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   Colonel Claus said, 2 months ago

   And people looked….
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   Nos Nevets said, 2 months ago

   that’s all Danziger saw, huh?
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   beautifulyoli said, 2 months ago

   Oh this was sooooo true! What a bunch of nothing this man spews. Again, Jeff Danziger hits the nail on the head.
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   Newshound41 said, 2 months ago

   I usually agree with Danziger but not this time. Paul raised some legitimate concerns.
   Has the POTUS exceeded his authority?
   Are the rights of American people violated?
   Has the Congress abrogated its own powers regarding declaration of war?
   These are important questions all Americans should be concerned about.
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   ahab said, 2 months ago

   Change the filibuster law now,end GOP obstruction.
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   Tigger said, 2 months ago

   @ahab

   Why is it okay for Democrats to filibuster and taboo for Republicans ti filibuster? When did we lose or freedom of filibuster?
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   Colonel Claus said, 2 months ago

   Don’t y’all know that a filibuster is great as long as you are the one fillibustering?
   If its someone else, then we need to vote the fool outta office.
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   Michael wme said, 2 months ago

   Every patriotic American knows that the President only kills terrorists. Any time, any place, for any reason or for no reason. Executive orders say that not one single innocent has ever been killed, and this is supported by Congressional resolutions and the Supreme Court.

   
   Anyone like Rand Paul who wants to restrict the US President’s right to kill anyone, any time, any place, for any reason or for no reason is a traitor who supports the terrorists. The President’s job is to kill every man, woman, and baby terrorist, regardless of race, religion, or national origin. And people like Rand Paul who filibuster and get in the president’s way are endangering every single American.

   
   And the president has absolute, irrefutable proof that every man, woman, and baby killed was a heinous, criminal terrorist, but that irrefutable proof is Top Secret, and so can never be shown to anyone except the President.
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   dtroutma said, 2 months ago

   I respect that Rand actually stood up and spoke as is supposed to happen with a filibuster, but can’t buy his TEA party arguments, especially as “W” killed over 5,000 Americans with phony, illegal wars, which he did NOT actually get “permission” from Congress to start in the manner he did, by ignoring their demand in the “War Powers Act” to sill prove necessity for that final attack option.

   
   But yes, change the filibuster rule to mandate Paul’s actions, and stop the over 200 “filibusters” McConnell called under “revised Senate rules”.
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    I Play One On TV said, 2 months ago

    I believe the filibuster to be a quaint and pretty useless addition to the governmental bag of tricks, but I can appreciate its usability under much more limited circumstances than it is being used now.

    I would like to suggest a compromise: keep the filibuster, but return to the original rules: the person initiating the filibuster must talk, and continue to talk, until either he stops and the filibuster abruptly ends, or a cloture vote is passed. You don’t need to talk on the subject. Indeed, in the good old days, many legislators talked about their to-do list, or laundry products, or anything else, just to keep the filibuster going.

    Now that we have C-Span, and people like Jon Stewart, who are willing to show us snippets of how the people’s business is being “conducted”, the public wouldn’t be likely to stand for the delay tactic, unless the legislation being filibustered deserved it.

    Nowadays, all you have to do is say, “I filibuster”, and we go from a need for a simple majority to 60 votes. Regardless of the party who uses it, there is not significant risk to careers to continue to use it, so it will be abused, regardless of party, until the old rules are restored.
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    lifebyc said, 2 months ago

    Jeff, you blew it today, and I usually agree with you. It is NOT acceptable for the executive branch of the government to execute American citizens without due process, much less on US soil. Period.
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    jeffcollier said, 2 months ago

    Stop whining for whining’s sake. It’s a FILIBUSTER for cryin’ out loud. If all you get is “look at me”, who cares?
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    Justice22 said, 2 months ago

    @dtroutma

    Ditto
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    Rockngolfer said, 2 months ago

    @dtroutma

    Democrats claim republicans started 385 filibusters which is way more than in any previous terms.
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    SkepticCal said, 2 months ago

    Barack Obama said the same thing in his speech.
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