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Oh, yeah, right, the GOP didn't bother to even ALLOW a vote
So Graham didn't get to vote on Garland. Mitch made sure no one got to vote on Garland. Mitch isn't the entire GOP though is he ? No, of course not.
We could make the same argument about Mitch the left made about Pelosi. Both were elected to their positions and they get to make decisions in those elected positions others don't get to make. Not everyone in the GOP agreed with Mitch but it did pay off in giving Trump an appointment and it was all legal.
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And Graham is 1 person. Over 30 GOP Senators voted against both of Obama's nominees (the ones they were allowed to vote on).
Oh no, you mean everyone didn't vote the same way !!!
Send up the "Bat Crap Crazy Signal" and solve the non-crime.
What's behind Dem. Senators claim they want to work with Trump while resisting & opposing him on judges. Seems dishonest.
Is lashing out the best way to get what is wanted or a little sugar ? Where was that sugar before they wanted something ?
Why don't they just be honest and say they want power they don't have and don't know the value of compromise ? Apparently they think it means getting their way only with nothing in return.
California Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris lashed out at the White House
Feinstein and Harris said in a joint statement late Wednesday. “We made clear our opposition to these individuals and told the White House we wanted to work together to come to consensus on a new package of nominees.”
When a liberal says they want to work with someone (towards a goal), what they mean is "we will demand every concession from YOU, and NO concessions from US. Anything less is berated.
Who is Garland? ......... Wasn't that someone that Obama knew?
Who is Obama?
Oh yeah, the President whose policies destroyed his party's power in the US Senate. And losing him the chance to make a once in a generation chance to the makeup of the US Senate. (that's gotta sting)
So Graham didn't get to vote on Garland. Mitch made sure no one got to vote on Garland. Mitch isn't the entire GOP though is he ? No, of course not.
We could make the same argument about Mitch the left made about Pelosi. Both were elected to their positions and they get to make decisions in those elected positions others don't get to make. Not everyone in the GOP agreed with Mitch but it did pay off in giving Trump an appointment and it was all legal.
Oh no, you mean everyone didn't vote the same way !!!
Send up the "Bat Crap Crazy Signal" and solve the non-crime.
Oh, so the way Graham voted is significant but the way someone else voted isn't? Nope, you've tangled yourself in your own argument here, but you don't get to play both sides here and pretend you've made some actual point.
Obama’s appointments to the 5th district court and others were delayed and killed by Republican senators like Cruz , Cornyn and Burr. They wouldn't even allow a hearing and didn't care if the courts were dysfunctional.
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Take Cruz and Cornyn. They’ve got 12 judicial vacancies in Texas ― that’s the most in the nation ― and all are judicial emergencies, meaning the courts’ workloads are unmanageable. Both senators publicly supported Obama’s nomination of five people to those courts in March. In fact, Cornyn talked big about his commitment to getting them confirmed, despite his party’s opposition to moving the president’s Supreme Court nominee.
“This disagreement over the Supreme Court is not going to stop my commitment to work across the aisle to help Texas and Texans,” Cornyn said at the time. “I was able to speak with each of these nominees and congratulate them … So I look forward to assisting those nominations going forward.”
But none of those nominees has been confirmed, because Cruz and Cornyn won’t turn in their so-called “blue slips” ― literally, blue pieces of paper ― to the Judiciary Committee, which signal to the chairman that they’re ready for their nominees to get a hearing. The committee won’t hold a hearing for a nominee until both home-state senators turn their blue slips in. So, as long as Cornyn and Cruz hang on to their slips, none of the Texas nominees will move forward.
Oh, so the way Graham voted is significant but the way someone else voted isn't? Nope, you've tangled yourself in your own argument here, but you don't get to play both sides here and pretend you've made some actual point.
Actually I do.
That is the very thing the two butt hurt senators are doing.
Politics isn't the one way street Dems think it is.
If I keep pointing that out it might sink in to some.
Yes there was a blue slip rule that was followed by both parties, the WSJ Article missed that important fact.
Harry Reid changed the rules when he didn't like them. Trump can do the same. No law against it.
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