DiFi Doublespeak
The headline sounds good (and yeah, I’m sure that it is good):
Feinstein Warns Against Alito Filibuster
Sen. Dianne Feinstein sees no warrant for filibustering Sam Alito—which is good, because of course there is none—but did you notice her doublespeak?
“I do not see a likelihood of a filibuster,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. “This might be a man I disagree with, but it doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be on the court.”
She said she will not vote to confirm the appeals court judge, based on his conservative record. But she acknowledged that nothing emerged during last week’s hearings to justify any organized action by Democrats to stall the nomination.
She “will not vote to confirm him”, but “it doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be on the court.” Well, Ms. Feinstein, should he be, or shouldn’t he? Which is it?
Politics, politics, politics, which is what liberals tend to substitute for principle.
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
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