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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:42 AM Original message |
In support of the Filibuster |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. I am all for it too |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. wish the dems would have used it a lot more often |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You may recall that the Republicans threatened to remove it during the Bush years |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not quite true |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Good distinction, but a first step toward the same goal none the less |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. What you are supporting is the "tyranny of the minority" |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yes, you could call it that, but I still see it as a necessary evil to protect the miniority |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, and in any case there were other things the Obama Administration |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. I don't want to lose the filibuster either, but . . . |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You can not believe how much I agree with you. |
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