@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:Ah . . . you crack me up. Will you please tell us upon what occasion the majority leader of a Democrat-controlled Senate stated publicly that the Senate would not even hold a hearing on any nominee of the President?...
Are you trying to disprove my assertion that Democrats regularly oppose what Republicans advocate on the grounds that they have not opposed it in this particular way or to this degree?
As you alluded to, during a speech he delivered on the Senate floor on June 25, 1992, then Sen. Joe Biden urged his Democratic colleagues to block until after the presidential election any potential Supreme Court nominations President George H.W. Bush might name. I'm not arguing that he was wrong then or that the Republicans advocating something similar are right now, only giving an example of prominent Democrats strongly opposing Republican actions.
Democrats have certainly opposed Republican positions by staging their share of filibusters. Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) filibustered for 11 hours in 2013, helping kill a bill that would have implemented some abortion restrictions.
Everyone knows that both sides actively oppose the other regularly, which was my claim.
By the way, claiming that I probably have you on ignore in order to ridicule me for it is a straw man argument, and calling me petulant is an ad hominem argument since it is directed against a person rather than the position he advocates.