Reid: There Will Be Hell to Pay
Okay, the mild-mannered Mormon Minority Leader really did not say that, but suggested that is what might happen if Senate Republicans attempt to eliminate the right of the minority party to filibuster, and thus block judicial nominees.
“If they, for whatever reason, decide to do this, it’s not only wrong, they will rue the day they did it, because we will do whatever we can do to strike back,” Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was quoted as saying in the Washington Post article. He warned, “I know procedures around here. And I know that there will still be Senate business conducted. But I will, for lack of a better word, screw things up.”
Finally, a Democrat talking tough and making threats instead of merely expressing passive reservations about policy changes. Although, the article suggested that some Senate Democrats from red states could be reluctant to filibuster judicial nominees for fear of being portrayed as obstructionist, as Daschle was in his losing re-election race.
Give me a break. They are going to allow less than 400,000 people in a small Midwestern state decided whether a historical procedural maneuver in the Senate should be eliminated. Let’s get tough here. Tell the Administration not to nominate goose-stepping Nazis. Let’s not be afraid to tell the Administration to stick it up its’ ass. After all, there is a lot that should be stuck up their ass!
Republicans would be crying like babies (they’re good at that) if the situation were reversed. They have a rich, proud history of hypocrisy and double standards. In February 2003, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) violated a committee rule by moving to a final vote on two nominations without the support of at least one minority party member. Yet, Hatch invoked that same rule in 1997 to prevent a vote on a Clinton Administration nominee.
Also, the Senate has a ‘blue-slip’ policy that allows home-state senators to delay action on judicial nominees by not returning a nominee’s ‘blue slip’ to the committee. Hatch made this policy clear in 1998 by stating that no further proceedings on a nominee will be scheduled until both blue slips have been returned by the nominee’s home state senators.
However, Hatch declared a new policy after the dumb-ass became president arguing that, although the lack of a blue slip would be a factor, it would not be allowed to prevent Hatch from moving nominees that he supports. This was in direct contradiction of HIS policy.
Hatch has a lot in common with the dumb-ass president - he hides behind a deeply religious façade, when he really is a liar and a hypocrite. Thus, the ‘R’ that comes after his name.
“If they, for whatever reason, decide to do this, it’s not only wrong, they will rue the day they did it, because we will do whatever we can do to strike back,” Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was quoted as saying in the Washington Post article. He warned, “I know procedures around here. And I know that there will still be Senate business conducted. But I will, for lack of a better word, screw things up.”
Finally, a Democrat talking tough and making threats instead of merely expressing passive reservations about policy changes. Although, the article suggested that some Senate Democrats from red states could be reluctant to filibuster judicial nominees for fear of being portrayed as obstructionist, as Daschle was in his losing re-election race.
Give me a break. They are going to allow less than 400,000 people in a small Midwestern state decided whether a historical procedural maneuver in the Senate should be eliminated. Let’s get tough here. Tell the Administration not to nominate goose-stepping Nazis. Let’s not be afraid to tell the Administration to stick it up its’ ass. After all, there is a lot that should be stuck up their ass!
Republicans would be crying like babies (they’re good at that) if the situation were reversed. They have a rich, proud history of hypocrisy and double standards. In February 2003, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) violated a committee rule by moving to a final vote on two nominations without the support of at least one minority party member. Yet, Hatch invoked that same rule in 1997 to prevent a vote on a Clinton Administration nominee.
Also, the Senate has a ‘blue-slip’ policy that allows home-state senators to delay action on judicial nominees by not returning a nominee’s ‘blue slip’ to the committee. Hatch made this policy clear in 1998 by stating that no further proceedings on a nominee will be scheduled until both blue slips have been returned by the nominee’s home state senators.
However, Hatch declared a new policy after the dumb-ass became president arguing that, although the lack of a blue slip would be a factor, it would not be allowed to prevent Hatch from moving nominees that he supports. This was in direct contradiction of HIS policy.
Hatch has a lot in common with the dumb-ass president - he hides behind a deeply religious façade, when he really is a liar and a hypocrite. Thus, the ‘R’ that comes after his name.
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