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February 18, 2007

Willful ignorance on the meaning of cloture

clo•ture - U.S. Parliamentary Procedure –noun 1. a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question. –verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 2. to close (a debate) by cloture.

I am seriously getting tired of failed cloture votes being described as a Republican effort to stop debate. When cloture fails that means debate CONTINUES. A winning cloture vote cuts off debate and forces a vote. Someone please explain how Republicans are preventing debate by denying cloture. I see now that some reporters are even getting so uncomfortable with this language butchery they are euphemistically referring to cloture as a "procedural vote".

The 56-to-34 vote in a rare Saturday session was the second time Republicans were able to deny opponents of the troop increase a debate on a resolution challenging Mr. Bush, and it came just a day after the House formally opposed his plan to increase the military presence in Iraq.

One has to wonder how the Republicans have been successful in denying a debate when Harry Reid (democrat) determines what is debated and the Senate seems to do nothing else but debate Iraq policy. Denying cloture is about 60 senators being able to FORCE continued debate and preventing a final vote. Anyone telling you different is a partisan hack of the most deceitful or ignorant kind.

It gets real hard to have any political discourse anymore when up means down, left means right and good means bad. The deconstruction of political recourse can get maddening. Surrender as victory is now the clarion call of the Democratic Party so I guess I should not be surprised.

Posted by Sid at February 18, 2007 09:51 AM | Politics

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