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"Grassley said that when responding to the Des Moines Register, he “didn’t have a chance to think things through.”
I have a feeling that’s par for the course for this dimwit. Whenever I’ve seen him on TV he always seems sort of befuddled, at Senate hearings reading his questions verbatim from index cards obviously prepared by his staff.
And this is the guy in charge of the committee that may or may not deal with a new Supreme Court justice. Sigh.
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In other words, the answer is “no”… but we look like douchebags for coming out and saying this before Scalia’s body was cold… so instead I will say that we shouldn’t, and then look for Mitch McConnell to bail me out since he does dickishness much better than me.
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“I wouldn’t make any prognostication on anything about the future because there’s so many balls in the air when those things are considered,” he said at the time.
We don’t need Senators, we need jugglers. Call Penn & Teller! They’ll know what to do with this bullshit!
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What a dissembling clown.
All the more reason whY I really hope President Obama nominates Jane Kelly (8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals). She was a career public defender who had the support of Grassley and was confirmed 96–0 for her seat on the 8th Circuit. Blocking her after that confirmation vote would look awful.
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“The fact of the matter is that it’s been standard practice over the last nearly 80 years that Supreme Court nominees are not nominated and confirmed during a presidential election year,”
No. The absence of something happening does not establish a “standard practice.” In this case, what he meant to say was, “for the past 80 years it has been standard practice for SCOTUS justices to refrain from dying during an election year.”
These fuckers are really about as mendacious and despicable as a human being can get.
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" it only makes sense that we defer to the American people who will elect a new president to select the next Supreme Court Justice.""
THAT deference was made on November 7, 2012.
WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE MSM ASSHOLES ALLOWING THESE QUOTES TO GO UNQUESTIONED???
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Apparently black President’s only get 3/5ths of a term.
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They would rather have an ongoing argument. Fills all that 24 hour airtime.
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But but but, it wasn’t in THE year of the election. What don’t you understand about those 47 days changing EVERYTHING!!!111one!!!eleventy1!!!
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Love it. Email that to Grayson…he’s the one most likely to gift us with the soundbite.
Like I said, that will be one of their next sally ports of Derp™.
Had a moron on Facebook literally make that exact “argument” when I pointed out the Kennedy nomination by Reagan.
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I’m beginning to think they’re confident they’ve rigged the vote enough to win this election no matter what.
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The GOP sees their temporary control of Government waning and will do or say anything to regain it. I’d feel sorry for them but GOP.
I email this stuff to Josh… never get’s posted. I emailed him this on Mitch McConnell (who penned this law review ):
…which is the Burj Khalifa height of hypocritical bullshit. And nada from TPM.
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I think they have numbers on what happens to Sanders after they test some lines of attack on him.
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Watching Gravel-brain Grassley clarify his remarks is like trying to clarify your glass of lemonade by adding crude oil to it.
The Telegraph Herald then asked Grassley why he felt his statement should preempt his remarks to the media. Grassley said that when responding to the Des Moines Register, he “didn’t have a chance to think things through.”
It might help if he tweets those thoughts…
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