McConnell Vows To Fill Scotus Vacancy, Democrats Whine

[rightwinger]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

 

[iceberg]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the lefts favorite play.

 

[rightwinger]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

 

[martybegan]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

There never was an obligation, there is no time limit on advice and consent.

Decorum was what made the process work in a timely manner, and when Dems decided to rabidly oppose any republican nominee, even if eventually letting them get confirmed, they threw decorum out the window.

This all goes back to the shit you morons put Bork and Thomas through.

And now that your pigeons have come home to roost you finally see the folly of your ways ( I doubt it, though, this is just you getting mad the other side fights back now) too bad, so sad.

 

[martybegan]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

 

[rightwinger]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

There never was an obligation, there is no time limit on advice and consent.

Decorum was what made the process work in a timely manner, and when Dems decided to rabidly oppose any republican nominee, even if eventually letting them get confirmed, they threw decorum out the window.

This all goes back to the shit you morons put Bork and Thomas through.

And now that your pigeons have come home to roost you finally see the folly of your ways ( I doubt it, though, this is just you getting mad the other side fights back now) too bad, so sad.

Name a single Republican nominee who was denied a Senate hearing

Bork and Thomas were given a chance to reply to specific Senate objections......Garland never was

There is now irreparable bad will in SCOTUS nominations. While Presidents in the past were allowed to fill vacancies as they chose, it is now strictly partisan

Republicans will have to live with the new norm

 

[mudwhistle]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

The people decided November 2016.

 

[rightwinger]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

 

[rightwinger]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

The people decided November 2016.

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

 

[Weatherman2020]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

A community organizer once said Elections have consequences.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

Never was.

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

Thank Harry.

 

[iceberg]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

provide a single bit of corroborating evidence.
and what about all the other times the dems have done this? history shows ANY (R) based nomination you will play dirty pool with. period.

then you sit and bitch when the right just ignores you, not torpedoes you like you do them.

 

[Papageorgio]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

Doesn’t really matter

Republicans have made filling a SCOTUS vacancy a purely political process.

Sitting Presidents will no longer be allowed to fill vacancies if the Senate is ruled by the other party

That started when Bork was not approved.

Bork got an up or down vote.

And didn't get approved because they needed 60 votes back then and the Republicans only held a 53-47, so it wouldn't go anywhere. Harry Reid changed that to a simple majority.

The irony is that Kennedy got the position and Bork died in 2012, had Bork gotten the position, Obama would have been able to nominate another Supreme Court Justice.

 

[martybegan]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

There never was an obligation, there is no time limit on advice and consent.

Decorum was what made the process work in a timely manner, and when Dems decided to rabidly oppose any republican nominee, even if eventually letting them get confirmed, they threw decorum out the window.

This all goes back to the shit you morons put Bork and Thomas through.

And now that your pigeons have come home to roost you finally see the folly of your ways ( I doubt it, though, this is just you getting mad the other side fights back now) too bad, so sad.

Name a single Republican nominee who was denied a Senate hearing

Bork and Thomas were given a chance to reply to specific Senate objections......Garland never was

There is now irreparable bad will in SCOTUS nominations. While Presidents in the past were allowed to fill vacancies as they chose, it is now strictly partisan

Republicans will have to live with the new norm

What happened to Bork and Thomas was far worse than what happened to Garland. What Dems to do any republican nominee is far worse than what republicans will ever do to a democratic one. The Republicans went by the rules. Dems go with character assassination.

Dems set up the new rules, Republicans just finally realized the Dems have been acting in bad faith for 3 decades.

Boo Fucking Hoo.

 

[martybegan]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

 

[rightwinger]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

A community organizer once said Elections have consequences.

Now more than ever

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

 

[rightwinger]

What has changed since McConnell

1. Senate is no longer under any obligation to fill a Supreme Court vacancy for an opposition President

2. Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice now only requires a majority vote

and if you don't like the nomination, accuse them of rape from 35 years ago with zero evidence. don't forget the left favorite play.

There was evidence

A credible witness testified against Kavanaugh
I didn’t see Gorsuch accused of anything

"credible" is a word without meaning in this case, merely a descriptor. You wanted the Kavanaugh nomination torpedoed, and you would use any method necessary to do it.

No corroboration, and the accused denied everything.

How is the witness credible in this case?

Actually, what happened was accusations against Kavanaugh arose after his nomination. These accusations had been made decades before and were ignored. It was Republicans who tried to push through a vote without investigating

Who were they made to? Who corroborated this?

He was vetted when he became a Circuit Justice. Funny nothing popped up then.

Several witnesses testified that she had made the claims years before

Circuit Justice appointments do not make the front pages

 

[mudwhistle]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

The people decided November 2016.

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

 

[Weatherman2020]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

that only happens when the wrong party holds the White House.

A community organizer once said Elections have consequences.

Now more than ever

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

Republicans will have to live with the new rules they created

What Senate rule would that be?

 

[rightwinger]

What ever happened to all that posturing about letting the people decide?

The people decided November 2016.

Good!

Let’s have the people decide in 2020

Sounds good.
Long as it's the American people. Not people from. Central America.

Good
So you agree McConnell should not fill a vacancy in 2020