am·ne·sia : the selective overlooking or ignoring of those events or acts that are not favorable or useful to one's purpose or positionFrom NRO, here's how some prominent DEMOCRATS felt about filibusters during Clinton's term of office:
Barbara Boxer – 5/14/97:
“It is not the role of the Senate to obstruct the process and prevent numbers of highly qualified nominees from even being given the opportunity for a vote on the Senate floor.”
Dick Durbin – 9/28/98:
“If, after 150 days languishing on the Executive Calendar that name has not been called for a vote, it should be. Vote the person up or down.”
Tom Harkin – 1/5/95:
“I do not believe that I as a member of the minority ought to have the right to absolutely stop something because I think it is wrong, that that is rule by minority.”
Ted Kennedy – 3/7/00
“The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court said: ‘The Senate is surely under no obligation to confirm any particular nominee, but after the necessary time for inquiry it should vote him up or vote him down.’ Which is exactly what I would like.”
Pat Leahy - 6/18/98
“If we don’t like somebody the President nominates, vote him or her down. But don’t hold them in this anonymous unconscionable limbo, because in doing that, the minority of Senators really shame all Senators.”
Of course another word comes to mind:
hy·poc·ri·sy: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtueI'll let you decide.
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