Joe Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 http://www.cnbc.com//favicon.ico Sen. McConnell: We will follow the 'Biden Rule' WWW.CNBC.COM Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responds to President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. McConnell says the American people should have a say in the nomination. At no point during this does he mention anything about the bullshit Biden rule only applying if the Senate and POTUS are of different parties. Hit 'em hard with this, Dems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 21 minutes ago, CayceG said: This is black comedy. This video gave me a fucking stroke. I truly can't comprehend that this whole thing isn't just some work. All I can do is cackle at the absolute absurdity of this. The absurdity of that video is positively Pythonesque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 The odds the GOP doesn’t get this seat filled is are so bad. The value is too great, and the particular pride they will have in replacing Ginsburg specifically can’t be ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 57 minutes ago, CayceG said: This is black comedy. This video gave me a fucking stroke. I truly can't comprehend that this whole thing isn't just some work. All I can do is cackle at the absolute absurdity of this. Why the fuck is Tiny Dancer playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, MarSolo said: Why the fuck is Tiny Dancer playing? That's Trump's favorite song about his hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I trust Murkowski more than Collins, but that means practically nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I trust Murkowski more than Collins, but that means practically nothing. Murkowski didn't vote for Kavanaugh. I expect her to not entertain this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I trust Murkowski more than Collins, but that means practically nothing. I hope she Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 What's wrong with an ever expanding court? Like honestly someone spell this out, because it seems to me if you have both houses and the presidency, (and this doesn't happen or last very long) then you generally have the popular will on your side. Further, I'd say that the norm against expanding the court is more dangerous in this respect because it encourages this gamesmanship to put the youngest ideologue on the bench as possible so long as you only have the right two of the three key parts, and not the one house or branch that is most representative of the popular will. I mean, just think, when have the trifectas occurred? Just in my lifetime 91-93, 03-07, 09-11, 17-19. Before that, 77-81 and 67-69. So about once a decade for the past 60 years. That beats the living fuck out of the next 20-30 years guaranteed to hope for Roberts or Kav to choke on a pretzel or alcohol poisoning, respectively, or something else. I dunno, maybe thomas kicks it next year and we're back to 5-4 instead of 6-3. It's still on the losing end, and the golden nuggets of hope are fewer and further between anyway. And if it becomes more frequent to seesaw back and fourth from trifecta to not more frequently, the better. And with climate change, we don't have 20-30 years for these people to quit or die. This is a political institution, it should respond to politics. And it's not like they really make law, the institution by design is reactive. Lastly, if you look at what Mitch has done since 2015 in terms of not filling vacancies, then filling them with utmost haste from 2017 onward, and not see it as packing the courts, you're a fucking moron, a damn fool. The courts are now packed, top to bottom. A full quarter of I believe the appellate courts are trump appointments. Now what are we going to do about it? Wait 30 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Those gathering at the Court are passing up a golden opportunity to burn it down! 2 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 If you actually want to do something besides masturbate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 If you don't think every single one of these republicans are against going down with the ship you've got another thing coming. This is the culmination of the conservative project of the past decade+! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 44 minutes ago, MarSolo said: Why the fuck is Tiny Dancer playing? He's outside a rally that just ended and they were playing the song. (at least according to the comments) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 House Dems have immense leverage here. Who wants to bet they don't use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: If you don't think every single one of these republicans are against going down with the ship you've got another thing coming. This is the culmination of the conservative project of the past decade+! k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: House Dems have immense leverage here. Who wants to bet they don't use it? Nancy will do the exact wrong thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: k These republicans have shown and told us time and time again exactly who they are, their actions are independent of their electoral chances in 50 days. I'd love to be wrong though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 As I look around this thread and the web, I don't see anyone asking the most important question that is still in doubt; will Trump will get to replace Breyer in his second term or will he have to wait until his third? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: These republicans have shown and told us time and time again exactly who they are, their actions are independent on their electoral chances in 50 days. I'd love to be wrong though! Doesn't matter to me whether you're right or not. You could be spot-on. Maybe Murkowski's the only one who actually cared about who's on SCOTUS, but I'm not sitting around not contributing to something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Come on 2020. Kill another justice and even it out. You’ve got the pandemic as your cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Utah could have a worse senator. Like Mike Lee or something. Oh wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Just now, GeneticBlueprint said: Utah could have a worse senator. Like Mike Lee or something. Oh wait... Fake news, literally His comms director Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Jesus Christ people still giving that woman money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 34 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: As I look around this thread and the web, I don't see anyone asking the most important question that is still in doubt; will Trump will get to replace Breyer in his second term or will he have to wait until his third? Will you will have to will use too many wills? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Will you will have to will use too many wills? Hard to type through tears, my man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Knowing when a fight is lost is important. SCOTUS picks are not as important to swing voters as they are to people on the extremes. There really is little electoral pressure to be placed on republican senators for supporting a Trump nominee, but there is clearly negative ramifications for opposing anything Trump favors by the GOP base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Chairslinger said: As I look around this thread and the web, I don't see anyone asking the most important question that is still in doubt; will Trump will get to replace Breyer in his second term or will he have to wait until his third? I remember an election night where you went to sleep early comfortable in who "won" I see that you see the reality of the situation now Edit: it's horrible how quick the Republicans are jumping on this so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 5 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Jesus Christ people still giving that woman money People being emotionally driven is literally the best time to grift. Gotta get those campaign donations and shove them in a super pac so after she loses she can retire to a private island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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