Comments by Richard_Head (page 9)

@rattdog, look at the chart, it comes out to 100% (yes, I’m rounding up by 1%, no need to call that out too).

Clubber, I would hope a woman would consult the father before having an abortion, but ultimately she’s the one carrying the baby, it should be her decision. What about in a case of rape or incest? Do you want those fathers to have a call in the decision too?

Agreed, Mitch McConnell is a political hack. “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

More semantics, stop being such a tool.

You are playing semantics, that is common with people who cannot back up their argument.

We discussed this already, Harry Reid removed the filibuster for lower court judges (not for Supreme Court judges) due to unprecedented blockade of lower court judge confirmations by Mitch McConnell. Harry Reid never removed the filibuster of Supreme Court judges, that is something that Mitch McConnell did. Just own it already.

Talk about splitting hairs. 50% support legal abortion under any circumstances and 29% support legal abortion under under certain conditions, that comes out to 79% who support abortion in one form or another, that's a clear majority. You didn't read that second link did you? From that link: ""'Partial-birth abortion' refers to a procedure known as dilation and extraction, or D&X, which involves attempting to remove the fetus intact through the cervix," explains Dr. Grossman. "The procedure is no longer legal unless medication is used to stop the fetal heartbeat first." If you want to decrease abortions you should make contraception cheaper and more widely available. Outlawing abortion will only lead to illegal unregulated abortion clinics and coat hangers. Lastly, I wish you cons were as concerned about these babies after they were born as you are before they are born.

JimmyMcNulty the only honest conservative in this whole thread, I respect him for that, why is it so so hard for the rest of you to just own it?

Winex, I support a women's right to choose, as does the majority of Americans. https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx As for partial birth abortions, that's not a thing, that a made up term coined by anti-abortion fanatics like yourself to stigmatize all abortions. https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/pregnancy-health/theres-no-such-thing-as-late-term-abortion-here-are-the-facts/

^^^ You can find that in this link. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/cpac-mike-pence-abortion-802060/

How the right wing convinces itself that liberals are evil. Good read, give it a click. https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2018/how-the-right-wing-convinces-itself-that-liberals-are-evil/

Probably best if u 2 just put each other on ignore.

^^^ are you telling me that Obamacare didn’t get 60 votes in the Senate? Because that’s the only way your analogy works.

“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

^^^ Good for Republican morale until their precedence breaking new norm leads to the removal of the filibuster for legislation, statehood for DC/PR and an expanded supreme court by a Democratic majority.

^^^ Bork got a hearing and a vote and a bipartisan rejection, that led to another appointment by Reagan who was subsequently approved. None of that applies to Merrick Garland. So yeah, Bork is a bad comp. Nice try though.

Dickdugan, You are leaving out the part about Merrick Garland.

Lower courts vs Supreme Court dickdugan, 2 very different things. This is yet another reason that Senate malappropriation is an issue, minority rule will only be put up with for so long.

Murkowski already saying she won’t support naming a replacement in election year. Susan Collins is on the clock.

^^^ Any replacement attempt by Obama would have been obstructed. I’m all for term limits for the SCOTUS.

No dickdugan, the only precedence that was set was the made up Biden Rule precedence. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/04/senate-obstructionism-handed-judicial-vacancies-to-trump/

The filibuster was eliminated for lower court judges, not SCOTUS appointments, that’s all on McConnell.

If Trump gets a new justice added and then loses to Biden, I would expect Biden to expand the court.

Trump and McConnell will absolutely try to replace her prior to the election. McConnell has repeatedly said this over the past couple of months, he sees all of this court packing as his lasting legacy. Trump needs to or he risks losing the evangelicals.

Debates don’t really matter anymore do they? Hillary won every Presidential debate in 2016 and she still lost. I don’t think there are many fence sitters out there at this point.