Support the Filibuster? NOT
These folks from MoveOn.org really need to get a life.
The Ventura County Star has the story here:
“It ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
So said Ventura resident Tamara Coe about the filibuster process as she stood outside the county Government Center on Wednesday with more than 30 other protesters angered over Senate Republicans’ plans to change the rules involving judicial nominations.
The Ventura event was part of a nationwide protest organized by the political action committee MoveOn PAC, part of the liberal group MoveOn.org. Demonstrations also were held in Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo…
Just give the Presidential judicial nominees an up or down vote!
One Comment
Devin Rambo
While you're joining the chorus of whining coming from the right about Bush's 95% confirmation rate for judicial nominees, you're conveniently forgetting that about 60 of President Clinton's nominees to the bench didn't even get an up-or-down vote in the Judiciary Committee, much less in the full Senate.
Given the track record of the GOP during Clinton's term, the Democrats during Bush's term have been downright accommodating.
The Republicans are referring to the ouster of the filibuster as the "Constitutional Option," but let's start calling it what it actually is: the Crybaby Option.