Tag Archives: filibuster

3.5 trillion dollars short and six months late

Posted on January 23, 2022 by oddmanout215

A Washington Post columnist declared Thursday that Joe Biden and the Democrats have had an epiphany and from now on will counter Republican nihilism by taking action that “leads to more progress in the future.” Swamp Rabbit was puzzled. “What … Continue reading →

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Time’s running out, but Biden still won’t voice the f-word

Posted on July 16, 2021 by oddmanout215

The consensus was that Joe Biden gave a rousing speech Tuesday in Philadelphia that will do nothing to derail voter suppression efforts in red states around the country. So what was the point? I asked my neighbor Swamp Rabbit but … Continue reading →

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For the People Act was dead on arrival. What now, Dems?

Posted on June 29, 2021 by oddmanout215

I was in a quandary, like other non-Trumpers who are watching the Republican Party’s full-scale effort to strip voting rights from as many Democrats as it takes to ensure future elections are won by extreme right-wingers. One might assume this … Continue reading →

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Time waits for no one (especially timid Democrats)

Posted on May 19, 2021 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit had a confession to make. “The closer I follow the news, the less I understand what them Dems are up to. What am I missing?” He’d been trying to figure out why Democrats in Washington, D.C. weren’t pushing … Continue reading →

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Voting rights expansion vs. the filibuster

Posted on March 31, 2021 by oddmanout215

We were watching the filibuster scene from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a hit movie in 1939 and a great example of director Frank Capra using his corny genius to convey big, inspirational ideas. His hero in this one is … Continue reading →

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How to secede without blood and gore

Posted on October 19, 2013 by oddmanout215

It’s no secret the yahoos who shut down the government for 16 days have a grander goal than merely scuttling Obamacare. They want to achieve something akin to secession, but without the blood and gore that made the Civil War … Continue reading →

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