As Usual, Democrat's Stance On Nuclear Option Hypocritical

The Democratic Party has been making a lot of noise lately regarding "the nuclear option," a means by which the Republican Party could force up-or-down votes on judicial nominees. They want you to believe that a legitimate, constitutionally provided for measure, designed to force the senate to comply with the appointments clause of the constitution, is somehow radical or extreme.

Nothing could be further from the truth of course, but that hasn't stopped the left from screaming like overgrown children. The loudest of les enfants terrible is none other than Senator Robert Byrd, who is coincidentally the oldest and therefore the most glaring example of age-inappropriate behavior. His age though, hasn't stopped him from serving up a sizeable helping of Nazi slurs with a dash of Mussolini for flavor.

The not-so-subtle invocations are meant to point out that the Republican Party is acting in a fascist manner in attempting to kill the filibuster. But, as the Houston Chronicle's Richard Bond points out, Byrd is hoping that Americans have a very short memory.

Beyond Byrd's rhetoric, now a staple among the Howard Dean-led Democrats, it is worth noting that Byrd is condemning Republicans for considering using a tactic that he himself used four times during his tenure as majority leader. And he is hardly alone in showing hypocrisy on the issue. Various other Democratic senators are now decrying potential tactics they have approved in the past.

The article lists four occasions Byrd killed filibusters for political gain. By his own definition that makes him a jack-boot wearing Nazi, which is of course apt, considering his long and illustrious career in the Ku Klux Klan. Still, these hypocrisies are so glaring, and so obvious, that the main-stream media has totally missed them.

Even more glaring is the group of Democratic senators whose attitude towards the filibuster has been, in the past, remarkably similar to the Republicans they now choose to vilify.

Ten years ago, a group of Democratic senators called for an end to the filibuster for any purpose, including legislation. Their proposal received 19 votes, all from their own party. Among those still serving who voted for that change are Kennedy, John Kerry of Massachusetts, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Barbara Boxer of California, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

New York's Sen. Charles Schumer, one of the Democrats' shrillest voices decrying Republican consideration of the "Byrd precedent," has argued that rules can be changed from one Senate to the next by simple majority vote.

Of course, now that these majority-party tactics are being used by the Republican Party, they are fascist bullying attempts designed to pursue an extremist agenda. If the MSM were to actually cover this story, the Democratic senators in question would look like the hypocritical fools that they are. Alas, they are too lazy to do more than parrot whatever is said on the senate floor.

The average American is left with the impression that Byrd and the other hypocrites are simply caring politicians, looking out for moderate America. In fact, they are embittered sore-losers obsessed with pretending they are still in the majority party. That's all there is to it.