Do you remember? The mainstream media were all for the “nuclear option” when it was Democrats doing the nuking.
The press showered praise upon the Senate for removing the filibuster for judicial nominees and executive appointments in 2013 in the effort spearheaded by then-Majority Leader Harry Reid.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow assured her viewers at the time that “judges can be blocked on an up or down vote, a majority vote, like always.”
“But they cannot be blocked anymore by just a majority of votes,” Ms. Maddow said, reported the Media Research Center’s NewsBusters. “Republicans cannot force that anymore.”
MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes similarly hailed the 2013 development as “an affirmative win for democracy,” while his colleague Al Sharpton said “Democrats took the bold step of changing Senate rules, scaling back the filibuster that Republicans have unfairly used to block the president’s nominees.”
CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill said Republicans should have taken the Senate back if the party wanted to preserve the filibuster.
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The problem is that most people have the memory of a fruit fly, so the MSM can change the narrative and always make conservatives look bad. It's the here-and-now that matters.
ReplyDeleteRemember when they shut down the government over the budget? Again, fiscal responsibility was a bad thing.
The raid to capture Osama bin Laden was 'genius' but the raid on an airport in Syria is an act of war. bla bla bla
and in today's USA Today, they accuse Trump of blaming Obama. Wasn't all of Obama's woes Bush's fault.
MSM... go blow it out your ass!
This is a prime example of people not understanding or knowing US History or bothering to read the Constitution/Bill of Rights. The fact is, prior to 2003, this was how we nominated Supreme Court Justices - with a simple majority. It wasn't until the Democrats (and some wayward legal professor) sought a way to stop Bush's nominees in 2003 when they did a rules change requiring 60 votes.
ReplyDeleteIf the media really reported this correctly, a better description is, the Senate restored the Constitutional mandate for such a nomination! There's no new news here as it only brought back the traditional way of dealing with said matters.
Democrats change rules in the Senate all the time to get their way and all I hear is crickets from the peanut gallery. However, when the Republicans fix the messes they made by doing these idiotic trickery moves, it's all hell and damnation.
For the love of God, it wouldn't hurt you guys to read the Constitution and Bill of Rights for a change instead of jumping on some lamestream media bandwagon and Democrat pity party. You might actually learn the Democrats have been canning the Constitution for years and taking your rights away in the process. Wise up!
Incidentally, with free internet Constitution classes at Hillsdale College, you have absolutely no excuse to not do your homework and be an informed voter who understands our country's governance.
ReplyDeleteThanks Demon-crats for the Nuke Option !!!
ReplyDeleteServes yA'll right ...eat your just desert !!! Karma !!!