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Originally posted by cmccuist
There has never been a filibuster to prevent a senate confirmation of a judge - until now. What the Democrats are doing is desparation.
Filibustering a judge's nomination is not a rule change, but I certainly wont feel sorry the next time a Democrat president (if one ever gets elected) nominates a judge and the GOP plays the filibuster card.
This precedent goes beyond Borking - at least that guy got a hearing.
Oh and going after Tom Delay - he's actually my congressman - is fine with me. Politics on a national level is a nasty business. Newt Gingrich went after the Dem speaker of the house on that book deal years ago and took the guy out. Washington is not for pussies.
Also, who should the GOP reach out to? Ted Kennedy? Nancy Pelosi? Al Sharpton? Barbara Boxer? Harry Reid? These are the leaders of your party. I like the countries chances with W, Bill Frist, Tom Delay and Dennis Hastert in charge rather than those freaks.
The pendulum will swing back some day - just not as far. We will never again see the Democrats control congress for decades at a time. I would go so far as to say the democrats have been irrelevant since 1994 when the GOP took over congress - and you can thank the fat hillbilly and his "wife" for that!
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The rule change proposal, as I understand it, is to deny the filibuster option. So, when the dems are back in control, I wonder how brutal they might be to your beloved conservative party. Dubya and the gang are not exactly building bridges and holding out the olive branch. This is why he's been monumentally ineffective, this is why they think they need to change the rules of Congress, and this will be why they will be one sorry lot when the dems are back on the bridge.
BTW, I am told there also has never been appointees that were so viciously fundamentalist and who can be relied upon to apply principles like religion and morality from a bench that should be applying.....the law.
Oh, and I'm not so sure the dems cannot rule the nation longterm again. This nation is likely to get a bellyfull of the antics we're discussing here. And religion is not the purpose of Congress, which the voters will eventually figure out. And the dems like government, believe in government, and know how to run government. That's a striking contrast to the folks running Congress right now.
Again, the point of this thread is the political equivalent of the time-honored professional advice: Be careful who you trample on your way up the ladder. Those same folks will be encountered on your way back down. Tit for tat. The Golden Rule. I guess we're reconsidering whether democracy (everyone having a voice) is really a good idea after all?