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168 filibusters of nominees in our history. HALF of them have occurred during Obama years!
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
https://twitter.com/SenatorReid/status/403548538656677890/photo/1
brer cat
(24,401 posts)but not that bad. Thanks, ProSense.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Three Charts Explain Why Democrats Went Nuclear on the Filibuster
By Kevin Drum and Jaeah Lee Nov. 22, 2013
The first two charts show the evolution of filibusters by presidential administration. As you can see, their use rose steadily through the 80s and then leveled off starting around 1990. Democrats mainly kept things pretty stable throughout the Bush administration, increasing the number of filibusters only in his last two years when a change of power seemed imminent. When Obama took over, however, there was no honeymoon, not even for a minute. Republicans went into full-bore filibuster mode the day he took office, and they've kept it up ever since. For all practical purposes, anything more controversial than renaming a post office has required 60 votes during the entire Obama presidency...........
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)malaise
(267,803 posts)Rec
Cal33
(7,018 posts)the spots have not yet been filled.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)When it's laid out like that, it really hits home as to how bad it is.
sheshe2
(83,334 posts)Unfugging believable!
Thanks for pointing out the reality of what is happening. Those #'s don't lie, ProSense.
indepat
(20,899 posts)treasonous bastids swore to protect and defend.
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)"That's a lie! 82 is not half of 168! They LIED!!!!11!!11!!"
And the retraction: "Oh we meant "nearly half." But it'll be all over the social media in hours.
That's "nearly half" in the entire 200 plus years of our history. Wake up!
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)I guess you didn't get my point....
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)that Obama has nominated the most exceptionally radical/liberal/socialistcommie/pinko people ever in human history, so Republicans felt they had to filibuster in order to save America.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,111 posts)The Republicans have done nothing but abuse their power.
Thanks for the thread, ProSense.
spanone
(135,632 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)I can't quite put my finger on it...
Hmmm.......
hibbing
(10,076 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)82 blocked NOMINATIONS...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)TBF
(31,921 posts)So folks can see why Harry had to go to this extreme. K&R
Cha
(295,899 posts)easy graphic.
I made an OP with 4 graphics in it and yours happened to be one of them.. I was going to self delete but then I thought.. nah, mine was later so it will be on the greatest longer and more peeps can see these great graphics chocked full of historical context to Pres Obama's Nominees.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)athenasatanjesus
(859 posts)Laelth
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ARMYofONE
(69 posts)That's pretty shocking. That said, this pie graph would be more useful if it provided a breakdown of the other 86 nominee filibusters.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Seriously.....for a year or two, I've been wondering why the administration did not make more of a stink about the grinding halt the Federal Judiciary has ground to.
I mean....it's been pretty bad for a while. But this....this I get what President Obama's strategy was--avoid a pick-by-pick fight. And send a clear message that Repuke bullshit on the SCOTUS will not be tolerated.