Patterico's Pontifications » New York Times Prints Op-Ed Supporting Filibuster (Unexpectedly!)

Patterico's Pontifications » New York Times Prints Op-Ed Supporting Filibuster (Unexpectedly!)
Words don't mean what you think they do. "But wait. Wasn’t it Harry Reid who changed the filibuster rule for nominees? You might have thought that, but let the op-ed writer mansplain it for you: It is often written that the Senate “changed” the filibuster rule. It did nothing of the sort. Democrats voted to interpret the words “three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn” to mean a simple majority. (Go ahead and read that paragraph again, as many times as you need to, for it to make sense. I’ll wait right here.)" --- We are Through the Looking Glass: 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'