The Assassination of Antonin Scalia by the Coward Barack Obama

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Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

evilweasel posted:

The first GOP Senator up for re-election this year has cracked and defected:

Your turncoatness is not going to save you, Kirk, you pathetic pandering patsy.

Just for thread edification: Kirk was a Republican wave elected R senator in Illinois who only won because of the milquetoast Dem option and scandal-plagued Blagojevich admin anti-coattails (and barely won at that, 48-46). He's running against America's sweetheart wounded Gulf War vet Tammy Duckworth.

I somehow got subscribed to his email list and watching the sharp left turn he's done since 2015 compared to what came before is amusing as poo poo.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2016 21:08

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 08:09

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

So the sumbitches are actually gonna do it.

quote:

Key Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee emerged from a closed door meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnel's office Tuesday united in their determination not to consider any nominee to replace Anton Scalia until the next president takes office.

"We believe the American people need to decide who is going to make this appointment rather than a lame duck president," said Majority Whip John Conryn.

When asked if they would start the process after the new president took office or if they would consider doing it in the lame duck session, Cornyn replied "No, after the next president is selected. That way the American pope have a voice in the process."

Sen. Lindsey Graham said that "there's no use starting a process that's not going to go anywhere and we are going to let the next president decide," when asked why there would be no hearings.

When TPM asked if he had political concerns about the decision not to move forward with a nominee, Graham responded. "I have zero concerns politically."

"I think this is what they would do," Graham said referring to Senate Democrats. "For them to say they wouldn't do this is a lie."

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) demurred saying that Republicans were "still talking."

# ¿ Feb 23, 2016 19:29

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

Al! posted:

How hard would the senate judiciary committee to scramble to get whomever Obama wanted confirmed if we are looking at a Hillary/Trump race.

Not as hard as if it were a Cruz/Hillary race?

# ¿ Feb 23, 2016 19:37

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