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18th September 2020, 04:29 PM | #1 |
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RBG leaves the stage.
MSNBC and CNN are reporting that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at home with her family. No doubt that Trump and McConnell will try to rush through another right-wing extremist.
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18th September 2020, 04:30 PM | #2 |
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I just heard. God ******* Dammit!!!
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18th September 2020, 04:31 PM | #3 |
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We're ******.
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18th September 2020, 04:31 PM | #4 |
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We are SO ******!
Trump will have a nominee within days, Moscow Mitch will have pushed through a confirmation within two weeks. I blame you, Anthony Kennedy! |
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18th September 2020, 04:35 PM | #5 |
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Surely this close to an election the office should be left for the next president's choice of candidate, right? Isn't that what the Republicans said about a year long vacancy?
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18th September 2020, 04:36 PM | #6 |
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Gunter Haas, the 'leading British expert,' was a graphologist who advised couples, based on their handwriting characteristics, if they were compatible for marriage. I would submit that couples idiotic enough to do this are probably quite suitable for each other. It's nice when stupid people find love. - Ludovic Kennedy |
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18th September 2020, 04:36 PM | #7 |
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18th September 2020, 04:37 PM | #8 |
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Gunter Haas, the 'leading British expert,' was a graphologist who advised couples, based on their handwriting characteristics, if they were compatible for marriage. I would submit that couples idiotic enough to do this are probably quite suitable for each other. It's nice when stupid people find love. - Ludovic Kennedy |
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18th September 2020, 04:38 PM | #9 |
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18th September 2020, 04:39 PM | #10 |
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Oh, that's very sad news.
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18th September 2020, 04:39 PM | #11 |
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18th September 2020, 04:41 PM | #12 |
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"He's like a drunk being given a sobriety test by the police after being pulled over. Just as a drunk can't walk a straight line, Trump can't think in a straight line. He's all over the place."--Stacyhs "If you are still hung up on that whole words-have-meaning thing, then 2020 is going to be a long year for you." --Ladewig |
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18th September 2020, 04:41 PM | #13 |
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Option 1. Trump and McConnell push through a new judge who's sole requirement is "Do you agree that the President can do whatever he wants?"
Option 2. We're down a justice during the election so the SCOTUS can't say otherwise when Trump claims victory on shady pretext. |
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18th September 2020, 04:42 PM | #14 |
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18th September 2020, 04:43 PM | #16 |
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"He's like a drunk being given a sobriety test by the police after being pulled over. Just as a drunk can't walk a straight line, Trump can't think in a straight line. He's all over the place."--Stacyhs "If you are still hung up on that whole words-have-meaning thing, then 2020 is going to be a long year for you." --Ladewig |
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18th September 2020, 04:44 PM | #17 |
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18th September 2020, 04:46 PM | #18 |
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18th September 2020, 04:47 PM | #19 |
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*shakes fist at sky*
2020!!!!!!! |
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18th September 2020, 04:47 PM | #20 |
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Haha, Yoda's dead. Time to name a replacement.
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18th September 2020, 04:49 PM | #21 |
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Damn.
The world loses one of greatest champion women ever, and half of America will be celebrating. |
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18th September 2020, 04:50 PM | #22 |
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She was a wonderful woman, may she rest in peace.
Now McConnell and the rest of the GOP Senate will show what truly hypocritical, lying POSs they really are. They will rush through a right wing nominee. |
18th September 2020, 04:51 PM | #23 |
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Sad.
And sadder still is that her passing will be turned into a political circus. |
18th September 2020, 04:52 PM | #24 |
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18th September 2020, 04:53 PM | #25 |
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18th September 2020, 04:56 PM | #26 |
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"Oh noes something somehow went wrong with our carefully thought out plan of having a single 87 year quadruple cancer survivor being the only thing separating a functioning Western Style Democracy and a 3rd Grader Production of a Dictatorship."
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18th September 2020, 04:58 PM | #27 |
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This poor woman had so much pressure to hang on. She could have retired years ago and enjoyed her remaining time. She has done so much for this country, she should be remembered as a hero.
Of course, the Trumpistas are already pissing on her grave. |
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18th September 2020, 04:59 PM | #28 |
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18th September 2020, 05:01 PM | #29 |
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An invaluable gift for Trump. All media focus will for the time being shift away from the virus, which was hurting him, to this much more politically-charged situation. With that in mind, McConnell will take his time, providing sufficient distraction/cover for Trump he’ll ram somebody through.
All Republicans, and especially Trump, could not be happier right now. |
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18th September 2020, 05:01 PM | #30 |
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Dear 2020,
DROP DEAD! |
18th September 2020, 05:03 PM | #31 |
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18th September 2020, 05:04 PM | #32 |
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The day democracy died.
I’m glad that she at least doesn’t have to see the end of the Republic she served so well. |
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18th September 2020, 05:05 PM | #33 |
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18th September 2020, 05:08 PM | #34 |
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My comments on the situation:
Our only hope is a few GOP Senators with a conscience. I think that is the case, especially with their own reelection looming. Back up option, we take the Senate and POTUS back and follow through with the threat of expanding the number of seats on the court by ... oh let's say two or four more seats. McConnell might take option #3): try to use it as campaign leverage. If McConnell doesn't move for an approval vote, you can bet that means he doesn't have the votes. If they try to push a SCOTUS nominee through you can bet that will piss off more voters than it will please. |
18th September 2020, 05:09 PM | #35 |
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18th September 2020, 05:10 PM | #36 |
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18th September 2020, 05:11 PM | #38 |
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Think about it.
Let's say that through some miracle we get the Republican Senate to agree to hold on appointing the new Justice until after the election. They won't, but let's say. What happens when Trump loses but declares himself the winner on some pretext LIKE HE'S ALREADY ALL BUT ANNOUNCED HE'S GONNA DO? Who do we turn to? The 5-3 Conservative remaining members of the Supreme Court? Even Roberts having one of his moments of sanity would only get us to a tie with no way to break it. |
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18th September 2020, 05:13 PM | #39 |
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Well, yes. So either they can admit that all of that was merely a cynical argument of convenience, or they can abide by the precedent they set when Scalia croaked.
I'm guessing it will be the former, but there's at least a chance that McConnell will be shamed into following his own rule. |
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18th September 2020, 05:13 PM | #40 |
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