RBG has gied.

[Sean]

RBG has died.

LTR just told me. She was a fucking legend.

And let's see how big a hypocritical cunt Moscow Mitch turns out to be.

 

[butters]

just saw this in the other thread. expect a strong drive to stuff another trump judge in before the election

 

[Sean]

Hitting the booze a little early aren't you Sean?

Terrified yellow little alt says what?

 

[bodysong]

She wore herself out, trying to save America.
She gave everything that she had.
She has earned a rest.

R.I.P.

 

[Wrong Element]

just saw this in the other thread. expect a strong drive to stuff another trump judge in before the election

Expect a nominee, but no vote. They want to leave the seat open to drive turnout (and has been thoroughly proven, conservatives are WAY more motivated to vote based on judicial nominations than liberals are). Even if/when Trump loses, they can fill the seat in a lame duck session.

If they were to pull such a stunt, the Democrats do have some cards to play in 2021, if they get a Senate majority. The main one is that having nine justices can be changed at any time.

 

[HisArpy]

Expect a nominee, but no vote. They want to leave the seat open to drive turnout (and has been thoroughly proven, conservatives are WAY more motivated to vote based on judicial nominations than liberals are). Even if/when Trump loses, they can fill the seat in a lame duck session.

If they were to pull such a stunt, the Democrats do have some cards to play in 2021, if they get a Senate majority. The main one is that having nine justices can be changed at any time.

2 words...


Nuclear.

Option.

 

[Comshaw]

LTR just told me. She was a fucking legend.

And let's see how big a hypocritical cunt Moscow Mitch turns out to be.

Mitch Mcconnell on a supreme court nomination:

February 13, 2016: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice,” McConnell said in a statement released after Scalia’s death. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”

Mitch Mcconnell on a supreme court nomination September 18, 2020 shortly after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died:

“Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year,” he said in the statement. “By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise. President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”

Do you really beleive that Mitch would have any kind of scruples? Yea, me either.


Comshaw

 

[Wrong Element]

2 words...


Nuclear.

Option.

I'm not entirely sure what this means, but let me just ask this:

1. What would Republicans do if the situations here were completely reversed?
2. What would you want them to do?

 

[Lazaran]

I'm not entirely sure what this means, but let me just ask this:

1. What would Republicans do if the situations here were completely reversed?
2. What would you want them to do?

I'm pretty sure that's Harpy's cowardly attempt at covertly advocating for violence.

In the context of what you were discussing it can't mean anything else.

 

[Wrong Element]

Mitch Mcconnell on a supreme court nomination September 18, 2020 shortly after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died:

“Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year,” he said in the statement.

This is one of those statements that looks more profound than it really is, since Court vacancies rarely occur in election years, for obvious reasons. And it's obviously a transparent attempt by McConnell to claim that his double standard really isn't because the circumstances are completely different.

The last time a Justice left voluntarily in an election year was when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced his retirement in the summer of 1968, because he was worried about being replaced by Nixon (then way ahead in the polls, though the eventual vote ended up being pretty close). The Senate had a Democratic majority, but there were enough Republicans and Dixiecrats to filibuster the nomination of his replacement ... on the grounds that it was up to the new president to make the choice.

I'm not sure if there's precedent for a justice dying less than 50 days prior to an election, but I'm fairly certain the Senate has never acted on a nomination made this close to an election. If Scalia had died in September instead of February, I doubt Obama would have bothered with a nomination.

 

[Worm]

Oh jeeze

 

[Tryharder62]

Unprepared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRNJH6RfG0

Prepared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEF6_YenJkc

I don't care what side you are on there is something wrong with Biden's Health. He looks awful, his speech is sometimes slurred and he has to talk with his head down to read. Sad. Of course he isn't orange so who knows.

 

[Comshaw]

2 words...


Nuclear.

Option.

Mitch has to have a majority to use that. And so far at least 4 Republican Sneators have said they will not vote on a confirmation of a Supreme court justice until after the election. Puts Mitch a bit short of the necessary votes it does.

Additionally, you do realize that Mitch has been using that in a limited way all along and after what else he's pulled over the last 4 years that come January, if the Senate is Democratically controlled the "nuclear option" will be used not just for confirmation of judges but will be SOP for everything, don't you? I can hear the whining already.

Comshaw

 

[OldJourno]

Mitch Mcconnell on a supreme court nomination:

February 13, 2016: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice,” McConnell said in a statement released after Scalia’s death. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”

Mitch Mcconnell on a supreme court nomination September 18, 2020 shortly after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died:

“Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year,” he said in the statement. “By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise. President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”

Do you really beleive that Mitch would have any kind of scruples? Yea, me either.


Comshaw

Scruples from McConnell when he's going against the gang that accepted at face value a clearly manufactured claim of sex assault to block Kavanaugh's nomination.
I'd say McConnell has to sink a bit more before he gets down to the level of the opposition.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Unprepared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRNJH6RfG0

Prepared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEF6_YenJkc

I don't care what side you are on there is something wrong with Biden's Health. He looks awful, his speech is sometimes slurred and he has to talk with his head down to read. Sad. Of course he isn't orange so who knows.

A. You obviously do care.

B. I bet Biden could follow a simple thread and post relative posts.

 

[Aglaopheme]

It’s not just McConnell to be clear.


https://www.motherjones.com/2020-el...upreme-court-nominee-during-an-election-year/

 

[Wrong Element]

Unprepared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRNJH6RfG0

Prepared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEF6_YenJkc

I don't care what side you are on there is something wrong with Biden's Health. He looks awful, his speech is sometimes slurred and he has to talk with his head down to read. Sad. Of course he isn't orange so who knows.

His speech isn't "slurred," he has a speech impediment.

He's definitely older and slower, but thing is, he's not the only one running for president you can say that about. Watch a Trump appearance from the 2016 campaign, and then contrast it to how he sounded at his speech for Constitution Day on Thursday. He sounded like a man emerging from anesthesia.

 

[butters]

His speech isn't "slurred," he has a speech impediment.

He's definitely older and slower, but thing is, he's not the only one running for president you can say that about. Watch a Trump appearance from the 2016 campaign, and then contrast it to how he sounded at his speech for Constitution Day on Thursday. He sounded like a man emerging from anesthesia.

indeed, a strong stutter that he's lived with all his life

as i understand it, biden runs every day (or did before covid, don't know about now) and i don't think trump could run ANYwhere

 

[Lazaran]

Scruples from McConnell when he's going against the gang that accepted at face value a clearly manufactured claim of sex assault to block Kavanaugh's nomination.
I'd say McConnell has to sink a bit more before he gets down to the level of the opposition.

Did you even watch the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings???

The only thing manufactured were Kavanaugh's bullshit responses and explanations for his yearbook entries and his overall behavior in high school and college.

There are now two credibly accused sexual assaulters on the Supreme Court and one credibly accused sexual assaulter currently serving as president.

SAD!!!

 

[Saint_Ann]

Terrified yellow little alt says what?

We were all thinking the same thing.

 

[rockcasbah]

Drunk sean is funny!

 

[SpeareChucker]

Well, the g and the d are right next to each other on the keyboard...




*hic*



:thud:

 

[rockcasbah]

As everyone knows, sean is an excellent drunk typist, but has a short people fetish, too, so he was one handing that one.

 

[MonaLittle]

Such a huge loss. An exceptional woman who fought for all. She made such a positive impact on our Country and she will be missed. R.I.P.

 

[HisArpy]

I'm not entirely sure what this means, but let me just ask this:

1. What would Republicans do if the situations here were completely reversed?
2. What would you want them to do?

A. So you weigh in on political conversations and debates without knowing the Greek by which we speak? Shame.


1. Probably the same thing the Democrats are doing; screaming as loudly as they can and pointing meaningless fingers while watching powerlessly from the sidelines.

2. Shut the hell up so I can get some sleep without worrying that yet another American city is going to go up in flames because of a collective childish temper tantrum on steroids.