Bush lied about not politicizing the federal judge / filibuster issue

[Sauron]

I'm starting to really like this new Senate Minority Leader. He apparently has found the missing pair of testicles that the Democratic Party lost about four years ago...


http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne...buster_422.htm

Reid accuses Bush of lying about role in filibuster ban

RAW STORY

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) accused President Bush of "going back on his word" for having Vice President Cheney get involved in the debate over banning a Senate procedure that allows Democrats a last-resort veto.

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Cheney made a point to stop during an address today to say he would support a ban on the filibuster.

“These nominations were held up strictly for partisan political reasons, in an astounding departure from historical precedent,” Cheney said. “If the Senate majority decides to move forward and if the issue is presented to me in my elected office as President of the Senate and presiding officer, I will support bringing those nominations to the floor for an up-or-down vote,” he said to applause from the politically friendly audience. “On the merits, this should not be a difficult call to make.”

Reid fired back.

“In the span of three minutes, the vice president managed to reinvent 200 years of Senate history and ignore the fact that Congress has already approved 205 of this administration’s nominees," he said in a statement. "Apparently, a 95 percent confirmation rate is not enough for this president. He wants it all, even if it means shattering the checks and balances in our government in order to put radical judges on the bench."

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[Dingfod]

I was really worried about Reid being Minority Leader because he is a conservative Mormon businessman, but he is proving he has the mettle necessary to stand up and say what needs to be said. There are Republicans that are also worried about moves such as this, Bob Dole said it on The Daily Show, something like "Republicans won't always be in power, this could come back to bite them." I have a lot more respect for Republicans like Dole than the doofi running the party now. There will be a backlash eventually, next year, in 2008, or 10 or 20 years, whatever. All the ruling party advantages they're building in now will come back to haunt them. They're just stupid, shortsighted fools.

[D. Scarlatti]

Reid has made several inflammatory and ill-advised comments about Supreme Court justices that don't befit his status as a party leader and has lost his credibility on the subject, in my opinion. The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are far more effective and informed critics of Bush's judicial nominees. The core issue is the records of the judges in question, not all this political rhetoric.

[viscousmemories]

So what's their thinking here? That they'll be able to get enough long-term judges appointed by killing the filibuster now to not have to worry about needing to use it themselves in the forseeable future?