Ravenwood - 05/27/05 12:00 PM
I'm not saying they are avoiding it, but media outlets seem to have come up with a new catch phrase for the F-word:
"Senate Democrats refused to end debate on John R. Bolton's nomination to be U.N. ambassador yesterday..." -- Washington Post.Even the Democrats are avoiding using the f-word. CBS News notes:"Senate Republicans late Thursday failed in their bid to cut off debate over the nomination... The Senate voted 56-42 for cloture, four votes shy of the necessary 60 votes to cut off debate." -- CNN
"The vote against cutting off debate over the confirmation of John R. Bolton to be ambassador..." -- New York Times
"Republicans needed 60 votes to cut off debate and move immediately to a vote on Bolton's nomination..." -- Boston Globe.
"Thursday's delay resulted from a failed Republican effort to cut off debate, a move that required the support of three-fifths of the Senate." -- L.A. Times.
"It certainly sounds like a filibuster. It quacks like a filibuster," said Senate Republican leader Bill Frist of Tennessee.So it was a "procedural delay" that requires 60 votes to break, but it is NOT, I say again, NOT a filibuster."We are not here to filibuster Bolton, we are here to get information regarding Bolton," countered Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
Category: Left-wing Conspiracy
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And the agreement over the judges was again...?
Posted by: kjo at May 27, 2005 4:39 PMTypical boomer delusion: if one changes the label, one changes the underlying fact.
Some people would deconstruct their own brain...
Posted by: Brett at May 27, 2005 5:36 PMTo the 7 republicans who folded on the nuclear option, here is your new motto, "If all else fails, lower your standards." It required only 3 days for the agreement to be essentially scrapped by the dems. when they blocked Bolton's confirmation!
Posted by: Dennis N at May 27, 2005 9:32 PMDoes the phrase "futile negotiations" mean anything to anyone? When are Republicans in Washington going to stand up and begin to act like the majority party? Will the political shenanigans ever cease?
Where is Ayn Rand when we need her?
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