Reply #15: Perhaps you can explain to me what you believe the alternative is

[BattyDem]

The Neocons control the White House, the Congress and the media. The Judiciary is not under their control ... yet ... and the only thing preventing that is the filibuster.

So, we eliminate the filibuster and they take over the judiciary as well. Then what? Seriously ... I'm not trying to pick a fight with you ... I honestly want to know, what do we do then? What power will the minority have to stop anything? We won't have government representation and we won't have any way to fight them in court - so what happens then?

Your entire line of reasoning is based on us getting control again. The fact is, we're never getting control of the government again unless we get the voting machines fixed. It's going to be very difficult, if not impossible, to fix things through legislation because we don't control anything, so it may very well end up going to the courts at some point. How will an extreme, RW Judiciary be of any help to us?

What is the alternative to the filibuster? What other power does the minority have? Please, enlighten me. I'm not being sarastic ... I'm serious. What else do we have? :shrug:


Like I said, the rules of our Democracy have served this country very well. We've hit a rough spot because we have some fascists trying to destroy everything America has ever stood for. I don't see how letting them do it by eliminating the rules that protect the minority will make us stronger.