Talk radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh has repeated for years his belief that as a political party, the Democrats feel entitled to power. When they are denied it by the results of an election, they react as though they are the victims of a grave injustice, thereby at liberty to engage in whatever tactic is necessary to retrieve what is rightfully theirs. Beginning with the Wisconsin walkout and now embodied in the temper tantrum of Indiana Democrats, the self-professed Doctor of Democracy has once again been proven right.
Statehouse walkouts are not without precedent. In fact, they are a reasonably common occurrence. But they are largely symbolic gestures -- an attempt to demonstrate the minority's outraged disapproval of the majority's agenda. Seldom do they go on for days, and until now, never have they been legitimate attempts to undermine the entire democratic process by grinding the operation of government to a halt.
Yet that is exactly what the Wisconsin Democrats attempted, and what their Indiana counterparts are still shamefully perpetrating. What is taking place in the Indiana Statehouse is far from a mere regional or petty statewide issue; it is a direct assault on the democratic process that deserves national attention and collective, bipartisan scorn. For while the Wisconsin constitution allowed the Republicans a procedural recourse to rectify the stalemate (something they employed when it became apparent the Democrats could not be lured back by compromise), Indiana Republicans have no such option.
I can just imagine the screams from the Left if Colorado Republicans tried similar measures to prevent a quorum so they couldn't pass their leftist agenda.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
LadyJazzer wrote: Yeah, like 2 years of filibustering every single piece of legislation in the U.S. Senate by the GOP... The largest number of filibusters in history.
:Snooze
Outrage-of-the-day....
More hyperbole, Obamacare passed so the GOP wasn't able to filibuster everything.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
