Sen. Isackson (R-GA) Praises Filibuster--in Iraq

by Chris Bowers, Mon Apr 25, 2005 at 03:53:59 PM EDT

This is priceless. One of the supporters of eliminating the filibuster praises it as a means of protecting minority rights in Iraq, and as a shining example of how Irais are learning from Americans. Here is an exceprt from his speech:"Don't you fear that the Shi'ites inevitably being in the majority, that you will be overrun? And he says, 'oh no, we have a secret weapon.' Mr. President, this is a Kurdish leader, in the middle of Iraq in the 21st century who said he had a secret weapon. And when asked what it was, he said one word, 'filibuster'" [...]

"It is one of their minority leaders, proudly stating one of the pillars and principles of our government, as the way they would ensure that the majority never overran the minority."

This is not an old speech. Isackson was elected to the Senate in November just as this fight was heating up. Here is a video of the entire thing.

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Minor correction

Sen. Isackson was not elected this November. That was his counterpart, the nutty Sen. Jim "Gay people should not teach in schools" DeMint.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/senate/full.list/

by demomatt 2005-04-25 04:27PM | 0 recs

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Isakson is the Senator from Georgia, not SC

And yes, he was elected this november to
the senate. I believe that in this
video, he was speaking in the house.

This will go a long, long, long way
down here in Georgia, folks.

I will not allow our senator to make a fool
of himself. I am including this video clip
in a letter to my senator right now.

Actually, you may be surprised to find
that Hon. Sen. Isakson (correct spelling)
is in fact, very bipartisan. He's stoked
about the war, and wants to win. But thats
because alot of the goods for the war,
ship through Dobbins AFB here in
Ga. and he's got that squarely in the middle
of his constituency so he's basically
defending his military bases. Nothing
wrong with that.

Lets run this up the flagpole and see
who salutes it, boyz

>:)

and with a RAD E KAL MON!!
I turn the skate key.. and..

by turnerbroadcasting 2005-04-25 04:38PM | 0 recs

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Re: Isakson is the Senator from Georgia, not SC

Oh, right! :) It's the R-SC bit that's wrong then.

by demomatt 2005-04-25 04:47PM | 0 recs

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Re: Isakson is the Senator from Georgia, not SC

Also change the spelling of the name,
please. I S A K S O N

he descends from swede immigrants.
Actually a friend to my father, and a great
man.

by turnerbroadcasting 2005-04-25 04:49PM | 0 recs

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Brilliant.

This Reep regime just got finished establishing a government in Iraq that can hardly get anything done without 2/3 agreement, and then they turn around and attack the 3/5 requirement in the Senate.

Can I call them Reep-tards, or would that be rude?

Dems should be beating the nukular reactionaries over the head with this one, especially since the Iraqi government is back in the news this week.

by catastrophile 2005-04-25 04:39PM | 0 recs

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Re: Brilliant.

Yes it would be rude. Your duty as
an American is to understand this
was a speech from the heart. Afghanistan
is well on its way to democracy.

My uncle's film "Blue Crush" played
in downtown Kandahar. Not only were
the women unveiled, they were wearing
skimpy bikinis and surfing big 12 foot
banzai pipeline on tri-fins. Please
try to understand the weight of
Sen. Isaksons words, he believes what
he has said and I defend it.

You need to go after Delay and make
sure Sen. Isakson and any of his friends
know that if he gets too close to Delay
he could get radiation poisoning.
The GOP knows how badly burned it
feels from the last round where
they tried to change the ethics
rules. As Mark Shields said "wow.
It took democrats 20 years to be so
arrogant to try this. Now the
republicans are doing it in only
the first year after they got control"

And they were burned, badly. Sen. Isakson
knows that he's the first of two Republican
senators to ever come from Georgia.
The first time, in fact, in 120 years
that his seat went to the GOP.

Instead of being rude, I would encourage
you to be very polite, and talk softly.

This is a very, very big stick sen.
Reid has given you.

My experience: you be a loudmouth
when you've got the big stick and
you just invite someone to cold-cock
you in the jaw while you're full of
yourself.

Just whisper a nice word or two to
Johnny. I think he'll hear you
loud and clear.

Now thats the way its done, son.

by turnerbroadcasting 2005-04-25 04:58PM | 0 recs

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Lets help Johnny out

Johnny is a bright man, trust me on
that point.

Lets help him out. He's stated privately
that partisanship in DC is bad news.

Why not write a letter..

http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm

For your convenience, you may wish
to include the hon. Senator's words.

http://reid.senate.gov/video/isakson.mov

Trust me on this point: This is truly
how Johnny Isakson is - he fought Denise
Majette in the final run (thought
he was considered unbeatable) and turned
a democratic senate seat to republican
but his constituents love the fact that
he is really a bipartisan, nice man.
Also a good friend of George W. Bush.
When Bush comes to Atlanta, he stays
at this mans house.

Y'all really need to know how badly
the crazies are in charge. Surgical
strikes against Delay and Frist
are called for, not Bush and Isakson.

Please write a polite letter.

by turnerbroadcasting 2005-04-25 04:53PM | 0 recs

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Is anyone going to correct the typo in

The title of this post?

Senator ISAKSON is spelled "ISAKSON"
not ISACKSON.

by turnerbroadcasting 2005-04-25 08:59PM | 0 recs

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Ok word back from the Isakson situation

Isakson is going to be pushed along, as a freshman
to vote to remove the checks and balances our
country has put in place. He will vote FOR
removing checks and balances. Despite
his constituency opposing it..

Again, my apologies for our senator.
He's only a freshman. He perceives alot
of pressure that really isn't there.
He has forgotten that he was sent there
to work for the people of Georgia, and
not Karl Rove.. or Ken Mehlmann.

by turnerbroadcasting 2005-04-26 04:53AM | 0 recs

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You've barely touched on the irony

if you think that's the big one. The big one is going on in Alabama, where Republicans at the behest of the Christian Coalition have shut down government with a filibuster:

Decatur Daily

and here:

Ledger-Inquirer

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Filibusters have kept the Alabama Senate from passing or killing a single bill since the lawmakers returned from their spring break March 29.

Thursday marked the end of the second week of a filibuster over a bill that would require groups to disclose their sources of money when they run ads or public brochures to try to influence an election or referendum.

For 1 1/2 weeks, Republican opponents of the bill held the Senate microphone, saying the bill was an unconstitutional attempt to intimidate donors to the Christian Coalition and keep the organization from publishing ratings of legislators and voter guides before elections.

by dhonig 2005-04-26 07:03AM | 0 recs