I Am Sick of Gutless Republicans
Well, the worthless DemocRATs in the Senate have derailed the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada. How’d they do it, and why am I sick of gutless Republicans? I’m glad you asked. The RATs employed the threat of a filibuster to block a vote on Estrada’s nomination. The Constitution says that a simple majority (that’s 51 votes for you liberals) is all that is required to accept a judicial nomination. There were around 55 known ‘yea’ votes to accept Estrada. But the RATs threatened a filibuster, which requires 60 votes to stop. So by threatening a filibuster, they essentially hosed the Constitution and made 60 votes necessary where only 51 were really needed.
That’s what the RATs did. Now why am I mad at the Republicans? The RATs only threatened a filibuster. The Republicans did not force them to actually filibuster. In other words, they didn’t force them to start speaking from the rostrum 24/7 like a true filibuster. Had they done that, all business of the Senate would have come to a halt until the RATs gave up and went home. Why the Republican leadership is so absolutely gutless is beyond me. Just like in 1994 after a brilliant start, they pretty quickly thereafter screwed up because Republicans, apparently, just don’t know how to act when they are in control! Because the Republicans refused to call the RATs’ bluff, Estrada has now officially withdrawn his name from consideration. (After a 28 month fight.) Was he qualified? I have no idea. From what I hear, he was. But that’s not the point. The point is that the RATs used a measure that has never before been used in the Senate to change the requirement for a vote which has been set forth in the Constitution. They have harmed our Constitution as well as the reputation and life of an ostensibly good man. But who’s going to hold them to account, eh? The Republicans? Not likely. The media? Nope. The voters? Sorry, wrong again. The bulk of the voters are just worried about which candidate is going to give them the most stuff, and the RATs excel at that. No, these RATs will be allowed to continue this sort of crap until they all retire. Or die, I suppose.
