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| McConnell: No Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Even if Democrat Wins Presidency | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 21 2016, 08:21 AM (946 Views) | |
| CautionaryTales | Mar 21 2016, 08:21 AM Post #1 |
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Connell: No Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Even if Democrat Wins Presidency Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doubled down on his insistence that Republicans would not consider President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court this year. Even if it seems that the next president could pick someone the Republicans would like even less, McConnell is adamant his fellow party members won’t budge on Merrick Garland. "I can't imagine that a Republican-majority Congress, in a lame-duck session, after the American people have spoken would want to confirm a nominee opposed by the NRA, the NFIB and that the New York Times says would move the Court dramatically to the left," McConnell told CNN. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/20/mcconnell_says_republicans_won_t_vote_for_supreme_court_nominee_after_election.html Edited by CautionaryTales, Mar 21 2016, 08:21 AM.
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| CautionaryTales | Mar 21 2016, 08:22 AM Post #2 |
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Bringing holding your breath till you die to new heights 😄 |
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| 70-101 | Mar 21 2016, 08:24 AM Post #3 |
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I'm stunned. The Senate is controlled by special interests groups. |
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| George Aligator | Mar 21 2016, 08:31 AM Post #4 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/us/politics/john-roberts-criticized-supreme-court-confirmation-process-before-there-was-a-vacancy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news When the conservative Chief Justice knocks his plan, McConnell looks like Boehner. What a pussy! |
| Conservatism is a social disease | |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 21 2016, 08:42 AM Post #5 |
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Too bad, George. No vote for you. Roberts can kiss McConnel's ass on this one. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| Two a.m. | Mar 21 2016, 08:53 AM Post #6 |
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McConnell continues to make an excellent case for why the American people should put him out of a job. |
| "The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984 | |
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| Two a.m. | Mar 21 2016, 08:54 AM Post #7 |
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If you understood anything about the history of Supreme Court appointments, you'd realize that Roberts is quite correct. |
| "The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984 | |
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| George Aligator | Mar 21 2016, 09:07 AM Post #8 |
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Thank you for your sympathy. Personally, I'd rather see the seat kept open until President Hilary gets to appoint Al Sharpton and he is confirmed by the Democratic Senate next year. |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 21 2016, 09:07 AM Post #9 |
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This is the best thing he has done since he has been there. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 21 2016, 09:08 AM Post #10 |
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I don't care what Roberts has to say. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| CautionaryTales | Mar 21 2016, 10:14 AM Post #11 |
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Obama has pushed that cobbled up mess of a Senate into a corner. They are going to be held responsible where it counts, the ballot box. |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 21 2016, 10:22 AM Post #12 |
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A politicians are controlled by special interests, ya goofballs. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| dcbl | Mar 21 2016, 10:42 AM Post #13 |
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I don't think the people of Kentucky will vote him out but it is the height of stupidity to paint himself into a corner on ever accepting this nominee it may be the best nominee we can hope for in the next 4 1/2 years |
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Republicans sign checks on the front, democrats sign them on the back…True story! | |
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| CautionaryTales | Mar 21 2016, 10:47 AM Post #14 |
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He can get away with this because he just recently was reelected and isn't up for any vote anytime soon. It is his colleagues that are being put on the spot, by him. |
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| George Aligator | Mar 21 2016, 11:04 AM Post #15 |
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There is near-universal agreement that politicians are controlled by special interests and that this is a bad thing. Why is this so? Because the special interests supply the huge amounts of money which each politician needs to win election. Take private money out of elections and the special interests lose their power. Is it possible to run elections without hundreds of millions in cash bribes? How do other advanced democracies get around this problem? Everyone complains about slicing the vegetables yet no one thinks of sharpening the knife. The water isn't going to clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek. Do I make myself clear? |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 21 2016, 11:42 AM Post #16 |
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Awesome. McConnel doesn't want to go out totally hated by conservatives from the looks of it. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| George Aligator | Mar 21 2016, 11:52 AM Post #17 |
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McConnell has Boehner's problem: the Liberty Caucus types don't want an agreement, they want a target. Boehner made deal after deal with them but they jump ship at the first chance because their goal is to govern the Congress and the nation with absolute power. Even DeMint bailed out because he found it impossible to govern with people who will not accept compromise of any sort. These right wingers are destroying the GOP. The party can rebuild, but only if a total, crushing defeat in November allows the centrists to rebuild in the relatively calm backwater of a minority party. The TEA Party dream of a conservative government as they define it is never going to happen. The conservative extremists are a minority within a minority. Trump can't get a majority of his own party to back him, much less win a national election. |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 21 2016, 12:00 PM Post #18 |
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The GOP needs to be destroyed if it is at odds with liberty and the people who have been voting for them. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| 70-101 | Mar 21 2016, 12:16 PM Post #19 |
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The first well thought out comment from you yet.
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| 70-101 | Mar 21 2016, 12:17 PM Post #20 |
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100% correct. |
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