The SCOTUS confirmation circus has begun....

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September 28, 2018, 07:41 AM

VBVAGUY

The SCOTUS confirmation circus has begun....

For the next Supreme Court Justice, I hope that President Trump nominates Hillary Clinton. So that a REAL investigation will be performed LOL !!! God Bless

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September 28, 2018, 07:46 AM

911Boss

quote:
Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
For the next Supreme Court Justice, I hope that President Trump nominates Hillary Clinton. So that a REAL investigation will be performed LOL !!! God Bless

This actually would be funny! Nominate HRC to replace RBG. Go through another circus, then after Hillary kicks in 2 years or so he would get to do another nomination.

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September 28, 2018, 07:47 AM

sdy

September 28, 2018, 08:01 AM

wcb6092

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September 28, 2018, 08:25 AM

JALLEN

quote:
Originally posted by 12131:

I hope reasonable and fair minded independent American voters will finally see these maggots for what they are and let them have it at the ballot box comes November.

That’s well and good, but we need a majority to win. Tip of the hat to Adlai Stevenson

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

September 28, 2018, 08:34 AM

grumpy1

Fox News reporting Jeff Flake will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.

September 28, 2018, 08:34 AM

Balzé Halzé

Flake has announced he will vote to confirm Kavanaugh.

Still waiting on Collins and Murkowski, but with this announcement by Flake, I feel good about those two as well. And even Manchin.

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September 28, 2018, 08:36 AM

ElToro

Dang the good news travel fast you guys beat me to the Flake news

I think it’s down to that lunatic from Maine. A tie would be great and the progs would further descend into mental breakdown when Pence casts a winning vote

September 28, 2018, 08:38 AM

ensigmatic

quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
Quite a few people ought to think seriously about taking back some or all of the mean things they have been saying about Graham, and McConnell, too, actually.

I'm certainly regarding them both in a new light, I tell ya whut.

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September 28, 2018, 08:38 AM

Balzé Halzé

quote:
Originally posted by ElToro:
I think it’s down to that lunatic from Maine. A tie would be great and the progs would further descend into mental breakdown when Pence casts a winning vote

I don't want a tie.

~Alan

September 28, 2018, 08:39 AM

grumpy1

American Bar Association saying late yesterday that senate judiciary committee should postpone today's vote until FBI investigation is completed.

September 28, 2018, 08:39 AM

parabellum

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I don't want a tie.

How 'bout we just wait 15 freaking minutes and find out?

Please refrain from cluttering this thread.

September 28, 2018, 08:39 AM

ulsterman

Can you imagine the cop shop if she would come in to file a report?

September 28, 2018, 08:40 AM

Floyd D. Barber

Coverage has returned.

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September 28, 2018, 08:44 AM

ElToro

Jesus. Blumenthal wants to subpoena Mark Judge. Oh ffs

September 28, 2018, 08:45 AM

sdy

Some thoughts on what happened yesterday.

What the REP senators on the Judiciary Comm did was amazing.

They had to:

1. Get the votes to move the Kavanaugh nomination out of the comm. McConnell had said there would be a floor vote “no matter what”, but he really needed every REP to support Kavanaugh. No DEM would have crossed over if the REPs were not unified. (You can argue the REPs could have lost one senator but that gets very dicey)

2. Not attack Dr Ford. They had to pull this off with minimum damage to the women vote. They had to argue she was not telling the truth, without calling her a liar.

3. If possible, expose the DEM dirty tricks and make it more difficult for the DEMs to pull this type of false attack in the future

How much of what the REPs did was planned in advance ? How much was spontaneous?

a. REPs had Rachel Mitchell softball Christine Ford

b. They let Mitchell question Kavanaugh somewhat, but then REP senators took over. They attacked Feinstein, not Ford.

c. REPs never attacked Ford. They portrayed Ford as a victim of the DEMs. They did that in a very unified manner.

d. Kavanaugh never attacked Ford. He sometimes avoided direct answers to DEMs but used every opportunity to hammer that the other 4 people at the “party” said it didn’t happen. He repeated that over and over. He drove it home.

e. Kavanaugh led the way in directly and full bore calling out the DEM senators as setting a despicable trap on him.

Whether planned and coordinated or not, that was a very effective strategy.

September 28, 2018, 08:47 AM

Balzé Halzé

The democrats just won't quit. Another circus unfolding before us. The Republicans aren't having any of it though.

~Alan

September 28, 2018, 08:47 AM

ensigmatic

quote:
Originally posted by justjoe:
(BTW he won't be confirmed tomorrow. The committee will just vote in his favor and advance his name to the whole Senate. That vote will probably come mid-week next week.)

Thought I read McConnell had scheduled a Saturday vote before the full Senate?

September 28, 2018, 08:49 AM

Balzé Halzé

quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
quote:
Originally posted by justjoe:
(BTW he won't be confirmed tomorrow. The committee will just vote in his favor and advance his name to the whole Senate. That vote will probably come mid-week next week.)

Thought I read McConnell had scheduled a Saturday vote before the full Senate?

That's for cloture.

~Alan

September 28, 2018, 08:49 AM

grumpy1

It's not fair LOL. They took a vote and you lost.How is that not fair? Elections have consequences.

Vote at 1:30 PM ET ?