When the Senatorial dictator, Harry Reed, proposed that filibuster rules be modified, it was a major departure from current procedures of the Senate. When it passed on party lines with the exception of three Democrats, it upset the rules that had been in place from the time of Thomas Jefferson.
The irony that was not lost on many was that not only Reed but also President Obama and Vice President Biden had spoken very strongly against the so called "nuclear" option when they were in the minority in the Senate. How things change when in you are in the majority!
The passage of the act prompted Rush Limbaugh to use an a rape analogy. Of course, liberals and progressives immediately reacted negatively. Obviously, Rush was not promoting rape but using a similar situation as to what occurred in the Senate with a deplorable act.
One of the techniques that Rush uses is to be outrageous by being outrageous. Most people who don't understand the conservative commentator think he is being literal. His "rape" argument is a great example.
Those who miss the importance of this move by the Senate are either Democratic operatives or are unwilling to comprehend the damage that has been done. The majority now can force anything, approve the most anti-liberty bills and confirm Constitution stripping justices. It is a rape of the country.
Rush and all Americans should deplore this outrageous and immoral move by Reed and the other traitors in the Senate.
Conservative Tom
Limbaugh Uses Rape Analogy to Blast Filibuster Rule Change
Friday, 22 Nov 2013 04:50 PM
"The simple fact is, when the majority in any group of people, when the majority can change the rules at any time, then there aren't any rules," the bombastic radio talk-show host said to explain his point about the "nuclear option."
He then went into a long rape analogy.
"Forget the Senate for a minute," Politico said he told listeners.
"Let's say, let's take 10 people in a room, and they're a group. And the room is made up of six men and four women. Right? The group has a rule that the men cannot rape the women. The group also has a rule that says any rule that will be changed must require six votes of the 10 to change the rule."
Then he said, according to a transcript of the audio on Huffington Post:
"Every now and then, some lunatic in the group proposes to change the rule to allow women to be raped. But they never were able to get six votes for it. There were always the four women voting against it and they always found two guys.
"Well, the guy that kept proposing that women be raped finally got tired of it, and he was in the majority, and he was one that [said], 'You know what? We're going to change the rule. Now all we need is five.'
"And well, 'you can't do that.' 'Yes, we are. We're the majority. We're changing the rule.'
"And then they vote. Can the women be raped? Well, all it would take then is half of the room. You can change the rule to say three. You can change the rule to say three people want it, it's going to happen. There's no rule when the majority can change the rules, there aren't any."
Limbaugh said the only reason behind the Senate's invoking the "nuclear option" is that President Barack Obama "can’t get what he wants democratically."
Senate Democrats took the dramatic step Thursday of eliminating filibusters for most nominations by presidents — a power play they said was necessary to fix a broken system, but one that Republicans said will only rupture it further.
Politico reported that Limbaugh's analogy triggered a flurry of sharp rebukes on social media.
Ana Marie Cox, a political columnist for The Guardian, wrote on Twitter, "Limbaugh using a rape analogy to explain the filibuster really takes mansplaining to a level I never imagined."
ChartGirl.com founder Hilary Sargent then tweeted "rape-splaining."
Media Matters research fellow Oliver Willis tweeted, "rush limbaugh really games out how you could theoretically vote to rape women. hes just throwing it out there folks," while Media Matters colleague Todd Gregory called it "dumb, glib" and "such a perfect encapsulation of rape culture, it should be put in a museum."
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman Justin Barasky posted this tweet: "my goodness will someone tell him to [shut] up. Seriously?" and "I'm sure Rush's comments were actually made my a 'junior staffer' right folks?"
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