

Seems as if Anita in B'ham is the racist!!

Hey Mike in Illinois, which Senator appologised for his youth membership in the Klan: Hint it is NOT Sessions.

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Yeah, Sessions would never apologize.

It's true - the South was Republican up and down until LBJ put through the Civil Rights legislation.  Instead of agreeing with equal rights, they changed parties.  Originally they never would join the party of Lincoln - the guy who freed the slaves.  But it was better to do that than to stay with the party that gaver Black equal rights.  

Now the South is Republican.  Nixon cynically encouraged this - using "the Southern Strategy" to try to broaden the Republican party with those who thought "separate but equal" was just fine.  Sessions is one of them.

Many honorable people in the South later realized their hard line against equal rights was misguided.  Senator Byrd was one of them, and he publicly acknowledged he was wrong - and his votes since then reflect his change of heart.  Sessions has not had a change of heart.  He just doesn't discuss his views any more in public.  

Having this man leading the minority party in the Senate's judiciary committee is the ultimate hypocrisy -  discussing the rule of law while not agreeing with the spirit of it.

The Republican party should be ashamed of itself.  It has become pompous, two-faced, narrow minded, and willing to bend the law to whatever lengths it wishes to forward its agenda.  I used to respect their fiscal conservatism.  Now - they spend like drunken sailors on big military and government, and focus on social conservatism.  

I don't need to be told how to believe in God, how to pick my friends, how to judge gays and minorities, what drugs to take, what is un-American, what is safe, or what country clubs to join.  Especially not by people who are not good examples themselves.  

I know Alabama is a good place with many good people.  I hope that means they can see that someone like Sessions does not represent what is good and right about this country.

California Indie
I was in the Civil Rights movement and I am disgusted that the terrible reality of racism has become a McCarthy Type Smear Machine..that Rev's UP.."racist racist racist" ..against anyone who dares to oppose whatever is the politically correct flavor of the day.
It is a travesty..So..instead of my finding a "hood" perhaps you should find a legitimate argument for your point of view.

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