The mainstream media and the ‘nuclear option’
Andy McCarthy is questioning, fancy, the integrity of the ‘mainstream media’ in describing Pelosi’s stalled efforts to change procedural rules (with the entirely intended effect of reducing the effectiveness of the minority in the House):
Any chance the mainstream media will refer to Pelosi’s procedural maneuver as “The Nuclear Option”?
I didn’t think so. That’s evidently only for right-wing maniacs who want to force an accountable vote on confirming Bush judges, not for right-thinking liberals who want to avoid an accountable vote on raising Americans’ taxes. Good to get that straightened out.
Now, I hate the vacuous media labelling of events (including the ‘9/11′ and ‘Ground Zero’ labels from September 2001) but I believe that the description ‘nuclear option’ originated with, erm, Trent Lott. Trent Lott, you may recall, is a Republican.