re: #745 jamesfirecat

Yeah like I said I find that “go back to the talking filibuster” seems to be generally an idea that just about everyone can agree on, because our current version just filibuster seem too tempting a tool not to use out of spite since there’s no penalty for using it…

I mean when Strom Thurmond spent an entire DAY giving a speech about why the civil rights act wouldn’t pass, you had to at least admire the determination he put into the effort…

Heh, but I also think we can agree ol’ Strom isn’t around anymore.

The filibuster, though, is not really a bad thing. It prevents wild see-saws in policies. Imagine what would have happened under the Bush presidency—we would have had mandatory daily prayers, privatized social security, privatized medicare, abolishment of the EPA, etc. Then the Dems would have voted everything back to where it was and then some.