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sulphurdunn

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13. We have two corporate parties,

Reply to TrollBuster9090 (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:22 PM

Jun 2013

one conservative and the other fascist. Democrats love the filibuster because when it's their turn to be in power, it permits them not to govern and also to maintain the illusion that they have a progressive agenda. When the Republicans are in power the Democrats won't filibuster because they basically support the Republican agenda but can vote against it, knowing they will lose but still maintain their progressive credentials without fear that anything will come of it.

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To Democrats Who Don'T Want Filibuster Reform Because They're Afraid of What The GOP Will Do When [View all] TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 OP

cowards who do not believe their own alleged values so are not willing to stand for them nt msongs Jun 2013 #1

I wish they would kill it Politicalboi Jun 2013 #2

Yeah, I don't know what they're waiting for. I mean, are there a few Democratic Senators who are TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #7

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #3

Thank you! TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #6

agree 100% SCantiGOP Jun 2013 #4

I'm pretty sure the GOP will (at the very LEAST) convert it back to a talking filibuster as soon as TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #5

Totally agree with you. Andy823 Jun 2013 #8

Only partly agree. I think many of the Senate Democrats DONT WANT REFORM. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #9

This is precisely why Reid hated Merkley so much for releasing the names of those senators... cascadiance Jun 2013 #11

Besides the Repubs changing it if they get the majority I also think DJ13 Jun 2013 #10

Damn Democrats.. Vietnameravet Jun 2013 #12

We have two corporate parties, sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #13

I think you just nailed it in a nutshell!! AAO Jun 2013 #14

For some reason there are Democrats who keep trying to claim Republicans are sane. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #15