Opaque Lucidity

The Iron Was Hot

I haven't written much here about the Democratic filibuster in the Senate, mainly because I haven't had the time to devote to such an enormous issue and many, many other bloggers are doing a great job of keeping up.

Tonight, a deal of sorts was reached wherein some of the President's nominees will be voted on by the Senate while others remain in limbo. They should all get an up or down vote because that's the way the process is supposed to work, but I think that some of the Republicans in the Senate are very worried about what will happen when the President makes a Supreme Court nomination (which is coming very soon, I believe).

When there is finally a vacancy on the Supreme Court, look for the following things to occur:

1. Anyone with any kind of religious faith will be called "radical". Any Catholic or conservative Jew (or anyone who might vote to overturn Roe v. Wade) will be knocked off the stool right away.

2. When conservatives point out the anti-religious bigotry of the Left, liberals will counter by saying that the President is trying to force religion down our throats.

3. The adolescent, whiny liberal Dems who have blogs (that's pretty much all of them) will come up with pithy, childish sayings to support their case.

4. The public will get tired of the wrangling; Dems will respond by saying that if the President were more reasonable, there wouldn't be so much gridlock.

5. Robert Byrd (D-WV) will incoherently rumble about the Republic falling apart.

6. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) will incoherently yell about something (probably that he needs another scotch and soda).

7. John McCain (R-AZ) will hold a press conference and say that "we all need to get along". The press will swoon as their eyes glaze over.

8. James Carville will continue to banter like a drunk airboat captain on the bayou.

You read it here first, my friends.

Posted by Matthew at May 23, 2005 09:27 PM