They detonated the “nuclear option” and, violating the rules of the Senate, violated the rules of the Senate.
Over at Quora.com someone asked the inevitable question:
The U.S. Senate Democrats have enacted the “Nuclear Option” for many judicial and executive branch nominations. What do you think of this?
My answer:
What do I think?
I think what the Democrats thought in 2005:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkXjYohzAOY?rel=0]
They were right then. Fascinating that they’ve all changed their minds now.They’re so certain they’re right, that Progressivism is the equivalent of salvation and any opposition to it is evil, they practice…
…politics as a theology of salvation, with a heroic transformation of the human condition (nothing less) promised to those who will agitate for it. Political activity becomes the highest human vocation. The various socialisms are only the most prominent manifestation of this delusion, which our future historian calls “politicism”. In all its forms, it defines human beings as exclusively political animals, based on characteristics which are largely or entirely beyond human control: ethnicity, nationality, gender, and social class. It claims universal relevance, and so divides the entire human race into heroes and enemies. To be on the correct side of this equation is considered full moral justification in and of itself, while no courtesy or concession can be afforded to those on the other. Therefore, politicism has no conscience whatsoever, no charity, and no mercy.
It’s taken us two and a quarter centuries to get to this point, but the Republic is finally dead. We’ve finally achieved “democracy,” which John Adams warned:
…while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
A Thumbnail History of the Twentieth Century
Welcome to the Twenty-First. Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.