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I am glad the Republicans will no longer be able to hide behind lies. It is now being proved the Republicans are liars and thieves.
They stole a seat and hoped to get away scott free. Now when we are in power we will treat you guys the same way.
LETS not PRETEND the dems anyway cheated. McConnell blocked over 100 judges not allowing any hearing and stole a SCOTUS seat.
You guys know damn well Mitch is stacking the courts with Republican judges and denied Obama his right to appoint almost any of the judges he had a full right too.
Mitch swore that even if Hillary won he would 100% refuse to have ANY hearings for any SCOTUS seat no matter how many.
THUS you guys are complete liars. at every level
GOP blocked about 100 nominated judges! NOT just garland, but shocking number. Garland was part of a much large pattern of abuse.
Next time you GOP folk lie to yourselves, don't forget you are LYING. The GOP blocked judge after judge after judge for years. the SCOTUS theft is just the tip of the iceberg.
And of course
GOP for the first time in history CLOSED DOWN THE GOV. to try to destroy Obama
GOP filibustered everything and anything to reduce confirmations like never before.
GOP filibustered the smallest and most meaningless things just to impede and damage the Dems.
^^ This, my friends, is the death rattle of the Democratic party as we currently know it. ^^
I am not anti-government but when they work together we get screwed also. See The Patriot Act. The stupid wars. Their attempts to squash free speech that was overturned by Citizen United. etc.
When who works together? If you're speaking about the 2 main parties, they very often succeed in dividing the American people very nearly evenly in two, the better to conquer. (I.e., We get screwed)
Fr'instance, the Citizen United ruling:
Citizens United Decision: Republicans Like It, Liberals Don't
Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.
Quote:
...During the savings-and-loan scandal of the 1980s—a scandal whose dimensions, by today’s standards, seem almost quaint—the banker Charles Keating was asked by a congressional committee whether the $1.5 million he had spread among a few key elected officials could actually buy influence. “I certainly hope so,” he replied.
The Supreme Court, in its recent Citizens United case, has enshrined the right of corporations to buy government, by removing limitations on campaign spending. The personal and the political are today in perfect alignment.
Virtually all U.S. senators, and most of the representatives in the House, are members of the top 1 percent when they arrive, are kept in office by money from the top 1 percent, and know that if they serve the top 1 percent well they will be rewarded by the top 1 percent when they leave office. By and large, the key executive-branch policymakers on trade and economic policy also come from the top 1 percent. When pharmaceutical companies receive a trillion-dollar gift—through legislation prohibiting the government, the largest buyer of drugs, from bargaining over price—it should not come as cause for wonder. It should not make jaws drop that a tax bill cannot emerge from Congress unless big tax cuts are put in place for the wealthy. Given the power of the top 1 percent, this is the way you would expect the system to work. ...
Re: 'government is the problem - vote for me!' folks:
When the ideologues who claim government doesn't work get elected as government representatives & then seek to prove it. Self-defeating &/or self-fulfilling prophesy. By the way, 'Cui bono?'
Lastly, Mr. Gorsuch on dark money:
Quote:
Democrats questioning Supreme Court nominee Neil M. Gorsuch took aim at the millions of dollars from unidentified donors that have gone to a political organization advocating for his confirmation.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sparred with Gorsuch extensively on the issue, ultimately calling on him to publicly urge the donors to the group to reveal themselves.
Gorsuch demurred.
Whitehouse also asked Gorsuch to opine on why the donors are so invested in seeing him on the court.
“You’d have to ask them,” Gorsuch said.
Whitehouse shot back: “I can’t because I don’t know who they are. It is just a front group.”
The exchange seemed to annoy the otherwise unflappable nominee. ...
Oh go cry a river. This is the number one reason lots of us voted for Trump. Our country cannot take any more liberal judges. They are ruining the country . There is reason Republicans control everything. Most of the country is sick of giving our country values away. Hopefully Trump can one more in before he is out.
Can't rep enough. Nailed it. The democrat elite message of " we're better than you" has grown too old and the regular American is voting with the GOP these days, not crazy elites.
When who works together? If you're speaking about the 2 main parties, they very often succeed in dividing the American people very nearly evenly in two, the better to conquer. (I.e., We get screwed)
Fr'instance, the Citizen United ruling:
Citizens United Decision: Republicans Like It, Liberals Don't
Not true. Or at best a real generalization that means nothing.
Liberals complaining about GOP obstruction. Remember it all started with a very fine judge called Bork. Now who started what?
Great point. Bork was the start of democrat chaos.
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