Score one for Bushie

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I know everyone's trying to forget he even existed, but I couldn't help myself.

Stop Monkeying Around

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It's been a little while since I've gotten all rambunctious in this fine community, so I figure I'd be the first one to post the anti-"Bush is a Monkey" video. I posted it on my LJ too, so I figured I would just spread the smiles around :)

The Nuclear Option

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There's been a lot of talk about how everyone should embrace bipartisanship and how the Republicans need to have a voice too, but as a small reminder, it was only a few short years ago (2005) when the Republican leadership in the Senate was actively trying to get rid of the filibuster to silence the Democratic minority, a minority that had more seats in the Senate than the Republicans do now.

In my opinion, the Republicans did a lot of damage to the ideals of listening to the minority and working together for the good of the country, and the attempted "nuclear option" to get rid of the filibuster is just one small part of that. Repairing it will take some time.

Questions for the Community:

1) Should the Democrats follow the precedent set by the Republicans in bipartisanship with the minority?

2) Would those who supported removal of the filibuster in 2005 still support it today?

3) If the Republicans tried to filibuster President Obama's judicial nominees, no matter how liberal they were, would that make them hypocrites? (I state for the record that if the Dems protested a Repub filibuster on the grounds it was unconstitutional, it would make them hypocrites)

4) Why don't Republicans want to take personal responsibility for reaping what they've sown? They claim to be the party of high moral standards after all. Perhaps that doesn't extend to politics for them?

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