Thursday, July 14, 2022

A column you can sing along to!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/12/will-lindsey-graham-testify-raffensperger/

 

I was tempted to burst into song as I was reading this one into the computer for the Metropolitan Washington Ear yesterday morning, but my better judgment prevailed. I did get to try out my “best” Southern accent at one point, however.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb7YIKqLeM

 

Monday, July 11, 2022

Busting the filibuster now would be madness

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/06/busting-filibuster-abortion-crazy/

 

“The left’s thirst for Senate Democrats to do something about Dobbs is understandable, but the reality is that weakening the filibuster would simply open the door for Republicans to pass their own, far-more-punitive federal restrictions once they inevitably return to power.”

“Republican visions of an abortion-free America will turn very real if the Democrats pursue this goal. Just two years ago, when Donald Trump was president, 53 senators voted to advance a 20-week abortion ban and 56 senators backed a Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would have created criminal penalties for doctors who failed to follow new federal standards after procedures went awry. In 2015, 53 senators voted to ban federal funding for Planned Parenthood. In 2006, 57 senators voted to make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion without notifying her parents in advance.”