SENATE DEAL STINKS: filibuster
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
There is no reason why all Republicans should not have stood by United States President George W. Bush and Senate Majority leader Bill Frist against the filibuster yakathon.
What happened Monday evening in the US Senate weakens the clout of the Republicans in the Senate. Further, it slaps the Red States around. Moreover, it gives a bloated ego thrust to the Democrats in the Senate.
What should have taken place is that the party in majority should have stood together as a man regarding ousting the worn, childish, time-wasting, money-wasting filibuster nonsense. There is no reason why the so-called "tradition" of the filibuster should ever continue in the United States Congress. It’s an insult to intelligent dialogue.
So now the Democrats have broadcast that their "deal" with seven Republicans has won the day. Those seven Republicans should never again be elected to the Congress. They should be sent home as soon as possible. And any of their clones should never set foot in Washington DC.
They call it a deal. It was not a deal.
It was a defeat for the Republican majority and for sanity. How could Republican turncoats such as the two who represent my state of Maine ever call themselves "Republicans"? They desert the party at practically every chance they can. They continue to ride the victory of the November Red States win while desecrating the Red States’ principles.
It’s on that position that the Republican Party and its leadership lost this evening. It’s on principle. Yes, the filibuster "tradition" still hangs around the Senate. But what was slid out the Senate door was the principle of strength gained by the Republicans last November.
Henceforth, the Republicans will appear vulnerable.
Every time that the Democrats want to throw a threat around, they will do so. And we will have to wait to see if the weak Republicans (RINOs: Republicans in Name Only) play mutiny with the Republican Party, thus blending in with the party they really are aligned with — the Democrats.
This is an evening of weakness to a Republican presence that should have been exceptionally strong. That is so particularly when dealing with such a nonsense issue as the filibuster. If it had even been a more crucial measure; but the filibuster? Yes, the filibuster waste still has an edge in the esteemed United States Senate.
That’s terrible.
There is no reason why all Republicans should not have stood by United States President George W. Bush and Senate Majority leader Bill Frist against the filibuster yakathon.
What happened Monday evening in the US Senate weakens the clout of the Republicans in the Senate. Further, it slaps the Red States around. Moreover, it gives a bloated ego thrust to the Democrats in the Senate.
What should have taken place is that the party in majority should have stood together as a man regarding ousting the worn, childish, time-wasting, money-wasting filibuster nonsense. There is no reason why the so-called "tradition" of the filibuster should ever continue in the United States Congress. It’s an insult to intelligent dialogue.
So now the Democrats have broadcast that their "deal" with seven Republicans has won the day. Those seven Republicans should never again be elected to the Congress. They should be sent home as soon as possible. And any of their clones should never set foot in Washington DC.
They call it a deal. It was not a deal.
It was a defeat for the Republican majority and for sanity. How could Republican turncoats such as the two who represent my state of Maine ever call themselves "Republicans"? They desert the party at practically every chance they can. They continue to ride the victory of the November Red States win while desecrating the Red States’ principles.
It’s on that position that the Republican Party and its leadership lost this evening. It’s on principle. Yes, the filibuster "tradition" still hangs around the Senate. But what was slid out the Senate door was the principle of strength gained by the Republicans last November.
Henceforth, the Republicans will appear vulnerable.
Every time that the Democrats want to throw a threat around, they will do so. And we will have to wait to see if the weak Republicans (RINOs: Republicans in Name Only) play mutiny with the Republican Party, thus blending in with the party they really are aligned with — the Democrats.
This is an evening of weakness to a Republican presence that should have been exceptionally strong. That is so particularly when dealing with such a nonsense issue as the filibuster. If it had even been a more crucial measure; but the filibuster? Yes, the filibuster waste still has an edge in the esteemed United States Senate.
That’s terrible.
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