The exact timbre of the Republican howling ifDemocrats filibustered George W. Bush’s nominee to lead the Pentagon DURING FUCKING WARTIME.
Hell, back in the day anybody who looked at George W. Bush sideways was a commie traitor who hated the military. If any Dem had actually had the balls to try to block Rumsfeld, the shrieking would have shattered every window on both sides of the Potomac.
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I’d quibble about calling it wartime. But if Dubya could call it wartime then Obama is just as entitled.
What blows my mind is that the Dems don’t have 60 votes to shut the Repugs down. WTF? Our government is so goddamned broken.