Please, please, let them filibuster!!!

[impik]

Let the country see who's protecting Wall Street.

[Phx_Dem]

1. I agree. Let them hang from their own petard.

[elleng]

5. damn right! its about time!

[bain_sidhe]

10. Er... that would be "hoist" them on their own petard.

I recently learned that a "petard" is a bomb, so to be "hoist on your own petard" means to be blown up by your own bomb.

that's it for this edition of "Posts by Pedants." kthnxbai.

[Phx_Dem]

11. Learn something new every day!

:7

[bain_sidhe]

12. And if you don't, you're not doing it right!

;-)

[Froward69]

2. Give them enough Rope

to hang themselves!!!

[elleng]

6. yup!

[elleng]

3. MAKE them REALLY filibuster!

Serve 2 purposes, substantively, see who's protecting wallstreet, AND watch them ACTUALLY disrupt the workings of government.

[Clintonista2]

4. Agree. No more of this "threat of filibuster IS the filibuster" crap

[Warren Stupidity]

7. by the rules we will see nothing

filibuster have been put aside in favor of procedural motions (cloture votes) that require nothing much and have no public face.

They can obstruct without penalty. The librul media will not exact any price from them for doing so, and the chattering class will not object to their continued rightwing populist bullshit while obstructing reform of wallstreet banksters.

[patrice]

8. K & RRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

[DCBob]

9. I agree,, but I dont think the Rethugs will go through with it..

That letter does not explicity say all of them will vote for filibuster. I think that letter was a just a threat hoping the Dems would back down. Harry is not falling for it.. thank goodness.

[BlooInBloo]

13. It's win-win.