And you want us to THANK THEM??
NARAL has a long list of Senators we should “thank for opposing Alito.” Let’s see just how opposed they really were:
| Senator | Party | State | Cloture | Confirmation |
| Akaka | Democrat | HI | YEA | NAY |
| Baucus | Democrat | MT | YEA | NAY |
| Bayh | Democrat | IN | NAY | NAY |
| Biden | Democrat | DE | NAY | NAY |
| Bingaman | Democrat | NM | YEA | NAY |
| Boxer | Democrat | CA | NAY | NAY |
| Cantwell | Democrat | WA | YEA | NAY |
| Carper | Democrat | DE | YEA | NAY |
| Chafee | Republican | RI | YEA | NAY |
| Clinton | Democrat | NY | NAY | NAY |
| Dayton | Democrat | MN | NAY | NAY |
| Dodd | Democrat | CT | NAY | NAY |
| Dorgan | Democrat | ND | YEA | NAY |
| Durbin | Democrat | IL | NAY | NAY |
| Feingold | Democrat | WI | NAY | NAY |
| Feinstein | Democrat | CA | NAY | NAY |
| Inouye | Democrat | HI | YEA | NAY |
| Jeffords | Independent | VT | NAY | NAY |
| Kennedy | Democrat | MA | NAY | NAY |
| Kerry | Democrat | MA | NAY | NAY |
| Kohl | Democrat | WI | YEA | NAY |
| Landrieu | Democrat | LA | YEA | NAY |
| Lautenberg | Democrat | NJ | NAY | NAY |
| Leahy | Democrat | VT | NAY | NAY |
| Levin | Democrat | MI | NAY | NAY |
| Lieberman | Democrat | CT | YEA | NAY |
| Lincoln | Democrat | AR | YEA | NAY |
| Menendez | Democrat | NJ | NAY | NAY |
| Mikulski | Democrat | MD | NAY | NAY |
| Murray | Democrat | WA | NAY | NAY |
| Nelson | Democrat | FL | YEA | NAY |
| Obama | Democrat | IL | NAY | NAY |
| Pryor | Democrat | AR | YEA | NAY |
| Reed | Democrat | RI | NAY | NAY |
| Reid | Democrat | NV | NAY | NAY |
| Rockefeller | Democrat | WV | YEA | NAY |
| Salazar | Democrat | CO | YEA | NAY |
| Sarbanes | Democrat | MD | NAY | NAY |
| Schumer | Democrat | NY | NAY | NAY |
| Stabenow | Democrat | MI | NAY | NAY |
| Wyden | Democrat | OR | NAY | NAY |
| Harkin | Democrat | IA | [NV] | NAY |
NARAL, your priorities are mind-bogglingly bizarre. If you’re going to thank people who helped confirm Alito, why don’t you at least make it someone who actually stuck their necks out, and stuck TO principle???
Instead of those people listed above, whose votes show they can’t be trusted for real support, how about, in addition to those who voted consistently in support of self-determination, thanking these two instead, who even though they voted for Alito’s confirmation, did not participate in the charge lead by the Suicide Democrats (unlike SOME PEOPLE)?
| Senator | Party | State | Cloture | Confirmation |
| Ensign | Republican | NV | [NV] | YEA |
| Hagel | Republican | NE | [NV] | YEA |
Chinchillas who are no longer supporting NARAL to Jane at firedoglake.
February 6th, 2006 at 21:55
Good evening, Stealth Badger.
I produced this graphic for anyone who would like a handy reminder of the Democrats who crawled away from the fight of a generation last week.
Folks should feel free to post it, print it, or even distribute it. Perhaps it will help some of those good Senators sleep a little less soundly knowing that they are being remembered for what they did.
The Dark Wraith wants to help them find employment other than that in which they are such failures.