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Originally Posted by Danzig
when the one party is in charge.
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I thought you were talking specifically about filibuster rules, not the general entire political scene. Yes, the political scene is partisan.
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if filibuster rules didn't need to be changed when democrats were the minority and used it, i don't understand the need to change it now. as for who uses it more, your perception is that the democrats didn't use it as much-that doesn't make it a reality.
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It's not my perception, it is factual, by the actual numbers - read the numbers chart and senate vote chart on it I posted previously.
And btw, the Dems tried to change it previously (one Dem) when they had majority. Nobody was interested (not even the other Dems)
Today is a weird political day. George Will is defending Obama's national security and terrorism policy against Liz Cheney, Joe Lieberman is defending Obama's financial policy against McCain's Obama attack ads, and Michael Steele has not yet been fired
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regarding the fact that democrats control congress and the house, therefore they should rule absolutely (someone mentioned that above), i say hogwash. we have a multi-party system. everyone should have a voice, regardless of who won more seats.
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??? Nobody says they should rule absolutely. Yes, we have a multi-party system, and the minority party absolutely has a voice. What they don't have is the majority vote, what it takes to pass legislation. And they are acting like azzholes by coming right out and saying they are not only using filibuster to delay votes and require issues that already have more than enough votes to pass to require 60, not the simple majority required by the Constitution, on major legislation, but they will use it on every single thing, simply to try and "derail Obama's agenda". And they
have. (again, refer to the actual numbers)
And that's costing us, the taxpayers, a whole lot of money for alot of whiney people who are unhappy they are no longer reflective of what the electoral majority wants.