LogFAQs > #951562018

Also, I'd like to point out that I WANT the fucking filibuster to be gone. I think it's an antiquated political device that isn't properly used and has been taken by the GOP as a means of blocking any and all policy (since they are a party that benefits entirely on NOTHING getting done.) That was a big reason why I solidified my support behind Elizabeth Warren during the primaries, because she was the only major candidate saying "Yeah, get rid of the fucking filibuster", while even fellow progressive Bernie was saying "We're going to inspire so many voters to turn out that we won't NEED to give up the filibuster".

But at the end of the day, the voters didn't vote for Elizabeth Warren. They wanted Bernie as far as progressives go, and then they wanted Biden as far as the actual candidate goes. The Democratic VOTERS (not the party establishment, but the stupid-ass VOTERS) send a message, as fucking STUPID as it is, that they want the filibuster in place because they want unity and bipartisanship. And when the VOTERS don't turn out en masse to give the Democrats an overwhelming mandate, that's what you get. You get a government where the Democrats barely win over a party that seeks to actively handicap our country whenever they're in power, and are thus forced to obey the whims of a Joe Manchin.

If you want Democratic politicians to govern as ruthlessly as GOP politicians, then Democratic VOTERS need to vote for them in such numbers they can get away with pulling the shit the GOP pulls (successfully, I might add). But that won't happen because the Democrats largely succeed on being the "reasonable" party to the GOP's malicious evil.

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