Mitch McConnell Calls It "The Byrd Option" Six Times On Fox News Sunday

[norml]

Mitch McConnell used the term "The Byrd Option" in the course of answering one question on Fox News Sunday. This means that their propaganda machine will be using their too often used lie that "They did the same thing" or "They tried to do the same thing", by renaming their "Nuclear Option", "The Byrd Option". Expect to hear this term used often in the coming weeks.

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Review of the Sunday Morning Talk Shows
Red State - 3 hours ago
... Specter, Hagel, and Warner, McConnell affirmed that "we'll have the votes" if they are forced to enact what McConnell called "the Byrd Option." When Byrd was ...

Defending the filibuster
Pascagoula Mississippi Press, MS - Apr 29, 2005
... the Constitution. It has been called the "Byrd Option" by people who believe talk radio is the best way to get the news. It has ...

Frist's Message of Divisiveness
AlterNet, CA - Apr 25, 2005
... Yesterday on Face the Nation, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) insisted on calling the plan "the Byrd option," pushing the false claims that Sen. ...

Filibuster Rules: Then & Now
National Review Online - Apr 21, 2005
... Senators should have the right to restore that tradition. And Republican efforts to do so with the “Byrd Option” — named for Sen. ...




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[brainshrub]

1. For the record:

"In 1980, then majority leader Robert C. Byrd asserted the right of the Senate to consider nominations out of the order listed in the Senate’s calendar of business. However, adoption of this practice only affected the process for scheduling business in the Senate. It did nothing to restrict Senators’ right to debate and filibuster on a nomination."

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17784

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As usual, the Republicans are using framing to win the issue instead of using facts. It won't work this time because Liberals are onto their game.

To fight back: Avoid the use of "Byrd Option" in your writing. Stick to "Nuclear Option."

[Pepperbelly]

2. they are lying bastards who should be called on it at every opportunity.

It is what they do. Always.

[brainshrub]

4. Republican claims have been debunked at KOS:

http://dailykos.com/story/2005/5/14/19217/9373

[MasonJar]

3. They are running scared of a true patriot, Robert Byrd. Never

believe anything that tight lipped McConnell bastard says. That's the scoop from one of his (unfortunate) constituents.