"Democrats hold a filibuster on the Senate floor over gun control"

The people who are emptying Gitmo and trading 5 terrorists for an AWOL, now #filibuster against the most effective self-defense tools? #tcot

— Lem (@Lemang01) June 16, 2016

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I left the rude part off the title. This post is about filibuster of Supreme Court nomination and about frustration with members of Republican party.

This piece by Evan Harris writing for ABC news is circulating. First President in US History to Have Voted to Filibuster a Supreme Court Nominee Now Hopes for Clean Process

Notice there is no race specified. No sex specified and not even an affiliation, simply the first president in history, not the first black, not the first woman, not the first gay, not the first Latino or anything, the first person who filibustered a Supreme Court nomination and then later became president. He joined a group led by John Kerry to filibuster Alito. They failed but they still filibustered. And he still became president. But now he will have otherwise.

UnAmerican, unconstitutional, and according to NYT certainly racist.

On January 29, 2006, Mr. Obama told George Stephanopulos on "This Week" that he would "be supporting the filibuster because I think Judge Alito, in fact, is somebody who is contrary to core American values, not just liberal values, you know. When you look at his decisions in particular during times of war, we need a court that is independent and is going to provide some check on the executive branch, and he has not shown himself willing to do that repeatedly."

Why are Republicans so polite? So maddeningly conservatively polite? This is where you say go fuck yourself, and mean it.