Posted on 06/05/2013 5:52:39 AM PDT by bestintxas
President Obama supports many things he opposed as Senator Obama—such as unlimited terrorist detention—but for flip-flopping with a high degree of artistic difficulty nothing beats his judicial filibuster ultimatum on Tuesday. If Republicans don't confirm his three, yes, three, new nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, he'll unleash Democrats to gut the Senate's filibuster rules.
Mr. Obama didn't explicitly state the threat portion of that ultimatum—he's leaving that dirty work to the reliable Harry Reid. But everyone knows that's the subtext of Tuesday's announcement, which is a political attempt to realign the balance of power on an appeals court that has frustrated the Administration's regulatory overreach.
The Senate has "a constitutional duty to promptly consider judicial nominees for confirmation," Mr. Obama averred in the Rose Garden. "Throughout my first term as President, the Senate too often failed to do that."
He might have added, but somehow didn't, that the Senate also too often failed to do that "duty" when George W. Bush was President. You could even say that Senate Democrats invented the filibuster against D.C. Circuit nominees. Who can forget the successful Joe Biden-John Kerry effort to defeat the distinguished appellate lawyer Miguel Estrada mainly because he is Hispanic and might make it to the Supreme Court someday? And how about the denial of a vote for 918 days to Peter Keisler? Both men had majority support but weren't confirmed because Democrats set a standard of 60 votes.
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He’s digging sand out from under his own political foundation. The more ignored his finger points, admonishments and demands become, the weaker and smaller he becomes.
More headline nonsense. Obammy didnt actually threaten to do this, it even states that in the article. I have learned not to get worked up over a headline until I actually read the article. Its easier on the blood pressure.
Does anybody not believe that the last act of a lame duck democrat senate would be to repeal this rule change?
I have a dream that honorable and centrist Democrats temporarily leave their party in protest and caucus with the GOP until this POS is thrown out of office or his term expires.
If you’re a Senator do you really want the President ‘ordering’ the Senate to do something?
Letter in my local newspaper suggesting that Obama should be impeached. Personally I don’t see it happening but I lent a little moral support in the comments because this guy is gonna take heavy fire from the liberals.
Feel free to join in. Ya gotta sign up to post but they won’t bury you in emails or anything.
“Mr President, this is your moment. We’re ready to be led. Not as Democrats or Republicans but as Americans. We want you to lead not as a liberal or a conservative but as president of the United States of America. We want you to succeed. Let’s challenge ourselves to find the common ground that has eluded us. Let’s rise above the dysfunction and do the right thing together for our country.”
----John Boehner, Republican, Nov. 7, 2012
Nah nah nah boo boo...just like a toddler.
I say let em do it. Payback’s going to be a beach.
LLS
Good God...boner is more of a loser than I previously thought. What a flaccid poltroon.
Rand Paul or Ted Cruz or both should politely tell the dictator-wannabe to go f**k himself.
Don’t give in to the threats of this dope crazed, two bit dictator.
Let the senate act on his threats.
If the country survives, the senate will not always be controlled by democrats.
Then, let them live under the rules they create.
Too bad all of the "honorable and centrist Democrats" are long dead.
Thug.
This creep is despicable as a person. I’d love 10 minutes in a ring with him.
Chicago thug politics at it's finest. In a twisted way you have to kind of admire the Ascended 0ne. He is not afraid to govern in a manner that promotes his agenda. Only that the GOPe had someone similar in their ranks.
That fear has always kept the rats in check before but now we have a really, really stupid rat in the white hut and another one presiding over the senate. We'll see.
One thing is certain, this will come back to bite them in the butt come 2014. I have a strong sense that it will be a wipe out in 2014 for republicans.
When the dam burst it won’t matter how many communists Democrats and criminal buddies he appoints. They all will come down when Americans finally realize who this communist black Muslim is.
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