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Jun. 7th, 2005
OK, I feel as if I missed something
Jun. 7th, 2005 06:17 pmLiterally, I did, because I was out of the country when the deal took place.
But in what was was the "compromise" arrived at in the Senate over the use of the filibuster to block judicial nominees anything but a cave-in? The conservatives seem to have gotten exactly what they wanted (floor votes on the nominees) and the moderates and liberals got exactly nothing. If they try to filibuster later, the conservatives will simply nuke them as they threatened to do this time. Nothing has been acheived except that ultra-conservative judges are now getting approved by the Senate.
What gives?
But in what was was the "compromise" arrived at in the Senate over the use of the filibuster to block judicial nominees anything but a cave-in? The conservatives seem to have gotten exactly what they wanted (floor votes on the nominees) and the moderates and liberals got exactly nothing. If they try to filibuster later, the conservatives will simply nuke them as they threatened to do this time. Nothing has been acheived except that ultra-conservative judges are now getting approved by the Senate.
What gives?
from "Love Actually"
Press Conference Reporter: Mr. President, has it been a good visit?
The President: Very satisfactory indeed. We got what we came for and our special relationship is still very special.
Press Conference Reporter: Prime Minister?
Prime Minister: I love that word "relationship". Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that.
what we heard instead
(And yes, the context was slightly different, since Blair was in Washington today and in the film the psuedo-Bush is visiting #10 Downing Street. But still...)
Press Conference Reporter: Mr. President, has it been a good visit?
The President: Very satisfactory indeed. We got what we came for and our special relationship is still very special.
Press Conference Reporter: Prime Minister?
Prime Minister: I love that word "relationship". Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that.
what we heard instead
(And yes, the context was slightly different, since Blair was in Washington today and in the film the psuedo-Bush is visiting #10 Downing Street. But still...)
