hahahahahaha Limbaugh Has A Meltdown Over The "Nuclear Option"

[warrior1]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/21/limbaugh-has-a-meltdown-over-the-nuclear-option/197012

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Obama's going to get every judge he wants. He's going to get -- if they want to add seats to a court -- if they want to add five new liberal seats to the D.C. Circuit, for example, they can do it, there's no stopping them, because the Republicans don't have the votes.

[...]

Democrats abruptly changed the Senate's balance of power by reducing from 60 to 51 the number of votes needed to end procedural roadblocks known as filibusters against all presidential nominees. Folks, this is part and parcel of why the Democrats are so hell-bent on winning the House in 2014. This -- winning the House would give them total authoritarian non-challengeable control over the US government. Quite literally there would be no way to stop them. None whatsoever.

[...]

When the minority is Republicans, they don't even exist. And they're not due any respect, constitutional or otherwise. Constitutional or human. And so basically what this means, with a president like Obama, is there's no stopping -- he can nominate anybody for anything in the judiciary ... cabinet, whatever. There's no way he can be stopped.

[...]

Democrats have made it plain they're not interested in democracy. And that really is what this means. Not interested in democracy at all. Total statist authoritarianism. And frankly, I'm being kind with that terminology.

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was it good for you.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

1. Apropos. Limbaugh is radioactive to advertisers

[Scuba]

2. He's not the Hindenberg.

But he's a giant, flaming, Nazi gasbag.

[Adsos Letter]

16. DUZY! n/t

[Scuba]

17. I heard that right here on DU, and promptly stole it.

[Adsos Letter]

18. And I'm stealing it from you.

Should come in handy around the festal board next week, given that there will be a couple of Limbaugh sycophants in attendance.

[Brigid]

41. Stealing too.

Now you've got me in hysterics again! You should see the looks I'm getting from my cats!

[NealK]

29. Lol!

[backscatter712]

37. The way I heard it...

"What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenberg?"

"One's a flaming Nazi gasbag, and the other's a dirigible."

[Scuba]

38. That's the way I heard it too. Perfect, regardless.

[malaise]

43. ROFL

[treestar]

3. Sounds like more of a Democracy

When the majority can get what it wants. We have the courts to prevent a majority from voting away the basic rights of the majority. But a Senate rule that stops the majority from voting on something just because they are against it is not Democratic.

[defacto7]

55. ^ this ^

The funny thing is, it was never a rule to begin with. It was kind of.... an assumption I guess. We just got back into the business of democracy and the will of the people and that seems to be just too much for the GOP.

[reflection]

4. I see he's beginning to appropriate some of Mark Levin's shtick

This tells me he's trying to mutate from the "harmless little fuzzball entertainer" that focuses on social issues to the "protector at the gate/vanguard of freedom fighter" in the wake of his flagging ratings. Not going to work, Rush. There are much purer examples of the agit-prop breed of monkey you aspire to be - swinging through the trees of radio and throwing their verbal feces all over the airwaves. You are being destroyed by the monster you helped create, and I hope you saved the money you made.

[Arugula Latte]

6. I think he blew his money on Oxy and young Dominican Republican male prostitutes.

[monmouth3]

24. He blew a great deal of money on ex-wives and shut-up money...n/t

[The CCC]

21. I see he's beginning to appropriate some of Mark Levin's shtick

Please don't insult the monkey's. Even they know better.

[jwirr]

5. Only his dedicated fools will buy a sixty vote majority has anything to do with democracy.

[Skittles]

7. "When the minority is Republicans, they don't even exist.

YEAH, WE KNOW THE FEELING, ASSHOLES

[OnionPatch]

10. We do, but they really don't know the feeling. They're used to having their way regardless.

The right really believes they're entitled to having their way, no matter if they're in the minority or not. Rush can eat it. This is how democracy is supposed to work. Rush and his warped followers are in the minority and it's about time they accept that reality.

[Skittles]

13. yup- no matter who is in office they act like it all theirs

fucking spoiled assholes is what they are

[Initech]

8. So the republicans used the nuclear option tons of times during the Bush era.

Obama uses it once and the republicans are already going apeshit.

[Laelth]

9. Perfect! Right on cue.

-Laelth

[Arcanetrance]

11. So he had a nuclear meltdown it was bound to happen

[ismnotwasm]

12. Good

Such an asshole.

[Heather MC]

42. You know we are moving in the right direction if Rush is mad about something

[louis-t]

14. Respect is earned, asshole.

Repugs changed the rules so that a simple majority was no longer good enough. They are the ones whose stated goal was to deny this president EVERYTHING, then blame him for not accomplishing anything. They are the ones that gerrymandered themselves into a position where they cannot lose. They are the ones that succeeded in stopping minorities from voting. Power grab? Really?

[Berlum]

15. If Limbaugh would just shut up and eat his Republicon DRUGS he would feel better

It has always worked for him and his RepubliCronies in the past...

[randome]

19. He has a meltdown every day. Tiny Fukushimas go off behind his eyes.

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[SHRED]

20. " Not interested in democracy at all"

Uh ...what does Rush think a majority vote is?

[JNelson6563]

22. I need a cigarette!

That was great! I think I'll have a drink too...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Rush is firing them up for 2014, so laugh if you like. <bold> 2014 </bold> . nt

[nolabear]

25. "And they're not due any respect..." Indeed they aren't. Respect is earned.

How long did they abuse their power before having it removed? Respecting ain't exactly their stock in trade, is it?

[Blue Owl]

26. Do us a favor and gag on your own bile, Ru$h

[ewagner]

27. I need a cigarette.....

[lunatica]

46. LOL!

[paleotn]

28. project much?

...

Democrats have made it plain they're not interested in democracy. And that really is what this means. Not interested in democracy at all. Total statist authoritarianism. And frankly, I'm being kind with that terminology.

Did he really say that?! You've got to be F'n kidding me. The irony is just too much. Maybe to much for his robotic listeners. Then again, maybe not. Stupid is as stupid does and all.

[VanillaRhapsody]

30. BOO Fucking HOO!

[kentuck]

31. The era of "mulligans" is over.

No longer do you get a 19-vote advantage before the voting even begins. To think you can win every vote with only 41 votes is ridiculous.

[blue14u]

32. The Dems are fired up also!!!!...

I read 2014 will spend more money that any other

mid-term ever has, and its going to be nasty, nasty, nasty.

Way more nasty than the Presidential race of 2012.. I believe it ...

The RW loons on my FB

are already having meltdowns over it!!! They are scared after seeing

VA and NY elect Dems in historically RED states, and City's like NY!!!

I remind them of it too... every chance I get!!!

We must all VOTE 2014... VOTE!!!!

[Volaris]

50. Yep, we can take it.

And if we take even a FEW of their gerrymandered-to-hell-and-back districts away from them, they will completely freak. The result will be a GOP Primary BLOODBATH between those who know WHY they lost the House (because their idiocy is backing them into a demographic suicide-corner) and those who THINK they know (because they just wernt conservative ENOUGH).

There aren't enough moderates left in that party to secure Christie the nomination, they will run Cruz, they will lose HUGE, and then AND ONLY THEN, will they finally come to the conclusion that their fellow citizens have been brainwashed into just hating America, and that the country is doomed, DOOMED I say, to a future of Authoritarian Communism.

THEN I will drink their tears.
THEN I will be happy.
Not before.

[blue14u]

54. Oh, my endorphins are exploding in overdrive

just thinking about it!!

A FEW gerrymandered districts coming to us

due to their teabaggery tactics will be a total and complete death of that

party..FINALLY!!!

A BLOODBATH indeed...and the icing will be a Cruz loss.

Gee..wonder how he will take it?? hehehe

Seriously...I cannot wait!

I live for the day!

[Volaris]

56. And welcome to DU, by the way.

[blue14u]

57. Thank you Volaris!!!

Been reading here since about Aug of 2012 during the
Presidential campaign. I refused to not try and help defeat
that RW shrill Romney... and we did it!!!

I really enjoy my time reading DU.. It relaxes me as odd as that
may sound.. My Mother and some other family,(RWer's), have been in politics as far back as I can remember. Needless to say we have little in common, and if you noticed my sig line..

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is my Ancestor.

.I like to campaign, and I love to win!!!

2014 here we come!

[Volaris]

58. Nice...

I found this place after I did a search for liberals online...I remember I went looking after the Iraq occupation started to go belly up, and while I was wondering what was REALLY happening, I saw Keith Olbermann rip apart the Bush administration on the handling of said occupation on a Special Comment...

and I found this place.

My grandparents were both into politics, and I remember being about 6 years old, sitting on their living room floor watching the Conventions...He was an Eisenhower Republican (because he HATEDHATEDHATED bureaucratic inefficiency, and after being a POW in WWII he came to believe that large-scale War was an Absolute Evil) and she was an FDR, hard-core, no-bullshit, economic Liberal who bled so blue you'd think she was a Vulcan. Both children of German-Catholic, alcoholic immigrant parents.

They NEVER argued about it. They BOTH voted for Kennedy. They both supported Civil Rights.
They let me watch.

The first memory I have of a sitting President being on television was the day Reagan addressed the nation when NASA lost Challenger...I thought "THAT'S how it's supposed to be done, lock stock, and barrel.." (he WAS the Great Communicator, after all)...

Now I'm here.

Cady Stanton... that's pretty damn cool, Blue.

(holy shit when did we get all these new smilies? that's just a whole screen-full of awesome up there lol)

[blue14u]

59. Not sure about the smilies

but you have a great history. How wonderful we were both

influenced at young ages to be involved and make a difference..

I hope to see you here often. I will know your posts will come from a good place

and we are in this together..

It still gives me chills, and breaks my heart when I think about

the Challenger exploding right before our eye's.. I watched it on the news.. I was so saddened by the

the loss of the first woman in space, and she was a school teacher. Oh how horrific

and tragic it still is.
a for our nation's loss.

[Gothmog]

33. Poor baby

The more he throws a fit the more he looks like a baby

[Dopers_Greed]

34. Poor Rush Limpknob

Maybe we should send him off to retire in the Dominican Republic with a huge stock of the blue stuff. I'm sure his syndicators and America will be glad to be rid of him.

[MatthewStLouis]

35. I wonder when the last time republicans were halfway reasonable? The 1860's?

[SCVDem]

36. Let's roll the video from Bush's days

Sensenbrenner did an Eric Cartman. "Screw you, I'm going home"!

From Wiki: On June 17, 2005, Sensenbrenner, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, abruptly ended a meeting where Republicans and Democrats were supposed to be debating the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act and walked out in response to Democratic members raising issues regarding human rights violations at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp and the ongoing Iraq war. He ordered the court reporter to halt transcriptions of the proceedings, C-SPAN cameras covering the meeting be shut off, and that discussion on the issue be halted. Sensenbrenner defended his actions by claiming that the Democrats and witnesses had repeatedly violated House rules in discussing issues he believed to be unrelated to the subject of the meeting.[12] His abrupt walkout was contrary to House parliamentary procedure, which is to adjourn either on motion or without objection. Political journalist Matt Taibbi described the incident in a profile of the 109th Congress published around October 2006: "Last year, Sensenbrenner became apoplectic when Democrats who wanted to hold a hearing on the Patriot Act invoked a little-known rule that required him to let them have one. "Naturally, he scheduled it for something like 9 a.m. on a Friday when Congress wasn't in session, hoping that no one would show," recalls a Democratic staffer who attended the hearing. "But we got a pretty good turnout anyway." Sensenbrenner kept trying to gavel the hearing to a close, but Democrats again pointed to the rules, which said they had a certain amount of time to examine their witnesses. When they refused to stop the proceedings, the chairman did something unprecedented: He simply picked up his gavel and walked out. "He was like a kid at the playground," the staffer says. And just in case anyone missed the point, Sensenbrenner shut off the lights and cut the microphones on his way out of the room. Commenting on Sensenbrenner's actions on The Daily Show, comedian Jon Stewart said, "Oh my God, he literally took his gavel and went home; we are officially being governed by children."

[Brigid]

39. I am speechless!

I still have tears running down my face, and my cats are looking at me like I've lost my mind!

[Jack Rabbit]

40. What a liar. "Democrats have made it plain they're not interested in democracy."

So let get this straight, Rush. There are 100 members of the Senate. The Republicans had things their way while 60 senators were required to vote for cloture in order to end a filibuster and insisted it remain that way. The Democrats changed this to a simple majority. And you say it's the Democrats who aren't interested in democracy.

Rush, if I didn't know better, I'd guess that your real problem is you don't like a nominally liberal black American appointing federal judges just because he got more votes than a white man in two presidential elections. However, you and your racist Republican friends have a fix for that in racist voter ID laws. That sounds pretty undemocratic to me, Rush. Now, once again, who isn't interested in democracy?

[butterfly77]

44. DaDaDaDaDa...

I'm loving it!

[lunatica]

45. Oh goody!

[livingwagenow]

47. How many Oxys does it take to 'help' limpblob through a crisis such as this? knr nt

[sendero]

48. Awww..

.. gee I seem to remember the Republicans going on and on about how the president "should get to choose his people and judges" as merely a presidential prerogative (back in the Shrub days).

I could muster an ounce of respect for Republicans if they didn't talk out of both sides of their ass CONTINUALLY.

[CFLDem]

49. You mean the fat pig hasn't OD'd yet?

No offense to actual pigs🐷

[chillfactor]

51. think of the melt-down he will have on Monday...

over the Iran agreement I cannnot wait

[Wounded Bear]

52. Wonder how he'll react to the Iran deal?

I wish his head would .

Literally.

[tularetom]

53. Don't take him seriously

I don't think he believes half of all the shit he says. He's a failed radio DJ who lucked into a very profitable shtick. It's his job to keep the dumbass bigots pissed off and he's been pretty successful at it up until now. Not that it requires all that much skill to make his listeners hate the black guy in the white house.

[Warren DeMontague]

60. I bet.