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Shows how ridiculous these Republicans are. The American public has ripped Congress for eight years because of their obstructionism. The Republicans are petulant children who throw temper tantrums when they don't get their way, as seen in last night's debate.
You do realize that the senate has only been in Republican control for just over a year, right?
See what I mean? I may not have agreed with Bush's policy decisions, but I never pretended that he wasn't a legitimately elected president. I mean, the one time he actually won an election, anyway.
Oh, great, so you found one example from thirteen years ago. Still not actually relevant, since the Democrats were obstructing one specific nominee because they felt his views were too extreme.
To remind you, in this case, the GOP has already announced that they will not confirm or give a hearing to any nominee, even if Obama nominates one of Scalia's kids.
"Oh, great, so you found one example from thirteen years ago."
What does that have to do with anything?
Supreme Court DON'T come up every day.
Of course when the dems do it it is OK but, the repubs can't.
" FLASHBACK: In 2007, Schumer Called For Blocking All Bush Supreme Court Nominations
Sen. Chuck Schumer gesturing. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)
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During a Sunday morning appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer decried the intent of many Senate Republicans to prevent President Barack Obama from appointing the successor to deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But less than a decade ago, Schumer advocated doing the same exact thing if any additional Supreme Court vacancies opened under former President George W. Bush.
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Almost immediately after Scalia’s death was announced Saturday evening, Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates began arguing the appointment of his successor should be left to the next president. Schumer lamented this outlook as pure obstructionism.
“You know, the kind of obstructionism that [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell ‘s talking about, he’s hearkening back to his old days,” Schumer said, according to The Hill. “In 2010, right after the election or right during the election, he said, ‘My number-one job is to defeat Barack Obama,’ without even knowing what Barack Obama was going to propose. Here, he doesn’t even know who the president’s going to propose and he said, ‘No, we’re not having hearings; we’re not going to go forward to leave the Supreme Court vacant at 300 days in a divided time.'”
“When you go right off the bat and say, ‘I don’t care who he nominates, I am going to oppose him,’ that’s not going to fly,” Schumer added.
When George W. Bush was still president, Schumer advocated almost the exact same approach McConnell is planning to pursue. During a speech at a convention of the American Constitution Society in July 2007, Schumer said if any new Supreme Court vacancies opened up, Democrats should not allow Bush the chance to fill it “except in extraordinary circumstances.”
See what I mean? I may not have agreed with Bush's policy decisions, but I never pretended that he wasn't a legitimately elected president. I mean, the one time he actually won an election, anyway.
I remember the days when the news was not bias.. it was just facts and one could think for oneself.. not with liberal opinions constantly telling people how to think. What is acceptable and what isn't . Political correctness took over the minds of many people and many are still stuck there.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer gesturing. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images) 
