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I am not even questioning that if the shoe was on the other foot the democrats would be questioning appointments, Schumer, Obama already have but they were not senate leaders. A senate leader threatening to filibuster for a year when they don't even know the nominee is new ground but I wouldn't expect anything different from McConnell but this is pretty up front.
This from 2009:
“Mitch said, ‘We have a new president with an approval rating in the 70 percent area. We do not take him on frontally. We find issues where we can win, and we begin to take him down, one issue at a time. We create an inventory of losses, so it’s Obama lost on this, Obama lost on that. And we wait for the time where the image has been damaged to the point where we can take him on.’ ”
It is naive to think that McConnell is the first Senate leader to seek to obstruct a president.
Democrats have also claimed that a president shouldn't be able to pick without knowing the nominee...see Biden.
Stop spinning.
Both sides are hypocrites and they can be so, because the sheep in their flock spin it away.
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Originally Posted by florida.bob
In 1992 there was a distinct political season, since 2000 there has only been a political season and that is always underway ...
The primaries were underway...it is clear what Biden meant. He is a hypocrite on the issue and would flip flop in a second had Romney won in 2012.
You are not that clueless. Why are you lying and ruining your own reputation? You should be ashamed of yourself. This country is dysfunctional, because you and other sheep allow and excuse hypocrisies and lies if it promotes your party and in the end we ALL lose.
You can't honestly think that. What is the point of coming on here and lying? You look like a sheep and virtually everyone realizes you are full of BS whether or not they will admit it.
Look at the date of the Biden video.
Political season? -- The primaries have started.
That was mid-june. Primaries were over. That's four months from now.
If I remeber correctly, in 1992, it was a done deal way before June who the candidates would be. Bush took every primary. None were close. Clinton had won most of his. There were none left. Other then the dropping of balloons, it was already decided who the candidates would be. That's political season, not during the primaries.
According to some, political season to elect a new president started right after the current president was sworn in.
But what would Justice Scalia have wanted?
He would have told them to do their job, according to the constitution.
It is naive to think that McConnell is the first Senate leader to seek to obstruct a president.
Democrats have also claimed that a president shouldn't be able to pick without knowing the nominee...see Biden.
Stop spinning.
Both sides are hypocrites and they can be so, because the sheep in their flock spin it away.
The primaries were underway...it is clear what Biden meant. He is a hypocrite on the issue and would flip flop in a second had Romney won in 2012.
You are not that clueless. Why are you lying and ruining your own reputation? You should be ashamed of yourself. This country is dysfunctional, because you and other sheep allow and excuse hypocrisies and lies if it promotes your party and in the end we ALL lose.
Yes there is hypocrisy on both sides but saying it and actually doing it are two completely different things. Once again one senator making a statement is quite different than several senators including the senate leader (McConnell) and the head of the judiciary committee (Grassley) indicating they will not even allow a nominee to proceed for a year. Couple all this with McConnell's obvious obstructionist statements right after the election and I would say this is historical.
So maybe it's premature but if they follow through and refuse to even consider any nomination that will be very different.
Yes there is hypocrisy on both sides but saying it and actually doing it are two completely different things. Once again one senator making a statement is quite different than several senators including the senate leader (McConnell) and the head of the judiciary committee (Grassley) indicating they will not even allow a nominee to proceed for a year. Couple all this with McConnell's obvious obstructionist statements right after the election and I would say this is historical.
So maybe it's premature but if they follow through and refuse to even consider any nomination that will be very different.
60% of NV voters said they are angry with politicians and the Nevada results speak for themselves. They reject DC hacks like Cruz and Rubio and vote for an outsider (Trump). The way GOP is handling the SC situation makes people angry, not to mention they are being stupid about it. Why didn't they say they will process the candidates, like they are supposed to, and then find an excuse to not confirm them? Saying they will not confirm anyone before even knowing who the candidate is, is same as saying f-u to the American people.
60% of NV voters said they are angry with politicians and the Nevada results speak for themselves. They reject DC hacks like Cruz and Rubio and vote for an outsider (Trump). The way GOP is handling the SC situation makes people angry, not to mention they are being stupid about it. Why didn't they say they will process the candidates, like they are supposed to, and then find an excuse to not confirm them? Saying they will not confirm anyone before even knowing who the candidate is, is same as saying f-u to the American people.
One does have to at least give the GOP electorate huge credit for throwing out the GOP establishment, something the (D)'s seem unwilling to do for some reason.
For some odd reason they are unwilling to face and get rid of their corrupt leadership.
60% of NV voters said they are angry with politicians and the Nevada results speak for themselves. They reject DC hacks like Cruz and Rubio and vote for an outsider (Trump). The way GOP is handling the SC situation makes people angry, not to mention they are being stupid about it. Why didn't they say they will process the candidates, like they are supposed to, and then find an excuse to not confirm them? Saying they will not confirm anyone before even knowing who the candidate is, is same as saying f-u to the American people.
You are right, things like this are exactly the reason for Trumps popularity.
One does have to at least give the GOP electorate huge credit for throwing out the GOP establishment, something the (D)'s seem unwilling to do for some reason.
For some odd reason they are unwilling to face and get rid of their corrupt leadership.
Could it be its because the Dem voters are not as angry at their politicians as the Republicans voters are at theirs. Of course most of the blame is naturally directed at those who are in control. It seems GOP will lose the Senate, and a good chunk of the House, and maybe the Dems will become the hated party again. In the other hand I can't remember a Congress who had ruled as poorly as the current GOP one.
Ah yes, "ThinkProgress" is the source providing the full, unbiased story. Meanwhile, the Washington Post, AP and the New York Times are shilling for the conservatives.
Anytime anyone quotes Think Progress as the authority on any story, you know that person is a far, far, far left wing extremist.
Meanwhile conservatives provide links from such fine credible websites such as Breibart, Daily Caller, InfoWars, Hot Air, Right Wing News, Newsmax, The Blaze, blah, blah, blah.
Pot . . . kettle . . . .
Mick
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