Family Research Council's "Justice Sunday": HYPOCRISY REVEALED!

[Roland99]

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/010459.html

When it suited its own purposes, the Family Research Council had no trouble urging use of the filibuster. People for the American Way (PFAW) reports (received by e-mail):

The Family Research Council is demanding that Senate Republicans override Senate rules in order to ban filibusters against judicial nominees – and has made false and inflammatory charges that the filibuster is being used to keep people of faith – and specifically Christians – off the courts. But several years ago, a senior Family Research Council official defended a Senate filibuster against gay ambassadorial nominee James Hormel, who was viciously attacked by radical right groups.

PFAW writes that in 1998, then-Senior FRC Writer and Analyst Steven Schwalm, appearedg on NPR’s Talk of the Nation and had this to say about the filibuster against James Hormel, President’s Clinton’s ambassadorial nominee:

...the Senate is a -- is not a majoritarian institution like the House of Representatives is. It is a deliberative body and it's got a number of checks and balances built into our government. This is one of those checks, in which a majority cannot just sheerly force its will, even if they have a majority of votes in some cases, that's why there are things like filibusters and other things that give minorities in the Senate some power to slow things up, to hold things up, and let things be aired properly.

I just forwarded this information to Sens. McConnell and Frist.

I suggest you all do the same! :)

[ck4829]

1. The 'christian' Right's Just-Us Sunday proves they are the New Taliban

[Roland99]

2. One of the speakers at the Freedom and Faith rally called them that!

[AuntiBush]

7. Really! But WORSE! There is NO excuse for them!

None! I blame BUSH and his puppeteers for this and a hundred other thieving acts committed against us. You'd expect this sinister radicalism, but from our own fellow (yeah, right) Americans.

No. No way. Passed lines. Arrogance is running ramped. They Republican Party is out of control and at the risk of quoting from old Gannon-Gate himself, "The Republican Party and their cohorts are the PARTY DIVORCED FROM REALITY!"

Maybe a comet will pass our way again and they could hop on it. Remember... yeah. Luv us or leave, please!

[hootinholler]

9. Good one!

Just-Us Sunday! Brought to you by the TaliBornAgin

-Hoot

[underpants]

3. This needs more attention

:kick:

[Roland99]

4. I agree

:kick:


Oh, and check this out:

Analysis: Frist flip-flopped on filibusters (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7518425/

WASHINGTON - With the battle over Democratic filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees about to escalate, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday "If what Democrats are doing is wrong today, it won’t be right for Republicans to do the same thing tomorrow."

But history shows that Republicans did something similar to the Democrats' filibusters five years ago.

In 1999 and 2000, before he became majority leader, Frist was one of the Republican senators blocking President Clinton’s nominee to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Richard Paez.

Frist and others repeatedly prevented a vote on the Paez nomination. In 1999, Frist and 52 other Republicans voted against a motion to proceed to a vote on Paez.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. This is not surprising................

Hypocrisy has become the new dance craze sweeping the fundies. I salute your bringing this to the above senator's attention, but I fear it will fall upon deaf ears. The leadership in this country are moving without honor and without regard for the truth and fair-play.

[Roland99]

6. Can't hurt trying

[donheld]

8. Hypocracy fundimental of the right wing

Right now without hypocracy the far right just could not function.

[meganmonkey]

10. Hee heee!

Imagine that - hypocrites! ;)

[Roland99]

11. Oh, it gets better!! Check this out from Ken Mehlman!!

(came via email)

Hypocrite - noun, one who pretends to be what he is not or to have principles or beliefs that he does not have.

The Democrats' efforts to block President Bush's qualified judicial nominees are not only hypocritical but are examples of partisan politicking at its worst.

Republicans in the Senate are working to ensure that all of President Bush's judicial nominees receive a fair and final up-or-down vote. Despite Senate history and tradition, Democrats are aggressively trying to prevent qualified judges from receiving what's been afforded every judicial nominee for over 200 years.

During the Clinton Administration, Democrats demanded up-or-down majority votes on judicial nominations, but, now that they are in the minority, they have become the party of obstructionism and double standards.

Umm...Ken? I think you left out a little detail back from those Clinton days. Just a little one.