Mitch McConnell declared 2018 is NOT an election year.

[SamKnause]

That is why he said voting for a Supreme Court judge this close to November is fair

and shouldn't be delayed until after November.

If he is to be taken seriously, Mueller should be able to release any information and indict

anyone at anytime up to and including November.

I keep hearing CNN and MSNBC saying Mueller has a time frame to act before the election of 2018.



Which is it ???

Is 2018 an election year or not ???

I am sick of the fucking games that republicans play.

Cowards, cheaters, and traitors every single one of them.

[Volaris]

1. It's not a presidential election year, is what he means...

He's splitting hairs and making excuses for why his behavior is appropriate when HE does it, but not when we want to hold him to his own standards of deplorable conduct (cause that might be fair in OUR favor, and not his...can't have that, can we?).
Yertle thinks he's King Supreme of the US Senate. I want him indicted as much as his Dear Leader...just sayin.

[SamKnause]

4. He only made that distinction this year.

He did not make that distinction when he held up Obama's pick.

[Volaris]

11. Oh I know. So does he. Like I said, it's an excuse to not be held to his own standard.

And while it's not the case that there isn't much we can do about it at the moment, if we get control of one or both chambers in november, I want these fuckers PUNISHED for this behavior, I don't care how much they whine and cry about bipartisanship and fairness.
This time, our answer need to be 'no', so maybe they learn not to do this kind of Deplorable shit again.

But hey let's talk about cutting taxes can't we
No. And for asking, we're RAISING them.

But hey let's debate the merits of reducing social programs.
No. And for suggesting it, we're EXPANDING them.

But hey, let's discuss with industry experts Clean Coal.

No. And for asking them to the table, we're outlawing coal and allowing the Dept of Energy to manufacture solar panels; fuck your donors.

Go have all the cries you need to to faux newz, and then take your party into the corner and go die.

I'm done being nice to traitors and corporate tools, and I want the party I vote for to be done with their bullshit as well.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. another useful point:

Within hours of taking office, Trump filed to run for re-election in 2020. So thanks to him, “election season” now lasts four years. And he should get NO USSC picks.

[Phoenix61]

2. Excellent point. It's one or the other. nt

[mr_lebowski]

3. If you're trying to hold him to the same standard he held Obama to ...

Then you're going to have to wait until 2020 (if Dumpie isn't running again) or 2024 (if he does and wins again).

His claim about holding up Garland was not 'election year', his claim was 'during the last year a POTUS is in office'.

Don't get me wrong, that's STILL total bullshit, but he's not being hypocritical ... every other year is an election year, so you're basically suggesting that President's can only make SCOTUS picks a little more than 1/2 the time they're in office based on what Turtle did.

F The Turtle, of course, but ... just sayin'.

[SamKnause]

5. He only made that distinction this year.

He did not make that distinction when he held up Obama's appointment.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Pretty sure you're incorrect in that assertion ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland

Check the Scalia Vacancy section ... Obama directly addressed this false assertion about the 'last year' ... at the time.

Further, a read of this article shows that it's very clear by June 2016 'what the argument was' that the Turtle was making, to the point that the article takes it for granted that it's 'commonly understood'.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/politics/obama-supreme-court-merrick-garland.html

[SamKnause]

8. Thanks

[NoMoreRepugs]

21. McTurtle has NO standards.

He is a scum sucking troglodyte.

[bdamomma]

7. McConnell

is playing games so what is it, an election or not an election, boy, he is up to eyeballs in it.

I am not losing my mind, it's an election. McConnell is saying it is fair??? and was it fair to not electing Garland and holding off after an election???? Rather hypocritical on your part Mr. McConnell.

Jerk.

[3catwoman3]

9. On his talk radio show, Norman Goldman makes...

...the point that we should call these elections the congressional elections, not the midterms. His rationale, which I think is sound, is that calling them the midterms makes these elections sound less important than the presidential elections. The congressional elections are just as important, if not more, than the presidential.

[ProudLib72]

22. Oh I'd say this year is the single most important election year ever in the history of our country

This election has consequences of biblical proportions. "See I have set before you life and prosperity, death and destruction. Therefore, choose life, choose Democrat."

[whathehell]

28. I agree. We should call them the Congressional Elections..

It"s more specific as to what's at stake.

[Iggo]

10. Where the heck are those confounded goal posts?

They were there just a minute ago.

[superpatriotman]

12. And our leadership can't manage to strip a couple r votes?

Something is VERY wrong with this picture.

[sandensea]

14. The problem is, GOPee congresscritters are bribed into submission.

Yes, our guys take campaign contributions from bankster/big business sources as well - but they don't vote lockstep in accordance.

GOPee lawmakers, however, do. Lobbyists say jump, and they say how high - and they want Kavanaugh now.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. They never intended to have an election this year

because they would lose. They will create a disturbance to prevent elections from happening.
Been saying it all along. When they speak, take them literally, and extrapolate.

[BamaRefugee]

16. IF Rethugs lose in 2018, and that's a BIG "IF"...

THEY will be the ones to cite Russian interference and declare the elections null and void. Trey Gowdy and Gavin Nunes will lead the hard-hitting, just-the-facts-ma'am investigations, then declare that all of Congress remains *just as it was* for the next 2 years while they drill down to the "truth".

[Initech]

17. Shove it up your ass, Mitch!!! You god damn traitor!!!

[Pepsidog]

26. Repulsive republican scum

[lancelyons]

18. We have to play the same game.. We cant keep taking the high road.

We dont need to break laws or do something unlawful but everything else has to be game on.

Read the Leonard Pitts artcile from yesterday or the day before. Democrats have to start fighting with brass knuckles.

[Bengus81]

24. + a couple of THOUSAND!!

[Riverman100]

19. If 2018 is not an election year....

then no one in his party should be allowed to vote!

[debsy]

20. I think the question of whether it is an election year or not is beside the point.

The fact is, it is very possible the person making these SCOTUS nominations was installed into the office of the president by a foreign adversary. He should not be able to take any further actions until he is CLEARED. If he cannot be cleared, he should not be in office, period.

[Mr. Ected]

23. Aren't we past the point of giving their words meaning?

They say whatever they need to say to explain away their actions, even if it is diametrically opposed to what they said before.

There are no standards, only beat the libs. That's it. There are no further rules that apply to them.

[euphorb]

25. There is no time frame

To the best of my knowledge, neither Mueller nor anyone else at the DOJ has ever indicated that they have a time frame to act before the election of 2018. This is just speculation by pundits and others in the media based on DOJ tradition. As far as I know, there is no actual rule about this, whether written or not.

[atreides1]

27. Mitch's problem

He got a hold of some his Father-in-law's product and has been snorting at least an ounce a day!!!

[left-of-center2012]

29. He said not a PRESIDENTIAL election year