Filibuster Against Frist

I love this story.

Princeton University students are showing support for the filibuster by staging their own.

For the last two weeks, students, faculty and congressmen have kept the filibuster going around the clock, reading everything from Einstein’s classic papers to the “Q” section of Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

The protest did not begin with a centralized group of students. While a small core group started with what was to be a 12-hour protest, other students wanted to take the protest overnight, and because there was enough interest, the filibuster continued beyond that. Organizers noted that many coordinators hadn’t met each other before the second week, as the movement grew so “organically.”

“We really thought it would not go beyond the first day, but so many people wanted to sign up,” said Asheeh Siddique, a sophomore organizer from Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Notable appearances have included U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-New Jersey, and Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Senate candidate Chuck Pennachio. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek also filibustered.

“We’re taking the message from Frist’s alma mater to his doorstep, and we believe it’s critical for American democracy that he hears it,” said Ben Strauss, a graduate student organizer.

I’m surprised no wingnuts have taken a turn to speak out against the filibuster, homosexuality, minorities, etc. I’m surprised that Fred Phelps hasn’t shown up to take his turn.