When you don't get your way change the rules!

SacTown Chronic · 03-24-2005, 08:30 AM

I thought we were talking about changing the rules?

scaeagles · 03-24-2005, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

I thought we were talking about changing the rules?

Alright - I can see it that way. Consider my chastizement officially purged. I saw the OP more as to a single issue, being the Senate votes on judges.

SacTown Chronic · 03-24-2005, 08:37 AM

As to the specific point addressed in the OP, I find it all to be disgusting. If my memory serves, the Repubs were pissed about Bork so they blocked Clinton at every turn. The Dems answered by, wrongly, changing the rules to benefit them. Now the GOP, wrongly, is changing the rules back 'cause it benefits them.

It all sucks eggs.

scaeagles · 03-24-2005, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

If my memory serves, the Repubs were pissed about Bork so they blocked Clinton at every turn.

My memory is not what it used to be....but what judicial nominations were blocked during the Clinton years?

I recall Zoe Baird, but she wasn't for a judgeship, and ethical concerns caused Clinton to pull her nommination.....I think.

But I honestly can't think of continuous blocking of any appointee.

SacTown Chronic · 03-24-2005, 08:50 AM

Maybe that should read "attempted to block Clinton at every turn"? My memory is also a bit faulty -- it feels to me as if the Bush years have lasted an eternity.

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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	As to the specific point addressed in the OP, I find it all to be disgusting. If my memory serves, the Repubs were pissed about Bork so they blocked Clinton at every turn. The Dems answered by, wrongly, changing the rules to benefit them. Now the GOP, wrongly, is changing the rules back 'cause it benefits them. It all sucks eggs. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Maybe that should read "attempted to block Clinton at every turn"? My memory is also a bit faulty -- it feels to me as if the Bush years have lasted an eternity. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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