Just Remember
With all that has happened this week in the judicial nominee confirmations, we should not be too jubilant over the fact that Senate Democrats finally fulfilled their constitutional duty in giving a few nominees an up or down vote.
The Senate Democrats and their MSM allies have found themselves in a losing position on this issue, and they changed their rhetoric yesterday to one of blaming the Senate Republicans, and the Bush administration for the lack of time spent on legislative issues in the senate. It is they who have caused a lack of attention, if there is one, to legislative issues by their obstructionism on judicial nominees.
We should also remember that the “deal” by the gang of fourteen is only temporary. Senate Democrats will use the filibuster again, and the decision to do so will come shortly. They have endured a lot of criticism from their extreme liberal interest groups, and want to shift the focus, which is why we have heard the rhetoric about legislative issues recently. Rush Limbaugh is correct in his transcript of yesterday’s show, when he describes what they are doing. They are acting like losers, and are trying to divert attention. Here is an excerpt from Rush’s transcript:
“RUSH: So Dingy Harry, it’s become a talking point, Durbin is out there saying it, and, of course, the smartest man in the Senate now, Barack Obama, have you caught that? This guy is being touted as the smartest guy in the Senate. He can’t be said to be the smartest person in the Senate because that’s Hillary. The smartest guy in the Senate is Barack Obama, and I have to tell you, I don’t get it. I don’t see it. I hear Barack Obama speak and I think it’s all spin. He says nothing different than anybody else is saying and he’s picked up on this talking point that Bush and the Republicans have shut down the country, folks. They have shut down the country over the judges. We’re not doing the work of the people because we’ve shut down the country over the judges and they’re all picking it up, and this, of course, is to simply mask their defeat. This is done simply to redefine terms and to mask their defeat. While the Republicans are out there acting all giddy because they got these three judges through, the Democrats know they look like losers, and so they’re trying to take their loser platform, turn it around as far as the media is concerned, to make it look like, “This is no big deal, no big deal anyway, who cares about five judges?” Dingy Harry, “Five judges, we’ve shut down the whole country over five judges. It was just two weeks ago these guys were — Bob Byrd said that “We saved the country,” didn’t he, after the gang of 14 did their little dance, Bob Byrd said, “We saved the republic. We saved the Senate,” all this. I mean, I can’t keep track of these people. Either the country was not moving and we shut it down or they saved it one way or the other. It’s just an exercise, folks, in just how — well, some people might say good — they are. Others might say how just hopeless they are. They will not admit that they lose; they will not admit to defeat — and, of course, they will not allow anybody to blame them.”
Just remember, the showdown on filibusters is not over, and we should be aware of this shift in strategy. Senate Democrats and their willing allies in the MSM will attempt to shift attention and blame for legislative issues not moving onto the Republicans, when they are in fact responsible by the use of obstructionist tactics, for any legislation not moving.
These are the tactics and language of losers. They are losing, and are cornered in this battle over the judiciary. It is their last bastion of power, and they will fight hard to keep control. Just remember that wild animals are ferocious when cornered, and so are Senate Democrats.
