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Offline TomSea

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Marco Rubio: Debate's impossible in America because 'everyone hates everybody'
By Philip Wegmann • 2/8/17 2:01 PM

Every democracy deliberates differently. The wrong opinion can earn a lawmaker a bloody nose in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, a fire extinguisher to the face in the South Korean National Assembly, and a strong reprimand in the U.S. Senate.

For questioning the character of her colleague, aspiring Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was found in violation of the chamber's rules and summarily silenced by Republicans. A ready-made martyr, Warren has already attracted gushing sympathy since last night.

But in the hysteria, an important warning from Sen. Marco Rubio was missed. The former presidential candidate cautions that the inability to debate could represent an existential threat to the greatest deliberative body in the world. And he might have a point.

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  I got nothing to say about this sellout azzhole. (not directed at you @TomSea )
No government in the 12,000 years of modern mankind history has led its people into anything but the history books with a simple lesson, don't let this happen to you.

Offline Norm Lenhart

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You sure are quick on the uptake Marco.