Comments on: Biased L.A. Times Piece on Filibusters

By: Confirm Them » Bond and Graham on Filibusters

Confirm Them » Bond and Graham on Filibusters — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:45:38 +0000

[...] Also, Patterico’s Pontifications criticizes an opinion piece by Drex Heikes in the LA Times. Heikes’ piece includes this quaint quote from former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick: “The rules of the Senate are perfect,” he once said. “And if they change every one of them, they will be perfect.” Patterico says the Heikes piece reads like one written by a “brazen left-wing hack, who shades the truth and hides the parts he doesn’t like.” You decide. 2 responses to ‘Bond and Graham on Filibusters’. Comments and pings are currently closed for ‘Bond and Graham on Filibusters’. [...]

By: night heron

night heron — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 02:02:20 +0000

The notorious Smell A Times one of calafornias most far left news papers along with the Sacramento bee and San francisco chronicle examener and the west coasts own New York Times

By: Jim Rockford

Jim Rockford — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:23:11 +0000

Kausfiles.com has some interesting thoughts:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2116317/

The anti-Lynching bills of 1922, 1935, and 1938 would have passed and become law, bringing as the NAACP wanted, federal force to bear against lynching and mob violence and starting the Civil Rights movement decades earlier.

Food for thought.

By: actus

actus — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:13:41 +0000

“What’s your historical source for claiming Fortas was fillibustered, if in fact you are claiming that?”

This is not controversial.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:55:41 +0000

I'll add to your points regarding Fortas. As I blogged about here, there has never been a filibuster to deny a seat on either the Supreme Court or on one of the Circuit Court of Appeals. The four-day filibuster of Fortas was done with him already on the Supreme Court. Further, it was done to prevent his fast ascension to the Chief Justice position before some ethics investigations were completed. There was never a stated intent of preventing him from assuming that position on the basis of his judicial philosophy. And when it became clear that the ethics investigations would show that he had lied under oath, his nomination was withdrawn... and within a year he had resigned his Supreme Court seat. But there has NEVER been a filibuster to deny someone a seat on a bench. That's all groundbreaking obstructionism by the current Senate Democrats.

By: Tom Maguire

Tom Maguire — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:26:37 +0000

Just to compound the comedy – Andres Martinez, identified as editorial page editor of the LA Times, wrote a piece denouncing Dem hypocrisy on the filibuster.

However, I did not read it in the LA Times (and can’t find it there) – I saw it in a local New Jersey paper, and here it is in the New Hampshire Union Leader.

By: Gerald Apge

Gerald Apge — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:21:59 +0000

On the point of filibusters being unprecedented it is.

What’s your historical source for claiming Fortas was fillibustered, if in fact you are claiming that? Why would they have fillibustered someone who was likely to lose a floor vote? You fillibuster when you don’t have the votes.

By: Boman

Boman — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 05:13:23 +0000

As further indication that left-liberals (L-Ls) only talk among themselves, neglecting or refusing to read conservative opinion, or to discuss issues with conservatives, is this old warhorse about filibustering Fortas.
I have no idea how many times I have seen this argument shot down by conservative writers but it has to be in the dozens.
When will the L-Ls learn that there is a vast body of conservative thought that they need to peruse in order to be educated, unbiased and intelligent dispensers of opinion?

By: actus

actus — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 03:40:56 +0000

“By the way, as I have pointed out before, the Fortas example is not on point.”

On the point of filibusters being unprecedented it is.

By: Patterico

Patterico — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:52:49 +0000

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