10 Dec 10
yes -- there should be a rule where if you really want to filibuster something, well dang it, you're going to have to actually do what Sanders is doing. If you REALLY believe the issue is important enough to require 60 votes to pass it, then you will be willing to go through all the trouble...
11 Dec 10
Originally posted by rwingettThere appears to be absolutely no mention on mainstream TV (NBC, CBS, PBS) thus far (even as a sidebar). All the coverage is on Bill with Obama...
An amazing performance by Bernie Sanders. Hopefully his speech will bring enough attention to the odious nature of the tax agreement to shame its supporters into reworking it. But my bet is that the billionaires will carry the day once again.
11 Dec 10
Originally posted by vistesdPredictable. So much for the fallacy of the "liberal" media. If there truly was a liberal media bias, they'd be all over this. It was a tremendous performance.
There appears to be absolutely no mention on mainstream TV (NBC, CBS, PBS) thus far (even as a sidebar). All the coverage is on Bill with Obama...
11 Dec 10
Originally posted by rwingettAgreed. I caught about the last two hours. Afterwords, on PBS's "First the other news of the day", there was a New Orleans murder case, in which the convictions just came down on three police officers--important local news story. I surfed NBC (whiich opened by listing their stories), CBS and NBC, and saw nothing...
Predictable. So much for the fallacy of the "liberal" media. If there truly was a liberal media bias, they'd be all over this. It was a tremendous performance.
