Daily Pundit discovers astroturf letter-writing, but he's got nothing on this letter from GOPTEAMLEADER (sign up! Send letters! Get a free hat!):
President Bush nominated Miguel Estrada in May of 2001 along with 11 other qualified candidates for federal appeals court. The President has moved quickly to nominate well qualified judges in an effort to address the current crisis at the circuit court level. Just recently, Senate Democrats dismissed a nominee in committee who was well-qualified, according to the American Bar Association, and had the support of a majority of senators. Miguel Estrada may be next.
His confirmation is stalled in the U.S. Senate because Democrats are putting partisan politics before the stability of our court system. Miguel Estrada personifies the American dream.
At the age of 17, Mr. Estrada immigrated to the United States, taught himself English, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
If confirmed, Mr. Estrada would be the first Hispanic to serve in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. That, in turn, would leave him well-positioned to become the first Hispanic appointed to the Supreme Court.
As Dallas Morning News columnist Rubén Navarrette, Jr., wrote, "For those loyal Hispanic Democrats out there, this is your cue to ask why former President Clinton — ineight years — didn't make it a priority to break either barrier."
I am sick and tired of the Democrats playing partisan politics with the judicial branch of our government and they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
which, according to Maia Cowan over at FailureIsImpossible, has appeared with minor variations in the following newspapers:
1.Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City IA, 06/04/02
2.Greensboro News Record, Greensboro NC, 06/03/02
3.Springfield Union-News, Springfield MA, 06/02/02
4.Advocate, Baton Rouge LA, 05/20/02
5.The State, Columbia SC, 05/16/02
6.Pantagraph, Bloomington IL, 05/14/02
7.Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque NM, 05/13/02
8.Mobile Register, Mobile AL, 5/12/02
9.The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City OK, 05/08/02
10.Norwich Bulletin, Norwich CT , 05/01/02
11.Greensboro News Record, Greensboro NC, 05/01/02
12.Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor MI, 04/30/02
13.The Daily Advertiser, Acadiana LA, 04/29/02
14.Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville NC, 04/27/02
15.The Wausau Daily Herald, Wausau WI, 04/25/02
16.Danville Advocate-Messenger, Danville KY, 04/24/02
17.The Record, Bergen County NJ, 04/24/02
18.Toledo Blade, Toledo OH, 04/22/02
19.South Bend Tribune, South Bend IN, 04/21/02
20.Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover NH, 04/19/02
21.Herald & Review, Decatur IL, 04/18/02
22.Des Moines Register, Des Moines IA, 04/17/02
23.West Hawaii Today, 04/17/02
24.Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston WV, 04/15/02, pg. 4.A
25.The Tribune, St. Lucie FL, 04/15/02
26.Herald, Rock Hill SC, 04/15/02
27.Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee FL, 04/14/02
28.Newsday, Long Island NY, 04/12/02
29.Dayton Daily News, Dayton OH, 04/12/02, pg. 11.A
30.The Patriot Ledger, Quincy MA, 04/11/02; pg. 12
31.Roanoke Times & World News, Roanoke VA, 04/12/02, pg. A.14
32.The Jersey Journal, NJ, 04/09/02
33.Journal and Courier Online, Lafayette IN, 04/09/02
34.Courier-News, Elgin IL, 04/09/02
35.Herald-Sun, Durham NC
36.El Paso Times, El Paso TX, 04/08/02
37.Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg MS, 04/07/02