Sen. Trent Lott : “Filibustering is wrong. It’s not supportable under the Constitution.

[deminks]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/17/filibuster-conservatives/

Tonight, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) will keep the Senate “working through the night” in an effort to force conservatives to stand and filibuster the Levin/Reed plan for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.

The same conservatives filibustering tonight were singing a different tune two years ago. When Democrats held up the confirmation of a few of President Bush’s right-wing judicial nominees, conservatives repeatedly complained of “obstructionism.”

Senate conservatives had threatened to deploy the “nuclear option,” which would have eliminated the traditional Senate practice of filibustering.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS): “Filibustering is wrong. It’s not supportable under the Constitution. And if they insist on persisting with these filibusters, I’m perfectly prepared to blow the place up.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spokesman: “Senator McConnell always has and continues to fully support the use of what has become known as the ‘’ option in order to restore the norms and traditions of the Senate.”

[yardwork]

1. Ha ha ha! ROFL!!

I never knew that Trent Lott could say something funny!

Whew. That's a good one. LOL.

[goclark]

2. Is Sir Lott in need of assistance from Homeland Security?

"And if they insist on persisting with these filibusters, I’m perfectly prepared to blow the place up.”

Where is Agent Mike when we need him?!

Arrest him ~ now!

Hand cuffs, now!


:bounce:

[judaspriestess]

3. trent lott is the poster child for all douche nozzles

of the world.

[melody]

11. LOL! n/t

[gratuitous]

4. Offer may not be valid in all locales or with all minority parties

See, a filibuster is only evil when it thwarts the Republics.

[EVDebs]

17. Fillibusters may cause uncontrollable bowel movements amonst GOP members, consult Dr Frist before

attempting any such 'move'.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Just so people are aware of what the response to the hypocrisy charge will be....

... They're gonna say something like "I was talking about JUDICIAL advice/consent filibustering there. That's not what we're dealing with here, which is the filibustering of LEGISLATION."

Of course it's bullshit - but it can be nice to know what they're going to say ahead of time.

[DS1]

6. Is that a terrorist threat?

[jaxx]

7. I always get a laugh when the pubs start worrying about the Constitution.

Hypocrites.

[bdamomma]

13. they bring out and dust it off, on occasions, what hypocrites is right.

[Gelliebeans]

35. Exactly,

like they have any idea what's written on that document anyway. :eyes:

[Selatius]

8. I don't know why my neighbors keep voting for Lott.

Most of them voted for Lott. It seems the only people voting for Erik Fleming who ran against him in 2006 were leftist white people and most of the black community.

[The Cleaner]

9. "We're gonna rebuild Trent's house. We'll sit on the porch and swing and drink ice tea.

It'll be a beautiful new house.

Those poor black people whose houses were destroyed? What poor black people? Huh, what...who? What happened, where am I? Karl, get a couple black girls over there for me, pay 'em good, tell 'em to put their arms around me and smile, only for a minute though.

[BOSSHOG]

10. I apologize (again) for my Senator

[Harry Monroe]

16. Make that a double apology for me

I live in NE Mississippi; this asshole is my senator. Mea Culpa. Rest assured, I didn't vote for this douchebag!!!

[deminks]

19. You both need not apologize to me. I am from Kansas.

These people do not represent us, even though we live in their districts. They only listen to their party. They are pigs.

[BOSSHOG]

25. I do like your Governor

My wife is from Kansas and her dearly departed Dad was a WWII Army veteran, a Purple Heart recipient and a lifelong democrat. I think republicans angered him more then the German Army. Bring up Bob Dole and his blood pressure would reach dangerous levels.

[deminks]

26. Your FIL sounds like he was a great person!

We love our governor. Maybe she will be a VP candidate someday. Our senators, though, are complicit in most of this misadministration's messes.

[BOSSHOG]

23. Howdy Neighbor

We are down here in Pearl River County (a mere 60 miles to New Orleans.) I believe we have the state covered.

[HeeBGBz]

24. Triple

I tried to vote his ass out.

[SCantiGOP]

34. I'm from South Carolina

so no need to apologize for anything. The last good thing this state did was have Trent trip himself up during Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. BLOW THE PLACE UP??? Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Where's Michael Chertoff when you need him? LOTT threatened the Senate! Arrest him!!!

Citizen's arrest! Citizen's arrest! Citizen's arrest! (in my Gomer Pyle voice and accent)

[Bluebear]

14. 'I’m perfectly prepared to blow the place up.' - uh HELLO???

Off to gitmo!

[EVDebs]

15. Humor us progressives then, Trent ! LOL ! nt

[Canuckistanian]

18. Say, didn't his hero Strom do a filibuster once?

Why, yes, now I remember:

WASHINGTON — Fortified with a good rest, a steam bath and a sirloin steak, Sen. Strom Thurmond talked against a 1957 civil rights bill for 24 hours and 18 minutes — longer than anyone has ever talked about anything in Congress.

The South Carolina senator, then a Democrat, opened his one-man filibuster on Aug. 28, 1957, at 8:54 p.m. against the bill, which he said was unconstitutional and "cruel and unusual punishment."

Republican leader Sen. William Knowland of California retorted that Thurmond's endless speech was cruel and unusual punishment to his colleagues.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,90552,00.html

And for such a good cause, too.

[Burried News]

30. Great Catch

[mzmolly]

20. Nice find!

:hi:

[guitar man]

21. hmmm, Trent Lott......

.....didn't he use to be somebody or something? My memory fails me just now.......Trent Lott......I know I have heard that name somewhere......:shrug:

[cui bono]

22. How do these people live with themselves?

Seriously. HOW???

[EVDebs]

28. The assumption is that they're human and have consciences...big leap there

[cui bono]

31. You're right. I must use a more methodic and scientific approach in the future. n/t

[onenote]

27. the repubs always drew a distinction between filibustering judicial noms and legislation

Their argument was not that filibustering was unconstitutional per se but rather that filibustering judicial nominees was. Of course, that argument is complete BS.

[Vektor]

29. "Blow the place up"? Isn't that a blatant terrorist threat?

Jesus Christ, these Repukes are crazy as loons.

[Kurovski]

32. Trent and Vitter remind me of how Republicans these days should really have diapered heads.

All that shit from the wrong end...

[DefenseLawyer]

33. We can laugh an their obvious "flip flop"

but they got Alito on the bench.

[Hubert Flottz]

36. They'll miss the Watergate PokeHer game tonight and the free

limo ride with the didee dames.