The GOP offenders did it just to spite Obama. I don't even think the dingbat Koch brothers astroturf "tea party" outfit or even the homeschool lobby had anything to do with it. It was "payback" for Obama winning the election, as far as I am concerned.
More than 43 years ago, Dole delivered his first speech on the very same floor — on disability rights. Later, as one of the most powerful members of the Senate, he pushed through the Americans with Disabilities Act, a measure designed to protect citizens grappling with accidents and disease.
Now he had come the Senate floor, perhaps for the last time, to persuade lawmakers to adopt a treaty supporters said would extend disability protections around the world.
“Don’t let Senator Bob Dole down,” Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts said, raising his voice, pointing at his former colleague. “Most importantly, don’t let the Senate and the country down. Approve this treaty.”
It wasn’t enough.
This was surely one of the most disgraceful moments in the history of the United States Senate.
Our country is broken, and it is damned near unfixable.
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