When it comes to skirting Senate rules, they cry the best. The NY Post is reporting that Democrats are about to ram through Obamacare without the normal 60 votes required. But just a few years ago, such a practice was seen as heresy. Let's reminisce...
..."we are on the precipice of a Constitutional Crisis," says US Hypocrite Senator Chuck Schumer. The story goes on...
WASHINGTON -- On the eve of today's health-care summit, the White House and Democrats in Congress were threatening to skirt normal Senate rules requiring 60 votes in order to ram through their highly unpopular health-care legislation.
The saber-rattling added a new chill to the already frosty televised health-care meeting hosted today by President Obama.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said Republicans should "stop crying" about the threatened new tactics, and the White House press secretary has listed examples of when it was used in the past.
Meanwhile, a conservative video Web site compiled and released a devastating compilation of clips showing Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Reid and even Sen. Chuck Schumer warning of the devastation that would ensue if such a tactic were used.
Talking at a time when Republicans were in control and trying to get a final vote on former President Bush's federal-court nominees, then-Sen. Biden called it "arrogance of power" and "a fundamental power grab" in the video.
The compilation was crafted by NakedEmperorNews.com.
He even said he prayed Democrats would never try such a thing.
Schumer called it a "temper tantrum."
"We are on the precipice of a crisis, a constitutional crisis," he said, glancing up to the press gallery.
"The checks and balances which have been at the core of this republic are about to be evaporated."
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) warned, "This is the way democracy ends -- not with a bomb, but with a gavel."
Meanwhile, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), widely admired for his ability to accurately count votes, said yesterday he's not so sure the health-care bill will pass the House even if it is rammed through the Senate.
"House Democrats are farther away from securing the votes to pass a government health-care bill today than they have ever been," he said in a memo yesterday.
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written by insider , February 25, 2010
This is dynamite.
Someone must get this into the hands of Rush Limbaugh. In fact, it ought to be emailed to each of the featured Senators.
Nobody should be surprised at the hypocrisy of a politician, but this video is a powerful reminder.
The people at NakedEmperorNews.com should be congratulated.
written by swmirsky , February 25, 2010
Where's the news? Have we all forgotten the castigation of the Republicans by Dems and the media for even daring to contemplate (shudder!) the 'NUCLEAR OPTION'? Wasn't McCain part of a gang of who remembers how many moderates who rushed to craft a compromise that would avert the Republican use of the (shudder) 'NUCLEAR OPTION'?
Where's all that concern from the media now that the Democrats are making noises about doing the same thing?
I'm just amazed it's taken so bloody long for people in the media to remember.
SWM
written by Daniel Peterson , February 25, 2010
I read something just this morning, probably from george Will, where the GOP filibuster related to judicial nominees and not sweeping legislation that will chnage the whole GDP and there should be a difference in use.
The bottom line though is, whether or not you agree with it, you gotta love the brilliance of James Madison who Democrats are cursing right now.
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