Originally posted by Parallax So it was the GOP that killed Kennedy. All this time I thought it was being an old drunk that did it
Err, I said that the GOP used the filibuster in unprecedented fashion, while certain older Democrats were *busy dying,* ...This in response to saying 'You had a supermajority, so what we did is your fault.' It doesn't mean that they killed Ted Kennedy (Or that he died of anything drinking-related, either,) ...but it sure doesn't mean that the Democrats are responsible for the GOP monkeying procedure at wee hours hoping *every single Democrat* including Robert Byrd couldn't make it.
You speak as though somehow now that the GOP broke *convention* about filibusters, that it therefore becomes *mandatory* to use it wherever possible. . Believe it or not, the filibuster is a last-ditch option that is *optional* and has to be *actively chosen and agreed to.*
This isn't a hockey game. It's *supposed* to be the governance of a free nation.
In the words of that, what, ninety year old Senator the GOP dragged out of bed at three in the morning cause of their procedural maneuvering to subvert the democratic process,
"Shame, shame."
All I see is more of a conservative doing everything they can to hurt America so they can try and blame the government they refuse to let work.
Last edited by Ratmagiclady; 07-12-2010 at 02:05 PM.