Decius wrote:
] ibenez wrote:
] ] ] WASHINGTON - The Senate's top leaders have ended their
] ] ] attempt to find a compromise on
] ] ] President Bush's stalled judicial nominees, but other
] ] ] members continued to work on a possible deal to clear
] ] ] five blocked appeals court appointees and end threats to
] ] ] change the long-standing filibuster rules.
] ]
] ] Just let them vote. If you don't like the nominee, vote
] down.
] ] Republicans were guilty of this same thing just a few years
] ] back - but Democrats/liberals are taking this to a new
] level.
] ]
] ] But this just reinforces the notion that maybe, yeah, we do
] ] need to change the rules so that losers from either side
] can't
] ] filibuster everything. WTF do these people even get paid for
]
] ] anymore if they aren't working?
]
] I don't agree. I think the "just vote" story is spin. There is
] really nothing that elevates voting above the rest of the
] procedural system other then that its currently in the
] interest of the Republicans.

Ehh... I tend not to agree with you. I think that most of the nominees have nothing wrong with them - but Democrats will block ANYTHING that comes from the Republicans. This is the problem I have.

Don't get me wrong, it was only a few short years ago that Republicans did the same cowardly thing the liberals are doing now.

What is a filibuster anyways? It's someone saying - Hey, if we vote on this it won't turn out the way we want it to. We'll tough s@#t - go home and cry to your mother is what I say.

I am in favor of the nuclear option - and as soon as the tables are turned and Republicans are filibustering, I'm STILL in favor of it. Vote up or down (or as PDiddy would say - Vote or Die bizatch).
]
] If your nominee is so divisive that you can't even get 5
] people from the other party to agree to them after making a
] national issue out of it for months, that person probably
] shouldn't be a federal judge. I don't really want radical
] judges. This isn't supposed to be about picking people who
] will pursue a partisan agenda. I'd prefer to have moderate,
] professional judges that most people can plainly see are
] simply going to do a good job. Requiring a 60% majority of the
] Senate is a good way to ensure that the justice system isn't
] abused for partisan purposes.

RE: Showdown Over Filibusters Appears Imminent - Yahoo! News