SENATOR TOM HARKIN IS A PHONEY COWARD

I'll just give you the information...you decide.

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on May 19, 2005:

Harkin says the so-called "nuclear option" would do away with the minority's ability to block judges. He says, "That will be the end of the Senate as we know it. It will be the end of a Senate where minority rights are protected. And that's what this nuclear option is all about. It is a brazen power grab. By destroying the minority's right to extended debate, nothing will stand in the way of republicans seizing absolute power and unchecked control of all three branches of government. It is the beginning of a trail to tyranny."

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on January 5th 1995 from the Congressional Record:

"...I think, Mr. President, that it is important or at least noteworthy, let me put it that way, it is noteworthy that the first vote of this new Congress in the Senate will be a vote on whether we slay this dinosaur called a filibuster…"

"...I may not agree with everything that Republicans are proposing, but they are in the majority and they ought to have the right to have us vote on the merits of what they propose..."

"...But, I do not believe that I as a member of the minority ought to have the right to absolutely stop something because I think it is wrong, that that is rule by minority..."

"...I can assure Senators and I can assure the American public that this trend in the use of filibuster is going to continue. This line next time will be even higher. I can assure you that will happen unless we get rid of the filibuster. If we maintain the filibuster, the American people will look to the Senate and say `We elected a bunch of new Senators but `business as usual.'..."

Lest you think I am quoting out of context, I put the link at the top from the entire speech he gave. Have the courage to read it yourself. Tom Harkin is a phoney. If you disagree, you're delusional or simply an idiot.

Oh...he changed his mind? Sure...but most people change their minds for a reason. What was Tom's? He was in the minority then...he's in the minority now...

Answer: He had President Clinton in office. So it's entirely political...and that's okay with you, right?

Tom Harkin is a phoney...pure and simple.

Why isn't this being reported a lot? Read what else Harkin had to say the day before. Again, read it yourself in the Congressional Record:

"...Well, slaying the filibuster dinosaur--and that is what I call it, a dinosaur, a relic of the ancient past--slaying the filibuster dinosaur has also been endorsed by papers around the country, including the New York Times, which just editorialized on this last Sunday; the USA Today; the Washington Post; the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; in my own State, the Des Moines Register, the Cedar [Rapids] Gazette, the Quad-City Times, and the Council Bluffs Non-Pareil..."

Maybe it's not being reported because they might find it just as embarrassing to be a bunch of phoney's too...