Republicans Try To Extend Filibuster Rules To Everyday Life - The Global Edition
Published On: Mon, Feb 18th, 2013

Republicans Try To Extend Filibuster Rules To Everyday Life

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Republicans believe that they know what is best for the American people, even if they are in overwhelming minority

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WASHINGTON, (The Global Edition)–Having had enormous success employing the Filibuster rules in the Senate, the Republican minority are seeing how far they can push their filibuster powers.

“I believe that we know what is best for the American people,” stated the Republican Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, “and there are plenty of times when the best outcome is by ‘minority rules.’”

After the final round of the National Basketball Association playoffs in 2012, in which the Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma Thunder 4 games to 1, Senator Jim Imhoff, of Oklahoma announced that he planned to use the filibuster to block the final results.

Senator Imhoff, shortly after making the announcement was convinced to change his plans. Allegedly he received an e-mail from Miami Heat star, Lebron James, which read, “You can stuff that filibuster in a basket, before I stuff you.”

Perhaps the strangest threat is coming from a coalition of Southern Republican Senators, led by Ted Cruz of Texas. Senator Cruz recently wrote a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, warning them that “the South will not be humiliated again. If you have any intention of that film about that treasonous, Lincoln winning the award, I would think twice. We have more than the required 40 Senators prepared to block the movie from winning the award.”

By TGE correspondent Jello Marx

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  • Spanishbill

    Hey, it worked for Mr. Deeds! Although I haven’t watched that movie for a long time so I don’t really remember the ending….

    Lindsey Graham…’minority rules’, well, ‘nough said.

    Great photo of John McCain. I wish I knew what he is whispering. I swear he is looking younger everytime I see him, he’s lucky he didn’t get elected President!

    Who would want to mess with Lebron? Although I did feel kind of bad for the Thunder.

    I’m going to try the threat of a filibuster the next time everyone votes to go out to karaoke night! “Minority rules!” (I’ll let you know how that works out.)

  • Spanishbill

    Whoops. Sorry. I guess I had even forgotten the title of the movie! “It’s not “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”

    It’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” I guess it was that Jean Arthur is the female lead in both pictures. But I still couldn’t find the complete ending on youtube, so I actually don’t know how well it worked for Mr. Smith…but after all it was Hollywood in the 1930′s….