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The reason why was soon evident as Maddow discussed Republican abuse of the filibuster, “This is 1919 to just before Republicans in the senate went into the minority in 2006. This is how the Senate worked from 1919 until before republicans became the minority. Then the last time republicans became the minority, what happened? Boing. Look at that. What you’re looking at there is the breaking of the United States Senate as an institution. What these are is filibusters. This is when the Senate decides to take the extraordinary measure of making something take 60 votes to pass instead of 50 votes. And that’s impossible. Supermajorities are impossible. You cannot actually pass things with supermajorities in an ongoing way. This is not the way that legislatures function. It is never the way that America’s legislature has functioned. If you’re going to require a supermajority it means that effectively this body has ceased to function, it has ceased to function as a normal majority rules legislature. This is how Republicans broke the Senate.”
Ya know, I saw a Maddow show a couple nights ago where she was going on about how Orrin Hatch was against the health care reform bill (this was right after some judge ruled it unconstitutional), and how he's a hypocrite because it's essentially the same bill that he co-sponsored 15 years ago.
And I couldn't help but notice she left out the fact that the bill never became law because it was so HUGELY unpopular with the public, and how the Democrats called it a sellout of the public to private corporations blah blah blah. Yet somehow when the Dems put what is essentially the exact same bill on the floor and pass it, suddenly that makes it better.
She's a hypocrite, just like every other talking haircut. Except her hair is worse than most.
The filibuster was abused by the democrats during the nomination of Roberts and Alito. The democrats were attempting to use the filibuster to scuttle Robert's nomination.
Maddow needs to read up on Reid and Obama and how the two prevented the Republicans from even bringing up discussion regarding the reigning in of the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac WAY back when. I recall they used something akin to the filibuster.........oh wait it was!!!
The filibuster was abused by the democrats during the nomination of Roberts and Alito. The democrats were attempting to use the filibuster to scuttle Robert's nomination.
Roberts should have never been confirmed. He's horrible. So that just goes to show that the Demos are completely spineless and can't even stand up for something when they're in the right, let alone when they're in the wrong.
Roberts should have never been confirmed. He's horrible. So that just goes to show that the Demos are completely spineless and can't even stand up for something when they're in the right, let alone when they're in the wrong.
Thats one opinion. Of course, I think Alito is much worse (of the Bush appointees) but otherwise agree with everything else you said
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Hey rachel isnt there some important homosexual news you need to be reporting.
