In Frist's speech at Dobson's function:
Now if Senator Reid continues to obstruct the process, we will consider what opponents call the “nuclear option.” Only in the United States Senate could it be considered a devastating option to allow a vote. Most places call that democracy.
The phrase was coined by Republicans, who were probably grinning and cackling maniacally at the time. Now they're taking it back: "Just kidding, it won't be that bad. Certainly not nuclear. It's just democracy, kids."
I'm annoyed with Frist for a number of reasons.
1) He's speaking at an event hosted by James Dobson, of Focus on the Family. I've expressed my opinion on Dobson on this blog in the past. Just in case you were wondering what a 'good Christian' should think, here's Dobson's convenient webpage, which lays out exactly what Focus on the Family would like you to think. See, if you follow this page, you never need to think for yourself again for the rest of your life!
2)He's lying and he knows he's lying. He also lied and knew he was lying when he made his video diagnosis of Terri Schiavo. He lying now because the Republicans coined the phrase and he knows it. Frist is more than willing to mislead the ignorant masses, and those that have sacrificed their power of thought to the religious right.
I expect leaders to act based upon their own knowledge of what is right and wrong, not based on what they can get away with, and what they can write off.
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