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Jewish World Review May 31, 2005 / 22 Iyar, 5765 Happy mediums or drunken psychics By Dave Weinbaum
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When you spend all your time looking for mice, the elephants will trample you.
Just when victory was in the palms of the Republican's hands, Senator McCain's nose began to itch. The Presidential Bug bit him right on the tip of his snout.
Demo leaders were in the midst of desperation from recent election losses. In their despair to steal power they couldn't earn from the voters, they threatened Bush's judicial nominees with the dreaded (unprecedented in 225 years of American Government for Judicial floor votes) "FILIBUSTER".
Majority Leader, Senator "big talk, no action" Frist threatened to nuke the 'buster. Imagine that, a Senator that was actually willing to stand up and execute the will of the voters.
The happy mediums, led by Senator McCain, ambushed whatever mojo Frist had over the Democrats and turned sure victory into political quagmire. They gave up the battle before the fat lady put her girdle on to come to the game. Can you say Neville Chamberlain?
Keep in mind that the definition of filibuster is "…a tactic such as irrelevant speech or several such speeches used to delay or prevent the passage of legislation."
If Republicans have learned anything at all from the last few elections, it's the more you let the leftists speak, the more voters you convert to conservatism.
Before the McCainites "surrendered" to the Demo filibuster threat, I opined that the best strategy was to let the libs execute their "irrelevant speech". In light of new events, I stand by my earlier assessment.
Think of the possibilities!
1. Senator John "flip-flop" Kerry. Could we hear a rendition of how he REALLY won the election, or how he REALLY was in Cambodia on Christmas Eve in 1968?
2. Senator Ted "Glug Glug" Kennedy. Can he do more than 15 minutes without a martini? I hear only water and milk are allowed during a filibuster. Beware if Senator Glug's water comes with olives and twists, or if his milk is served with a pineapple wedge and umbrella.
3. Minority Leader, Nevada Senator Harry Reid. I hear his parents won him in a poker game. No one knows why, but several years later they founded Gambler's Anonymous.
4. Any Demo Senator willing to be advised by DNC Chair Dr. Howard Dean, on how to give a fair and non accusatory one hour speech. By the way, I heard Dr. Dean tried to donate his brain to science, but they were only taking used ones. Well, at least we know that unlike "brain dead" Republicans, Dean still has one!
5. Senator Barbara "My Best Friends are Black" Boxer. Secretary of State Condy Rice may disagree with you on that one, Madam Senator. Can you say Liberal Phoney?
And this is the leadership of the Democratic Party!
As Dick Morris recently pointed out, why would any Republican in his right mind want to stop the Demo twits in this misadventure?
Further, look who the left would have tried to blaspheme! Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens and California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown are both eminently qualified, well liked by their peers, ABA approved WOMEN! Judge Brown is a black woman, whose story reads better than Horatio Algiers. I would have loved to have seen those genius Libs talk for hours about these obviously evil Judges. Let the cameras roll! I'll bet CBS and Newsweek might even be able to get this right! Hope the Demo leaders have fun explaining themselves to blacks and women trying to get ahead in this country. Then there's Judge Estrada, who gave up the appointment fight in deference to his family. Can the Democrats say Hasta la vista to their FORMER Latino voters? Can the Republicans get better minority recruiters? Can the RNC call Ringling Brothers to get a bigger tent? I can't believe the pinheads in the Republican Party let THAT opportunity slip through their fingers.
Maybe the Libs have decided that elections just aren't their thing. Is their solution the appointment of Judges who believe that the other branches of government are unnecessary? It's a stretch, but looking at the recent judicial bird delivered to Congress and the President in the Shiavo case, it's a distinct possibility.
Whatever their motives, Dems are toying with further self-destruction, if only the Republicans would stop delivering them from their own annihilation.
Libs need to take heed from the newest member of the Bush family; long lost son Bill "Bush Lover" Clinton, and Newt's new gal pal, Hillary "Hide the Records" Clinton. As they say in professional poker, the Clintons "know when to hold 'em and they know when to fold' em."
I can see it now…a new Master Card commercial:
Demos letting Republicans off the hook via stalling the Bolton vote? Cost: Re-opening of Frist's Nuclear option.
Total lack of effective leadership on both sides of the Senate aisle? PRICELESS!
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