Ditch Mitch

The legislative filibuster in the senate is totally out of sync with the concept of democratic rule. It is intended and used exclusively as a vehicle by a minority of senators to sabotage and impede the efforts of a majority of senators to implement legislation. Stating it differently, the senate filibuster is strictly a destructive instrument which ensures that nothing can be accomplished. This leads to the inescapable conclusion that any senator who defends the filibuster or tries to describe it as having ANY positive value is either willfully lying or woefully ignorant or helplessly stupid. Let me give you the name of a senator who is fighting to defend the filibuster, Senator Mitch McConnell. Unfortunately, Senator McConnell sits in a very powerful political position which he has obtained simply by being a senator nearly forever. I certainly cannot see any other characteristic which he displays to qualify him to be occupying such a powerful position. He is a roadblock preventing any progress for the GOP agenda! I have been calling for the elimination of the filibuster for a long time because I know that nothing will ever be accomplished worthwhile while it continues to exist. It is just plain stupid to demand that the passage of a bill in the senate requires the support of 60 senators out of 100. As long as Senator McConnell maintains his leadership authority in the senate, the filibuster will continue to exist and the GOP agenda will continue to be unattainable. DITCH MITCH NOW!!!