The Fillibuster

GratisNet: "What more can be said regarding the attempt by republican right wing fanatics to change the rules of the Senate regarding cloture, rules that republicans have used over the years to block judicial, and other, nominations? They argue that the constitution demands that a president's judicial nominations get an 'up or down' vote on the senate floor, yet conveniently forget how many of President Clinton's nominees they never afforded that 'constitutional demand?' It would seem that those who would subvert the desires of the Founders are hypocrites of the first order, yet how could they be anything else, given their goal of destroying the American republic those wise, forward thinking men created in 1789?

Make no mistake about their ultimate end, for it is not about judicial nominees getting a vote, or restoring the so-called constitutional option to the senate. No, the path that they try to force America down is a path with no protections for the minority, any minority, it is the path that the Founders in their infinite wisdom sought to avoid, the tyranny of the majority. It is the path that despots and dictators have repeatedly taken nations down throughout history. It is a path that leads ultimately to ruin and destruction of those peoples foolish enough to follow. I would urge everyone to call their senator [Link: US Senate] and let them know that the future of America as we have known it is at stake."