(09-23-2020, 08:35 PM)TurndownforWatt Wrote:

(09-23-2020, 08:24 PM)rollerjag Wrote: Yeah, except when they don't. Merrick Garland calls [BLEEP] on what you just posted.

I guess you missed the part where a controlling opposing Senate hasn't confirmed a SCJ since 1888..

In the words of Barry pal.. "elections have consequences".. now you don't agree with that statement?  Those Senetors were voted in to prevent Obama nominated Justices, his agenda, and they did their job.. now they'll do it again. Fill That Seat! A large part of the votes for Trump was because the S.C. was up for grabs.. Just Trump fulfilling yet another campaign promise like many times before. That's why we voted for him.

Sure does beat.. "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor".. nothing like having your medical benefits upended in the middle of a cancer diagnosis.. which is what I and many others went through.  They ball faced LIED.

Clarence Thomas was confirmed in 1991 while Democrats had 57 seats in the Senate.

Senators win and lose seats for lots of different reasons. I'm not sure judges was the #1 issue for voters in the 2014 midterms,. Elections to the Senate aren't supposed to capture the national mood anyway. remember Florida did not get a senate vote in 2014, just like we're not getting one in 2020.

I agree judges were very important in 2016.  Scalia dying changed everything.

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(09-23-2020, 07:56 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: You're the worst. Whether or not both sides have read the book, the point was that it is an actual tactic that was created for purposes of advancing the progressive agenda. Written by a progressive, and openly admired and adopted by Democrats. This book didn't become popular in the conservative scene until 2010, only with the help of social media. You are clueless.

The conservatives who blocked the doors to the Miami Dade County supervisor of elections office in mid November 2000 were aware of the tactics even if they didn't mention the title in public.

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