Anonymous
08/15/2018 13:14
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:[...]
Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet’s executive director, characterized Schumer’s apparent reluctance to force Democrats into line against Kavanaugh as “baffling” and “disgraceful.”
“I am very, very concerned that Schumer’s position is that it is more important ... to win an election than it is to reject a Trump Supreme Court nominee,” she said.
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The GOP. Stupid or hypocritical?
Kavanaugh has no business being on the court. Trump is under investigation for treason. He has no business selecting justices for anything.
Anonymous
08/15/2018 05:58
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
"Progressives fume as Dems meet with Brett Kavanaugh"
Fume away ...... it will not make any difference. Remember all politics is local and red state Democrats up for election care more about their reelection than toeing the party line:
“I think there’s been broad concern that Democrats haven’t been as united and as crystal clear as they need to be,” said Neil Sroka, a spokesman for Democracy for America. “It’s pretty concerning that we haven’t gotten … unanimity from the caucus.”
Elizabeth Beavers, policy director for the liberal Indivisible Project, added that they want Democrats to “come out swinging and to be in opposition. ... And on that front, we’ve been a little disappointed so far.”
The simmering frustration comes as Kavanaugh is set to meet with Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Joe Donnelly (Ind.) on Wednesday and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) next week. Kavanaugh has already met with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
“If they aren’t applying pressure, then they are opening up space for this nomination to be viewed as acceptable,” said Sroka.
Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet’s executive director, characterized Schumer’s apparent reluctance to force Democrats into line against Kavanaugh as “baffling” and “disgraceful.”
“I am very, very concerned that Schumer’s position is that it is more important ... to win an election than it is to reject a Trump Supreme Court nominee,” she said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/401865-progressives-fume-as-dems-meet-with-brett-kavanaugh
Fume away ...... it will not make any difference. Remember all politics is local and red state Democrats up for election care more about their reelection than toeing the party line:
“I think there’s been broad concern that Democrats haven’t been as united and as crystal clear as they need to be,” said Neil Sroka, a spokesman for Democracy for America. “It’s pretty concerning that we haven’t gotten … unanimity from the caucus.”
Elizabeth Beavers, policy director for the liberal Indivisible Project, added that they want Democrats to “come out swinging and to be in opposition. ... And on that front, we’ve been a little disappointed so far.”
The simmering frustration comes as Kavanaugh is set to meet with Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Joe Donnelly (Ind.) on Wednesday and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) next week. Kavanaugh has already met with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
“If they aren’t applying pressure, then they are opening up space for this nomination to be viewed as acceptable,” said Sroka.
Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet’s executive director, characterized Schumer’s apparent reluctance to force Democrats into line against Kavanaugh as “baffling” and “disgraceful.”
“I am very, very concerned that Schumer’s position is that it is more important ... to win an election than it is to reject a Trump Supreme Court nominee,” she said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/401865-progressives-fume-as-dems-meet-with-brett-kavanaugh
Anonymous
08/14/2018 23:09
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats are trying to find some reason to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation in the hope that if the hearings take place after the mid-terms, they would be able to block it if they gain control of the Senate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
It's about due diligence. What is so hard to understand about reviewing the written words of a nominee and being able to ask about them? As has happened for 240 years? The GOP stalled on a dem nominee and is now ramming through their own nominee. This is not how our process and system is supposed to work. If the roles were reversed you would be crying bloody murder. Let's not be total hyprocrites here.
The usual rules went by the wayside after the Bork confirmation hearings .......
What goes around comes around!
You would think with all the parallels to Watergate lying around currently, that people would remember why Robert frigging Bork was such an entirely unacceptable nominee.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 23:02
Subject: Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://mobile.twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1028831676712079360
Just a quick reminder that the GOP usually says personal debt is bad, like the candidate for office in Georgia, but Kavanaugh going TWO HUNDRED GRAND into the hole for baseball tickets and country club dues is... good money management? How did he pay it off so fast?
He bought season tickets for a group of friends--I assume it was a block of tickets. They paid him back after the tickets were purchased. I would imagine he received most of the money before the bill was paid.
Have you never bought a group of tickets with friends? If you want to sit together, you must purchase together. I've never spent that kind of money, but I have purchased blocks of tickets before. For example, if you want to go to "Hamilton" and sit with five friends, you will purchase six tickets at @$300 each. Therefore, you are likely to spend $1800. Your friends will reimburse you for $1500 of that fee. It's not that hard to understand.
It’s also a lie. I posted this upthread; evidently you didn’t read it. https://mobile.twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1028633652668841984
Much of that was credit card debt he’d carried for years. In fact the the credit card debt just disappeared on one of his financial disclosure forms. How? Why? (Also, Spicy puts paid to the lie that it was for tickets. So why are you being someone’s useful fool?)
Why aren’t they releasing the papers on this POS candidate?
Anonymous
08/14/2018 14:25
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats are trying to find some reason to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation in the hope that if the hearings take place after the mid-terms, they would be able to block it if they gain control of the Senate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
It's about due diligence. What is so hard to understand about reviewing the written words of a nominee and being able to ask about them? As has happened for 240 years? The GOP stalled on a dem nominee and is now ramming through their own nominee. This is not how our process and system is supposed to work. If the roles were reversed you would be crying bloody murder. Let's not be total hyprocrites here.
The usual rules went by the wayside after the Bork confirmation hearings .......
What goes around comes around!
Well OK then. Buckle up in 2020.
The good news is that as long as the presidency and control of the senate are being held by different parties, we will not likely see any idealogues appointed by either side.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 13:32
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats are trying to find some reason to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation in the hope that if the hearings take place after the mid-terms, they would be able to block it if they gain control of the Senate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
It's about due diligence. What is so hard to understand about reviewing the written words of a nominee and being able to ask about them? As has happened for 240 years? The GOP stalled on a dem nominee and is now ramming through their own nominee. This is not how our process and system is supposed to work. If the roles were reversed you would be crying bloody murder. Let's not be total hyprocrites here.
The usual rules went by the wayside after the Bork confirmation hearings .......
What goes around comes around!
Well OK then. Buckle up in 2020.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 13:30
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:The desperation of liberals ...... both pathetic and hilarious to see.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article216596255.html
If you want to have a say in matters such as judicial appointments, the answer is simple: win election and gain control of the senate. Don't resort to ludicrous nonsense like attacking Feinstein for confirming Kavanaugh in 2006 for his then judicial appointment.
Sure, and conspiring with Russians is totally cool too. Right Comrade?
Anonymous
08/14/2018 13:22
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats are trying to find some reason to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation in the hope that if the hearings take place after the mid-terms, they would be able to block it if they gain control of the Senate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
It's about due diligence. What is so hard to understand about reviewing the written words of a nominee and being able to ask about them? As has happened for 240 years? The GOP stalled on a dem nominee and is now ramming through their own nominee. This is not how our process and system is supposed to work. If the roles were reversed you would be crying bloody murder. Let's not be total hyprocrites here.
The usual rules went by the wayside after the Bork confirmation hearings .......
What goes around comes around!
Anonymous
08/14/2018 13:04
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Democrats are trying to find some reason to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation in the hope that if the hearings take place after the mid-terms, they would be able to block it if they gain control of the Senate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
It's about due diligence. What is so hard to understand about reviewing the written words of a nominee and being able to ask about them? As has happened for 240 years? The GOP stalled on a dem nominee and is now ramming through their own nominee. This is not how our process and system is supposed to work. If the roles were reversed you would be crying bloody murder. Let's not be total hyprocrites here.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 13:01
Subject: Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://mobile.twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1028831676712079360
Just a quick reminder that the GOP usually says personal debt is bad, like the candidate for office in Georgia, but Kavanaugh going TWO HUNDRED GRAND into the hole for baseball tickets and country club dues is... good money management? How did he pay it off so fast?
He bought season tickets for a group of friends--I assume it was a block of tickets. They paid him back after the tickets were purchased. I would imagine he received most of the money before the bill was paid.
Have you never bought a group of tickets with friends? If you want to sit together, you must purchase together. I've never spent that kind of money, but I have purchased blocks of tickets before. For example, if you want to go to "Hamilton" and sit with five friends, you will purchase six tickets at @$300 each. Therefore, you are likely to spend $1800. Your friends will reimburse you for $1500 of that fee. It's not that hard to understand.
The 2018 season ticket is $6500. So uh, how many tickets did he get to run up a $200,000 tab? Our family is in STH groups and they are in blocks of 2 or 4. Not 20.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 12:53
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
The desperation of liberals ...... both pathetic and hilarious to see.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article216596255.html
If you want to have a say in matters such as judicial appointments, the answer is simple: win election and gain control of the senate. Don't resort to ludicrous nonsense like attacking Feinstein for confirming Kavanaugh in 2006 for his then judicial appointment.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article216596255.html
If you want to have a say in matters such as judicial appointments, the answer is simple: win election and gain control of the senate. Don't resort to ludicrous nonsense like attacking Feinstein for confirming Kavanaugh in 2006 for his then judicial appointment.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 12:13
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
The Democrats - and especially those with presidential ambitions - on the Judiciary Committee will use the forum to pontificate on the hot button issues for liberals.
There will be a lot of showboating and very little will be learned in the process ........ and at the end of it all, Kavanaugh will be confirmed on a largely party line vote with perhaps 3-4 Democrats who are up for reelection voting for confirmation.
There will be a lot of showboating and very little will be learned in the process ........ and at the end of it all, Kavanaugh will be confirmed on a largely party line vote with perhaps 3-4 Democrats who are up for reelection voting for confirmation.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 11:01
Subject: Re:Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Democrats are trying to find some reason to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation in the hope that if the hearings take place after the mid-terms, they would be able to block it if they gain control of the Senate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
It is clear that is what they are doing and McConnell will not let this happen. Between McConnell and Grassley, Kavanaugh will be confirmed while Democrats bloviate.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 10:58
Subject: Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Look at how Enron was prosecuted. It is really easy to say that Mueller hasn't done anything yet. However, when you look at the amount of time he has been on this case and what has been accomplished to date, you will see how effective he has been, particularly as compared to Whitewater and Benghazi.
Now, when one is the subject or target of an investigation, they are the last ones to get interviewed or subpoenad.
Based on what we know, I am willing to bet that Donald Jr, Ivanka, Erik Prince and Roger Stone are all in the barrel before the end of the calendar year.
Time will tell ........ but to this point there is no one involved in the campaign who has been charged with collusion or obstruction.
GOP. The party of moving goalposts.
No moving goalposts: name me a single person who is part of the campaign who has been indicted or charged with collusion or conspiracy.
The answer is zero!
Giuliani has said that the president colluded and obstructed. Guess you don't believe him.
Citation for this?
Google it, he was on Fox talking about the activities of the president and claimed that "collusion isn't a crime" - that is how far off the rails the GOP is willing to go with this.
Actually, he did not say the president colluded or obstructed justice. He did say that collusion, even if it occurred, is not a crime.
Anonymous
08/14/2018 10:18
Subject: Hat tip to Trump for his unassailable SCOTUS pick
Anonymous wrote:https://mobile.twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1028831676712079360
Just a quick reminder that the GOP usually says personal debt is bad, like the candidate for office in Georgia, but Kavanaugh going TWO HUNDRED GRAND into the hole for baseball tickets and country club dues is... good money management? How did he pay it off so fast?
He bought season tickets for a group of friends--I assume it was a block of tickets. They paid him back after the tickets were purchased. I would imagine he received most of the money before the bill was paid.
Have you never bought a group of tickets with friends? If you want to sit together, you must purchase together. I've never spent that kind of money, but I have purchased blocks of tickets before. For example, if you want to go to "Hamilton" and sit with five friends, you will purchase six tickets at @$300 each. Therefore, you are likely to spend $1800. Your friends will reimburse you for $1500 of that fee. It's not that hard to understand.