Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Phony Frist
In a very competitive field, Senator Bill Frist has established himself as the leading phony in the Senate. I understand he wants to be President, and that requires that he cater to the righteous right, but that can be done without selling his soul. Ask Ronald Reagan. Ask George H.W. Bush.
Senator Frist has cast the judicial filibuster issue as one of principle. According to Frist, the President, any President, deserves to have all of his judicial nominees get an up or down vote.
When confronted with the fact that Frist voted to filibuster one of Clinton's judicial nominees, he tried to recast the issue as one of the quantity of filibusters. He probably learned the shifting principles method watching President Bush do the Iraq shuffle - they could attack us in 45 minutes...they have weapons of mass destruction...they were behind the 9/11 attacks...I am a Christian and am therefore righteous, leave me alone.
Senator Frist, what you are doing is not leadership. It's pandering.
Senator Frist has cast the judicial filibuster issue as one of principle. According to Frist, the President, any President, deserves to have all of his judicial nominees get an up or down vote.
When confronted with the fact that Frist voted to filibuster one of Clinton's judicial nominees, he tried to recast the issue as one of the quantity of filibusters. He probably learned the shifting principles method watching President Bush do the Iraq shuffle - they could attack us in 45 minutes...they have weapons of mass destruction...they were behind the 9/11 attacks...I am a Christian and am therefore righteous, leave me alone.
Senator Frist, what you are doing is not leadership. It's pandering.
