Bobby Byrd on the nuclear option.[You have got to read what Byrd said today]

RadioBlogger ^ | 3-01-05 | Robert Byrd

[BigSkyFreeper]

YEP! Maybe they'll show Hatch's response.

[Mo1]

Thanks for the heads up

Here is a link

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[wagglebee]

Hitler's originality lay in his realization that effective revolutions in modern conditions are carried out with, and not without, not against, the power of the State. The correct order of events was first to secure access to that power of the State, and then begin his revolution. Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality.

Well now we know who Grand Dragon Byrd sees as his role model, not that there was ever a lot of doubt.

[BigSkyFreeper]

It drives me up the wall when he waves his arm in the air like a magician.

[Mo1]

He's at the point of talking about Hitlers Nazi Germany and Italy's Mussolini

[kittymyrib]

Oh Lord, how long will we be subjected to the ramblings and rantings of this senile old SOB? Good people die young, but this is ridiculous.

[OXENinFLA]

Brass lungs?

[Txsleuth]

Hatch's reply is what I want to see---I am so tired of seeing the dems whining and crying about things---

I want to see a Republican get up and tell them the way it is gonna be--

I know that is not what Hatch did, but dang, I would organize a parade if just ONE time Frist would stand up and tell the dems that they are being obstuctionists and the MAJORITY is not going to put up with it anymore!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I sincerely believe if the ole bat was 500 years younger, he could muster up the strength to do the Dean Scream.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I want to see Hatch's response too. The media has completely ignored it.

[OXENinFLA]

I love it when he flippes the pages he's reading and you can see the 2" Block print..


HATCH UP!!

[tet68]

Let me rearrange this so the sentence is a little clearer.

The Nation is the watchdog because minoritys can be wrong, and filibusters can obstruct justices, and recent history is full of examples.

[Friend of thunder]

This is your post, but I think this qualifies as breaking news.

That being said, I think former Klansman Democratic Senator Robert Byrd has inhaled too much smoke from too many burning crosses.

This was just to big to wait till tomorrow to post this from Thomas.

It will be interesting to see if these comments make it into the Congressional record; as I understand it, he can "revise and extend” his comments and that is all that will show up in the record.

[BigSkyFreeper]

This is a good approach by Hatch. He is laying out the actual rules of the Senate, something Byrd is awfully familiar with, as he often speaks on the subject as well as waving his little vest pocket sized booklet of the Constitution in everyone's face.

[OXENinFLA]

This is your post, but I think this qualifies as breaking news.

I do too, but the admins moved this into the Blogger section, so I'm just going to wait till I get the complete text from Thomas. I doubt Byrd will change it.

[OXENinFLA]

little vest pocket sized booklet of the Constitution

Those are very nice to have. Only $5.

[Mo1]

Not sure .. I was trying to get the kids in bed and missed that part

Hatch's response was good .. but I wish he directly addressed Bryd's Hitlers Nazi comments

[cyncooper]

When Byrd was Senate majority leader, he reportedly used the "nuclear option" some four times to circumvent filibusters.

Really. If anyone can document that it would be great (I would like to think Frist and gang would be aware of it, but their timidity in the face of the increasingly hateful and insane rhetoric doesn't comfort me).

They don't even care about their hypocrisy, do they?

No, they do not.

[OXENinFLA]

but I wish he directly addressed Bryd's Hitlers Nazi comments

Yeah, me too. Hugh mentioned that Ken Melman issued a statment on Byrds comments but I can't find them yet..

[Balata]

Yep! The voters are the watchdogs because the Senators can be wrong.