The Coalition of the Chillin’
(I’m moving this to the top because my Blogger is still screwy…ay caramba…)
That’s what I propose to call those of us who aren’t having a cow over fili-deal (inspired by Viking Pundit‘s excellent suggestion to take it easy, which my regular readers will know I fully endorse). I propose for charter membership:
- myself
- Viking Pundit
- Scott Elliott
- Glenn Reynolds
- James Taranto
- Stephen Bainbridge
- My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
- Ryan James
- Alexander McClure of Polipundit
I know that some of my nominees may decline to serve; others I may have missed or may wish to join (just let me know in the comments, preferably with a link to a suitable post). Positions are unpaid; you can check out any time you like (but you can never leave?). Frankly, I’m not expecting a big response; after all, most of us are just chillin’…
UPDATE: How could I leave off John Podhoretz? How silly of me…
Alexander and Beth have graciously accepted…should I design a logo, or sit on my butt eating potato chips? Decisions, decisions…Lorie Byrd has joined (she gets honorary charter member status), as has Prof Bainbridge, and Ryan James has accepted as well…I designed a logo, but in true chillin’ fashion, I’ve got no way to host images, and I can’t even post a picture from work, so I’ll have to show it to you later (why can’t these IT departments just take a hint from us and chill?)…
And the first Coalition Victory (my, we move fast): Priscilla Owen has been confirmed…
Sissy Willis has got caught up in the tide, though she links to a post with a decidedly unchillin’ John McCain…
Add the Strata-Sphere to the list: we’re living in historic times, people…
Ryan James has the blogroll going…
And Prof Bainbridge has the logo up!…many thanks to the good Professor – check it out…
More here…
And the Instapundit is in!…
For a map of the Coalition member states, by our distinguished comrade the Commissar, visit here…
I’m in, too! More chillin’ thoughts later, but for now, we’ll just say it could’ve been better, but it could’ve been a lot worse.
Count me in.
Count me in, Mark.
And check out Paul Deignan at Info Theory–very interesting analysis.
Add Linda Chavez:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/lc20050525.shtml
Based on today’s column.
ah, hell, just email me….
Attila Girl, I noticed that our blogroll keeper is enjoying a long, no doubt well-deserved weekend with no blogging…we’ll get you added soon enough!
Coalition of the Chillin? I think I resemble that remark
http://holecard.blogspot.com/2005/05/judicial-compromise.html
Count me in too!
http://semirandomramblings.blogspot.com/2005/05/many-people-i-usually-agree-with-like.html
Count me in!
http://limeshurbet.com
Count me in, but my blog partner out. He’s with Hugh and the boys on this one.
Question: Can one be a member if he is not just “chill” about The Deal, but rather excited because he feels it gives the R’s a big edge? Their numbers may be small, but they’re out there. Kondracke’s in this camp, for instance.
Count me in.
http://gopandthecity.blogspot.com/
Darn. Wrong link. Here’s the chilled out post:
sisu
Done and done…it’s just that easy. Welcome aboard…
Hazzah! I am SO indifferent to this issue, I didn’t even write a post about it.
I only mention it in one post that deals with another subject:
http://sophistpundit.blogspot.com/2005/05/never-trust-party.html
I would like to join ^_^
Here are my credentials.
It’s really on what happens in the future. Obviously Frist is the big loser today, for failing to keep his caucus in line. If this doesn’t work out, the Republican mods will pay a stiff price, especially the ones with further aspirations (McCain & Graham). But it might work out.
Hey guy, thanks for being my first outside link (that I am aware of).
Thanks for the lift!
Hey, I was chilling before I knew it was cool, though I admit it’s hard to tell what I’m talking about at any given moment.
Hey, I’m learning to chill, I’m learning to chill! count me in!
Hey, we all gotta start somewhere, right? Have a good one…
Hey, Wild Bill, wait for me:
sisu
How do I sign up? (Despite my earlier sentiments on my blog)
How does one sign up?
I am frigging chillin, man. I didn’t even WRITE about the filibuster. I don’t even care.
Put me on the list already.
-Suz (drinking a Cosmo, pardon any typos which I overlooked)
I don’t think anyone over at Pros and Cons freaked out too bad. Doesn’t mean we liked the deal, but we’re taking a “wait and see” approach. I would call that chillin’.
As we have just last week upgraded the site, and haven’t been able to archive our old posts yet, I have no link to give you (other than the home page). Nevertheless, if you are so inclined, we’d love to stand up and be counted as part of the Coalition.
I have been with you since 3 minutes into the press conference. If you are interested in a lowly, newbie blogger’s take please check out my posts at http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/category/uncategorized/filibuster-showdown/
I’ll take the banner of the Coalition. Like Rachel earlier, I mentioned this judicial thing once, in passing, on a prior host. Otherwise? There’s been a movie to see.
I’m in.
I’m in with Coalition of the Chillin’
http://jcb.pentex-net.com
I’m so blase about the deal, and the whole filibuster thing in general, that I’ve only mentioned it in passing–and only in one post.
I’m too lazy to blog, but I want in. Put me in the commenters’ auxiliary.
Y’all need to Chu-huh-huh-hiiiilll. Guess what, PartyMeisters? If you cut these senators off at the knees and take the senatorial nominations away from them next time around, your Chimpy McWingnut candidates will lose Alan Keyes-style. There’s a reason these senators act as they do, and it has to do in most cases with the particular circumstances of the states they’re coming from. (McCain is his own weirdness).
(and I say this as a guy who thinks all Republicans since Goldwater have been sellouts, so let’s not play flash-the-credentials, okay? I’m just talking about what’s electorally feasible).
Which would you rather be part of – a minority party that has great cohesion, can run lots of little bullshit interference on the majority, but is, let me repeat, NOT IN FRICKIN POWER (and let me head off any ‘if we’re in power how come we don’t get 100% of what we want’ rejoinders with a simple question – don’t you think the dems would trade places given the chance?)
- or a big, chaotic, trending-to-moderate-stasis coalition majority party?
(hint: the cranky, fussy party scares voters away, in a vicious circle. up until 4 months ago that was clearly the democrats. right now, it’s difficult to say. C.H.I.L.L.)
Would you rather be Goldwater? Sure, you’ll polish your purity badge with pride – and get 36 percent of the vote.
Save your powder. If/when the SC filibuster happens, then it may be on like Ray Dawn Chong. But from where I’m sitting, it looks like the next chief justice of the SC just might be someone who thinks government is the problem, not the solution Which is more than Goldwaterite and reactionary enough for me – and closer to The Prize than judicial conservatives have come in a senior citizen’s lifetime. It’ll be hard for them to Bork someone they just very publicly un-Borked two days ago.
There’s a reason why Darth Rove is in charge and we/you/us-all are typing in pajamas. Or would your brilliant strategies have gotten the party this far?
- Rudy can’t fail.
I’ve blogrolled the coalition, here is the script.
As more join here at Mark’s site, I’ll update the roll…
RJ
Is it just me or is this oddly–and disturbingly–similar to those “jellin’” inner soles commercials? Oh who cares. Sign me up.
Jack12, coming soon, I hope…
Like, does this, like, coalition require any, like, work?
Hey, I’ve been blogging for a compromise for months, maaaaaan. And I know how to upload an image to my, like, righteous blog, so I should be cool, right?
Mark,
Sign me up. Here’s my post:
http://rightrainbow.com/archives/2005/05/more_on_the_dea.html
No work, wavemaker, you’re in…
Now this is a group I can join with enthusiasm! Personally I don’t think the world ended last November either, though many of my blue-state neighbors do. There have several “world-endings” recently, and more than a few on the horizon, that don’t have me much worried. Just “Keep on Chillin’” folks!
Oh, yeah, you can chill and be happy…it’s just hard to chill while you’re mad…
Replace the “[” with “
So where can I get a “Coalition of the Chillin’ t-shirt?
There HAS to be more of us, or is the blogosphere just lacking in those who chill? Hmmm.
Well, I’m not too happy about the seven judas republicans, but I guess life can go on and this will more than likely just “delay the inevitable” (Supreme Court showdown still to come).
If you are going to design a logo, upload it on Photo Bucket.com and link back to it on your site. Selah?
What John said has truth to it.
What he forgets is that the Option is still available.
Plus, the argument about “extreme” is negated…
Priscilla Owen – one of the most “extreme” passed today.
End of story.
Wheeeeee, we won, we won….wait a second, what did we win exactly?
Had we gone with the nuclear option, we would have gotten 7 conservative judges confirmed who had been unfairly held up by the Democrats. Furthermore, we would have put an end to the filibustering of judges once and for all.
Now, we’re guaranteed to get 3 judges confirmed and the judicial filibuster is still alive. Furthermore, because of those 7 idiots have no spines and because of the language in the document they signed, it’s entirely possible that the Democrats may filibuster the next Supreme Court nominee while those 7 nimnods sit by and twiddle their thumbs.
In essence, we tossed at least 2 judges (maybe 4) over the side and allowed the judicial filibuster to stay in play — maybe for the next year and a half — and for what exactly? A democratic promise not to throw a tantrum for a little while?
How any Republican can think this is a win is completely beyond me. We got steamrolled….
Will be popping open a Corona, adding a little lime, toast the confirmation vote, and chill.
RJ
Yeah, I was a little disgruntulated at the seven Reps on the squad but none of them are MY senators and I hesitate to pull the eject lever when it’s not my plane. They may suffer at the polls and I will laugh but armageddon this ain’t. And, like with Bolton, this sort of thing really only works on the obstructionist side once a year or term. If Bolton does get shot down, some Mini-Me will be quickly found and the Dems just can’t re-do the whole brough-ha-ha… whoever that is will bascially walk through. Not infrequently the first nominee is sacrificial, like the zinc plug in your water heater. Bush is still calling the shots for the Executive and he’ll be able to work with these circumstances or he isn’t who I think he is. Let the Offense rest.
Yeah, it ain’t too bad.
We got the woman, the black and the Catholic. We just had to let go of the hispanic, the arab and the jew.
For the bigots, the glass is half full.
You are getting some well known bloggers here!
You’re in next update…it’s that simple…
can anyone join the coalition of the chilling …