Franken: "This is a perversion of the filibuster"

This week Republicans have been blocking the debate about financial reform from happening. They haven't been blocking any actual bill or anything, they've been blocking any discussion from happening at all. Then as they always do when there are no rational reasons to justify their actions, they proceeded to lie to the American people. Again.

Well, they finally stopped filibustering. But it's too late. They've already shot themselves in the foot (feet?) with this. They have clearly displayed that they are on the side of Wall Street, and not on the side of the American people. If Democrats are smart, they're going to be reminding us of this over and over and over again as election season rolls closer. There is absolutely no reason they should have done this, other than to throw a wrench in the gears of the inevitable, and it only serves to further display their support for American plutocracy.

Al Franken gets it, and he's been showing that time and time again ever since he got to Washington. Here he is tearing apart the GOP for filibustering this. You almost have to feel sad for him, you can tell in his voice that he can't believe he has to say these things.