Just a thanks in advance to Charles "Chuckie" Schumer, the [dis]honorable Senator from the [not so fine as long as he represents them] State of New York...
Chuckie warned over the weekend and early on Monday that depending upon how Samuel Alito answers the "abortion" question in his testimony in the Senate confirmation hearings the option to filibuster was still looking quite good. If that is the case, then the gang of 14 and their vaunted agreement will be out the window, and the nuclear option will come to pass.
So, Chuckie, let me be one of the first to say thanks. Thank you for inspiring the use of the nuclear option in the Senate. The log-jam that was advice and consent will become a rubber stamp by the conservative majority, and Chuckie, Hillary (some would say Shrill-her-y), Teddy "hic" Kennedy, and even good ol' Arlen Specter will have marginalized themselves into oblivion.
The fights over Janice Rogers Brown and others, gone. In place will be hearings and votes that are straight or close to straight party line, with cries from the minority that their voices are not being heard and that the administration is making a mockery and a sham of the judiciary. There will be cries that civil rights will be trampled, that abortion will become a back alley happening, and doctors will fear performing necessary procedures. And all of that will be the result of Chuckie failing to control his mouth, and failing to remind himself that abortion, nor any single issue, should be a litmus test for approval of a Supreme Court nominee.
Yup, thanks in advance Chuckie. Please, please, please... I beg you and your foolish party mates, please filibuster.
As I say that, just don't think of "Don't throw me into that briar patch," as I really wouldn't want you to change your mind before it's too late.
