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The Charade in DC will run until November 2022, at least

Journal by fustakrakich

Joe Manchin stands as firm as Jabel-al-Tariq

How perfect!

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @07:23PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @07:23PM (#1134933)

    Just handing over the keys to the kingdom on a narrow majority isn't a great plan. The filibuster is useful - and him telling his buddies that they need to cool their jets isn't all bad.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday April 08 2021, @07:27PM (6 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday April 08 2021, @07:27PM (#1134937) Journal

    I've had my concerns about the elimination of the filibuster although I've come to the conclusion that we should get rid of it to increase accountability to the voters.

    I don't hold it against anybody if they disagree with me though!

    • (Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday April 08 2021, @07:51PM (5 children)

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday April 08 2021, @07:51PM (#1134961) Homepage

      People like you cry all day about filibusters and guns being bad and abolishing the electoral college and promoting woke bullshit right up until the day your guy isn't in charge anymore and all that shit you were previously for starts getting turned against you. We already saw it once, and we'll be seeing it again in a year or three.

      " How could this happen? Orange Man Bad can't tell me what to do, I have CONSTU-TUTIONAL RIGHTS! "

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday April 08 2021, @08:05PM (4 children)

        by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday April 08 2021, @08:05PM (#1134970) Journal

        Your projection is showing.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @09:29PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @09:29PM (#1135020)

          While alive, a human consumes carbohydrates. When dead, the body decays to hydrocarbons.

          Think about it.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @09:40PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @09:40PM (#1135029)

            Did you play an army surplus store clerk in the movie Falling Down?

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @10:17PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @10:17PM (#1135042)

              I am the exegete.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @10:27PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 08 2021, @10:27PM (#1135048)

              army surplus?! I thought that was a sex shop.. oh wait, that's Pulp Fiction

  • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @10:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @10:24AM (#1135984)

    No, the filibuster is profoundly anti-democratic and is one of the things that makes our government absolutely dysfunctional.

    It's good for fascists and corporatists who simply want to obstruct to preserve the country's status as an oligarchy, however. Even reforming it to make it a talking filibuster would be a massive improvement.