My friend might be right…

…it sure seems like the next Democrat administration might seek to end the filibuster in the senate. And what better way than aligning the filibuster with racism?

Former President Obama labeled the filibuster a “Jim Crow relic” in his speech at a service for Representative George Lewis:

“If all of this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American, then that’s what we should do.”

The truth is that the filibuster has proven a very useful tool in encouraging consensus on the senate. In any event, the filibuster long predates “Jim Crow” laws, so it looks like Obama is simply pulling the race card hoping to leverage the current turmoil. Nice job, Obama; thanks for fanning the flames further.

In any event, the filibuster has been weakened over the years, and is not nearly as effective as it has been in the past. Still, I hope that it can be maintained to prevent what many consider “the tyranny of the majority”.

Long live the filibuster, Mr. Smith.

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