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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (345213)1/23/2010 5:14:27 PM
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Pirate ships in the era of Black Beard and captain Kidd were pure democracies too.

In the House, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wa.) this week introduced a resolution urging the Senate to lower the filibuster threshold, adding in a statement that the legislative tactic "has begun to erode the integrity of our Democratic process."


Just now, after two hundred years has this "begun to erode" the process.
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