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Somebody Buy Rachel Maddow a Book on Civics
« on: August 26, 2009, 05:40:07 PM »
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MADDOW: Sinking a shot on a regulation, 10-foot hoop, yeah, it's not a sure thing but with effort and focus you learn how to do it. These are the rules. Or these were the rules, OK?

You know why you never hear about the Senate needing 51 votes to pass anything any more? It's because since the Republicans have been in the minority in the Senate, they've taken a once rarely-used exception to the 51-vote rule and they've turned it into a new rule. It's called the filibuster and it means that the minority won't even allow something to be voted on without 60 senators giving it the nod.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2009/08/25/maddow-provides-smokescreen-hide-stealth-effort-democrats-change-rules

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Re: Somebody Buy Rachel Maddow a Book on Civics
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2009, 05:43:43 PM »
Waste of time, even if she did crack it open, she'd just start licking the binding seam instead of reading it.
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Re: Somebody Buy Rachel Maddow a Book on Civics
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2009, 07:19:24 PM »
Nooooo!  I knew she was stupid, but...  nooooo!  I hope she's hooked up to a breathing machine, because that level of stupid requires it.
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Re: Somebody Buy Rachel Maddow a Book on Civics
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2009, 07:34:03 PM »
Hasn't the fillibuster been used much more by Democrats, than Republicans?
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Re: Somebody Buy Rachel Maddow a Book on Civics
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2009, 07:40:28 PM »
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Using the filibuster to delay or block legislative action has a long history. The term filibuster -- from a Dutch word meaning "pirate" -- became popular in the 1850s, when it was applied to efforts to hold the Senate floor in order to prevent a vote on a bill.

  Really NEW rule there, Rach.  Way to look stupid.   :thatsright: ::)
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