I am suspicious of posts that attack those who are filibustering, and not

[jsamuel]

those who are against the filibuster. Who is trying to stop us from filibustering?

[wtbymark]

1. 1st thing to my mind - trolls

scummy lurkers with ulterior motives

[uppityperson]

5. if it happens, hit alert, don't call them out per DU rules

and don't get threads locked by calling them out. Alert is our friend.

[Oceansaway]

21. i disagree....

i voiced my opinion and some lame ass here did the alert thingy and poooof, my post was gone...
there was NO vulgar or nasty words in it...just my opinion...

(i guess the lame ass didnt like my opinion)

[uppityperson]

2. yup

I am suspicious of those who say "such and so will filibuster but they don't really mean it because they are just saying so now".
:wtf: Why have we been calling and faxing and emailing if not to help convince them?

[helderheid]

4. exactly. Go crawl under a rock, freepers.

[janx]

9. Heavy traffic today. n/t

[AX10]

3. trolls

[seriousstan]

6. Yesterday I said call Byrd and try to change his mind, but today...

after Reid came out and said the votes are not there and everyone knows it, I think some Dems(...cough..cough...Hillary) are now using the filibuster as political theater to pad their resume for 2008. I am suspicious of the "Johnny come latelies".

As for the question of should there be an attempt, I believe it doesn't really matter. You can't have a filibuster if they have 60 votes. There will be a vote for closure and it will succeed. That closes that avenue.

[uppityperson]

10. Remember the vote isn't for a couple more days.

You may be right and I am sure that there is political manuvering going on behind the scenes, but realize that it is not over until it is over and the vote isn't for a couple more days and people can wait to make up their minds and change their minds until the very last minute. I am set for it to either go to a vote Mon or not, and am continuing to contact the senators until then. Not knowing is difficult, keep bugging them.

[seriousstan]

12. Then I wish Reid would shut his pie hole. I saw him say it was a done deal

That doesn't help those officials who are truly on the fence and not just playing the game for future elections.

[uppityperson]

14. Yup. I wish he would just stop it also.

[mtnsnake]

7. Could be trolls, but it's also some people who are just anti-YouKnowWho

possibly

[mattclearing]

8. I agree. I've seen two people knocking Kerry and Clinton for it.

Both low count, neither making a bit of sense.

[Zenlitened]

11. Now, now. It's very important that we hear from...

... the Grima Wormtongue wing of the party.

[bowens43]

13. What do you mean by 'attack'?

[jsamuel]

15. I don't want to call out anyone specifically, so I will remain vague.

[bowens43]

17. Did I ask you to 'call out' anyone?

I asked what you mean by attack. What do you mean by attack?

[jsamuel]

19. I mean calling those who are for the filibuster "political opportunists,

s, who are weak, have no back bone, only doing it to satisfy the base, generally horrible people all around"

while not even mentioning those who don't support the filibuster...

[AtomicKitten]

16. the Dems have nothing to lose by filibustering ...

so it's hard to understand why any alleged left-of-center would oppose it.

[bowens43]

18. Except the votes of independents and centrists in November......

[AtomicKitten]

20. still it's hard to believe even they don't fathom the ramifications

of this ANTI-Constitution candidate. I think with a carefully-worded explanation, there can be no reproach, at least from reasonable people. I may be wrong, but I'm having a hard time understanding how Alito as a Supreme is anything but a terrible idea.

[stepnw1f]

22. having fun?

[LeftCoast]

23. Locking

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