All need to find is a female Clarence Thomas. Done deal!0
September 18, 2020, 10:41 PM
medic451
Slit throats and hoist the black flag I say. No compromise with these traitors.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist"
September 18, 2020, 10:47 PM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Maybe this will make you guys feel better.
It did indeed.
Went wonderfully with my rye Old Fashioned in fact.
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Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
September 18, 2020, 10:47 PM
DennisM
The absolute panic that's already started on the left tells you everything you need to know about how utterly politicized their appointees a) have been and b) would continue to be. They're projecting TEOTWAWKI because without a SC majority in their pocket who will slavishly vote the party line-- law or Constitution be damned-- the left's agenda is destined to fail. They can't survive an actual Constitutional "check" on their plans.
Which is why this will hopefully be so incredibly rich to watch. A comparatively young (in Associate Justice terms) dependably originalist majority is the gift that will keep giving for DECADES.
PDJT and the Majority Leader need to swing for right-field on this nomination and call in every favor, push every button necessary to push this across the line.
September 18, 2020, 10:50 PM
signewt
"there will be some Senators doing some strange things here and there that they would never do under any other circumstances."
Isn't that the very act of 'politics'?
And it isn't "Ruthie's seat" ; it's "the People's seat".
**************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey
September 18, 2020, 10:51 PM
bigdeal
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
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Originally posted by bigdeal:
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Originally posted by reloader-1: Did you forget Kavenaugh? Your 4-4 split is already assuming Roberts sides with the liberal justices.
I forgot nothing. If you trust Roberts, that's fine. I don't trust the man on any level given the BS he's pulled over the last hand full of years.
Enough. Be happy, for God's sake.
Oh I'm happy boss. We're closer to the ultimate goal tonight than we were last night.
----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter
September 18, 2020, 10:51 PM
braillediver
Why speculate when we can watch the master himself at work. I'm sure President Trump will amaze his supporters, befuddle his detractors and win.
The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart.
September 18, 2020, 10:55 PM
bigdeal
quote:
Originally posted by reloader-1: I don’t think you understand what I’m saying. You wrote that there would be a 4-4 split, assuming Roberts DIDN’T stab us in the back. (Your words).
We have 4 solid, conservative judges. Only IF Roberts stabs us in the back, is it 4-4.
I assume nothing about Roberts, but your statement was incorrect under your assumptions.
Point taken. My writing and my thought process were on different paths but I think you and I are both on the same path at this point.
----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter
September 18, 2020, 10:59 PM
Il Cattivo
quote:
Originally posted by signewt: "there will be some Senators doing some strange things here and there that they would never do under any other circumstances."
Isn't that the very act of 'politics'?
No, I meant well and truly stranger than normal - and, for that matter, at an accelerated space. I'm convinced we're going to see some real weirdness.
September 18, 2020, 11:01 PM
CoolRich59
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Maybe this will make you guys feel better.
Loved it. Thanks Para!
_____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell
FOX just reported that RGB's "last wish" was to not be replaced until a new POTUS is elected.
I'm sure Ruthie.
September 18, 2020, 11:10 PM
parabellum
♫...seamstress for the baaaaand...♫
Yeah, that's how it works. A dying member of SCOTUS sets the policy for their replacement. No, really. True story. Cross my heart and hope to...you know- the thing.
♫...Ballerina, you must have seen her Dancing in the sand...♫
September 18, 2020, 11:21 PM
46and2
Finally. Fantastic news.
September 18, 2020, 11:30 PM
parabellum
"This is why you cannot let a guy like Trump become President..."
Pardon me? What's this "let" shit? Donald Trump is a duly elected POTUS. He met all requirements as speicifed in the laws governing electing a POTUS. There's no "let" about it, jerk. You have a single vote, just like the rest of us. Figure it out, bright boy. You don't call the shots.
You can see how worried they are, and they should be worried.
And, 46and2, I asked you a question which you have yet to answer, and if you think I'm going to forget about it, you're mistaken, and don't give the "whatever do you mean" stuff again. It was three days ago and I'll have an answer from you. Go find it and answer me, in that thread.
September 18, 2020, 11:32 PM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by FN in MT: FOX just reported that RGB's "last wish" was to not be replaced until a new POTUS is elected.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
September 18, 2020, 11:35 PM
DaveL
quote:
Originally posted by PrinceAliFabulousHe: This is a joke right? This is an opportunity to screw the left over for another decade and you want to waste it appointing some left wing judge? Yeah, no thanks.
No, it’s not. Look, I don’t want to dull the fact the RGB is no longer part of the Court with a debate over what comes next, so if that needs to end I will happily end it. But Scalia was right - the politicization of the Court is probably the worst thing to happen to our country in the last 50 years. The fact that we’re bracing for a war over this nominee proves that and I’m opposed to perpetuating it because it’s threatening one of the pillars of our republic. It will only stop if someone has the integrity to not continue it when they have the power to choose otherwise. That’s the choice Trump has right now.
Appointing Ted Nugent would cost Trump another term and Republicans the Senate, and it would matter right up until January when Biden is sworn in, Breyer suddenly retires, and some ideologue who had the right turn signal removed from her car on principal is sworn in. Then the left goes on Thomas and Alito death watch. It’s like having a fifth glass of Jack Daniels - it feels good when you feel good but later you realize it was a really bad idea.
Court picks are a crap shoot. Roberts. Souter. Republican nominees have been a majority of the Court since 1969 yet they were six of the seven votes in favor of Roe v. Wade. Trying to differentiate good from great is a fool’s errand that’s not worth the political good will it would cost right now.
Getting someone better than RBG on the Court is a given, and that is cause for celebration. Getting Trump re-elected so he can play the long game is not a given, and it is infinitely better than him going out in a one-term blaze of glory.
September 18, 2020, 11:41 PM
ensigmatic
DaveL nails it again, IMO.
It would be a chess move.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
September 18, 2020, 11:50 PM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by DaveL:
No, it’s not. Look, I don’t want to dull the fact the RGB is no longer part of the Court with a debate over what comes next, so if that needs to end I will happily end it. But Scalia was right - the politicization of the Court is probably the worst thing to happen to our country in the last 50 years. The fact that we’re bracing for a war over this nominee proves that and I’m opposed to perpetuating it because it’s threatening one of the pillars of our republic. It will only stop if someone has the integrity to not continue it when they have the power to choose otherwise. That’s the choice Trump has right now.
And this right here is how we always end up with a Justice Roberts. "Republicans" like Bill Kristol. A pathetic, weak, defeatist line of thinking. If you can't see the fight that lies in front of us, I don't know what else to tell you, man.
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Appointing Ted Nugent would cost Trump another term and Republicans the Senate,
Get a sense of humor, dude. I don't want Ted Nugent on the Supreme Court. My point (which should be obvious to any thinking person) is that it's time that "conservative" presidents stop nominating judges that ultimately turn into leftists. For God's sake, nominate a true, red blooded conservative like Thomas or Scalia!
~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country
Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
September 18, 2020, 11:53 PM
tatortodd
Nominate Condoleezza Rice so the Dems will have to be against black women
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
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September 19, 2020, 12:05 AM
Monk
quote:
Originally posted by DaveL:
quote:
Originally posted by PrinceAliFabulousHe: This is a joke right? This is an opportunity to screw the left over for another decade and you want to waste it appointing some left wing judge? Yeah, no thanks.
No, it’s not. Look, I don’t want to dull the fact the RGB is no longer part of the Court with a debate over what comes next, so if that needs to end I will happily end it. But Scalia was right - the politicization of the Court is probably the worst thing to happen to our country in the last 50 years. The fact that we’re bracing for a war over this nominee proves that and I’m opposed to perpetuating it because it’s threatening one of the pillars of our republic. It will only stop if someone has the integrity to not continue it when they have the power to choose otherwise. That’s the choice Trump has right now.
Appointing Ted Nugent would cost Trump another term and Republicans the Senate, and it would matter right up until January when Biden is sworn in, Breyer suddenly retires, and some ideologue who had the right turn signal removed from her car on principal is sworn in. Then the left goes on Thomas and Alito death watch. It’s like having a fifth glass of Jack Daniels - it feels good when you feel good but later you realize it was a really bad idea.
Court picks are a crap shoot. Roberts. Souter. Republican nominees have been a majority of the Court since 1969 yet they were six of the seven votes in favor of Roe v. Wade. Trying to differentiate good from great is a fool’s errand that’s not worth the political good will it would cost right now.
Getting someone better than RBG on the Court is a given, and that is cause for celebration. Getting Trump re-elected so he can play the long game is not a given, and it is infinitely better than him going out in a one-term blaze of glory.
There is a long history of appeasement being a poor policy when at war, and we are currently at war. The threat to the pillars of our republic will end only when we've won, not when we climb to the top of a mountain of moral superiority and martyr ourselves.
Georgeair: "...looking around my house this morning, it's not easily defended for long by two people in the event of real anarchy. The entryways might be slick for the latecomers though...."
