I want you guys to see what these subhuman Republican bastards are up to

[CatWoman]

courtesy of Jay Bookman:

A conscious effort to deceive is unacceptable

3:07 pm February 24, 2010, by Jay

Over at Andrew Breitbart’s site, the day’s featured video is a compilation of remarks by Barack Obama, Harry Reid and other Democratic senators back in 2005, in which they strongly condemn Republicans for considering what was called “the nuclear option.”

At the time, the Democratic minority in the Senate was filibustering to block confirmation of some of President Bush’s judicial nominees. Frustrated, Republicans threatened to retaliate by rewriting Senate rules to permanently strip minority senators of the right to filibuster such nominations.

That was hardly the only change being contemplated. Rewriting Senate rules requires a two-thirds majority, which the Republicans didn’t have. So the Republicans were threatening to strip the minority of its historic right to filibuster by ignoring the equally historic requirement of a two-thirds majority to change Senate rules. If carried out, such a revolution would permanently alter the core nature and tradition of the Senate.

Hence, the term “nuclear option.”

The change was so controversial that in the end, senators cut a deal, with Democrats allowing some of the nominations to go through and the Republicans agreeing to drop the nuclear option.

Here’s that video:

Rest of Jay's column and the video: http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/02/24/a-conscious-effort-to-deceive-is-unacceptable/