Comments on: 5 reasons to kill the filibuster https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/28/5-reasons-to-kill-the-filibuster/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/28/5-reasons-to-kill-the-filibuster/#comment-21191 BuckGalaxy Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:21:34 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27105#comment-21191 He very publicly changed that opinion when the GOP decided they would make the filibuster the norm instead of the rare exception. Get a fucking life. Anyone paying attention knows this is unprecedented Senate obstruction. You are so wrong on this issue it is pitiful. He very publicly changed that opinion when the GOP decided they would make the filibuster the norm instead of the rare exception.

Get a fucking life. Anyone paying attention knows this is unprecedented Senate obstruction. You are so wrong on this issue it is pitiful.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/28/5-reasons-to-kill-the-filibuster/#comment-21184 alcaray Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:02:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27105#comment-21184 The minority has never been willing to use the filibuster to shut down government before. That makes it a problem. The gentleman's agreement ceases to be an agreement when one of the partners is not a gentleman. The minority has never been willing to use the filibuster to shut down government before. That makes it a problem. The gentleman’s agreement ceases to be an agreement when one of the partners is not a gentleman.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/28/5-reasons-to-kill-the-filibuster/#comment-21176 TB Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:27:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27105#comment-21176 <p>What Harry Reid <em>used</em> to think about the filibuster...</p> <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2005/05/18/097/40350" rel="nofollow">From TalkLeft.com in 2005.</a> Not sure who Democrats think they're kidding. What Harry Reid used to think about the filibuster…

From TalkLeft.com in 2005.

Not sure who Democrats think they’re kidding.

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