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Speyside Offline
#51 Posted: Fri, Mar 18 2016, 2:15 PM EST
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After reading about Garland he seems to be a centrist, probably not who either party expressly wants, but a judge who should be acceptable to both parties.
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#52 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 12:25 AM EST
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"The duties of the Senate are set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Nowhere in that document does it say the Senate has a duty to give the Presidential appointees a vote"
victor809 Offline
#53 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 12:54 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
"The duties of the Senate are set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Nowhere in that document does it say the Senate has a duty to give the Presidential appointees a vote"

Yeah, but with that sort of rocket surgeon thinking, we could go 3 decades without ever replacing the supreme court justice.

Our government is intended to operate to run this country. It is not intended to be constant bickering and refusal to do anything by the people who incidentally keep getting paid to refuse to continue making our country run (I'm sure my grammar is a mess there).
ZRX1200 Offline
#54 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 1:02 PM EST
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Don't tell me....tell Harry Reid.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#55 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 1:22 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Yeah, but with that sort of rocket surgeon thinking, we could go 3 decades without ever replacing the supreme court justice.

Our government is intended to operate to run this country. It is not intended to be constant bickering and refusal to do anything by the people who incidentally keep getting paid to refuse to continue making our country run (I'm sure my grammar is a mess there).




Have no fear...there's an election in November!
drywalldog Offline
#56 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 1:44 PM EST
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OMG I totally agree with #37, this is surely a sign of end of times. As a matter of fact I have agreed with a lot that Doc has espoused lately. Can someone that lives near him check on him, make sure he is alright?
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#57 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 2:57 PM EST
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The latest thing I've heard on CNN is that maybe the GOP has manipulated Obama to pick someone who is center to conservative by telling the world they will do nothing if Obama tries to pick a SCOTUS. The GOP can ride this thing out to November to see who will be the GOP candidate and then make an about face and say, OK, we'll vote on the SCOTUS.

Holy crap! Chit is flying in all directions. I have found myself watching and reading more about this campaign than at any other time in my life. Hope I'm alive when the next one happensfog
cacman Offline
#58 Posted: Sat, Mar 19 2016, 9:44 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
So that's what I'm talking about.

Did you even read that article? They're talking about the same two cases I mentioned

Of course I read the article knumbnuts, or I wouldn't have posted it.
Only offered it because I thought the Washington Times was a more reputable source than Slate.

Regardless of his past votes and the ambiguity in which he voted, the "word" on the Hill (not the media) is that he supports stricter gun control and follows the big "O"s and UN agenda.
teedubbya Offline
#59 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 9:05 AM EST
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Who did you talk to on the hill? word on the street is a McCarthy tactic.
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#60 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 10:37 AM EST
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57. The talk on the left is that when Gop says yes we will accept your nomination, Obama will rescind his nomination, for the next president to nominate someone that is a further left justice.
drywalldog Offline
#61 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 10:38 AM EST
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So basically they should have accepted his first nominee.
victor809 Offline
#62 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 1:55 PM EST
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cacman wrote:
Of course I read the article knumbnuts, or I wouldn't have posted it.
Only offered it because I thought the Washington Times was a more reputable source than Slate.

Regardless of his past votes and the ambiguity in which he voted, the "word" on the Hill (not the media) is that he supports stricter gun control and follows the big "O"s and UN agenda.


So you assume the washington times is a more reputable source, but the article you posted titles itself "Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’"... and then proceeds to provide no actual evidence that he has any opinion on gun rights.

This guy may be the most liberal gun grabber out there. But just saying so simply isn't enough for me. I'd like to see either rulings he's made, or public statements he's made... or even facebook posts.

I don't even know what position you were trying to argue with that article, since the title and the content essentially say two differen things.
teedubbya Offline
#63 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 6:46 PM EST
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But the word on the hill says it and that's good enough for me
teedubbya Offline
#64 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 6:47 PM EST
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The word comes from people on the hill that are not the Washington establishment that we hate so much
frankj1 Offline
#65 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 7:10 PM EST
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Drafter missed his cue...I'll fill in, Screw the People on the Hill.
tailgater Offline
#66 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 8:11 PM EST
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She won't do it But her sister will...
frankj1 Offline
#67 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 8:28 PM EST
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that's what I heard
tailgater Offline
#68 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 8:31 PM EST
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She does the tube steak boogie.
MACS Offline
#69 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 8:37 PM EST
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tailgater wrote:
She does the tube steak boogie.



The dance with no pants?
victor809 Offline
#70 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 9:12 PM EST
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I mean, I don't know if this guy is going to be great or horrible or somewhere in between....

But the crap flying around about him being super anti-gun based on the flimsy evidence cited just smacks of someone manipulating people.
frankj1 Offline
#71 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 9:17 PM EST
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so do guns carry more weight than abortion rights?
victor809 Offline
#72 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 9:34 PM EST
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Well... Fetuses can't really carry much weight with those tiny undeveloped limb buds.
frankj1 Offline
#73 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 9:44 PM EST
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my career as a straight man is secure.

hey, that was a double entendre, n'est ce pas?
teedubbya Offline
#74 Posted: Sun, Mar 20 2016, 11:25 PM EST
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Gazunetight
teddyballgame Offline
#75 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 7:50 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
so do guns carry more weight than abortion rights?



Only one of these rights is expressly provided for in the Constitution.
frankj1 Offline
#76 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 8:07 AM EST
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for sure, but not in the minds of people re:judges views on abortion
tailgater Offline
#77 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 8:39 AM EST
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This whole process is an abortion.
teedubbya Offline
#78 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 9:33 AM EST
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2 1/2 of the three branches of government are broken right now and must be deligitimized and ignored. It's what the founding fathers wanted and any strict constitutionalist would see as obvious. The founding fathers believed in the intelligence of the common joe and their ability to interpret such things much more accurately than the judiciary, the executive branch, or congress. It's why they made us a pure democracy with no safeguards against the emotional winds of the day.
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#79 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 11:43 AM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
2 1/2 of the three branches of government are broken right now and must be deligitimized and ignored. It's what the founding fathers wanted and any strict constitutionalist would see as obvious. The founding fathers believed in the intelligence of the common joe and their ability to interpret such things much more accurately than the judiciary, the executive branch, or congress. It's why they made us a pure democracy with no safeguards against the emotional winds of the day.



Did you mean to say NOT a pure democracy, but a Republic?
victor809 Offline
#80 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 12:08 PM EST
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teddyballgame wrote:
Did you mean to say NOT a pure democracy, but a Republic?


I think you missed the intended mockery of his post.....
teddyballgame Offline
#81 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 12:28 PM EST
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No, I thought I got it, was just double checking.
victor809 Offline
#82 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 12:43 PM EST
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teddyballgame wrote:
No, I thought I got it, was just double checking.


sure....
Speyside Offline
#83 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 1:06 PM EST
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What specifically were you mocking? There are multiple possibilities.
teedubbya Offline
#84 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 1:32 PM EST
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Moi? Mock?

Gambling?
teddyballgame Offline
#85 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 3:52 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Moi? Mock?

Gambling?



"I am shocked, shocked to find that there is gambling going on in here."

"Your winnings, sir."

"Oh, thank you very much."
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#86 Posted: Mon, Mar 21 2016, 5:55 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
You shouldn't talk with your mouth full.

Laugh
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