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Orange Blooded [3590]
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All-In [38514]
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Sounds like the Republicans the last 8 years.***
Jan 27, 2017, 7:54 AM
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Heisman Winner [119720]
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Not really...Pubs did little to stop Obama policys
Jan 27, 2017, 7:57 AM
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except Supreme Court
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All-In [49048]
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And lower courts
Jan 27, 2017, 9:28 AM
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and political appointments.
Under the Republican leadership of the 114th Congress, the Senate has slowed the process of presidential appointments to an unprecedented trickle, a Vocativ analysis has found. In its final stretch, the Obama administration faces a logjam of 178 appointees awaiting confirmation. Forty-three of them, or nearly 25 percent, have been in a holding pattern for more than a year, including a half-dozen federal judicial nominees who, through March 16, have been on hold for 434 days. All told, the growing impasse has kept the president’s appointments waiting more than a combined 100 years to be confirmed.
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All-In [34109]
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All-In [28802]
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That's pretty silly
Jan 27, 2017, 11:36 AM
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Republicans said some of the same things about stopping Obama's policies. In fact, they did everything they could do stop them, but there wasn't much they could do until 2010.
I do think the "not now, not ever" thing is pretty peculiar to Democrats. It's not enough for them that they consider a policy mistaken or wrong-headed, they also want to portray it as a terrible affront to justice and totally illegitimate.
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Heisman Winner [137954]
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I wonder where they got that idea.***
Jan 27, 2017, 7:54 AM
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Orange Blooded [3590]
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That is what liberals do. Every time they are out of power.***
Jan 27, 2017, 7:58 AM
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Heisman Winner [137954]
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Ah. I understand, finally.
Jan 27, 2017, 8:00 AM
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You're a troll.
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Orange Blooded [3590]
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You are wrong.***
Jan 27, 2017, 8:05 AM
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Walk-On [149]
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Re: You are wrong.***
Jan 27, 2017, 9:23 AM
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The Republicans couldn't do anything 8 years ago because the Democrats had 60 votes in the Senate. As we saw over the last 6 years, it is an effective way to regain power in politics. It is a lot easier to say No than it is to present proposals on tough issues that large percentages of the population are going to disagree with.
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Walk-On [149]
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Re: You are wrong.***
Jan 27, 2017, 9:25 AM
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On the flip side, I do not think that Donald Trump has made any attempt (at least publicly and we would know about it based on the way he plays the media) to reach out to the Democratic Leadership in the Congress
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All-In [47796]
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you like when republicans confirmed
Jan 27, 2017, 9:28 AM
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Justice Ginsburg (96-3)? or Justice Breyer (87-9)? or Justice Kagan (63-37)? or Justice Sotomayor (68–31)?
or do you consider them, in the words of Chuck Schumer "mainstream"
[hint: anyone with any common sense knows these are liberal jurists]
Right now President Trump is likely to appoint Judge Neil Gorsuch of the US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (who BTW was confirmed to the 10th Circuit by voice vote). He's no further right than Scalia was and he's no further right than Ginsburg is left.
BUT, you and I both know there is no way he gets more than 2 Democrat votes (and can you really call Sen. Joe Manchin a Democrat?)
I look forward to the Nuclear Option. I just wish we had a nuclear option for media which will NEVER report the above cited facts.
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CU Medallion [56087]
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Yeah, and how they confirmed Merrick Garl -- oh wait.***
Jan 27, 2017, 10:06 AM
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All-In [47796]
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so that's the best defense you've got?
Jan 27, 2017, 10:48 AM
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an election year appointment?
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All-In [34109]
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"an election year appointment"
Jan 27, 2017, 2:57 PM
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You're a lawyer, CA. I know you know better.
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I don't know if Republicans should go the Dem route...
Jan 27, 2017, 12:27 PM
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but it is definitely annoying that Republicans sticking to tradition often means that Democrats, who have no scruples about tradition, will often take advantage of them. Only 4 Democrats voted for the highly qualified Samuel Alito, and he was confirmed by a margin of only 4 votes, the same margin by which Thomas was confirmed (and which was the narrowest margin in a century, at the time). Roberts had an absolutely sterling resume, but the Democrats still split on him and give him a relatively narrow margin, while his committee approval vote was 13-5.
It's absolutely undeniable that Democrats have treated SCOTUS nominations in a much more partisan fashion than have Republicans. The non-consideration of Garland could be Republicans getting into the Democrats' game, or it could just been what they said it was- leaving the seat temporarily open because it was an election year. At any rate, I'm not sure it would be a good thing if Republicans stopped considering judges on the basis of their qualifications and instead mainly considered them on the basis of their ideology.
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CU Medallion [55780]
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Fine. They won't see the White House again for decades.***
Jan 27, 2017, 9:26 AM
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Rock Defender [53]
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I mean technically 2021 is next decade.***
Jan 27, 2017, 10:20 AM
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CU Medallion [55780]
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decadeS. Plural. Not years. Dayum. Thought you was smart.***
Jan 27, 2017, 1:01 PM
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Rock Defender [53]
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Well let me know the last time a political party held the WH
Jan 27, 2017, 10:08 PM
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for decades.
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Oculus Spirit [83127]
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Oculus Spirit [93672]
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That's half of what they have to do to take DC back.
Jan 27, 2017, 9:27 AM
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Fighting a successful president with obstruction is only going to bear fruit in districts which congressmen reside if the districts are strictly liberal. If they are anywhere near balanced with a deciding portion of independents, it will fail.
Of course this depends on the success of the POTUS. Eventually, if Trump is successful at growing the economy without too much inflation he will win the support of the business community just as did Reagan.
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Sooo.... you want Trump to be more like Obama
Jan 27, 2017, 11:51 AM
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"Of course this depends on the success of the POTUS. Eventually, if Trump is successful at growing the economy without too much inflation he will win the support of the business community"
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Oculus Spirit [93672]
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Obama didn't grow the economy he subsidized it with Q3,2,3..
Jan 27, 2017, 3:13 PM
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National debt total was over 9 trillion in the past 8 years.
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Re: Democrats reportedly plan scorched-earth approach
Jan 27, 2017, 10:15 AM
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Sort of like "I hope he fails" and making it the top priority to make sure he's a one-term president?
Wait, that was the Pubs.
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Oculus Spirit [93672]
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I though it was...
Jan 27, 2017, 10:26 AM
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'We have to screw this guy because we're racist.'
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All-In [34109]
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Probably, but I didn't realize that was the actual quote.
Jan 27, 2017, 11:35 AM
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Hahaha, we're having fun. But my previous post stands.
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Oculus Spirit [93672]
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I'm enjoying it too.
Jan 27, 2017, 3:16 PM
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I'll elaborate on my last post. Most liberals pay no attention to conservatives because the default response is always 'You're rassist.'
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Re: I'm enjoying it too.
Jan 27, 2017, 9:14 PM
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Agreed. Many liberals are dumb, much like many conservatives. Sad fact of life.
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Re: Democrats reportedly plan scorched-earth approach***
Jan 27, 2017, 10:41 AM
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Same as the Repubs did for 8 years.
Jan 27, 2017, 9:04 PM
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Sad that we have to continue with the same old nonsense.
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The GOP literally did the exact same thing
Jan 27, 2017, 9:21 PM
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when Obama took office. A meeting amongst the bigwigs and so on and so forth.....as its already been pointed out.
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