Posted on 03/07/2005 4:45:55 AM PST by pookie18
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd got into hot water last week for introducing Hitler into the Senate's already acrimonious debate on Democratic filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominations. Speaking of the Republicans' threatened "nuclear option," he said, "We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men." Herr Byrd does get carried away, but more revealing than his rhetoric was the substance of his remarks, on which he elaborated in an op-ed article in Friday's Washington Post. Somehow in his excoriation of a tactic that would deny Senators "their right to free speech on judicial nominations," Mr. Byrd forgot to mention that he pioneered the practice.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
Rush aired this last Friday. Nice to know the Journal was taking notes.
S.O.S. different day - More hypocricy from the left.
Byrd is lacking in both intellect and character.
"The Byrd option." I like that.
Since the WSJ is subscription only, couldn't you post the meat of the article, instead of the introduction?
I tried, but on FR we have to excerpt their articles...wait, I'll FReep mail it to you shortly...
I understand you have to exerpt the article...
But post the main point, not the lengthy introduction.
thanks for posting that link. I think that Sen. Coryn is a very agressive first term Senator and is going to be a big help to conservatives.
DOes that mean we get to "give 'em the bird"?
Great time to wash the sheets.
I like Sen. Cornyn quite a lot as well.
Incorrect.
It should read:
In a sane world, West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd would have gotten into hot water last week ....
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