Democrats Force Delay of Bolton Final Vote

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by Bond

Democrats are delaying a vote on Bolton because they know he will win an up or down vote. There go those friendly Democrats again... filibustering away because they know they'd lose a fair up or down vote...

Oh, boo hoo. Yes, let's just end the process of the filibuster so the Republicans can do whatever they want. I'm sorry if you don't agree with it, but it's within legal limits, and if the Republicans want to end filibustering, then God help the Republicans when the Democrats have the majority again.

[Jonbo298]

If the Filibuster was gotten rid of, it would be a very bad day, probably of historical proportions. Because downt he road, Republicans will be the minority and wine they cant Filibuster what the Democrats want to do.

I dont care if Bolton gets in. Let the bastrd do so so that we as Americans can see what kind of job he does. I wanna see if he tries to pull something so outlandish the UN bans him or something else. I'm no political person who knows all so I could be speaking in the wrong sense, kinda

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Because downt he road, Republicans will be the minority

Do you mean in the country as a whole, or in the US senate and stuff? Because if your talking the US citizens as a whole, I'll be dammed if the Republicans arent the minority right now...

[GameMaster]

Neo: A young administrator named Bond, who was a pupil of mine before he turned to evil, helped the Republicans hunt down and destroy the Democrat Knights. Now, the Democrats are all but extinct

Originally Posted by Bond

There go those friendly Democrats again... filibustering away because they know they'd lose a fair up or down vote...

Is the word 'filibustering' your way of saying 'exercising their rights'? Please don't pollute my forums with tasteless insults. The Republicans are nothing more than the blind leading the blind.

[Professor S]

1) The filibuster is a way of coersion from the minority party, and is to be used very sparingly, and until recently it has been used very sparingly. Now it seems that every time the majority, as in ELECTED BY MORE CITIZENS, wants to elect any official the demcrats throw in a filibuster. If they continue, the filibuster will be banned and it will be their fault. So far the democrats have used the filibuster to stop presidential appointments, something that has never been done before. This is abuse of a legislative tool by the minority. This is politics, plain and simple, and has nothing to do with the quality of Bolton, Owens or any of Bush's other appointments. The democrats just want to cry foul when they are the ones committing them.

The democrats are useing the filibuster to thwart democracy, and then accuse the republicans of being fascists. How amusing.

2) The Republican party one the election by over 3 million more votes than the democrats and they have far more representatives in both houses. I'd say that more Americans are in their corner. Just because the print and Tv media would makeyou think that they are supported by only a few bible beating radical KKK members, dosn't make it so.

[Blackmane]

The democrats are crying foul on everything lately. They have turned from having a voice and a position in todays politics into being simply the party of opposition, of dissidents, of haters.

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

2) The Republican party one the election by over 3 million more votes than the democrats and they have far more representatives in both houses. I'd say that more Americans are in their corner. Just because the print and Tv media would makeyou think that they are supported by only a few bible beating radical KKK members, dosn't make it so.

I Know the Rupublicans control the House and stuff, thats nothing new. But I simply dont believe that there are more registered Republicans than Democrats. I think the reason Bush won is simply because a lot of Minorities/ The Younger Crowd didnt vote.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Do you mean in the country as a whole, or in the US senate and stuff? Because if your talking the US citizens as a whole, I'll be dammed if the Republicans arent the minority right now...

Sorry, I meant just like in Senate or the House.

Plus, all this 'abusing of power' talk is boggling because if a rule exists, you use it if its going to be in your advantage. Filibuster is one of them rules that you take advantage of if you want to. It exists for a reason