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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

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[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago

But why not wait to filibuster an actual policy as both a protest against the admin itself

Because then theyd be waiting rather than doing? Because this isnt a filibuster, but they can still actually filibuster should something come up?

Because one does not preclude the other?

[-] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

I didn't say one did preclude the other. My point is that if you're going to do something historic that, by it's unusual and uncommon nature, gets you more attention then usual, why wouldn't you use that gesture to BOTH protest, and filibuster a bill that will put more attention on the bill because of the historic nature of the filibuster?

And yes, by all means, continue to filibuster and stymie the admin's progress by filibustering whenever possible. However, the American public are notoriously short of attention, especially when something has already been done before, that subsequent filibusters won't have the same impact as the original, especially when you have outlets like Fox that can just spin it towards being not worth notice because "same old shit by the dems". People will eventually tune out, and the opportunity to really amp up the pressure on the Republicans will be lost.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 days ago

.... Or do both, and break your own record?

I dont know about you, but I prefer something to nothing. And I will continue to support anyone being against what Trump is doing. So I'm not going to disparage him for this. I have plenty of things to complain about with Booker. This isn't one of them.

To each their own I guess.

[-] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

That's my point, you can break your own record, but the media and public will be desensitized to it after the first time, sadly most people will tune out after the novelty has passed.

I'm not disparaging him, as much as I am calling into question the timing of it. Any pushback at all is welcome, but it just seems to me to be poorly timed in terms of effectiveness.

I guess we'll see what kind of effect this has afterwards and if it has a positive outcome.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

I would think the novelty would be in doing it twice.

But that's just my opinion.

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