Well, that's what they kept saying about Florida, even though they really meant "try to read the minds of people too stupid to stick a stylus through a hole, and make sure their mind says GORE".
Now, we can count the votes -- all the judges being filibustered will, without doubt, be approved by a majority vote of the Senate, as Constitutionally required. But the Democrats won't let the votes be cast.
I spent a few minutes tonight watching the measured and reasoned Senators Hatch and Hutchison, and the horribly shrill Senator Landrieu. Hatch and Hutch complained that the Democrats had no substantive argument against any of the nominees. Landrieu argued that they were only filibustering 4 or 2% of Bush's nominees (no mention of Estrada). Her argument, I guess, is that it's OK to frustrate the will of the majority, to deny a vote, to ensure that the Senate that the American people elected cannot express their will through a vote, to violate the spirit and letter of the Constitution -- if it's only done 2% of the time. Maybe we could ban 2% of abortions.
Then, Landrieu's other substantive argument. THEY BLOCKED 63 OF CLINTON'S NOMINEES. Assuming her number is right and that 63 nominees were "blocked" - an incorrect assumption, by the way, because Democrats are either stupid or dishonest -- none, NOT ONE of those 63 would have been approved by the Senate if a vote were taken. The alleged "blocking" made no substantive different in the composition of the courts. In fact, one of Clinton's nominees was blocked be cloture failure -- BY DEMOCRATS.
Hypocrits. Children. A national party no more.
Labels: Abortion, Supreme Court
