Today In FRC Hypocrisy

“Democrats used a parliamentary trick to change the Senate rules and strip the minority of the little power they had. In doing so, they blew up a 225-year-old process and cleared the way for a simple majority to rubber stamp the President’s outrageous nominees. Instead of requiring 60 votes to end debate on a nomination, liberals lowered the threshold to 51 — virtually guaranteeing the majority party a blank check to confirm anyone they want, regardless of how extreme or unqualified. In the short term, it will help consolidate more power for Democrats, silence conservatives, and end what little negotiating the Senate does. Of course, Senator Reid is only in favor of rewriting the rules when it suits his purposes. Apparently, the Majority Leader lives by the same creed as the President: if you don’t like the law, break it.” – Hate group leader Tony Perkins, via email.

And now…we go back in time.

“Partisan special interests have threatened judicial independence again
by inserting ideology into the Senate confirmation process of federal
judges. Now the Minority has changed 215 years of Senate tradition by
abusing the filibuster for the first time against nominees with clear
majority support. The Senate must act as steward of the federal courts
by returning the power to confirm judges to the Constitution’s simple
majority requirement.  The unprecedented abuse of the filibuster is a device intended to
undermine the prerogatives of the Presidency as well as the tradition of
the Senate. It must not stand.” – Hate group leader Tony Perkins, in an open letter to the US Senate dated April 4th, 2005.

(Bolding is motherfucking mine.)