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Originally Posted by bronco67
But the thing with filibusters is that it's become bastardized into something that the minority can use to block something, without putting in the actual work. Despite Ted Cruz and Rand Paul being total douches, at least they had the nuts to stand up for hours and do it the way its supposed to be done. Because its so easy now to just say, "I'm filibustering this" -- so any Republican with an anti democrat agenda can be a raging obstructionist -- it's become an abused tactic that needs to be stopped. NOTHING is getting done because of these fuckwads, and they did this to themselves. It's great to stand up for what you believe in, but they actually have no problems with a lot of these appointees -- they just want to obstruct anything Obama does.
If they would have just used it occasionally, then the nuclear option wouldn't have happened.
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It would be a blessing in disguise if nothing was actually getting done. You could rephrase and say nothing that's good for America is getting done.
Fix the roads and bridges, the infrastructure is crumbling. That would've been something I could applaud. And it would've put millions of people to work on something we really need.. All of us.
But no, lets fix..*and I use that term loosely* healthcare. Something that only a small percentage of people may or may not benefit from at the expense of the majority of the population.
Now that NBC,CBS & ABC are finally looking at this guy without the rose colored glasses, the tide is changing. The large majority of people are not in favor of this and it's not long until the midterm elections. A lot of democrats are worried..and they should be. If they listen to their constituents obamacare will be done.