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

[Roland99]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200504260001

To break the Democrats' filibustering maneuver, Republicans have been threatening what they've called the ''nuclear option'' -- invoking a rare parliamentary maneuver that would declare filibustering judicial nominations to be unconstitutional.
Some Republicans have been reluctant to try that maneuver. They call it the nuclear option, because it could come back to haunt them if they are in the minority.
Now, about that filibuster rule; Republicans are calling it the nuclear option.
If Frist's plan fails, Republicans have been discussing what they have referred to as the "nuclear option."
The tactic would be so drastic in the usually congenial Senate that Republicans refer to it as their "nuclear option."

Sen. Orrin Hatch just LIED to the Congress (watching on C-SPAN 2) when he said it wasn't a Republican term, it was a Democratic term.

Time to call his office:




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

104 Hart Office Building - Washington, DC 20510 - Tel: [phone] - Fax: [phone]

[Cassandra]

1. Orin Hatch is SUCH a LIAR!

So much for the ten commandments.

[ClassWarrior]

2. Just called.

The aide was speechless.

:rofl:

NGU.

[Roland99]

4. Me, too!

The guy sounded pissed when I finished speaking.

Said the FRC was in support of the filibuster in 1998 and that Hatch just LIED to the Congress on national TV by saying the term "nuclear option" was coined by Democrats. I said it has been proven to have come from Rep. Senator Lott.

I said he was making a fool of himself.

[ClassWarrior]

5. The guy told me...

..."I don't think he (Orrin) thinks he's lying." I said, "Then he needs to do some research." Silence. Then, "Thank you for your call."

:rofl:

NGU.

[Roland99]

7. That's their problem. They "don't think"

[LynnTheDem]

3. First person to use the term...TRENT LOTT. Did he suddenly become a

DEMOCRAT? God forbid.

[Cassandra]

6. Left a message when no one picked up.

Asked if Mormons follow the ten commandments or have anything written about not lying. I said this sounds like moral relativism to me.
Correction from post above: Orrin prefers 2 R's when he lies.

[ClassWarrior]

8. .

[emulatorloo]

9. Done - "Let Senator Hatch Know that Trent Lott Coined the Phrase, and

last time I checked Lott was a Republican"

Nice Cheerful Aide: will be happy to.

Nice Cheerful Me: I don't care what kind of misinformation Karl Rove is putting out, and the Senator shouldn't either.

Nice Cheerful Aide: Thanks I'll let him know.

Me: Thanks!

[signmike]

10. It's true -- the Repub term is "Nucular Option"

;-)