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Looks like the Dems have officially found a way to not vote for her in spite of her credentials. They will claim their “no” vote is because anyone that accepts the nomination under these circumstances (election year, replacing RBG, etc. ) is unqualified.
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Originally posted by cowboy View PostI've been thinking the same thing. Whoever advised Trump on this knocked it out of the park, which means Trump will inevitably fire him, even if Biden loses.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by falafel View PostTrump nominated her to the federal appeals bench in 2017, so it looks like the advisor as weathered at least one storm."The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane
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Originally posted by Non Sequitur View PostI hope the Dems don't take the bait and try to demonize Barrett. McConnell has the votes, so the Dems need to take the high road, respectfully question her, let her be confirmed and avoid looking petty. This isn't a hill to die on."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Originally posted by cowboy View PostGarland deserved a vote. So does Barrett. While McConnell et al said really stupid things to justify their behavior toward Garland, Democrats are showing their share of hypocrisy in singing different tunes then and now. Democrats are in a more defensible position, but two wrongs don't make a right. The right thing, then and now, is to allow a Supreme Court nominee a vote on the floor."Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostWhich of course means they will likely die on it anyway."Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.
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Originally posted by Non Sequitur View PostI hope the Dems don't take the bait and try to demonize Barrett. McConnell has the votes, so the Dems need to take the high road, respectfully question her, let her be confirmed and avoid looking petty. This isn't a hill to die on.
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Originally posted by cowboy View PostGarland deserved a vote. So does Barrett. While McConnell et al said really stupid things to justify their behavior toward Garland, Democrats are showing their share of hypocrisy in singing different tunes then and now. Democrats are in a more defensible position, but two wrongs don't make a right. The right thing, then and now, is to allow a Supreme Court nominee a vote on the floor."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
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GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Non Sequitur View PostI hope the Dems don't take the bait and try to demonize Barrett. McConnell has the votes, so the Dems need to take the high road, respectfully question her, let her be confirmed and avoid looking petty. This isn't a hill to die on.
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Solon View Post
This observation is really smart, SU.
I hadn't thought of this scenario in quite this way, but - you're right - from Croesus to Antigone, timing is everything.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostI like this nominee. Reaction from the left has been interesting. Seeing progressives on twitter blast her for working too much and neglecting her kids. Or that she is a mindless servant to her husband. Ha.
All these attacks seem pointless. Do they think they can convince republican senators not to vote for her?
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Originally posted by wapiti View PostHow about the attacks on inter-racial adoption?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View PostWhen will karma step in for all the things McConnell and Graham pontificated about when they backburnered Garland? The evening of November 3 would be nice, but I'm not counting on it.
Originally posted by cowboy View PostGarland deserved a vote. So does Barrett. While McConnell et al said really stupid things to justify their behavior toward Garland, Democrats are showing their share of hypocrisy in singing different tunes then and now. Democrats are in a more defensible position, but two wrongs don't make a right. The right thing, then and now, is to allow a Supreme Court nominee a vote on the floor.Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostGarland did get a vote (an unofficial one)... The GOP'ers controlling the senate voted not to vote.
For the record - I thought Garland should have gotten a vote too. And I think it's Trump's role to nominate a supreme court replacement for RBG - who should also get a vote.
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Originally posted by wapiti View PostHow about the attacks on inter-racial adoption?Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostYeah, that is probably the worst of the worst.
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