Yahoo! News - Senate Leader Urged to Withdraw from Telecast
Didn't Bill just say that he thought the judges were fair in the Schiavo rulings? So why would he participate here? Playing both sides of the field?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Democrats urged U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Friday to withdraw from an upcoming telecast organized by Christian conservatives that portrays Democrats as "against people of faith" for blocking President Bush's judicial nominees.

Democrats complained that Frist, a Tennessee Republican and potential 2008 presidential contender, was improperly injecting religion into a high-stakes political fight.

"God does not take part in partisan politics," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "I would hope Senator Frist ... would not participate in this.."

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy added, "I hope Senator Frist will decide not to participate in this blatant assault on the fundamental principle of separation of church and state."

Frist aides said he had no plans to withdraw from the event, scheduled for April 24 and billed as "Justice Sunday."

The telecast may come just days before a Senate showdown over Republican threats to change the chamber's rules to ban procedural hurdles known as filibusters that Democrats have used to block 10 of Bush's judicial nominees while helping confirm 205 others.

Organized by Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group, the telecast is to being offered to churches and Christian radio and television networks nationwide, a spokesman for the group said.

A flier for it includes the message: "The filibuster was once abused to protect racial bias, and now it is being used against people of faith."

A half century ago, Senate filibusters were used to block civil rights legislation. Democrats have used them the past four years to block 10 conservative judicial nominees they cast as "right-wing extremists."

That has angered the religious right, which wants to make the federal courts more amenable to its views on such issues as abortion, gay marriage and public prayer.

This same group of "religious" folks used the filibuster to block civil rights in the 60's. They also used it to block Clinton's appointees. Now, they are ready to jettison one of their most effective weapons because they can't have 10 judges. Does this behavior remind you of anything?

They are like a bunch of two year olds- egomainiacs shrieking at the top of their lungs whenever they don't get their way, acting like it's the end of the world. "Waaaaa! If we don't get what we want you must be against God!". It's tiring, and frightening, too. Like two year olds, they seem to have no self-control. And they are prone to violence. But instead of threatening to hold their breath until they turn blue, they more than likely will lash out with guns and bombs and justify their actions, like domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph did the other day.

The Crusades go on here in America. I'm getting really sick of the Christians playing the victim every time someone says "no" to their radical agenda. I hope everyone else is, too.