11-12-2016, 11:08 PM
(11-12-2016, 03:54 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(11-12-2016, 11:15 AM)Anthony Wrote: About an hour ago, Joy Reid said, on MSNBC, that Mitch McConnell can unilaterally end the filibuster when he convenes the new Congress in January.
If this is true, the time for secession and civil war may be at hand.
Reid already partially ended the filibuster. I hope that McConnell keeps it but I couldn't blame him if he ended it.
That is what I like about the left. They never really consider the possible long term consequences of getting their way in the present. Oops.
Looks like they should have given that notion a little more thought.
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If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises