'Mr. Smith' Joins Filibuster Fray

[kerrygoddess]

'Mr. Smith' Joins Filibuster Fray
31 March 2005

MSNBC is reporting that People for the American Way, (PFAW) founded by Hollywood producer Norman Lear, has launched a television ad campaign that features a scene from the classic 1939 movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” In the scene, freshman Senator Jefferson Smith, played by Jimmy Stewart, filibusters on the Senate floor to block a corrupt pork-barrel project.

“Wild horses aren’t going to drag me off this floor until those people have heard everything I’ve got to say,” declares Stewart.

PFAW’s ad campaign is aimed at seven Republican senators in a bid to preserve the Democrats’ ability to filibuster Bush nominees. Altogether PFAW plans to spend $5 million on TV ads and other advocacy on the issue.

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[alittlelark]

1. If they own their voting machines it will not matter

And that is soooooo F*cked up.