Hoisted on his own petard. Or words. Take your choice.
“Eliminating the filibuster by the nuclear option would violate and destroy the Constitution’s design of the Senate as an effective check on the executive. The elimination of the filibuster would reduce any incentive for a President to consult with home-State Senators or seek the advice of the Senate on lifetime appointments to the Federal judiciary. It is a leap not only toward one-party rule and absolute majoritarianism in the Senate but to an unchecked executive.”
- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Congressional Record, April 6, 2005
“Look, the Constitution says that 51 senators can confirm somebody. It doesn’t require 60 senators. I don’t think there’s going to be any kind of a filibuster. You know, this last year we had about 100 and some-odd filibusters that–totally unprecedented. Actually, that’s the lazy person’s way out. The American people pay us and, and elect us to vote yes or no, not to vote maybe. Every time you have a filibuster, you’re saying, ‘I’m not going to vote yes or no, I’m going to vote maybe.’ That’s irresponsible.”
- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), “Meet the Press,” April 11, 2010
H/T: Wall Street Journal Best of the Web Today
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Some Republican should start reading on the floor the contradictory quotes by the Dems. Especially while they are in session and the room is full.
Just read their own words right back at them.
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What is it with the North East? Are they raised on Obama juice?
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No idea. Thankfully Pittsburgh can sort of say it is a midwestern town….but the folks over in Chicago think we are eastern.
I’ve watched the Dems rule, and ruin, Pittsburgh darn near my entire life…..