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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:23 PM Original message |
Filibusters DO NOT work like "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. They should, but they don't. |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yup - & I see the fallacy repeated by people that really should know better! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Unfortunately, too many people everywhere have an "outsider" perspective. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. strategies may have changed but the outcome is still the same....roadblocks nt |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Seriously, thank you. It's tiresome to see the misunderstanding perpetrated here. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. That is our fault for not changing the rules at the start of either of the last two sessions |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not changing them before the most recent session was the right call, actually. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Mitch shakes his head, Congress shuts down. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Pretty much the case, unfortunately. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Ultimately, the current system is better. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. You are pretending that you know more than you do, I suspect. |
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