Friday, November 19, 2021

If the Senate ever returns to the old-fashioned Senate filibuster, McCarthy will be the indispensable man

Watch for CNN and MSNBC to call it a "rant"

Power Line  "The slight Democratic majority in the House of Representatives was poised to pass the current iteration of the Bummer Beyond Belief spending blowout last night when House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took the floor at 8:38 p.m. (Eastern). McCarthy turned in the longest speech in House history — 8 hours and 32 minutes — to delay the vote until a few minutes after 5:00 a.m. this morning. He has just wound it up.

"Congratulations are in order, and not just because McCarthy set the House record in a good cause. You can feel the heartburn in the New York Times story posted at 5:32 a.m. (Eastern) about McCarthy’s performance. You can feel the heartburn in the AP story with the headline deriding McCathy’s speech as a “rant.” Anything that makes mainstream media political reporters feel so bad must be good.

"If the Senate ever returns to the old-fashioned Senate filibuster, McCarthy will be the indispensable man. He rightly cited “Mr. Smith” in the course of his remarks. McCarthy even looks a little like Jimmy Stewart. That must cause heartburn among the bien-pensants as well.

"How was McCarthy able to speak at such length under House rules and the heavy hand of the Speaker of the House, a/k/a she who must be obeyed? The Times story offers this brief explanation:" . . .Read more on this...

McCarthy speaks...and speaks

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