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bigtree

(85,998 posts) Wed Feb 24, 2016, 10:19 PM Feb 2016

Funny story: Dan Coats voted for Clarence Thomas

Michael Cohen ‏@speechboy71
Funny story: Dan Coats voted for Clarence Thomas, who replaced Thurgood Marshall: http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/local-politics/Coats-says-court-nominee-deserves-Senate-hearing-11569080 …

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Funny story: Dan Coats voted for Clarence Thomas (Original Post) bigtree Feb 2016 OP

Republicans LIE. They do it without shame, withiout remorse, and in your face. And since he LIED BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #1

What Bullshit thucythucy Feb 2016 #2

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

1. Republicans LIE. They do it without shame, withiout remorse, and in your face. And since he LIED

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 10:23 PM

Feb 2016

once again in this case, why in the heck should anybody have to believe a word coming from him?

thucythucy

(8,067 posts)

2. What Bullshit

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 10:47 PM

Feb 2016

As if Thomas had the same views on the issues as, say, Thurgood Marshall.

This is another one of those rules that only applies when it favors conservatives. Nixon and Reagan had no trouble replacing liberal justices with stone age conservatives, and Republicans back then liked it just fine.

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