Democrat Ben Nelson Opposes Kagan

what a cop out… “Nelson did note that if a procedural vote is held on Kagan, he will not filibuster, since he believes Kagan deserves an up or down vote. But on the final vote, Nelson is a no.”
Everyone deserves an up or down vote unless they are nominated by a Republican President… Make these Democrats “vote for her” before “they vote against her” — not qualified but I’ll allow her life-time appointment to happen…
We are reaching a point where the Congress (clearly not this Congress) really needs to start considering impeachment for Federal Judges for not following The Constitution of the United States they swore to honor and protect… What part of “the rights of the people shall not be infringed” or “Congress shall make NO law” do they not understand ???

Individually speaking, both parties have good and bad people. Collectively speaking, both parties are corrupt, hate America, don’t want to represent the people, and need to be thrown aside.
If you love your country, toss these losers once and for all.

He’ll vote no BEFORE he votes YES. Gotta get the payoff first.

Wow! What courage this loser has – right after 5 Rino’s will vote for her.

Eh, he is just holding out for a deal. It is his job to bring bacon to Nebraska after all.

This women is not qualified for this court, but nor was Obama qualified to become our president and you have seen what he has done.
It’s hard to believe that are so many losers in our country – Pelosi – Reid – Franks – Obama – on and on the list is just too great Republicans are on the list as well.
Our president lied to us all Dems and Independents and Republicans. Than he surrounded himself with every left wing loser he could find.
I think America is waking up to the fact, that as much as we all wanted Obama to be a success he is even worst than Jimmy Carter.
Simply put he is not a nice person and his actions have been un-american.
It may be that he is just way over his head? What ever the case every move he makes is wrong. The president of the United States sitting down to have a beer with a cop and left wing professor – That time would have better spent working for the American people – those need a job – those that need protection from the tens of thousands pouring over the boarder every month.
No we elected a bum

Political grandstanding. Meaningless.
Kagan is a disgraceful nominee, capable of bold faced lying about her actions in the infamous “partial birth abortion” brief. Any pol who values character in a Supreme should vote no. That tells you everything about Dems.

He’s voting ‘no’ because it is safe to. She has enough votes to make it without his vote, and he knows it.

What a sad and pathetic country America has become. My dad fought in the invasion of Normandy, my brother and I both fought in Vietnam, but I am just ashamed and saddened by what America has become. The bottom line is that our country is now led by a band of spineless weasels like Ben Nelson and the entire GOP.
If Nelson has a specific beef with something specific that Kagan said, then fine. But he doesn’t, r else he would have articulated it. Instead, this is obviously motivated by his reading the polling data and finding it it more politically expedient to vote against her than for her.
What a sad, unprincipled, unscrupulous failure this man Ben Nelson is, and what unprincipled, uneducated yahoos Nebraskans obviously are.

This is why term limits are necessary. He is obviously covering the bacon with his constituents, but having voted for these other –non responsible policies, he can maintain some sort of moderate posture- when his vote has nothing at stake. Shameful, Nebraska– get this guy out of the national debate. He is toxic.

I lived in Nebraska for almost 70 years, when Nelson was govenor also. I is a spineless so-called Democrat.

Oh so now he listens to constituents, why didn’t he listen to us on Obamacare? I sent an e-mail or made a phone call every day for weeks before the healthcare vote and all I got were canned responses. Too late Mr. Nelson, I, and many other Nebraskans, won’t forget that betrayal no matter what you do now to try to save your ###.

Eliminate the spineless weasel RINOS.

looks like ol’ ben is trying his hardest to save his job. remeber nebraska if you re elect this clown he’ll have another 6 years to scredw you and the rest of the country dont fall for this piece of work. give him the boot. VITE OUT ALL INCUMBENTS>

Ben Nelson is a joke! He isn’t voting the will of his constituents if he is opposing the platform of the Democratic Party. Ben, jump ship and be who you truly are. Come out of the closet and say you are a Republican. Enough already!

When Bush nominated Harriett Myers to be Supreme Court Justice, most Republicans recognized immediately that she did not have any experience and was not qualified for the jobs.. Of course the Dems were shouting that she was unqualified, but Conservatives were threatening to leave the Party.. Bush recognized his mistake and withdrew the Nomination..
Is Ben Nelson the only Democrat to recognize that KAGAN is Unqualified.. Where are the honest Democrats?? Why can’t we find more than one who will say she is not qualified??
And why aren’t the Republicans shouting at the top of their lungs that she is imminently unqualified..
Kagan is not qualified for the Office and will be a thorn in the spine of our nation for the next 30 years.

Time to GRIP. Get rid of incumbent politicians. It doesn’t matter the party vote them out at every election. Keep them on a revolving door till they get the message they work for us. And representing us is not a not a 20 to 30 year job.

His vote is kinda meaningless when 5 Repubs already said they would vote for her. It’s smart political cover for him as he can go back to his constituents and say ” I learned my lesson.. I listened to you”.
The 5 Republicans should be run out of office.

gosh, the far right condemns everyone who isn’t in lockstep with them as the anti-christ.
I’m am so tired of the far right and the far left screaming that the ‘other’ guy is evil incarnate.
There are some authors who note that this is a way to keep the masses preoccupied and ignore the fact that we’ve sold our future to corporate america.

What’s the price this time Ben?

Way to go, Ben!

Don’t worry folks. Kagan will be confirmed. This and everything else this administration is pushing could lead to anarchy and then revolution. We may all have to go through some extremely difficult times before our country gets back on track.

It does not matter what he votes for or against after the Healthcare bill. Nebraska voters should send him packing.

Nelson is one of the more trustworthy Democrats in the Senate, which isn’t saying much, but I sense that his frequent siding with the Republicans has more to do with his evaluation and understanding of Blanche Lincoln’s poll numbers in Arkansas than his heartfelt political beliefs.

Really, Senator Nelson? Us Nebraskans are not that stupid. We all see what you are doing. We are never going to forgot how you voted for Obamacare and no matter how many “no” votes you do now is going to change that!

It always amuses me when people talk about “real Democrats” and real Republicans”. They are generally young and ignorant, with no historical perspective. From 1887 until 2005 there were no Republicans elected from Louisiana, and I never heard anyone say that Alvin Ellender or Russell Long was anything but a “real” Democrat, and either of them was easily more conservative than a Jacob Javits or Al D’Amato, Republicans elected from New York. It is only in th last 40 years that conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans have been read out of their respective parties.

Nelson continues to try to save his hide. He personally is responsible for the socialist health care plan passing. We Nebraskans will never forget. When he comes up for reelection in 2012 he will be unemployed. When the going gets tough turncoats like Nelson, Kerrey and other Dems have screwed Nebraska to side with their lib buddies every time. I could care less how many meaningless additional votes this lib in sheeps clothing makes. With his ignoring the will of the people on health care he has completely lost the backing of this state. If only we could legally get rid of OWright, Reid, Pelosi and Nelson sooner.

Nelson should join the Republican party. Or he should be asked by his peers to declare that he is a RIDClothing. Nelson must have a difficult time being a Democrat in Nebraska. Look for Brown, R. Mass. and Cristil R. Fla to announce they are changing teams.

Doug, those five or six Republicans can kiss their careers goodbye. This is non negotiable in this current toxic and terminal political wasteland. I will be looking who these Republicans are as well as about 200 million other Americans. The Independent vote is what made Obama and we’re running mach 5 with our hair on fire away from this administration never to return and we all know this if we’re truthful with ourselves.

Nelson didn’t care about my concern with extending unemployement. He continues to dissapoint a loyal NE Democrat.

I would not have someone change the oil on my car that had never done it before. I certainly don’t want a judge on the Supreme Court who has never been a judge before. It is purely for ideological cronyism that Kagan is being appointed.

Hey, The_Mick:
Just what the HECK do you think the SEIU, Planned Parenthood, and the multitude of Soros backed groups have been doing to the moderate Dems…mostly through the current regime in the Whitehouse that more resembles a third-world Junta than one of the three SEPARATE branches of our Constitutional Republic. Special interests? You even want to go there??!

anyone who votes to confirm this thing is a traitor.

To *true* Americans that still believe in our Constitution, it doesn’t matter how the nomination vote even proceeds; anything that is signed by an illegal usuper is *not* valid – this includes ‘appointees’ to the Supreme Court. Until the same problem that has been on the table is fixed – the very authentication of our ‘leader’ under our Constitution – rational, loyal Americans will not recognize any laws, appointees, etc. made. Of course, this kind of dialogue is why our returning
Vets are now placed on ‘terror watch lists’, because they know that an illegal order is no order at all. This is not a problem that can be ‘shoved under the rug’; it will never go away until the cover-ups are exposed. tyvm 4 ya time.

Who are the Republicans who are voting in favor of Kagan

Good I hope that more say no to old Kagen.

Everyone with at least half a brain knows that his ‘no’ vote has no merit unless its needed to confirm her. Its not and he’s been given a bye by Democrat Senate leadership to make a ‘show’ vote so as to appease his constituents. However, I don’t believe Nebraskans have less than half a brain. They realize his vote is a joke just like the rest of his term.

@trajan2448: Who are the five republicans? One is Lindsy Graham.

Why do you think Obama went to Bar Harbor? Two Senate Republican votes, that is, if you call them Republicans.

He is against her. before he is going to be for her.

Yes, he is still in trouble with the ObamaCare & it’s election yr. That is his reason for voting ‘no’.
Nebraska deserves better representation than Nelson. All of a sudden he is concerned about what the citizens are saying? What a complete fake.

We will remember those up for election in November that voted for this faux judge and also those that stood for Calderon’s anti American speech in Congress months ago. Don’t Tread On Me!

Great job listening to those that elected you.
So few of our elected officials do this anymore – and it’s refreshing that regardless of political affiliation, he sees the objective truth that she is UNFIT for the duty.

LarGint … I Could not have said it better!
Individually speaking, both parties have good and bad people. Collectively speaking, both parties are corrupt, hate America, don’t want to represent the people, and need to be thrown aside.
If you love your country, toss these losers once and for all.

Republicans voting for her are the same rinos…Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Brown from Mass., Senator from South Carolina…he’s a real looser…vote hime out guys…please…I can’t name the other one…America…wake up…if you want to protect our nation and out constitution…this woman will not … she is evial and a liar!
Posted by: pwtexas | Jul 30, 2010 9:36:15 PM
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wait, now it’s convenient for Republicans to badmouth Scott Brown so you jump right on the boat? LOLOL you fools are too predictable. Last year he was your hero and because he’ll vote yes on a Supreme Court nominee he has all of the sudden turned into the devil?

Nebraskans: Just know that a vote for Nelson (when he comes up again) is a vote for Reid/Pelosi. Nelson will pile up these meaningless votes, which never have the effect of stopping Reid/Pelosi, but actually represent Nebraskan positions in the majority, and thus, “look good” when the election rolls around. But on the important ones, where his vote is needed by the coastal liberals, he falls right in line with them.
VOTE HIM OUT

This is Nelson running for cover from his Cornhusker Kickback Obamacare vote. He’s trying to reconnect with his constituents after ignoring them on that one. It’s only symbolic. His one vote doesn’t matter anyway. The Dems will pick up some Rebubs.
We can stop the decline of our country. No more spending! No more taxes!
Let’s clean the Houses out!
Vote in November

Regarding the “restoration and extension of unemployment benefits,” the Republicans (and Senator Nelson) were for it. Were the Democrats therefore against it? Must be, as objective ABC News presents the issue in those terms.
Of course the real issue was whether to pay for the extension with offsetting cuts elsewhere or even from an existing slush fund, or to simply to further burden future generations with what can only be described as an upside-down mortgage.
Meanwhile human beings continue to respond to incentives, so the long-term unemployed who find utility in non-work activities continue to eschew lower-paying jobs as the recovery stumbles.

THIS IS ALL SMOKE & MIRRORS. He knows that if he doesn’t filibuster then they have enough votes to confirm her anyway, SO HIS NO VOTE IS MEANINGLESS!
If he really was listening, he would filibuster to stop her from getting confirmed, PERIOD! More Democratic BS as usual. WAKE UP PEOPLE!

Ah! The taste of bitter grapes from the DRUDGE Report whiners! Grow up, for god’s sake! Think with your heads instead of your emotions, people. Give credit where credit is due! Give Bush credit for destroying America’s honor, the economy, and the good will that most of the world had for America. President Obama, who actually is Christian and BLACK at the same time, inherited, FROM A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, SENATE, and CONGRESS, the worst socioeconomic disaster since WWII. A True fact that even Limbaugh can’t deny. On the other hand, my President, Obama, prevented another Depression and your kids won’t die because Big Insurance denied your claim for cancer treatment.
Intellectual honesty can go along way toward making you Conservatives happier and less discontent with the real world. Ah, who am I trying to kid! You folks thrive on conflict and discontent! Enjoy Hell!

WOW! A senator actually listening to his constituents? What’s next? A POTUS who does?

What bothers me most about the supreme court is that all the justices on the court are documented members of religions that have strong dogmatic beliefs that could affect their impartiality in decisions: Six Catholics and three Jews. It would seem to me that Justices should not be chosen if their beliefs can in anyway bias them in the impartial work they must perform. For Example: the encyclical of POPE LEO XIII, Immortale Dei, makes a strong statement of the sovereignty of the Vatican over any temporal government, and forthrightly condemns democracy; this coupled with the infallibility of the Pope in religious matters seems to me to create a serious conflict of interest for any justice who says he is Catholic. After all, if they say they are Catholics then they wholly subscribe to its dogma and cannon laws, which means they are either lying or unable to carry out their duties impartially. Also the Jews believe they are a “chosen people” which also makes them prejudiced, and not impartial. It would seem to me only agnostics would make good candidates since they have no dogmatic beliefs. In a democracy impartiality must be strictly upheld, or there is no democracy!

So now he listens to his constituents? Where were you Ben, when you sold out on healthcare? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm???

Kagan is an anti free speech advocate.In 1996 she wrote a paper that said Government should be able to control speech. Enuff said!

The story should have listed the names of the five Republican turncoats but then there would have been an outcry against them from the people they supposedly represent. The MSM, including ABC always does what’s in the best interests of the Democrat party.

Yes we must not send Ms. Kagan to the US Supreme Court. We know she is a liberal and we must have another Bolton. Judge Bolton blocked sections of SB 1070 in Arizona. We do not want liberals. I do not support Kagan.

this is nothing but political cover for nelson due to his pathetic lack of guts and leadership on the health care issue.

Snowe, Collins, Lugar, Graham are four of the Republicans who will potentially vote to confirm Kagan. Anyone care to guess the fifth?

Obama must be wondering “What does Ben Nelson want this time?” Those 5 republicans need to be named for replacement ASAP since they don’t understand how to protect this republic.

Please everyone remember why Nelson is doing what he is doing.
This is nothing more than another attempt to have Nebraska voters FORGET who and what He really is.
Above anything else he is still trying to have you fine people of Nebraska Forget his Obama Health Care Support and is desperately trying to save his precious job in the upcoming elections.
This man is nothing but a political panderer and he is now trying to buy his way back into your good graces.
Vote the slime OUT!

This woman is not qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice. This is a true assault on our nation and she will be a strident attacker of the Constitution with her leftist ideology. She has already lied to the committee using the same prevarication that Sotomayor did. Sotomayor has also lied to the committee and the people.
She is an enemy of a Free people and The Rule of Law based on the foundational principles of this nation.

Nelson is voting “no” simply because he knows it will make no difference. If the nomination came down to his vote as a deciding factor, he would vote “yes.” Just like he did with the health care scam.

This is the same guy that essentially got a kickback for his vote for the Health Care Bill and will do whatever he needs to in order to be re-elected in 2012. He is exactly what’s wrong with Washington.

Americans are so screwed and the sad part is, most of them don’t recognize what’s going on. Obama has hoodwinked a nation of idiots and they will pay dearly for their inattention and blind acceptance of the Celebrity factor. Kagan is just an example of where Obama is taking this country. But he’s so handsome and he speaks so well and says such nice things. The talk is always sweet when you’re being scewed. O Bomber
has seduced America and now she’s pregnant with is illigitimate child. Oh well there’s always welfare.

A supreme court judge who has never been a judge in her previous life. Only Obumbler would appoint a teacher with no real world experience to the supreme court.
I guess the inept and inexperienced love to suuround themselves with other incompentants.

Kagan was at the root of one of the biggest frauds in the history of jurisprudence. As an officer of the court, she had an absolute duty to step forward when she learned that courts were basing their rulings on partial birth abortion not on medical science or fact but solely on her ideology. She is a disgrace. She is without conscience or ethics. In short, a liberal’s dream.

Kagan is one more Obama Red-Nail in America’s coffin. Nelson was against Obama care before he was for it.
This is just damage control, they hope this will protect his senate seat.It has all been approved by the White House. Nelson is a “barking for Obama dog”.

Hmmm, this sounds an awful lot like the Obamacare he opposed until his kickback. Is he hoping for another bribe? It’s the Cornhusker way.

We are reaching a point where the Congress (clearly not this Congress) really needs to start considering impeachment for Federal Judges for not following The Constitution of the United States they swore to honor and protect… What part of “the rights of the people shall not be infringed” or “Congress shall make NO law” do they not understand ???…
Well stated Kev !!
Kagan as well as Nelson is a disgrace…Both must go away !!!

The do-gooding liberals are the “useful idiots” the Progressives have suckered into their radical Communist agenda. The useful idiots will find themselves on the very dirty end of the commie stick should Soros, Hillary,Pelosi and Obama succeed.
The needs of the many and not the few is bad news for the flower children.

It’s to bad that more Senators don’t listen to their consttituents. Maybe, just maybe we would get some judges that would follow the Constitution instead of trying to destroy it.

Same thing he did for the stimulus bill. Voted for cloture “to bring it out in the open for discussion” then voted against it knowing it would pass once it got to the floor.
I’ll actively be campaigning against Nelson.

Filibuster Senator Bunning, filibuster!
And please make fun of Ben Nelson when you do so.

He’s only voting NO because he knows she has the votes to pass, if he ws the deciding vote he would vote yes. If he’s against her and knows SHE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CONSTATUTION, why does’nt he support the FILIBUSTERof her that would STOP HER.

The majority of ‘voters’ are either uninformed or don’t care. Therefore, the politicians should make moral – not political decisions. Unfortunately, most are corrupt. In the case of the five RINOS supporting Kagan, it’s appalling and unconscionable !!!

A sure sign that the Dems have enough confirmation votes already (with the assist of some Rinos)….so cut old two-way Ben some slack and allow him to vote No. ….same old crap, nothing changes.

Who are the Republicans voting for Kagen?

What a joke: “because of her lack of judicial experience.” How about because of her unconstitutional positions?

Congress has abdicated it’s Constitutional functions, so I don’t understand why we even have a congress. What are they for, except to make things worse? I say send them all home.

THE WOMAN HAS NEVER BEEN A JUDGE. She is a progressive tool for the ruling class and the globalists.

Ms. Kagan will probably get more yes votes than Alito or Roberts. Where’s the logic there? A person with no judicial experience will not only receive enough votes for confirmation, she’ll receive more votes than two accomplished jurists. Sleep well RINO’s and Libs.

If a huge hole opened up (God forbid) underneath the entire Congress in full session and swallowed up every last one of them (again, God forbid), this would be the best thing that could possibly happen for America. No matter who or what we elected to replace them, it could not–absolutely not–be worse than the Congress we have right now.

The Supreme Court, like Hollywood and Wall Street and US foreign policy and control of the mainstream media, is over-Edomed. A nation of people, the Edomites, utterly condemned by the major writing prophets, ‘became Jews’ just over a century before the birth of Christ. According to Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian who lived just after the time of Christ, ‘They (Edom) were hereafter no other than Jews’ (Josephus Antiquities of the Jews, XIII ix 1; XV vii 9). Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘hated Esau (Edom)’, a people ‘against whom he has indignation forever’ (Malachi 1:2-4). Ezekiel refers to Idumea (Edom, also referred to as Mount Seir) as taking possession of the land and heritage of Israel and Judah (Ezekiel 35:10, 11, 15; 36:2, 5). The Herodian dynasty at the time of Christ were Edomites, testifying to the takeover and the word ‘Jew’ had almost become synonymous with these evil people. Jesus said to the Jews ‘Because you are not sheep of my flock you do not believe’ (John 10:24-27). Pharisees = ‘serpents’.

Ben Nelson is a democrat of the past hes a democrat for the people not like most are today a socialist want everything run by goverment not the people Ben Nelson stands for what he believes !

What’s this?
An elected official taking HIMSELF out of the mix for a minute in order to consider the will of his constituents???
…SYS..TEM…OVER…LOAD…
DOES…NOT…COMPUTE…

More Republicans that need to go…who are the idiots that are putting that moron on the supreme court. That’s why I quite donating to the Republicans because the elect Trojan horses and anti constitutionalist.

KAGAN WAS A BIG MISTAKE FOR THE DEMS…I THINK IT PRETTY MUCH SEALED THEIR FATE….PRETTY MUCH PROVES THAT OBAMA NEVER REALLY MOVED PAST THOSE PEOPLE THAT GAVE HIM POWER AND SOTOMAYER AND KAGAN PROVE THIS BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT(BOTH HARVARD, BOTH “WELL CONNECTED”)…BUT IT ALSO SETS HIM READY FOR A NEARLY CERTAIN DEFEAT COME NOV 2010 AND NOV 2012…TERRIBLE MOVE BY OBAMA..AND THOUGH TACTICS LIKE HIS “VIEW” APPEARANCE ARE SHEER GENIUS…(HE HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK WITH THAT MOVE AND THE REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT) IN THE END HE CANNOT OVERCOME THE ANGER OF HIS CRONYISM AND HIS BAILOUTS, AND WHAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE A GROTESQUE FAILURE ON HEALTH CARE, SATISFYING NO ONE AT ALL….KAGAN HOWEVER WAS PRETTY MUCH THE LAST STRAW…THOUGH LESBIANS WILL VOTE FOR HIM, IN ALL PROBABILITY HE MAY HAVE EVEN LOST SOME OF THE MALE GAY VOTE WITH THAT CHOICE, AS FUNNY AS THAT SOUNDS…GAYS SEEM TO LOVE STRONG WOMEN, BUT THEY IN NO WAY SEEM TO CARE FOR WOMEN WHO TURNED THEMSELVES INTO MEN…LOLOLOL…THOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KAGAN IS, AND I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT SHE IS A LESBIAN, I AM ONLY PROCESSING THE INTERNET RUMORS…WHICH STRONGLY ASSERT THAT SHE IS A CLOSET LESBIAN. I DONT LIKE HER HOWEVER FOR ONE REASON, AND ITS A KILLER REASON, SHE HAS MADE OVERTURES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEGING ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, ON THIS ALONE SHE IS POISON IF TRUE AND OBAMA IS PRETTY MUCH GONE IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE. FOR RON PAUL HOWEVER, KAGAN MAY WELL BE HIS TICKET TO THE WHITE HOUSE OR A STRONG RUN…

Democratic politicians spend so much time shooting their party in its proverbial foot that they’re almost funny. Republicans walk in lockstep and aren’t funny at all. Great system.

Collins, Snowe, Gregg, Graham, Lugar The repub senators who have said they will vote in favor of Kagan. Silly RINOs.

These Northestern RINOS and Lindsey Graham need to move over with the democrats!!

Kagan has absolutely no experience to be placed as a Supreme Court justice. Just like Obama has no experience to support being president. Can we only appoint and elect garbage to very important positions in our government?
If we don’t demand quality people we are going to pay the price…and indeed already are.

Kagan has it in the bag anyway.

We won’t forget Ben, we won’t forget.

Finally, a politician who votes as his constituency wants and not as his party wants.

Well, someone figured out why Obama nominated Elana Kagan for the Supreme Court…. Pull up the Supreme Courts website, go to the docket and search for Obama. She was the Solicitor General for all the suits against him filed with the Supreme Court to show proof of natural born citizenship. He owes her big time. All of the requests were denied of course. They were never heard. It just keeps getting deeper and deeper, doesn’t it? The American people mean nothing any longer. It’s all about payback time for those that compromised themselves to elect someone that really has no true right to even be there. The USA has finally become the laughing stock of the world. GOD help and deliver us.

Make no mistake…Nelson is voting NO only because his vote is unnecessary for her to win. This is Obama allowing him a way to regain some trust from Nebraska. Don’t be fooled…Ben Nelson must still be punished for his healthcare vote. Throw him from office.

Qualified? That really misses the point.
She is a Constitutional wrecking ball, and she understands her role completely. That is why she must be stopped.

Nelson is a rarity! He is a democrat with guts enough to stand up against Obama and Pelosi and the other high ranking democrats! He’d better watch out because he will face repercussions! He’ll be a pariah among the democrats now. Obama and Pelosi will be out to get him out of office now!

She is not fit for seat as a judge. A judge should be able to answer a yes or no question swiftly to give us confidence that she can decree judgements without all the complex babble. Her inability to be blunt with a clear answer stating which direction she leans, is evidence that she is not on stable ground, and unable to make decisions with a foundation.
She is clearly just a mouthpiece for some ideological “progressive” philosophy. This fantasy that the liberals are fighting for is lofty, and foolish.
If she gets confirmed, just know that this nation with a system that thrives on honest hard work will fall into a minority elite class, and an underpaid majority working class. Think of China, Hong Kong and the rest of their country.
This clash of worldviews will surely lead us to WW3.

Nelson is grandstanding. He knows she has enough votes to be elected. If he really wanted to keep her from becoming approved he would filibuster to stop it. It’s all for show. He is not looking out for his constituents at all.

I suppose he is making up for the fact that he alone is responsible for the passage of Obama care. He voted for it before he voted against it.

Thank you very much for this article!
For a long time I have done exactly what you warn against. This article was a slap in the face – but a needed one.
That being said, what is the value of an intuitive explanation? Is it to give a lay person an “ah-ha” moment? Is it good to have SOME understanding, even if it is “vague and mush?”

Ben looking for redemption, do leopards change their spots? A sudden burst of Constitutional conscience is a tool to save Deemer Ben the sellout’s seat?…NAH!

I’m no Democrat, but I have to give him a thumbs up that he does what his constituents want. That the main problem in both parties – The voters are the enemy. If only we could go back to the good old days, when they just thought of their voters as rubes.

Ben,
There is nothing you can do to save your job – and it is 2.5 years away until your election.
You made a fool of Nebraska and yourself with that health care vote. You make even a bigger fool of yourself with the statement “They still need 60 votes to pass this bill. I’m just voting to advance the bill.” Did they use KY when they crossed you?
Bye-bye Ben! Game over.

Democrats should propose trading Nelson and Lieberman for Snowe and Graham. Lincoln could also be a great trade for
future draft choices.

Did everyone forget that Senator Nelson was the deciding vote for Health Care Reform?

Dear Patriots and American Citizens: Kagan is not only unqualified to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States of America… Kagan is TOXIC in all ways of public discription of a public servant… Kagan going to the Supreme Court makes the same kind of acceptable action as the building of the cursed blood soiled “masjid” idea in spitting distance of two torn, ripped out twin towers… Please, where are the genius public serving elected individuals… Curly Long Johnny at Attention and waiting !!!

NELSON IS A JOKE—his people DO want her nominated,but as usual a republican dressed up as dem. just loves to try and fool people—and really how about voting down the jobs bill and extending unemployment benefits—what a low life he is—-praise the no life corporations and screw the american worker

I say they can vote anyway they want…come election time for those republicans that are kissing butt.. we will vote you OUT ON YOUR ASS..you bunch of lie-ing RHINOS we have had with you….YOU VOTE FOR KAGON WE VOTE YOU OUT…

All this worthless yammer on politics..guess what folks…the owner of the planet(he created it and has the right to rule it for the benefit of mankind)has sent his son whom he appointed king, along with an army of invincibles that will sweep away rotten putrified human rule from our good earth and slash down all that oppose the incoming rule. This king and his army have been given all authority in the heavens and on earth. They hold so much power that while they are still way out in space, the heavens will be as bright as when lightning strikes. The rotten, murdering, lying, thieving, human rulers
oppressing mankind will run to the mountains and cry: “fall over us”..but, they will find no escape and will fall under the judgement of the perfect justice of the heavenly kingdom court. In other words, they will be crushed out of existence for all eternity. Peace will be found in all corners of the earth. The kingdom will restore the earth to a beautiful paradise you can’t even begin to imagine. Death and sickness will be no more as perfect health and everlasting life are restored to humans that are drawn to the kingdom and it’s king. The earth will overflow with produce of the field and orchard as hunger is banished. The weather and animal kingdom will become friends of man. Guess what folks…its all free to the meek and peaceful. We will not have to fight as the army will crush all human governments out of existence for all eternity. All men will be at peace and using our minds for wonderful things such as space exploration and other pursuits that will delight the eye and ear. It will be a party that will never end. Humans will be moral, kind, generous, loving, peaceful and upright! Now tell me, what government or political party can do all that for you? this is the TRUTH and it is all written down in the most read book of all time, the bible. Don’t take my word for it though, read it yourself and leap for joy. How did the man say it?…”the truth will set you free” & “this means everlasting life, taking in knowledge…” HALLELUJAH!

Every senator who votes for this woman should be put out of office asap. They surely aren’t in there to represent us.

A Congressional Reform Act of 2010 has been proposed recently. I believe it should go through. it is:
1. 12 years only, one of the possible options below;
A. Two six-year Senate terms or,
B. Six Two-year House terms or,
C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-year House terms.
2. No Tenure/No Pension?No Retirement pay/No Retirement Office or Staff/No retirement perks.
A congressman collect a standard salary while in office which must initially be approved by a general vote of the American people, and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future – including all members and staff) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All funds flow directly into the social Security system, and Congress participate with the American people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay7 will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
8. Any and all contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen, Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
SERVING IN CONGRESS IS AN HONOR, NOT A CAREER. THE FOUNDING FATHERS ENVISIONED CITIZEN LEGISLATORS, SERVE YOUR TERMS, THEN GO HOME AND BACK TO WORK, OR TO WORK AS THE CASE MAY BE.
Many in Congress have NEVER had a REAL job (other than perhaps as a “community Organizer”, what ever that is.

Kagin has publicly admitted, during the hearings, she presented her persona opinion as coming from the American College of Gynecologists. Therefore, Kagin lied to the court. She should be facing a bar disciplinary hearing, not elevation to SCOTUS.
I am astonished any Senator, or president, would overlook this lie and vote to confirm.

Kagan is another Joo. Joos are about 2% of the US population. Why are there soooo many Joos in the Admin? Why do they control our Federal Reserve? Our Media? Wallstreet? Maybe H1t1er was right after all.

Ben really needs to switch parties. He will better represent his constituents as a Republican, and can avoid the constant betrayal of his current party. Plus, we will then have a better picture of the real Sen. Nelson.

Term Limits please!!!!

He’s just trying to make up to the voters of Nebraska for his infamous cave-in and the notorious “Cornhusker kickback.”
That and a couple of bucks might get him a cup of coffee.

Excellent posts,enough said

Sad that only 1 Democrat is voting against Kagan and 5 Republicans are voting for confirming her.
She is not qualified and highly biased. She WILL be legislating from the bench, like Roberts, like Sotamayor.
Why would even consider her for the highest judgeship in the land when she has NO EXPERIENCE AS A JUDGE?
In what other place would a person with NO EXPERIENCE end up in the top position of anything?
CA’s governator has proven to be a dismal failure and anyone that thought a celebrity would be a good governor has been proven dead wrong.
Need we do it again?

Just what we need,
Another Homosexual,Liberal,Non Qualified
person to kiss the whitehouse when they need it!!Obama is lining up the great Fall of America. We must STOP THIS AND ALL OF Crazey spending,Obama Care increased taxes,Obama Press & news cast,I could go on & on. Then Obama blames everything & everyone else but himself.He’s like SATIN!! Nothing he says is anywhere near the truth.

This is not going to help you after lining up against the U.S. citizens who did not want the Health Care bill passed!

The Republicans who are voting for Kagan need to resign in disgrace. They are Rino’s. They should be ashamed.
Bunch of losers!
This is why we need term limits and also we we need to be able to recall Federal Judges. That includes Supreme Court Judges. Ben Nelson has more ba!!s then some Republicans.

Yes, Has-Been Nelson sees that there are enough Repukicans to put her over the top so he is safe to vote No, but he won’t filibuster. Wow what a set of b**ls Has-Been! Not! November 2012 is coming, Has-Been!

I don’t believe the voters in Nebraska are as dumb as Nelson thinks they are. Anyone with half of a brain can see right through this charade. Kagan doesn’t need Nelson’s vote so Reid told him to go ahead and oppose her nomination so Nebraskans think he is being watchful for them. What a huckster!

There must be a poll in Nebraska, showing that Nebraskans understand the danger of putting someone as incompetent, with Marxist tendencies, onto the SCOTUS. So – as others have said, Nelson GOT PERMISSION from His superiors, including Harry Reid, to pretend to be principled. Voting AGAINST, when he knows that, if the candidate comes out of committee, Reid has enough votes to confirm Comrade Kagan.

Way to go, Ben! Keep up the pressure. Kagan is just another “pawn” Obama will use in his hell-bent destruction of America. I applaud you.

LOL…LOL…Every time I see an article like this one about a Stae that “consistently votes against itself” and lowers its own middle calss socioeconomic status because they vote for these “idiot conservative politicians like Ben Nelson”…I just laugh. I used to get upset about how ridiculously stupid and misguided people could be when it comes to their aversion of thinking “progressively and not in the past”. Now…it just makes me LOL and shake my head in amazement. Now…if this isn’t what good old “bible thinking, thumping and tradition” does to people’s minds (i.e. narrowing them)…I don’t know what is.

Only people who are dumb and assume other people are as dumb as they are spread lies like below
“Kagan has openly stated that she does not stand behind either the First Amendment nor the Second. Ban books and ban guns with one SJC behind you if Kagan gets in”