Monday, October 31, 2005
Fighting words
How many times can you say "fight" before you start to sound like a broken record? Case in point: Senator Bill Frist on the nomination of Scalito: (each occurrence of the word fight is in boldface for the reader's convenience)
"If the Democrats look for a fight, we'll be there ready to fight," Frist said on the Fox News Channel. He said there would be "plenty of fodder for fights" in Alito's judicial record, "and we'll be ready to fight if we need to."
Frist added, "If it takes a fight on the floor of the United States Senate, people like Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are going to get that. The American people deserve fair up-or-down votes. . . . I hope it doesn't come to a filibuster. It should not; the American people deserve more."
Um... Senator, with all due respect, you must be living in some sort of drug-induced utopia if you think the American people enjoy up-or-down votes more than a good old fashioned fight, preferably with some alcohol and profanity thrown in. (Honestly, who here can bear to watch CSPAN for more than 45 seconds?) I'm all for fights: go at it!
"If the Democrats look for a fight, we'll be there ready to fight," Frist said on the Fox News Channel. He said there would be "plenty of fodder for fights" in Alito's judicial record, "and we'll be ready to fight if we need to."
Frist added, "If it takes a fight on the floor of the United States Senate, people like Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are going to get that. The American people deserve fair up-or-down votes. . . . I hope it doesn't come to a filibuster. It should not; the American people deserve more."
Um... Senator, with all due respect, you must be living in some sort of drug-induced utopia if you think the American people enjoy up-or-down votes more than a good old fashioned fight, preferably with some alcohol and profanity thrown in. (Honestly, who here can bear to watch CSPAN for more than 45 seconds?) I'm all for fights: go at it!
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lolz, there should be free style in senate like we have seen it in japniese and indian parlements :D
P.S i am reader of this blog i guess since 4 months now, though you dont update it that often, still i just passby every week or twice a week :)
P.S i am reader of this blog i guess since 4 months now, though you dont update it that often, still i just passby every week or twice a week :)
I'm awful fond of Question Time in the House of Commons, myself. Now there's some serious, old-fashioned, no holds barred, kick-ass fighting. And by people who can use language effectively, too. Just imagine George W. Bush up against a back bencher. It's good for a smile, even on a cloudy day.
As for fighting, Harry Reid managed a rather fine punch to the face yesterday. I sent his office petit-fours. (Figured he'd probably get enough flowers, and besides, I always like appreciation I can eat -- especially if it's sweet.) Watching Frist sputter was exactly the sort of cheering up I needed.
Republicans, they only like fighting when the other side doesn't. All that "we'll fight if we have to" rhetoric is just meant to frighten the Dems. Shame on them for letting it work far too often.
As for fighting, Harry Reid managed a rather fine punch to the face yesterday. I sent his office petit-fours. (Figured he'd probably get enough flowers, and besides, I always like appreciation I can eat -- especially if it's sweet.) Watching Frist sputter was exactly the sort of cheering up I needed.
Republicans, they only like fighting when the other side doesn't. All that "we'll fight if we have to" rhetoric is just meant to frighten the Dems. Shame on them for letting it work far too often.
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: 4:11 PM
My very wise professor said he would start voting for Democrats if all of them were like Reid. To think that Bill Frist has the gall to complain about invocation of unusual Senate rules when the Republicans have been shamelessly threatening use of the nuclear option in their effort to stack the Supreme Court with radical conservatives. When it comes to protecting their own interests, Senate congeniality and bonds of trust can go to hell for all they care, but when Democrats demand answers you'd think America's very fabric is about to come undone, baring its private parts for all to see (which would of course strike them as obscene and immoral given our "Judeo-Christian heritage"). The closed session was an "affront to the United States of America," but the outright lies that compelled Reid and others to call for the session, and, needless to say, took tens of thousands of lives, are not. WTF? Don't even get me started on "political stunts." The Republican party leadership should have a banner that says "Political Stunts R Us." It could be displayed right next to the one they already have, "Hypocritical Bastards R Us."
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