Posted by
Steve on Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:05:31 PM
Dingy Harry has had a bad week. Yesterday, he was confident of winning two votes. One was the confirmation of a judge for the 5th District court, he lost. The other was for the DREAM Act. In fact, he was so confident of the DREAM Act passing that he blocked out a day and a half for debate on the measure. It went down to defeat as well.
The district court judge vacancy has been open for over 1000 days. That is just too long to leave a judge position open. Judge Southwick will be an excellent judge and probably even a candidate for the Supreme Court. That is probably why Dingy Harry wanted to kill the nomination of Judge Southwick.
The DREAM Act was another amnesty attempt by the Democrats. They wanted to fool everyone into thinking that it was some minor tinkering with the immigration laws. In fact it was an amnesty bill. The grass roots found out about it and deluged the Senators with emails and FAX to tell their Senators that this is an amnesty bill and to vote no. Enough Senators got the message and the bill was voted down. Dingy Harry had counted his votes and was confident that he had the 60 votes he needed to vote cloture. He ended up with only 52.
This comes on the heels of his attempt to tie his energy bill to the fires in California and the fires in California to global warming. That was a disgraceful attempt at grandstanding. He got caught at it and back peddled quickly.
Other Democrats that tried to grandstand the fires in California are also feeling the heat from the public. They do not like people grandstanding when people are in harm’s way. The people in California are not calling themselves victims. They do not want to be treated as victims. The Democrats in Washington are trying to make them victims. This is an interesting confrontation. The people are standing up against the idiots in the Democrat Party that want to make everyone a victim. They also want to make everyone dependent on government.
The other interesting thing is that the State of California responded quickly and well to the emergency. This is in stark contrast to the response of the State of Louisiana. Louisiana fumbled the ball every time it had its hands on or near the ball. The federal government tried to bail out the State of Louisiana and was blamed for making the mess. That the mess was the responsibility of the State of Louisiana is crystal clear now. California is showing what should be done in an emergency. The federal authorities are playing their projected role as backup to the State authorities.
Speaking of the State of Louisiana, they recognized the mistake they made 4 years ago in electing Kathleen Blanco as Governor. She beat Bobby Jindal, a Republican, by a couple of points back then. Had Bobby Jindal been in charge, he would have had things organized and would have responded well. Bobby Jindal was elected in their preliminary round with 54% of the vote. There were 18 names on the ballot. That was quite an accomplishment. He is the first Republican to run Louisiana in a long time. His first priority is to get rid of the corruption that permeates Louisiana politics. That may take more than one term, but Louisiana elected someone who will get the job done. He has had major responsibility in the state for the past 12 years. His parents immigrated to the United States from India just prior to him being born. He is the first person of Indian descent to be elected Governor in the entire country. This is a big day for racial progress. He may go a long way in politics, maybe even to be President.