Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Democrats Flub History Lesson on Filibusters

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1331806.html

[Crosswalk.com] May 24, 2005--In their current effort to thwart President Bush's judicial nominations, Democrats often refer to a 1968 case to try to show that Republicans previously used the filibuster as a partisan tool to block a president's wishes.

But while the Democrats' filibuster against the Bush nominees is unmistakably partisan, as evidenced by cloture votes, records obtained by Cybercast News Service show that the effort waged against President Lyndon Johnson's 1968 nomination was anything but partisan.

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