'Nuclear' Option triggered today in Senate

[Billy the Great Khan]

Motts right, fuck minorities. What have the minority groups of any kind ever done for the majority? If they don't like a decision, they can just shut up and take it. That's the exact same line our great FDR took, and look exactly what it got us;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment

If FDR had our Congress, he might not have been able to keep us safe from those dangerous minorities.

 

[evince]

You cant use the rules of the senate to thwart laws and elections.


people who hate government should never be elected to run government.

Its like hiring the Billy to watch your kids.

Don't hire a childcare provider who tells you they hate kids

 

[evince]

rule abusing is just what the right does

Its how they see the world.


They shook on this with Harry how many times before they renigged on the deal one too many times and Harry had to stop trusting them to be honest and keep their word.


I didn't want to see it come to this but the right in this country destroyed this rule already with their duplicity so its useless now anyway.


killing our government wherever they can THE REPUBLICAN party

 

[poet]

Oh the gnashing of teeth that will occur if the Dems lose the Senate. Libs on this site will scream "no fair" at the top of their lungs. Desh comes to mind first.

What? Like you're doing now? Not even. We can buck up, unlike you.

 

[christiefan915]

But they never pulled the trigger! dumbass

Cry me a river. You guys own this so take it with a spoonful of sugar and shut up. Corrupt cons will do anything to punish Obama for having the gall to win a presidential election twice.

"Democrats said the attempted filibusters of Chuck Hagel during his confirmation hearing to become defense secretary, a first for any nominee to lead the Pentagon — as well as a blockade of picks to head the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — exceeded anything Democrats did when they were in the minority. In addition, Democrats charged that Republicans didn’t even have substantive objections to the D.C. Circuit nominees they filibustered.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...65cfe8-52b6-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html

 

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You cant use the rules of the senate to thwart laws and elections.


people who hate government should never be elected to run government.

Its like hiring the Billy to watch your kids.

Don't hire a childcare provider who tells you they hate kids

Yeah, you weren't singing this tune in 2005 and I doubt you will be singing it in 2017. But, then you aren't known for your principles. Just your party loyalty.

 

[evince]

You are attempting to distract. The President has something to do with appointees, because he appoints them. He, and past Presidents, have compromised and nominated people who were not wholly ideological because the filibuster could and was invoked to stop obvious overstep in that arena.

Oh really then lets go through them name by name

 

[evince]

Yeah, you weren't singing this tune in 2005 and I doubt you will be singing it in 2017. But, then you aren't known for your principles. Just your party loyalty.

half of the filibusters of nominees in the entire countries history have occurred under Obama.



your fucking idiots BROKE how this is supposed to work.


fuck you guys very much for breaking it

 

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rule abusing is just what the right does

Its how they see the world.


They shook on this with Harry how many times before they renigged on the deal one too many times and Harry had to stop trusting them to be honest and keep their word.


I didn't want to see it come to this but the right in this country destroyed this rule already with their duplicity so its useless now anyway.


killing our government wherever they can THE REPUBLICAN party

Why are you so racist?

 

[evince]

yeah that will win you black votes huh you fucking racist asshole

 

[christiefan915]

half of the filibusters of nominees in the entire countries history have occurred under Obama...

A real inconvenient truth, huh. They're going to have to come up with something really good to distract from this.

 

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half of the filibusters of nominees in the entire countries history have occurred under Obama.



your fucking idiots BROKE how this is supposed to work.


fuck you guys very much for breaking it

yeah yeah yeah Deshy and if you like your plan you can keep it.

Bottom line is that this is changed now. You can't put this genie back in the bottle. My guess is that the dems really fear losing the Senate in 2014 so they want to try to ram through what they can now.

Deshy, to be honest, I don't give a flying fuck about the filibuster. In fact, I have always taken the position that barring something illegal in someones record, a President should get their nominees regardless of ideology. I believe that elections have consequences.

However, your side doesn't hold that view Deshy. So fuck you in your wrinkled old ass with your feigned indignation.

Remember Bork? Yeah, shit bag woman murdering Teddy Kennedy (may he rot in hell) started that little trend. Now you get your wrinkled ass in a snit because it gets used against you.

Fuck off

 

[Granule]

I think the whole point is that repubs are blocking positions that Obama is entitled to fill. Shouldn't we be discussing the unfairness of that?

Liberalism is the only reason one needs to block anything.

 

[evince]

like legal American voters from voting you treasonous puke?

 

[Jarod]

Rubbish. There is no evidence that they are "abusing" it. 90% of his appointees get a vote and are approved.

What you dislike is the fact that President IDon'tCompromise has had to compromise and appoint people who aren't 100% ideologically bound to worship him.

Partisan hack much?

"Half the nominees filibustered in the history of the United States were blocked by Republicans during the Obama administration; of 23 district court nominees filibustered in U.S. history, 20 were Obama's nominees, and even judges that have broad bipartisan support have had to wait nearly 100 days longer, on average, than President George W. Bush's nominees."

The filibuster was being abused. In the toxic political climate it had become more of a hindrance than a tool of democracy.

 

[evince]

they just keep denying reality and facts.


how did they get so very dishonest?

 

[Taft2016]

tell me, oh great prognosticator..... who did you pick to win the presidency in 2008 and 2012?

I supported McCain and Romney, but knew Obama would win in 2008.

Did you foresee Obama's 2008 election resulting in a backlash in the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections? I did.

Did you foresee the rollout of Obamacare being a disaster? I did.

Tell us, oh great prevaricator.

 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/opinion/29tue1.html?_r=1&

 

[evince]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/opinion/29tue1.html?_r=1&

Walking in the Opposition's Shoes

Published: March 29, 2005




The Senate will return from Easter vacation with nuclear options on its mind. Republicans seem determined to change the rules so Democrats will no longer be able to stop judicial nominations with the threat of a filibuster. If they're acting out of frustration, it's understandable. In the past we've been frustrated when legislators tried to stop important bills from passing by resorting to the same tactic. The filibuster, which allows 41 senators to delay action indefinitely, is a rough instrument that should be used with caution. But its existence goes to the center of the peculiar but effective form of government America cherishes.




and then when they got the power they filibustered everyfuckingthing in site

 

[evince]

half of all the nomineess filibustered in our countries entire history were filibustered during the Obama term.

so the Rs nearly ended it for a tiny fraction of filibusters and then fucked the WHOLE law up when it was their turn.