Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today's vote to move forward the President's nominee to join the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is a new low. It is a new low that sets a dangerous standard for judges who have power to make critical decisions that impact the everyday lives of the people we serve. John Bush has a clear record--think about it. He is going to be a judge if this place moves forward tomorrow. John Bush has a clear record of promoting bigotry and discrimination that have no place in our courts. We can't let this nomination slide through this body. Mr. Bush advocated to the U.S. Supreme Court that women should be barred from attending our military institutions--in this case, Virginia Military Institute. Think about that. There are people in this body who just voted on the motion to proceed--a very small majority that passed this--they are voting for a judge who says to the Supreme Court that women should be barred from attending military institutions like VMI. He went so far as to call the legal standard allowing women to attend ``destructive.'' And we are going to put him on the court? That wasn't 1950. That wasn't 1960. That wasn't in the 1970s. That wasn't even in the 1980s. It was in the 1990s when he said that. Luckily, our Nation's Supreme Court disagreed with Bush's retrograde and sexist opinion by a vote of 7 to 1. But, alas, Bush wasn't deterred. To this day, he is still a member of an organization that doesn't allow women to join.…”