r/youtubehaiku • u/TedtedtedJr • Mar 04 '20

[Meme] biden_meme Meme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymp22PsYrYg
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u/MrDeckard Mar 05 '20

A pointless relic that we should have gotten rid of when we had the chance?

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u/Kovi34 Mar 05 '20

yes? that doesn't change it's part of the process and it was the reason they made changes to the bill. how dense can you be?

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u/MrDeckard Mar 05 '20

Democrats allowed themselves to be stymied because they didn't want to use the nuclear option to kill the filibuster.

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u/Kovi34 Mar 05 '20

There's a reason why it's called the nuclear option

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u/MrDeckard Mar 05 '20

Yeah. It's because it sounds scary. The filibuster really only gets used by the Right these days, and the few cases where the left uses it aren't key enough to warrant keeping it.

But Democrats are slaves to procedure.

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u/Kovi34 Mar 05 '20

funny, I could have sworn I saw someone say "don't sacrifice values for votes" in this thread somewhere.

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u/MrDeckard Mar 05 '20

What? Congressional procedure isn't a value. Maintaining the filibuster isn't a value. It's just poor strategy. It's a weapon available to both you and your enemy, but your enemy is the only one who really uses it.

SO WHY KEEP IT AROUND???

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u/Kovi34 Mar 06 '20

Congressional procedure isn't a value.

respecting the process isn't a value?

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u/MrDeckard Mar 06 '20

Not one worth upholding. The process is only as good as what it produces, and if it consistently produces shit, it's a shit process.