Completely unbiased headline: "Dems Overturn Decades of Senate Precedent"

[KamaAina]

Brought to you by the folks who own NBC.

http://www.comcast.net

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Screw the media

The same assholes that are comparing website glitches to dead bodies floating in the streets of New Orleans.

Fuck 'em.

Just fuck 'em all.

[spanone]

10. ^^^^^^^+1,000,000^^^^^^^

[Pretzel_Warrior]

15. Yep. They are a massive part of the problem which Jon Stewart and Colbert point out nightly

[msanthrope]

2. We need to own it, and be completely unapologetic. nt

[annabanana]

3. for some obscure reason, I expect more from NBC

I expect this crap from CNN, CBS and Fox.

sigh

[global1]

4. I Made A Similar Comment This A.M. About CNN....

the MSM does not have a liberal bias. They are sandbagging this President and the Dem Party in concert with the Repugs.

[HappyMe]

5. Yup, sure did.

They will just have to deal with it.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. "... and there was much rejoicing." n/t

[Wounded Bear]

7. Yep, decades of precedent....

obstructing nominations for partisan political reasons.

[Blue Idaho]

8. Yeah a paralyzed do nothing congress is sooooooooo much better.

Just so long as we preserve arcane tools that have outlived their usefulness...

[B2G]

9. Well that's not exactly inaccurate

[Blue_In_AK]

11. The AP is reporting it that way, too.

This is the way it's laid out in our morning newspaper.

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats eased the way for swift approval of President Barack Obama's current and future nominees on Thursday, voting unilaterally to overturn decades of Senate precedent and undermine Republicans' ability to block final votes.

The 52-48 vote to undercut venerable filibuster rules on presidential appointees capped more than a decade of struggle in which presidents of both parties complained about delays in confirming appointees, particularly to the federal courts.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/11/20/3188785/senate-nears-possible-vote-on.html#storylink=cpy

[KamaAina]

12. You can't spell crap without A-P.

Extra style points for "unilaterally".

[Blue_In_AK]

13. And "venerable"

[Pretzel_Warrior]

14. Well, it is true. Dems did. Tough shit. The Repukes fucked with the wrong people during shutdown

You guys want to keep showing you're not honest brokers? That you will put partisan obstruction above normal practical matters of governance? Well, then a might fuck you to McConnell, McCain, Graham, and the rest of your merry band of idiots.

You want to know how I hold a grudge? I still want bad things to befall Saxby Chambliss for the evil campaign he ran against Max Cleland in 2002. That shit head should have evil follow him around until death for that kind of treatment against a triple amputee war hero.

[malaise]

16. Send them this

for fugging precedent
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024070567#post5

and this too
https://twitter.com/SenatorReid/status/403548538656677890/photo/1

What about those precedents??? Fugg 'em!!

[spanone]

17. and i say, 'it's about time'

[MadrasT]

18. I don't see a problem with that.

It's true, and I think it's great.

[Laelth]

19. It IS unbiased, and I could care less.

The Senate (by its very nature) has been a thorn in the side of progress in this nation for as long as we have had our current government (since 1787). Weakening the capacity for small-population states to obstruct progress in the Senate will be a major benefit to us all.

The filibuster has been eroded. It's time to ...

[font size=48 color=blue]CELEBRATE![/font]



-Laelth

[onenote]

20. That's the AP headline

See: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/national-politics/20131121-democrats-vote-to-curb-filibusters-on-appointees.ece
And to be honest, it doesn't bother me. Its factually accurate. And it was the right thing to do.

[Igel]

21. Accuracy appears to annoy some people.

Image is more important.