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and I just don't see how, mathematically or logically, this will work to our benefit.
in the short term, we have avoided the nuclear strike however, heres some crucial points.
1. this is just the opening salvo in a long multifaceted war. the judges who WE decided were too radical now will receive the simple majority vote. Chances are, we're gonna get screwed. Oh sure we hear, "not every republican is gonna vote for them." give me a break, this is a party that moves in lock step when it comes to moving their agenda forward. We will see all or the large majority of them get confirmed.
2. this moves the goal post another 10 yards to the right. if any ONE single of them gets confirmed, which they will, all the ethical and judicial problems they had are rendered null and void. Janice rogers browne is now the end zone for republicans. So we've just made an even MORE extremist view a more mainstream view. the nation and the courts now will shift further to the right.
3. the DLC launched a MAJOR broadside against howard dean and those of us who want a democratic oppositional party. He's the prime target here by BOTH sides. after he laid an immense smackdown on Russert yesterday, and after Coleman got "Galloway-ed" last week, the DLC needed to slow down momentum. Now, they've succeeded in their "we will do the presidents bidding NO MATTER WHAT" move. I'm sorry, but I'm a little tired of hearing lieberman everytime he's on faux saying, "you're absolutely right, sean..." or "yes of course I support the president." make no mistake, the Focus on the Family wing of the Democratic party just launched their 2006 campaign against Dean and the democrats.
4. The definition of "extreme circumstances" is very subjective. Lindsey Graham was practically gloating on Tweety's show tonight because he knows that they have the dems by the balls
5. Speaking of graham, he pointed out that the seriel sellouts of the DLC are more than willing to move forward now on Bolton, destroying Social Security, and other Pro-Norquist plots against America. Maybe we'll see a GOP decision to kill one of the nominees in favor of bringing Bolton to the UN and keeping private accounts on the table. Thats most likely the logical scenario
6. No one REALLY took Bill Frist as a serious presidential contender in 2008. He's too extreme. I've been saying all along we're gonna see McCain somehow on the ticket, and most likely Jeb. McCain sold his soul to the Neocons, we all know that. He's not a moderate or a maverick, he's a neocon. He wants to wear the mantle once to see how it fits him and this is a great way to endear himself to moderates who will be duped by his act.
7. This also allows the GOP to run bloodthirsty primaries against their own moderates. Specter was brought to heel earlier this year, and make no mistake, the GOP is going to be thinning the herd with earnest now. Now they can say, SEE!! THE MODERATES FORCED THIS!!! WE NEED MORE COMMITTED CONSERVATIVES FOR THE CAUSE!!! like I said, the goal post just moved 10 yards more to the right
8. The MSM has adopted the GOP talking points. Its no longer the "nuclear option" its the "Constitutional Option." If you scanned over all the talk today, they did it in a weekend. This change of language by the media has ALWAYS precluded a GOP assault. They did it on the "death tax" and on "partial birth abortion." The MSM is gearing up for the real fight by preparing the public for the dialogue that the GOP will frame the debate with.
9. While also listening to Lindsey Graham on Tweety's show, I noticed one of his "hypotheticals." If you listen close enough, you can hear whats gonna be dropped next. The GOP is going to go for the supreme court and if anyone thinks we're going to save a filibuster for that, they're wrong. The GOP now has the ability to say, "hey we compromised. they just don't want to work with us anymore. we have to invoke the constitutional option to save america." Except NOW the goal post, again, has been moved. Where an extremist like owen or brown would have been scoffed at, NOW moving someone like them into the supreme court will be perfectly acceptable. "but they were already confirmed once, why are they suddenly so bad now?" will be the cry. Now Scalia comes off as an intellectual man of great stature because the loonies have been moved into the center.
10. The siege hasn't ended. Dean summed it up with his mention yesterday of the republicans "30 year plan." But what he left out was their 100 year plan, the "New American Century." These are people on a mission, a long term mission. Ralph Reed said they would move like guerrilla fighters, striking from the night. They've succeeded by duplicity. Neoconservatism is the politics of lying to control the masses. We had a chance to LET them yank themselves into the spotlight of truth. Instead now, they are provided with cover and ammunition for the future war. we gained a yard today only to lose 10 yards on the next play.
I know some people are proclaiming, "REJOICE!! We have peace in our time. The republic is saved." I'm not a pessimist but this stinks to high hell, period. This is the showing a deuce when you have 2 aces in hand. The REAL stakes are after 2008 keeping another neoconservative in power and advancing the AGENDA of the movement. As long as they have the right to go nuclear at their discretion, this is not a win for us, for the Senate, or for the Republic. I know we're all high on star wars analogys and all that, but this is the moment when Democrats ceded power, not gained power, and the Dark Side continues to eke through the cracks till eventually, it shatters it, like water creeping through the cracks in a boulder till eventually it washes it away. We are that boulder blocking the tide of empire, ladies and gentlemen. and we are now in supreme danger of being washed away.
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
--George Orwell
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