Repug. Hatch on Senate Floor just said that the nuclear option was a

[rodeodance]

term coined by the Dems. He wants it called the constitutional option.
Hasn't anyone told him it was Lott was made up that term.
I hope the next person up corrects him.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. I heard that rat bastard say that on cspan this morning.

I don't know who coined it. Was it the Dems or the Reps? Each group says it's the other.

[ClassWarrior]

3. It was Helmet-Head Lott.

NGU.

[Catherine Vincent]

48. Thanks.

I'm glad some Democrats are out on the airwaves telling everyone the truth at who coined it. Because if you listen to the repuke talking points, it was the Democrats and the media is helping them spread this lie.

[doublethink]

15. Here's a quote from Harry Reid on Monday about this ...

"They created those terms, and they’re going to wear them around their necks from now till Doomsday." -snip-

go here .....

http://www.airamericaradio.com/weblogs/alfrankenshow/index.php?/franken/senator_reid_on_nuclear_constitutional_gop_name_games

[ChiciB1]

47. Me Too... Kinda Makes Ya Wanna

:nuke: :puke: AND :banghead:

[Dinger]

51. It Makes Them Predictable- We Should use This To Our Distinct Advantage!

[rodeodance]

2. Sen. from Iowa (R.) this am said the same thing.

[rodeodance]

4. The Iowa Sen. said it on Wash Jour this morning. Sorry but I forget his

name.

[rodeodance]

10. Hatch is trying to be the historian right now.

[shoelace414]

5. this is the personal account/private account argument

[rodeodance]

19. yes, they want the Politically correct term

[doublethink]

6. Went from Lott's Mouth To Cheneys Ears .......

and so on and so forth. These people don't think twice about lying anymore. Just blatant blatant blatant ....... Peace. :)

[July]

7. Media Matters is on this.

Go through the whole genesis of the term (from Republicans) and points out how the thugs are now trying to pin it on Democrats AND change the meaning of "nuclear option" to "shut down Senate action."

They. Are. Lying. Slime.

[rodeodance]

12. so lets find that media matters article and sent to Hatch. lets all DO it.

[July]

16. See Roland99's post in GD:Politics.

Just saw it, and it has both the link and Hatch's contact info.

[rodeodance]

18. here is Hatch's web email address (only took me a few min. as I cut

and pasted most of the media matters article above.

http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact

[Lugnut]

37. Done.

We are not all asleep out here in constituent land.

[jojo54]

8. Lott said it in that term first

At least, I had never heard anyone else term it that way before him.

[JerseygirlCT]

9. Yup. These are the new WH talking points

Gee, you didn't get the memo?

[liberal N proud]

11. Meanwhile, while the Congress argues over who coined a phrase

thousands of children go without health care, the environment gets ravaged and the deficit increases.
When will Congress address real issues?

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. Classic tactics.

I am so sick of this shit.

[rodeodance]

14. Here is the Media matters showing it was Lotts term

http://mediamatters.org/items/200504260001

Watch this video clip:

* Quicktime
* Windows Media

Media adopts false claim that "nuclear option" is a Democratic term

Major media outlets have recently miscast the term "nuclear option" as a creation of Senate Democrats. These include even National Public Radio (NPR), the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times, all of which had previously reported accurately that it was Senate Republicans who originated the term.

As several weblogs have noted, the term "nuclear option" -- referring to the Republican-proposed Senate rule change that would prohibit filibusters of judicial nominations -- was coined by one of its leading advocates, Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS). But since Republican strategists judged the term "nuclear option" to be a liability, they have urged Senate Republicans to adopt the term "constitutional option." Many in the media have complied with the Senate Republicans' shift in terminology and repeated their attribution of the term "nuclear option" to the Democrats.

Lott himself provided an example of the Republicans' deliberate rhetorical shift on the April 17 edition of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, which featured Lott and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) discussing the proposed rule change:

SCHUMER: It goes against the checks and balances.

LOTT: That's why I call it the constitutional option. I went back this very morning and re-read the constitution.

SCHUMER: You once called it the nuclear option.

LOTT: Well, I am given credit for that.

SCHUMER: You are.

LOTT: I'm not sure I want it. I prefer to call it the constitutional option.

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. Contact Reid's office and demand an apology

Toll free: 1-800-SOB-USOB

edit to add: Hatch's words are now in the record and it's another way to be used against Dems as being the "truth" unless it's corrected IMMEDIATELY.

[rodeodance]

20. i do not mind them changing it--but then they LIE about who started

this whole business.

[rodeodance]

21. MRS. Dole up now

[rodeodance]

22. she is c/o 'liberal' special interests groups--she must have said that

word a hundred times in her speech already.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1747746&mesg_id=1747766&page=

[Blue Belle]

23. The only one Elizabeth Dole aims to correct...

Is her husband.

Now she's bashing MoveOn.org for advertising against banning the filibuster. Note to Elizabeth Dole: What the fuck was Frist doing with Justice Sunday??

[ClassWarrior]

25. You mean "Tax-Exempt Sunday?"

(Don't let those fine houses of worship forget who's paying the bills around here... <LOL> )

NGU.

[proud patriot]

24. HATCH IS A LIAR

:mad:

[rodeodance]

26. Dem Dubin just corrected Hatch--Go Durban!!!!!

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28. He is explaining in a nice way what the filibuster does (need 60 votes)

[ClassWarrior]

29. Sen. Durbin rocks. Always has, always will.

NGU.

[Blue Belle]

27. Durbin is calling him on it right now.

YAY!
:applause:

[rodeodance]

30. some sanity has come our way (so little of it nowadays)

[rodeodance]

31. Dubin is laying it on Bush--saying he wants it and Repugs just

following along. Also brought in Cheney name.

[rodeodance]

32. Says Repugs are not willing to stand up to Bush and say-enough is

enough. good, he is saying they are lapdogs!! te he

[rodeodance]

33. says that Hatch is suffering from "political amnesia"--te he

Good one Durbin. Bet Hatch is ready to hatch a chicken.

[Roland99]

34. He's such a clucking idiot!

;)

[rodeodance]

36. here chicky chicky

[rodeodance]

35. Durbin is laying into Cheney seveal times also

[JamboGuide]

38. SO now Durbin does NOT want Senate shutdown!???

[Blue Belle]

40. I'm glad he pointed out that the Repugs..

thought of and used the government shut down first.

[rodeodance]

42. I took it that he supported Reids compromise-the one that Frist said

NO to yesterday.

[rodeodance]

39. says Newt was so embolded by Rush L. that no one would notice if

the Senate would shut down. He is saying tht if the senate does shut down--people WILL notice.

[rodeodance]

41. he is including an editorial in Chicago Trib april 27 that supports the

Dems.

[rodeodance]

44. up or down upr down all the time from the Repugs

[Blue Belle]

43. Someone point out to this Jackass from Oklahoma...

the current polling information that has come out stating the THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE AGAINST BREAKING THE FILIBUSTER!!
Take you editorials from your conservative fish wrappers and shove them up your... well, you know where he can shove them.

[rodeodance]

45. Sen Inhofe is SOOOO nauseating.

[rodeodance]

46. LaTimes ed. is parroting the WH talking point of 'up or down" vote is

needed. Sen. OKLahoma is reading the editorial-believe it was yesterdays

[seabeyond]

49. i wondered when this term first came out, why repugs were

using it. i didnt think it put them in good lite. i thought it was the dems saying it, thinking common guys,....then i realized the repugs were the ones putting it out and using it. so i was surprised. hey they get to own it. just another stupid. and bringing into clearity their manipulation of words, along with kuntz? townhall meeting on jon stewart

now no one can fall for it. tis out. we cant pretend the republicans arent doing htis

[Dinger]

50. Kick !!!!!!!