FILIBUSTER FRACAS!
Yep tomorrow is the big day when we find out whether or not "the nuclear option" will be used. It is just getting ugly folks. There are those that believe that there are other things Congress should be discussing besides a rule change. But this rule change could change how votes are made when it comes to the judiciary and there is only one reason Senate Republicans want it to be changed: to get their people in. MoveOnPAC has an emergency petition going around and if you have not already signed it, I urge you to do so. And perhaps send an extra little note to your Congressfolk to keep the filibuster an option if only because, you KNOW that if the liberals tried anything like this, the Republicans would be all over us, hooting and hollering and crying foul and shutting everything down themselves (wait didn't they already do that once? [twice])IN THE MEANTIME...Hamid Karzai was not able to throw out the first pitch at Fenway Park as requested, but he did give the commencement speech at Boston University and then spoke out against Bush about the prison abuse in Afghanistan. Yeah that friendship's getting a little chilly now..
And speaking of chilly receptions....Laura Bush has been out and about on her "carefully devised" trip to various Muslim nations, speaking out about women's rights and trying to better the image of the US over there. The best thing this morning was how, when asked about protesters in Jerusalem, she said "Well there were only about 2 or 3 protesters"...and this was after the Today show showed footage of a good sized crowd of people shouting about how she didn't belong there. Laura said that she was "surprised and not surprised" by the protests...oh Laura Laura Laura...
posted by funkweee @ 8:46 AM
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