That's the
definition of American democracy. When you lose, you don't act like a
poor loser, because it's unAmerican. Obama won two AMERICAN majority
votes for President, and the unAmerican Republicans will not obey the
will of the majority of American voters; keep trying to prevent the
majority elected President from carrying out Presidential duties and
responsibilities.
Not respecting majority rule is unAmerican , but actually Republicans have been stealing rule from Democrats since the Ken Starr special prosecutor was allowed to fly; Then Bush stole two elections from the majority
So, the US has had growing minority rule for twenty years.
Not respecting majority rule is unAmerican , but actually Republicans have been stealing rule from Democrats since the Ken Starr special prosecutor was allowed to fly; Then Bush stole two elections from the majority
So, the US has had growing minority rule for twenty years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-reifowitz/wanna-know-why-republican_b_5627073.html
Nicole Rigano I
had to do it after 9/11, when my husband got so desperately tired of my
Bush-bashing. He has since seen the light, although I STILL think it
was patriotic of me to zip my lip in a time like the days following 9/11
(on the one hand, at least).
The very LEAST the right could do is quit trying to undermine our country, our president, our very unity and appreciation of our system.
The very LEAST the right could do is quit trying to undermine our country, our president, our very unity and appreciation of our system.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/07/republicans-still-holding-virtually-all-obama-appointments
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Republicans Still Holding Up Virtually All Obama Appointments
| Wed Jul. 30, 2014 1:52 AM EDT
Jonathan
Bernstein notes today that although filibuster reform has technically
given Democrats the ability to confirm any executive branch appointment,
in practice Republicans can still tie up the Senate by insisting on
lengthy parliamentary delays for every nominee. And that's what they're doing:
Bernstein says in another post today that he's tired of hearing about political polarization. It's not really anything new, after all. That's true enough, and this is a good example. It's not a case of polarization, it's just a straightforward case of assholery. There's no principle or ideology behind this, they're merely causing dysfunction for the sake of causing dysfunction. Welcome to the modern GOP.
Senate Republicans continue to impose an across-the-board virtual hold on every executive branch nomination....Republican foot-dragging has created a backlog of more than 100 nominees, almost none of whom are controversial, and some of whom have been waiting since January for Senate floor action.Pretty much. But this is what they've been doing all along. The point of filibustering everything and everyone has never been just to prevent a few objectionable candidates from being confirmed. It's been to tie up Senate floor time and disrupt even the routine functioning of a federal government that's under Democratic control. Even with filibuster reform they can still do that, so why should they stop now? A broken government is nothing but good news for Republicans.
....I understand that Republicans are upset about the Democrats' filibuster reform. It has robbed them of leverage over nominations — even if it's entirely their own fault for having abused that leverage. But Republicans aren’t harming Senate majority leader Harry Reid by blocking nominations. They’re harming the functioning of the U.S. government. (Perhaps it might be nice to have ambassadors appointed in a few important nations?) And they are needlessly, cruelly, messing with people’s lives. On top of all that, they’re eliminating the leverage of individual Senators. As Ted Cruz (maybe) just learned, there’s no point putting an individual hold on a nomination that is already being held up by the entire Republican caucus.
And why? For the sake, as far as I can tell, of a tantrum.
Bernstein says in another post today that he's tired of hearing about political polarization. It's not really anything new, after all. That's true enough, and this is a good example. It's not a case of polarization, it's just a straightforward case of assholery. There's no principle or ideology behind this, they're merely causing dysfunction for the sake of causing dysfunction. Welcome to the modern GOP.
The question remains: Why do Republicans come back, over and over, to...
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