Tom Toles for April 17, 2005
Transcript:
Man: We're going to nominate judges we know you'll find unacceptable. Other man: We'll block those nominations. Man: Then we'll renominate those same judges. Other man: And we'll filibuster them again. Man: Then we'll eliminate the filibuster. Other man: Then we'll close down the entire government. Tom: Just imagine if we'd had a divider, not a uniter. Provocation Counterattack Escalation Conventional Retaliation Nuclear Option Mutually Assured Destruction