Interesting Slate article on the Republicans' continuing descent into self parody

[fskimospy]

Article here.

I for one have always supported the right to filibuster because I view it as an important tool to protect the rights of the minority. I can't help but notice however that the Republicans, having thrown such a shit fit over this issue in the past, are now preparing to use something that only 4 years ago they described as 'unconstitutional'.

At this point I think they are just embarrassing themselves.

 

[cubby1223]

Nothing but left-wing slant here.

Nothing to discuss. You hate Republicans and want them to die.

Time to move along.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Nothing but left-wing slant here.

Nothing to discuss. You hate Republicans and want them to die.

Time to move along.

As Colbert says, the facts have a liberal bias.

You can't see how biased you are, by the utter absence of rationality in your post, right?

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Nothing but left-wing slant here.

Nothing to discuss. You hate Republicans and want them to die.

Time to move along.

Hey, thanks for a stupid post.

Are the Republicans endorsing the filibuster of judicial nominees now, or are they not?

Is this or is this not a practice that they explicitly described as unconstitutional only 4 years ago?

Can you not see why this is funny/sad?

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Craig234

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Nothing but left-wing slant here.

Nothing to discuss. You hate Republicans and want them to die.

Time to move along.

As Colbert says, the facts have a liberal bias.

:laugh: :thumbsup:

 

[piasabird]

What the Hell did you say about the facts?

Liberals make up facts!

Liberals never met a fact they could not lie about.

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Hey, thanks for a stupid post.

Right back at ya

 

[Lemon law]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Nothing but left-wing slant here.

Nothing to discuss. You hate Republicans and want them to die.

Time to move along.

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Bullshit, we can all remember the republican contention that all Judicial nominees deserve an up or down vote when the republicans held the Senate majority, and now suddenly this is replaced with a GOP before any facts automatic filibuster no matter what the merits of any Obama judicial nominee happens to be.

Its called shame less GOP hypocrisy and if the Shoe fits the GOP should wear it.

 

[cubby1223]

But if you want to play partisan hackery, then let's play

At least it takes Republicans 4 years before contradicting themselves.

Obama by himself can hardly make it a full 24 hours before contradicting himself. How did that lobbyist ban work out for him? That's just one small instance, but we all know everything, what's the point? You will still try your best to bash Republicans while brown-nosing Democrats at every turn.

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: Lemon law

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Nothing but left-wing slant here.

Nothing to discuss. You hate Republicans and want them to die.

Time to move along.

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Bullshit, we can all remember the republican contention that all Judicial nominees deserve an up or down vote when the republicans held the Senate majority, and now suddenly this is replaced with a GOP before any facts automatic filibuster no matter what the merits of any Obama judicial nominee happens to be.

Its called shame less GOP hypocrisy and if the Shoe fits the GOP should wear it.

Ooh, some tag-team action going on here!

Go, Team Liberal Hacks, Go!

 

[cubby1223]

It's quite simple - this thread never was intended to be a discussion about Judicial nomination process. It was just coincidence this is the current news item that could be used against Republicans on the whole.

 

[ProfJohn]

Strictly speaking the constitution seems clear that the Senate should provide every nominee with a simple yes or no vote.

If the Republicans feel the need to follow the lead of the Democrats by filibustering nominees then the Democrats should threaten to use the nuclear option.
Get it into the courts and get it over with.

 

[seemingly random]

I think it's great that republicans are trying to jam things up. This needs to be brought to light continuously and maybe they'll lose even more seats in 18 months.

I wish I could feel bad for them while they continue to march in lockstep on the path of self destruction but can't.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
At least it takes Republicans 4 years before contradicting themselves.

There's something to applaud :laugh:

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Strictly speaking the constitution seems clear that the Senate should provide every nominee with a simple yes or no vote.

If the Republicans feel the need to follow the lead of the Democrats by filibustering nominees then the Democrats should threaten to use the nuclear option.
Get it into the courts and get it over with.

1.) The constitution is not clear that the Senate should vote up or down on every nominee in any way, shape, or form.

2.) No, the Democrats should not do that.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's quite simple - this thread never was intended to be a discussion about Judicial nomination process. It was just coincidence this is the current news item that could be used against Republicans on the whole.

Of course this thread wasn't intended as a discussion about the judicial nomination process. It was specifically noting the desperate and increasingly pathetic flailing and self contradiction that the Republicans have engaged in recently.

I thought that was obvious.

 

[MovingTarget]

This oughta get real fun when we get a SCOTUS opening. The repubs are being hypocrites here wrt the filibuster. I don't see the democrats trying to use the 'nuclear option' in the way that the repubs threatened. Hopefully they will not.

 

[OrByte]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's quite simple - this thread never was intended to be a discussion about Judicial nomination process. It was just coincidence this is the current news item that could be used against Republicans on the whole.

a political forum used to belittle a political party?!

whodathunkit!!!

welcome to politics.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

This OP is on the same level of a winnar or ProJo thread. It's yet another shadenfruede thread that basically goes - 'Haha! Look. The (insert political opposition party name) suxors.

Grow up folks.

 

[ZeGermans]

Kill all republicans, feed them to the poor

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
This OP is on the same level of a winnar or ProJo thread. It's yet another shadenfruede thread that basically goes - 'Haha! Look. The (insert political opposition party name) suxors.

Grow up folks.

Hey TLC, thanks for a stupid comment. (then again, you are TLC... hardly a shock)

The 'nuclear option' was a huge deal 4 years ago. It dominated the headlines for quite awhile and almost led to a governmental meltdown. Now one of the parties involved has explicitly endorsed the procedure that they declared unconstitutional and were willing to melt the government down over.

That's news.

EDIT: If the Democrats suddenly attempt to invoke the nuclear option over this, it would be every bit as stupid, and every bit as newsworthy.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
At least it takes Republicans 4 years before contradicting themselves.

No, it took them two years, the time period since they lost their senate majority.

Edit: And it's not really even that long, as they had absolutely no reason to filibuster judicial nominees while Bush was in office. So the actual time delay has been two months.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Article here.

I for one have always supported the right to filibuster because I view it as an important tool to protect the rights of the minority. I can't help but notice however that the Republicans, having thrown such a shit fit over this issue in the past, are now preparing to use something that only 4 years ago they described as 'unconstitutional'.

At this point I think they are just embarrassing themselves.

This is politics. When the pendelum swings the other way expect the Democrats to do the same.

But you already knew that.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Article here.

I for one have always supported the right to filibuster because I view it as an important tool to protect the rights of the minority. I can't help but notice however that the Republicans, having thrown such a shit fit over this issue in the past, are now preparing to use something that only 4 years ago they described as 'unconstitutional'.

At this point I think they are just embarrassing themselves.

This is politics. When the pendelum swings the other way expect the Democrats to do the same.

But you already knew that.

I agree that the degree of respect that any political party has for minority rights tends to be heavily dependent on if they are in the minority or not... hahaha. I expect a degree of hypocrisy from every politician and every political party in that respect. This is a particularly brazen display of it however.

 

[Moonbeam]

The name politician should maybe be changed to lying piece of shit.