The Byrd Precedent

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | 04/17/05 | Richard N. Bond

[smoothsailing]

What do the deregulation of natural gas, the attachment of legislative amendments to appropriations bills, a defense authorization bill and the nomination of a U.S. ambassador to El Salvador have in common?

Answer: They all were resolved by a simple majority vote in the U.S. Senate under procedures altered by then-Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.

[Txsleuth]

Hopefully, one of the Republican senators will READ this article and admit it to the record on Monday---

Wouldn't that be fun to watch?

[gonzo]

Sauce for the goose = sauce for the gander!

.........FRegards

[smoothsailing]

"Wouldn't that be fun to watch?"

LOL.Especially if there was a split screen.Frist solemnly reading and Byrd drooling on his desk!

[Congressman Billybob]

It's always a delightful surprise when a paper that's in the MSM researches and establishes the blazin hypocrisy of Democrat "leaders." Senator Byrd is semi-senile, beginning to dotter, but for present purposes he is also a bald-faced liar.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "A Triple Black Dog Double Dare to Infinity."

[smoothsailing]

Thanks for the link! It was fun reading as well as educational.Top Notch!

BTW,The Pittsburgh Tribune Review is not your run of the mill MSM.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Is this one of those columns the MSM puts on the web for us to see but never actually puts it in the dead-tree editions?

[smoothsailing]

Nope,this is in the Sunday print edition.

[smoothsailing]

LOL! You go GONZO!

And FRegards to you my friend!

[NewLand]

good find, no suprise.

Hannity and Rush should have a ball with this one on Monday...

[PGalt]

Bump!

[Mo1]

FYI Ping

[Elkiejg]

Thanks for this article - just spent 15 minutes emailing it to Frist, Mcconnell, Teddy Kennedy and that drunken old fool Byrd -- it - and that's a big IF - Byrd reads it, would to see his face.

[Elkiejg]

it - and that's a big IF - Byrd reads it, would to see his face.

Note to self - don't try to post until you're fully awake!! Should have read - "if - and that's a big IF - Byrd reads it, would love to see his face."

[RippleFire]

bump

[smoothsailing]

My pleasure,Elkie!

Good for you on the emails!

If you want a good laugh,click the link on post#5.

[lowbridge]

bump

[sphinx]

But, instead of referring to the "nuclear option," Republicans ought to refer to the "Byrd precedent" as they move toward a simple majority vote on judicial nominees. And smile when they say it.

Bingo.