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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:13 PM Mar 2017

If you rob a bank, they don't let you keep the money.

If you steal an election, you shouldn't get to keep the Supreme Court seat.

The repukes shut out Obama's legit pick for more than a year. The Dems should shut out trump's pick till we figure the extent of the crimes involved in him getting in office.

I don't care how slick or cute Gorsuch is. The seat is the fruit of ill-gotten gains.

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If you rob a bank, they don't let you keep the money. (Original Post) NightWatcher Mar 2017 OP

As you well know, the seat was already stolen... dchill Mar 2017 #1

Can't democrats stall indefinitely via bureaucracy somehow? Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #2

with control of the senate, they could just never bring it up for a vote. unblock Mar 2017 #4

the only real path to justice is to keep the seat vacant for 4 years. unblock Mar 2017 #3

Dems oughta shut down EVER'thing furtheradu Mar 2017 #5

dchill

(38,502 posts)

1. As you well know, the seat was already stolen...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:20 PM

Mar 2017

by Mitch McConnell. I don't know if the long-term strategy of letting this one go because the next would be worse is a good one, but my instinct is that THIS one is bad enough, and there's every reason to do everything possible to stop this appointment.

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)

2. Can't democrats stall indefinitely via bureaucracy somehow?

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:28 PM

Mar 2017

I feel like there must be some loophole that McConnell was saving in case Hillary won.

unblock

(52,243 posts)

4. with control of the senate, they could just never bring it up for a vote.

Reply to Jonny Appleseed (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:32 PM

Mar 2017

same way they ignored garland.

democrats, as the minority party, can use the filibuster to stall indefinitely, though republicans can nuke that power at any point. question is if they really want to go there as it could bite them once democrats control the senate, eventually.

unblock

(52,243 posts)

3. the only real path to justice is to keep the seat vacant for 4 years.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:30 PM

Mar 2017

whether it's donnie or pence in the oval office. both are tainted, as is any appointment they make.

i'm not overly bothered if republicans jettison the filibuster altogether because eventually we'll have control of the senate and i'll be much happier for republicans not to have that power to abuse then.

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)

5. Dems oughta shut down EVER'thing

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:41 PM

Mar 2017

till we get to the bottom of the 'election' fraud & collusion.
I have been against EVERY appointment & nominee trump & his bunch have come up with. Why any of them got a single dem vote infuriates me. Each one is corrupt &/or incompetent.
Just stop aiding & abetting trump klan.
Stop it!
It's eeeezy..republikers showed how to do it, obstructing anything Obama.

Investigating trump & refusing to play nice just might save the US.

Ps & he ain't that cute

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