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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469839)4/8/2009 3:29:36 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) of 1577828
 
>You see that as proof that the Democrats rolled over for bush. All I see are Democrats who were for tax cuts and the >Iraq War before they were against them. Not only that, but I also see Democrats who blame Bush for stuff that they themselves voted for.

>That's not proof of bipartisanship by the Democrats. That's proof of hypocrisy. Even as Democrats voted to keep the war going, they kept blaming Bush for the problems in Iraq and pushing for a "cut-n-run" strategy.

Some wanted to get out, some didn't. It's still the case. But they're certainly not of a single mind.

>By the way, Democrats were successful in obstructing Bush's judicial appointees. It took the "Gang of 14" to come up with a compromise, but the Democrats still retained the power of filibuster because they didn't like judges that didn't share their activist views.

Or, maybe they didn't like Bush's activist judges. There's nothing wrong with the filibuster; the problem is that the Republicans are using it ALL THE TIME. They have every right to do so; it's one of the tools granted to the minority. But their constant, record use of it really does define them. And note that half of the "Gang of 14" were Democrats. That's 7 Dems, and they're not the only Dems that supported Roberts and Alito in the end, if I'm correct. And Miers didn't make it, but that made sense even to a lot of Republicans.

Once again -- how many Republicans have been voting with the Dems on anything? Can't get 'em on the stimulus, can't get 'em on the budget, can't get 'em on EFCA.

-Z
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