Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2005: 'The President, and the President alone, nominates judges'

[kpete]

Sen. Mitch McConnell, in 2005, defending the absolute right of a sitting president to nominate judges.

"The Constitution of the United States is at stake. Article II, Section 2 clearly provides that the President, and the President alone, nominates judges. The Senate is empowered to give advice and consent. But my Democratic colleagues want to change the rules. They want to reinterpret the Constitution to require a supermajority for confirmation. In effect, they would take away the power to nominate from the President and grant it to a minority of 41 Senators."

"The Republican conference intends to restore the principle that, regardless of party, any President's judicial nominees, after full debate, deserve a simple up-or-down vote. I know that some of our colleagues wish that restoration of this principle were not required. But it is a measured step that my friends on the other side of the aisle have unfortunately made necessary. For the first time in 214 years, they have changed the Senate's 'advise and consent' responsibilities to 'advise and obstruct.'"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/13/1484831/-Sen-Mitch-McConnell-in-2005-The-President-and-the-President-alone-nominates-judges

[B Calm]

1. Hypocritical Mitch!

[saltpoint]

2. Recommended. I'd run this as an ad

in Kentucky 24-7, slap it onto every billboard from Salem to Savannah, and keep it on the lips of as many influential people in the country as possible.

McConnell has been a stooge for the far right. It's time he was exposed.

[postulater]

3. What do you call the asshole of a turtle?

A McConnell.