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...avoid impropriety or the appearance of impropriety.

So....vigorously defending your family, yourself, and your good name against vile, absurd, baseless accusations gives the "appearance of impropriety" to her?

Remind me when she runs again. I will donate to her opponent.

Murkowski is trash. The people of AK who voted for her should be ashamed.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Murkowski is trash. The people of AK who voted for her should be ashamed.

Given the circumstances of her original appointment, the state should be ashamed of her presence in the Senate.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Murkowski is trash. The people of AK who voted for her should be ashamed.

She was defeated in the primary but still ran in the general as a write in against the Tea Party candidate who beat her. The Democrats voted her in. Makes sense now doesn’t it?

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Originally posted by sdy:


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.

Man I hope not even a single protester shows up at the wedding. That young lady doesn't deserve it. I wish some group like the patriot riders would show up and completely block the place off.

mark

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Originally posted by sdy:


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.

In the old days, the Senate had a practice of “pairing” where by a Senator who intended to vote one way would agree with a Senator who intended to vote the other way to pair, neither would vote, so that one or both need not be present. A courtesy, a convenience.

I haven’t heard of its use in many years.

Seeing how much he likes beer I thought I’d open a bottle of my favorite beer, even though it’s not American. St. Bernardus Abt 12.

As I retire for the night, I fervently pray that I awake in the morning to the news that due the pending confirmation of Kavanaugh old Ruthie has stroked out..... and we shall have this charade to play over again.

I can handle it!!!

EasyFire

Pale Horse --

St. Bernardis Abt is my favorite as well. An excellent idea... gonna get me a bottle tomorrow and toast the confirmation count when (and if) it happens.

I even have the same glass!

His speech at the hearing may have turned the midterms...

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Originally posted by entropy:
“Ruth Ginsberg to the black courtesy telephone please...Ruth Ginsberg”.

Sorry, she can't come to the phone. She's dead. Has been for some time now.

Would you like to speak to her successor, Justice Amy Coney Barrett?

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Originally posted by EasyFire:
As I retire for the night, I fervently pray that I awake in the morning to the news that due the pending confirmation of Kavanaugh old Ruthie has stroked out..... and we shall have this charade to play over again.

I can handle it!!!

EasyFire

Oh, the EPIC WAILING would be heard all over the country and would be music to my ears!!!!

Big win for the good guys today! Hopefully Ruthie takes a permanent nap within the next six years of Trump’s presidency so he can appoint another one.

2015 State of the Union speech.

Murkowski thought Brett Kavanaugh couldn't be nonpartisan, but

Justice Elena Kagan: Starting with Justice O’Connor and continuing with Justice Kennedy, there has been a person who, er, found the center, who people couldn’t predict in that sort of way. … It’s not so clear that, you know, I think going forward, that sort of middle position — you know, it’s not so clear whether we’ll have it.


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and
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...anaugh-vote-n2525921

Planned Parenthood turned on their former ally Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Friday after she announced that she will be voting to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh despite the eleventh hour sexual misconduct allegations against him.

The nation’s largest abortion provider declared that Collins can “no longer call herself a women’s rights champion” due to her decision.

Planned Parenthood’s “youth squad” even declared that the vote announcement was a “betrayal of people everywhere.”

Planned Parenthood has heavily praised Sen. Collins in the past due to her status as a self-declared “pro-choice” Republican, particularly when she voted against the skinny repeal of Obamacare in July 2017. In her explanation of her vote, Collins specifically cited the need to protect Planned Parenthood funding.

Planned Parenthood is pushing for Supreme Court nominees to affirm Roe v. Wade rather than simply regarding it as settled precedent as nominees have done in the past.

They also threatened Thursday to come after the senators who voted to confirm Kavanaugh.

I can't go so far as to wish for the immediate demise of RBG, but would not be unhappy for President Trump to have the opportunity to appoint yet another Supreme Court Justice. I suspect it will happen.

And yes, the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth will be epic! (Must lay in more popcorn....)

flashguy

Retirement would do the trick.

There hasn’t been much to admire from Senator Susan Collins. Glad to see that’s changed. Great speech from the Senate floor. Game. Set. Match.

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Originally posted by entropy:
“Ruth Ginsberg to the black courtesy telephone please...Ruth Ginsberg”.

This fight was epic. Even bigger than the fight for Clarence Thomas.
Let's take a breather first!

Lindsey Graham was on a show recently (don’t know which, it was on a replay on the radio), where he said Kavanaugh was treated like crap. The audience started to boo him, he broke in and told them to go boo themselves. He has really started to come around, I am finding new found respect for him.