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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
To answer you and Ty -- no such implication taken. I'm an old skool GOPer, so I do think (like Kerry, who is also old skool on this one) that the issue should be left to the states.
I also don't believe that bringing a bill, or an amendment to the floor, even with a slim chance of passage, is a frivolous activity. First off, vote counting is imperfect--I don't want to see only bills that will pass brought to the floor. And as a citizen we shouldn't see only the dead-bang winners. Second, it is important for everyone to see exactly how much (or how little) support the FMA really has. I want a straight up-or-down vote to show both the right wing of hte republican party and its supporters that they're out of the mainstream on this one. And having chickenshit abstentions doesn't help.
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Do you think it's better for the amendment to die at this procedural stage, or to go on to a full discussion?
I mean, maybe Kerry wants it to get to a debate so he can make some fiery, deeply inspired and impassioned speech against using the Constitution to enshrine discrimination and to detract from the states' rights to decide issues of social moment.
On the other hand.....
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