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In reply to the discussion: TREASON. I think the GOP'ers relentlessly persecuting Obama are now guilty of it. [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)War-time POTUS = POTUS, should not have different standards. Seems pretty obvious. If the opposition actually commits treason, fine, but no way should obstructionism of a so-called war0time president (which to me is just a president) be elevated to a treasonous offense. That would be a very dark road to legitimize.
Fight them some other way, please. Filibuster reform should have been a no-brainer. I think the reason they wouldn't do it is they're afraid they'll lose the Senate in 2014. But the curent system is a terrible system, it has only worked because no party was ever willing to push the rules to an absurd degree like the current Republicans in the Senate have done. So it really should be reformed, regardless of who's in power. Silent holds, 60 votes just to bring something to the floor, every freakin' time, that's ridiculous. Fight them there.
Also fight them on the validity of these scandals. They're pretty much laughable and will lead nowhere.