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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Saturday, May 07, 2005 ::

Rejoice; The Democrats have "won" the minority?!

Alan Nathan comments on "the nuclear "constitutional option":

The Democrats are apoplectic...and are promising to paralyze the Senate should the GOP move forward with what Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada characterizes as a violation of "checks and balances."

"Checks and balances" is a term of art referring to the inter-dependency of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of our government. However, referencing this term is not a license for the minority party to have majority sway in the Senate — a chamber that's only one-half of one branch. Democrats want the political force of the Republicans without the numeric force to attain it.

This is the crux of it; Republicans hold the Trump card. If and when the Democrats lose a few more seats in the House and Senate, and hopefully the 2008 Presidential race, maybe they will wake up to the realities of having slobs like Michael Moore doing their dirty work. Conversely, if the Republican majority desires to retain their power, they should figure out how to use it.

Nathan link via No Pasaran [>]


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