McConnell Vows To Fill Scotus Vacancy, Democrats Whine

[rightwinger]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

A community organizer once said Elections have consequences.

Now more than ever

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

What Senate rule would that be?

The idea that court vacancies need to be filled

A vacancy can now be held open until such time as your party gains the White House

 

[Weatherman2020]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

A community organizer once said Elections have consequences.

Now more than ever

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

What Senate rule would that be?

The idea that court vacancies need to be filled

A vacancy can now be held open until such time as your party gains the White House

Read the thread title slowly. Keep reading it until it sinks in.

 

[martybegan]

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

Several witnesses testified that she had made the claims years before

Circuit Justice appointments do not make the front pages

"Several"

Which gave no additional details as to who the person was, nor were any of them confirmable.

 

[martybegan]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

A community organizer once said Elections have consequences.

Now more than ever

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

What Senate rule would that be?

The idea that court vacancies need to be filled

A vacancy can now be held open until such time as your party gains the White House

Vacancies are being held up in the lower courts by Dems using every procedural trick they can muster.

Amazing how it isn't reported in the press....

Of course you will shrug it off because it makes your party look bad.

 

[Dragonlady]

What is it about war that they do not understand?

McConnell vows to fill any Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, rankling Dems

What a lying piece of shit McConnell is. His assumption that conservative judges will vote AGAINST the law and the Constitution in favour of conservative policies is truly amazing. Not everyone is as venal or corrupt as you Mitch!

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

What is it about war that they do not understand?

McConnell vows to fill any Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, rankling Dems

What a lying piece of shit McConnell is. His assumption that conservative judges will vote AGAINST the law and the Constitution in favour of conservative policies is truly amazing. Not everyone is as venal or corrupt as you Mitch!

Where does he assume that? Quite the opposite.

 

[mudwhistle]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

The people decided November 2016.

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

Good
So you agree McConnell should not fill a vacancy in 2020

I think he should fill anything that comes up.

 

[rightwinger]

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

Several witnesses testified that she had made the claims years before

Circuit Justice appointments do not make the front pages

"Several"

Which gave no additional details as to who the person was, nor were any of them confirmable.

Not going to repeat the historical record for you

 

[rightwinger]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

The people decided November 2016.

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

Good
So you agree McConnell should not fill a vacancy in 2020

I think he should fill anything that comes up.

But what about the American people?

They were so important in 2016

 

[mudwhistle]

What is it about war that they do not understand?

McConnell vows to fill any Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, rankling Dems

What a lying piece of shit McConnell is. His assumption that conservative judges will vote AGAINST the law and the Constitution in favour of conservative policies is truly amazing. Not everyone is as venal or corrupt as you Mitch!

Conservative policies tend to follow the law.

 

[mudwhistle]

The people decided November 2016.

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

Good
So you agree McConnell should not fill a vacancy in 2020

I think he should fill anything that comes up.

But what about the American people?

They were so important in 2016

The American People aren't with you.
That's why Democrats are for open borders

 

[martybegan]

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

Several witnesses testified that she had made the claims years before

Circuit Justice appointments do not make the front pages

"Several"

Which gave no additional details as to who the person was, nor were any of them confirmable.

Not going to repeat the historical record for you

you got nuttin.

 

[CowboyTed]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

Senator McConnell listened to the complaints from the Democrats in regards to Merrick Garland and decided they may have had merit. A 2020 nominee deserves an up or down vote

Utter bullshit.

Lol
Garland is a progressive political extremist, and would have replaced a conservative. Of course the nomination had to be stopped.

The country cannot survive having a bunch of bleeding hearts in the highest court in the land

Small problem... Garland was never considered a extremist, he is a moderate.. Ye fucks aren't happy until ye get a couple of hitlers on the bench, why cause Hiltler on the bench would piss off Liberals..

 

[rightwinger]

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

Good
So you agree McConnell should not fill a vacancy in 2020

I think he should fill anything that comes up.

But what about the American people?

They were so important in 2016

The American People aren't with you.
That's why Democrats are for open borders

The American people wanted a vacant SCOTUS seat?

 

[rightwinger]

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

Several witnesses testified that she had made the claims years before

Circuit Justice appointments do not make the front pages

"Several"

Which gave no additional details as to who the person was, nor were any of them confirmable.

Not going to repeat the historical record for you

you got nuttin.

If I look it up for you, do I get to call you a stupid fuk?

 

[Polishprince]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

Senator McConnell listened to the complaints from the Democrats in regards to Merrick Garland and decided they may have had merit. A 2020 nominee deserves an up or down vote

Utter bullshit.

Lol
Garland is a progressive political extremist, and would have replaced a conservative. Of course the nomination had to be stopped.

The country cannot survive having a bunch of bleeding hearts in the highest court in the land

Small problem... Garland was never considered a extremist, he is a moderate.. Ye fucks aren't happy until ye get a couple of hitlers on the bench, why cause Hiltler on the bench would piss off Liberals..

Actually, Garland is an anti-gun extremist, as well as an anti-life and pro-gay marriage hardliner. Although, had Mrs. Clinton been elected, he would have still be confirmed to the SCOTUS before Thanksgiving 2016

 

[martybegan]

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

Several witnesses testified that she had made the claims years before

Circuit Justice appointments do not make the front pages

"Several"

Which gave no additional details as to who the person was, nor were any of them confirmable.

Not going to repeat the historical record for you

you got nuttin.

If I look it up for you, do I get to call you a stupid fuk?

You can post whatever you want. It will still be uncorroborated, unsubstantiated, unspecific horse-hooey.

 

[Polishprince]

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

Good
So you agree McConnell should not fill a vacancy in 2020

I think he should fill anything that comes up.

But what about the American people?

They were so important in 2016

The American People aren't with you.
That's why Democrats are for open borders

The American people wanted a vacant SCOTUS seat?

I don't think most of the American people were that excited about it.

The lack of outrage after Scalia was whacked indicated to me a lot of disinterest

 

[HappyJoy]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

Doesn’t really matter

Republicans have made filling a SCOTUS vacancy a purely political process.

Sitting Presidents will no longer be allowed to fill vacancies if the Senate is ruled by the other party

That started when Bork was not approved.

Bork got an up or down vote.

And didn't get approved because they needed 60 votes back then and the Republicans only held a 53-47, so it wouldn't go anywhere. Harry Reid changed that to a simple majority.

The irony is that Kennedy got the position and Bork died in 2012, had Bork gotten the position, Obama would have been able to nominate another Supreme Court Justice.

Bork lost the vote 58 - 42. There is no irony, you're simply mistaken.

 

[Polishprince]

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

Doesn’t really matter

Republicans have made filling a SCOTUS vacancy a purely political process.

Sitting Presidents will no longer be allowed to fill vacancies if the Senate is ruled by the other party

That started when Bork was not approved.

Bork got an up or down vote.

And didn't get approved because they needed 60 votes back then and the Republicans only held a 53-47, so it wouldn't go anywhere. Harry Reid changed that to a simple majority.

The irony is that Kennedy got the position and Bork died in 2012, had Bork gotten the position, Obama would have been able to nominate another Supreme Court Justice.

Bork lost the vote 58 - 42. There is no irony, you're simply mistaken.

I think the point was that Mr. Bork attained room temperature in 2012, and if he would have died on the SCOTUS, Obama would have had the nomination