anybody else hate (filibuster related)

[iamthebandfanman]

the fact that they call what happened the 'nuclear' option when it was never called that until republicans started calling it that?

it used to be called
THE CONSTITUTIONAL OPTION...

see why they changed it ?


I encourage everyone to stop using the term 'nuclear' when describing the actions taken in the senate yesterday.

[sharp_stick]

1. I seem to recall the Democrats

using, and likely coining, the term Nuclear Option at about the time Trent Lott first proposed it back under shrubbo.

[iamthebandfanman]

2. and they shouldnt have...

again, trent lott & ted stevens invented it. its a republican created term.

http://politix.topix.com/news/9066-republican-who-invented-nuclear-option-filibuster-rule-change-now-not-a-fan
http://www.adn.com/2013/11/21/3189687/alaska-sen-stevens-credited-with.html

[sharp_stick]

3. Maybe not, but it stuck

because it was a great sound byte and there won't be any getting away from it.

Just for kicks it would be kind of fun if the Dems started calling it "the Constitutional Option". I think they should.

[iamthebandfanman]

4. exactly..

its just them manipulating words to favor themselves like they always do..

just like Obama is a socialist... and youre automatically a 'flaming liberal or socialist' if youre a democrat (which we all know isn't the case)..

lol

we definitely need to go back to its old term.. its more fitting and describes what happened more accurately...

there was no bomb dropped in the senate. this isn't some random act of destruction to get our way.

it was OUR RIGHT.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Well if the Republicans use that term it is appropriate.

Since they like to blow up about everything.