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Republicans need to get one of their Wall Street donors to explain how a hedge works. (Hint: you donāt get to call the coin toss after youāve seen how it landed.)
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Waiting for the lame-duck session would be kind of like insider trading (which of course never happens on Wall Street).
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āHaving the process break down would be an unprecedented injection of partisan politics into the Supreme Court.ā
I kind of thought Bush v. Gore was the āunprecedented injection of partisan politics into the Supreme Courtā.
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āThereās absolutely no good reason to wait until the lame duck for the Senate to fulfill their duty to the constitution and to the American people.ā
Wait, Josh. Republicans say their stance is based on a time-honored āprincipleā of āFuck Obama and the Kenyan horse he rode in on.ā It shall heretofore be applied in the first, last years and every one in between of any nonwhite president now and in the future. Otherwise their GOP party gets out of control angry and nominate crazy people to be the president that follows.
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The Republicans need to double down and go all in. That will show the nation that they mean what they say on camera.
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Teatroll Rosetta Stone: āOf course weāll save ourselves from a more liberal nominee if we lose in November and you let us.ā
What Obama SHOULD be saying: āIām withdrawing his nomination as of November 7, 2016 if you have not acted by then. Pick your poison.ā
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Translated from āPresidential statementā to english, thatās almost exactly what Earnestās comments say.
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Of course thereās a good reason, because, you know, pretzel logic.
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The reason ā¦ that they donāt want to fill the vacancy is because itās the only issue the GOP has left
that they think will get their base to the polls ā
Some republicans are already talking about staying home ---- Giving the Demās a landslide ā
McConnellās last hope is to use this as a " get out and vote" issue ā
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But but but that was a gop thingy. Completely constitutional because it was what the american people wanted, So they say.
Itās because the GOP is trying to āre-defineā what lame duck MEANSā¦they want it to be the fourth year of any Democratās Presidency.
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Today, I'm proud to nominate Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. No one is more qualified to serve our country right now in this critical role. Judge Garland has earned bipartisan praise as one of the best appellate judges in the country - a brilliant, meticulous jurist with a reputation for building consensus. He has dedicated his life to public service, choosing to serve our country and take on some of the most difficult and significant anti-terrorism cases in America's history including prosecuting Timothy McVeigh in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing. But beyond the courtroom, Judge Garland is a committed mentor and dedicated family man, advising hundreds of law clerks and tutoring elementary school kids in reading and math.I said I would take this process seriously, and I did. I chose Merrick Garland. **Take a few minutes to watch this video and meet him for yourself**. I'm confident you will share my belief that Chief Judge Merrick Garland is not only eminently qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice, but that he deserves a fair hearing and an up-or-down vote in the Senate. I have fulfilled my Constitutional duty. Now it's time for the Senate to do theirs.
Posted by President Obama on Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Thank you, Mr. President. I hope our other elected officials realize the time for silly games has long passed. Itās time for the adults in the room to re-take the reins.
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Translation: Weāre going to slide the knife in slow.
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āGet over it.ā
Antonin Scalia.
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Donald Trumps hears reigns when that word is used.
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Josh Ernest:
Stalling his nomination and preventing him from serving on the Supreme Court at the beginning of the next term would be obstruction on a scale that is unprecedented in the last 40 years or so.
The last 40 years?
Josh, I think you have to go back 20 years before the Civil War (i.e., more than 170 years) to find this level of obstruction - and at least that Congress had the excuse that <a href"John Tyler - Wikipedia">John Tyler wasnāt elected President, having inherited the office when William Henry Harrison died a month after his inauguration.
Plus, Tyler was about as popular in Congress - even within his own party - as Ted Cruz is today, and he was a pro-slave states rightist who eventually joined the Confederacy about 15-16 years after leaving the presidency.
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I like the idea, but Iām thinking the president should wait until September or October to make that announcement - i.e., fuck with their heads and throwāem into further disarray right before the election.
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What Obama should do is give the senate a month to get off their asses and act. After that he should state that, with no objections from the Senate, Judge Garland is now Justice Garland.
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Why oh why does President Obama and his spokesman keep acting like adults?!
Damn them.
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