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The SCOTUS confirmation circus has begun....
October 05, 2018, 06:26 PM
LBAR15The SCOTUS confirmation circus has begun....
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Originally posted by parabellum:
Gosh, what happened to Russia, Russia, Russia!
The Commie News Network is gonna have a hard time working up the enthusiasm to go back to that tired old shit.
I think it was Gutfeld on Fox last night said something similar. "Stinks the other networks are just going to go back to all the tired Russia nonsense once Kavanaugh gets confirmed."
Collins speech today was much stronger than I expected her to be. You could tell where she was going early on but man she just kept rolling. #winning
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October 05, 2018, 06:30 PM
chellim1quote:
Originally posted by 46and2:
One Ingraham is worth 100 Palins.
Hey... we agree!
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-rduckwor October 05, 2018, 06:33 PM
Bigboreshooterquote:
Originally posted by entropy:
“Ruth Ginsberg to the black courtesy telephone please...Ruth Ginsberg”.
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Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush
October 05, 2018, 06:36 PM
smschulzNo pics because Photobucket is OUT
but pre-celebration sipping on some Macallan single malt as I tend some fresh caught Trout on the Big Green Egg.
The best I can do for now.
October 05, 2018, 06:40 PM
911Boss
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
October 05, 2018, 06:44 PM
Ironmike57Just don't lead them as much.
quote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
If I had the skills I’d take the helicopter door gunner scene from Full Metal Jacket, put Trump’s head on the gunner and replace the running Vietnamese people with dem senators.
October 05, 2018, 07:04 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Self-devouring haiku
As I sit, musing
Comes a frenzied Democrat
Chewing off their limbs
.
I like it, but the "number" is inconsistent. Perhaps
As I sit, musing
Come some frenzied Democrats
Chewing off their limbs
?
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth October 05, 2018, 07:08 PM
Sgt Neutronquote:
Originally posted by Ironmike57:
Just don't lead them as much.
quote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
If I had the skills I’d take the helicopter door gunner scene from Full Metal Jacket, put Trump’s head on the gunner and replace the running Vietnamese people with dem senators.
"Get Some"
October 05, 2018, 07:09 PM
sjtillNice quote from Jim Geraghty of NR:
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It backfired, guys. There was a time when conservatives thought of the old guard, people like Orrin Hatch and Chuck Grassley, as decorum-obsessed squishes, with no stomach for a real fight. No more. You guys turned Lindsey Graham into a honey badger and Susan Collins into Margaret Thatcher.
This has been an ugly, nasty, vicious couple of weeks in American politics. I don’t expect anybody over on the other side to recognize that their tactics were morally wrong. But I do expect them to recognize that their tactics didn’t work.
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October 05, 2018, 07:09 PM
sdyjust watched Murkowski give a speech on the senate floor.
She is absurd. She said she concluded Kavanaugh wouldn't overturn Roe, wouldn't challenge the special status of Alaskan Indians. He was a good man with a good record.
BUT given the way he acted in the hearing,
she felt he did not meet her high standards where a judge has to act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence. She said even though he was being accused of horrific allegations, and the DEMs were against him from the very beginning, he didn't show he could be independent, nonpartisan, fair and balanced.
She said the Judicial branch was the only branch of govt that was still respected by the public and we need to maintain and build that confidence.
In her conscience she couldn't conclude he is the right person for the court at this time.
beyond pathetic
October 05, 2018, 07:12 PM
911BossLove the expression on the hag in back...
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand??? October 05, 2018, 07:17 PM
ersatzknarfHow quickly can she be recalled?
October 05, 2018, 07:17 PM
bigdealquote:
Originally posted by sdy:
just watched Murkowski give a speech on the senate floor.
She is absurd. She said she concluded Kavanaugh wouldn't overturn Roe, wouldn't challenge the special status of Alaskan Indians. He was a good man with a good record.
BUT given the way he acted in the hearing, she felt he did not meet her high standards where a judge has to act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence.
She said even though he was being accused of horrific allegations, and the DEMs were against him from the very beginning, he didn't show he could be independent, nonpartisan, fair and balanced.
She said the Judicial branch was the only branch of govt that was still respected by the public and we need to maintain and build that confidence.
In her conscience she couldn't conclude he is the right person for the court at this time.
beyond pathetic
Yep, just pouring on the stupid from her initial moronic comments. Hopefully this has ended her political career.
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October 05, 2018, 07:22 PM
MitchbSC"Kavanaugh" set to Van Halen's "Panama". It's been in my head for a couple days. Reddit's The_Donald delivered.
It doesn't seem to be on Youtube. Not surprised. Youtube is run by the fine young fascists at Google.
They don't think it be like it is, but it do. October 05, 2018, 07:33 PM
sdyFox has reported a couple times that Manchin told the WH this morning that he would vote Yes.
If that was true, it was a lock once they got Flake.
October 05, 2018, 07:33 PM
DMFquote:
Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
quote:
Originally posted by DMF:
It was from the Babylon Bee, a satire site.
Link
So
FAKE NEWS. Thanks.
Not fake news...just comedy.[/QUOTE]That's not how rduckwor presented it, nor did he claim it was comedy when asked for a source.
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October 05, 2018, 07:35 PM
Il Cattivo, boys, just enjoy the victory today and the prospect of another one as early as tomorrow!
As for Lisa Murkowski, well, the only thing worse than a hard choice is trying to have it both ways and pissing off both sides. Bet she moves to Seattle.
October 05, 2018, 07:37 PM
mbinkyInteresting if he did tell the WH.
I didn't watch Collins's speach but I have read a few synopsis of it. It was well done. Contrast that with Murkowski's. It's the typical logical vs. illogical/conservative vs. leftist. One lays out facts, they other screams "just because!"
And I'm still not counting Flake as a yes until he votes, but thankfully he isn't needed any more.
October 05, 2018, 07:40 PM
Stramboquote:
Originally posted by mbinky:
Interesting if he did tell the WH.
Sarah Sanders confirmed he did. When asked about Collins, she said she didn't call, but they assumed she only would if she was gonna vote no.
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https://preparefit.ck.page October 05, 2018, 07:47 PM
sdymore on Murkowski
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-n...-10-05-live-updates/Murkowski repeated that she will be a "no today and a no tomorrow," but said her vote will be recorded as "present" as a courtesy to cancel out the absence of GOP Sen. Steve Daines. Daines is flying to Montana to attend his daughter's wedding.
"This will not change the outcome," Murkowski said.
this may have been before it was publicly known Manchin would vote yes Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the sole Republican who said she will vote against Kavanaugh, said on the Senate floor Friday evening that she had been "leaning toward" confirming Kavanaugh. But she said "I take this obligation that we have in the role of advice and consent as seriously as anything I am obligated -- and privileged -- to be able to vote on."
She read from the juridical conduct code about how a judge should avoid impropriety or the appearance of impropriety. "It is really high that a judge shall act all times -- not just sometimes when you are wearing your robe -- that a judge should act all times in a matter that promotes public confidence," she said.
Murkowski said she did not think Kavanaugh would vote to end Roe v. Wade. She also said she did not think he would be a vote to end healthcare or endanger Alaskan natives.