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denverbill

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6. What's pathetic is that half of them whine about Democrats undoing what the Founding Fathers put in.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 01:30 PM

Nov 2013

Completely and utterly clueless that the filibuster was completely changed (and broken) just a few decades ago.

If Democrats were really 'fixing' the filibuster, they'd be going back to how it was in 1793. Instead, they are just ending the filibuster on a few types of nominees, if I understand correctly. They could still block any bill that had majority support without ever having to take the floor and actually filibuster.

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I wonder how it's going over in freeperland [View all] gopiscrap Nov 2013 OP

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"Say that in January 2017 Ted Cruz is in the Oval office..." WilliamPitt Nov 2013 #13

What's pathetic is that half of them whine about Democrats undoing what the Founding Fathers put in. denverbill Nov 2013 #6

Making the following especially freeper-ific! treestar Nov 2013 #15

I have seen several responses there about 'President Cruz' renie408 Nov 2013 #10

They are probably going with McConnell lies Lifelong Dem Nov 2013 #12