Democrats' sudden concern for minorities

There is an odd argument in the brouhaha over the president’s judicial nominations. The party that used the filibuster to try to block 60’s legislation for civil rights is now howling that the filibuster is a tool to protect minority rights. In 1964 a higher percentage of Republicans supported the Civil Rights Bill than did Democrats – a point that the Democrat leadership aided by the MSM and complicit “black leadership” manages to sweep under the rug.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 voting - Senate vote: Democrat Party: 46-22; Republican Party: 27-6; House vote: Democrat Party: 153-96; Republican Party: 138-34.

Now, the party that used the filibuster to try to torpedo the Civil Rights Bill is saying that the very tactic used to try to stall civil rights legislation is suddenly a tool for minority rights. Only an idiot, held unaccountable by the MSM, would try to get away with this kind of hypocrisy.

If able, I’d probably have opposed the Civil Rights Bill as an extra Constitutional measure already addressed by the 14th Amendment. That said, the history is what is. It was the Democrat Party that opposed the bill. Democrats opposed the bill not because it was extra-Constitutional but because southern racists like current WV Senator Bobby Byrd happened to dominate the Democrat Party.

Lex is well tuned to anything that happens to purport to protect minority rights. First, Lex is in the minority. Anyone who reads the posts below could figure out that Lex could not pass the Harry Reid – Chuck Schumer “mainstream” test. We know that Lex swims at the far right edge of the river. There are about two elected officials in Washington D.C. that reflect the Lex way of thinking. That would make Lex a real minority. So Lex should be sensitive to minority rules that in theory protect Lex. Should the Lex wing of government be able to shut things down? How small a minority should be allowed to shut things down? Right now 40 senators can do the deed. That’s pretty arbitrary don’t you think? Why 40? If we’re worried about minority rights, why shouldn’t the Lex wing be able to shut things down?

The framers considered minority rights and what would constitute an acceptable minority. The Constitution enumerates six occasions which require a ¾ (that would be 66 for us public school grads) vote from the senate. Guess what - advise and consent of presidential nominees is not one of six occasions enumerated in the Constitution.