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Old 07-19-2005, 04:08 PM   #11
Tyrone Slothrop
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breaking news: the doomsday clock ticks one minute closer to the apocalypse

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
On that filibuster:



Do the Dems have enough balls to pull a (what I would call a) TRUE filibuster and shut down all Senate business - or would they pull a filibuster lite, as usual?
That's like asking whether you have the balls to stop you car like Fred Flintstone instead of putting your foot on the brakes.

When Republicans blocked Clinton judges, I don't recall any conservatives saying, "that's not ballsy enough -- let's seem them do an old-skool filibuster."
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