Stall

The Democratic Party is learning and perfecting a new tactic:  Stall.   

An example is Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s ability to kill a citizen requested ballot initiative by simply taking it to court one more time.  Similarly, the party of Truman has decided to keep “passing the buck” on vote after vote.   

A quick lesson, for those unfamiliar with the real history of that phrase and the companion “the buck stops here”.  Nowadays passing “the buck” is most likely used to refer to as passing the blame, but that isn’t how it started. Originally, “the buck” referred to the responsibility to act, or make a decision.  The “buck” was actually the dealer token in poker.  He who held “the buck” had the responsibility to initiate action.  He who “passed the buck” passed on the responsibility to act or decide, not on the blame if the decision went wrong.   

Fast forward to today’s Democratic Party.  Rather than take responsibility and vote (or let the people vote) the Democrats hide behind procedural rules and tricks, courts and the appeals system and obscure law.  Even in the majority in Washington D.C. Democrats have done very little and blocked Republican efforts to move legislation forward.   

The Source can’t imagine that Truman would be pleased.