Robert Reich cold busted in naked political deception (video)
This is not the first time Robert Reich has engaged in this kind of chicanery, courtesy of the oh so gimme a break liars at Moveon.org.
[Editor's Note: Yes we said liars. So many political operatives lie so brazenly that the time for calling the simple truth what it is has come.]
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Nice video, but... now, the rest of the story courtesy of The Right Scoop who described this pretty well:
In short, reconciliation is a Senate rule that allows passage of a budget bill with a simple majority, bypassing the normal process that requires 60 votes.
It’s also been dubbed the ‘nuclear option’ in the past.
So lets fast-rewind back to 2010 for a sec and read a quote by the same Mr. Reich who wrote an article in the Huffington Post:
“My free advice to the president: If you want to get health care enacted you must use reconciliation and quickly…
Explain to the American people you understand their impatience. The Constitution does not require 60 votes in the Senate to pass legislation. A majority will do. That’s called democracy.”
Of course we know that the Senate did use reconciliation on Obamacare, even though it wasn’t a budget bill. They violated the rule of reconciliation in order to pass Obamacare with a simple majority (or ram it down our throats) and Robert Reich was a major advocate of this.
But now, when Democrats are about to lose the Senate, he warns against Republicans using reconciliation – even properly – to pass their right-wing destructive agenda. What’s good for the goose is not good for the gander if you’re a hypocritical Democrat.
For more past hypocrisy of Democrats on reconciliation, read here.