The Great Senate Compromise
The Senate has apparently cut a deal whereby three of the ten blocked judicial nominees will be allowed to the floor for a vote without filibuster, seven will be thrown overboard, and the Democrats won’t filibuster any more judicial nominees except in “extreme circumstances”. Extreme circumstances, in this context, likely means “parts her hair on the right.”
If there was ever any doubt that the Republican party is dominated by spineless “go alongs”, this should squash it flat. The Republicans want so badly for the DC Media to like them that they will supplicate themselves to swine like Harry Reid. The Republicans (and their Glorious Leader, G. W. Bush) have no intention of doing anything that actually reduces the power and scope of government. Nor do they care to see that the Constitution is actually enforced.
This was, of course, evident from the moment the Republicans gained majority status in the Senate. They couldn’t cave in to the whining Tom Daschle fast enough. I maintain that the Republicans have never been the majority in the Senate. With the constant use of the filibuster, the Democrats have managed to be majority by other means.
I have never really identified with the Republican party (well, there was that one time, but that was just so I could vote against GWB in the 2000 primary), and this “deal” has basically guaranteed that I’ll never vote for a Republican again. Of course, I’m not goin to vote for the Democrats, either. So, my conservative vote (which is basically meaningless in the dark blue states) will become a protest vote. I will vote for any third party candidate (moonbat or not) when one is available, and will abstain when there are no such candidates.
At one time, I made the argument “At least the Republican is nominally better for liberty than the Democrat.” I appear to have been wrong all along on that, and just needed the proverbial “Clue-by-Four” to open my eyes. Now that they are open, it is quite obvious that there is no fundamental difference between the parties.
Cthulu in 2008! Why settle for the lesser evil?