Minorities must at time be protected from the majority. While absolute majority rule may sound democratic it is essentialy mob rule and in the end only a different form of tyranny.
However if the minority can halt the government, is that not the monority then controling things?
this knife cuts both ways and will cause a tone of heartache in the future. Democrats playing the filibuster card, are insuring that their presidential candidate can not stack the courts like they did. The judicial system with either come to a hault or end up with a bunch of people in it with no opinions or a bunch of liars trying to hide their true opinions.
However I do have to hand it to the democrats once again. I do continue to salute their ability to politic. Republicans did not try this course of action through the clinton years or any time in history for that matter. Democrats found the loophole first and are making quite effective use of it.
Surely, you jest. What is the effective difference between stopping an appointment through a filibuster and stopping one through bottling it up in committee?
Technically, you're right -- the Republicans did not use this course of action, they used another. They blocked 60-70 (if memory serves) of Clinton's nominees.
The Dems should have hammered this point home every friggin' day and night!
Last edited by Pexster : May 26th, 2005 at 12:33 PM.
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or a bunch of liars trying to hide their true opinions.
