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skibum609
Massachusetts
in history an incumbent, just prior to an election has confronted the issue of nominating a Scotus Justice. 19 times the sitting President, with his party in control of the Senate, has proposed a nominee and 19 times they have been confirmed. 10 times the sitting President, with the Senate controlled by the opposition has submitted a nominee and 7 - 10 times they have failed to be confirmed, including Garland. The Democrats who claim that this is a unique situation and/or that nominating a justice at this point is illegitimate are simply liars banking on the fact that the people who vote for them are so stupid they will be believed, What is happening this year is normal. What happened to Garland is normal. The only thing abnormal is the litany of lies published by the fake news mainstream press.
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Those fools have nominated a surefire loser and career swamp monster two cycles in a row.
So what else is new?
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”
--Mitch McConnell, February 2016
Attn GOP: Senate has confirmed 17 #SCOTUS justices presidential election years. #DoYourJob
Schools are eliminating grades to "preserve self esteem" instead of teaching kids that working hard towards a goal has benefits.
Athletic competitions are giving trophys to everyone, devaluing the effort of the losers.
Even in corporate America, how many managers have thanked "everyone" for doing a good job when the fact is that not all people put in equal effort or contribute equally.
It's only natural that facts can be treated as opinion.
In the words of Homer Simpson "Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF6SNxNI…
Lol
I have liberal leanings, but the conservatives have made some good points. I try hard to look at all the FACTS in an issue and decide accordingly.
Trolling, name calling, and the like indicate that you have no respect for those that disagree and that you have lost the point, because you cannot provide a valid counter.
If you cannot play nice, get off the playground.
Note: I read the Herald opinion piece. The writer did not use his own numbers, but referred to numbers offer by the Kansas attorney general. The numbers might be correct, but that’s an odd way to cite numbers if they are otherwise publicly available.
Note 2: The article also says “in the 10 instances where the parties were different, the nominee “sailed through” only 3 times.” Odd choice of words and again, it doesn’t say how many of the nominations were brought to a vote or how many were confirmed. We know one wasn’t, Garland. At this point in the piece, the author talks about whether it was “fair” to deny Garland a hearing. He abandons all of his “stats” leading me to believe the numbers aren’t good for the case he is making.
Conclusion: the offense occurred in 2016 when McConnell denied Garland a hearing. Many republicans declared they were making a precedent that they would live with if an opening occurred in 2020. By replacing Ginsburg on the rush, they are deviating from the precedent they set in 2016, not history before that.
All we are seeing now is the past happening again in that every empire in history has failed and crashed when they no longer adhered to the tenets and beliefs that made them great. With America it was the rule of law. That is gone. This is the result. Anyone watching the "protester" going after older white people dining out can see this. Always order a steak if you are dining outside in a blue city - it comes with a weapon.
--Mitch McConnell, February 2016
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Translation, and this is not a troll:
"I don't want Barack Obama to select the next SC justice. If I allow the vote on the Senate floor, there may be some defections from some of the GOP Senators. I have the power to prevent Garland from being considered; therefore I intend to do just that."
Translation, I snuck into America after years of sucking dirty old men cocks after they ass fucked me in the back alleys of Calcutta so my thanks to America is to hate it for not giving me a green card and forcing me to continue sucking dirty old men cocks after they ass fucked me in the back alleys of Denver.
If you like your health care plan, you can keep it. - Some liar famous due to reasons other than competence. Politicians lie. Big fucking deal. Mueller report could have ended this but the democrats sowed and now they reap.