Hypocrite: from the Greek, hypokrisis - play acting

Take a look at this link: http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-dems-in-2005-51-vote-nuclear-option-is-arrogant-power-grab-against-the-founders-intent/

Biden: "I pray to God when the Democrats take back control we don't make the kind of naked power grab you are doing."

And then they did. The English statesman Edmond Burke once said: "Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing." I don’t know how long this video will be up, but it just shows how hypocritical politicians are. They promise one thing and deliver another. Right now, the Democrats have the majority in the House and the Senate. Okay, that’s fine. They’re voted in, and this year there will be another vote. But look at what the Democrats are doing: they’re using this majority to push through Health Care Reform, Obama’s Health Care Plan and all that it entails. Remember, as long as Democrats have the majority in the Senate and the House, Republicans can’t filibuster any bill. I know filibustering has been abused, but when it’s used properly, it’s democracy in action.

In 2005, Republicans also had the Senate and the House. This 51 vote majority was used by the Republicans to avoid the filibuster to get their agenda going in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this collection of clips, Senator Obama (not what the founding fathers would have wanted!), Senator Clinton (Bush needs to restrain himself!), Senator Reid (we need the filibuster when one party controls the House and the Senate! it’s a check on power!), Senator Schumer (this is a constitutional crisis! no more checks and balances!), Senator Feinstein (the majority has tyranny over the minority!), Senator Biden (it’s the arrogance of power!), and Senator Dodd (a tyranny of the majority!), all show their posturing.

What is interesting here is not especially the reasoning, but the naked hypocrisy. Flash forward to February, 2010. The Democrats are in the same exact position the Republicans were in. You can basically play the video, and place all their criticisms on the Republican administration then on the Democratic administration now! If they don’t, they’re hypocrites. And if the Republicans don’t admit they were wrong then when denouncing Democrats today, they’re hypocrites. Do we need the filibuster or not? Who is allowed to have both Houses of Congress, the Republicans or the Democrats? Who would the founding father side with? The filibuster is obviously good, but they both abuse it, and we all know they know what they’re doing. They use selective moral outrage, and their righteous indignation flares only when it suits their party! Burk was right: they don't want to do what's right because they don't want to deal with the cost.