Kavenaugh Hearing Travesty. Dems Obstruct throughout

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by Burls

Look forward to HOT AIR and lots of it FROM BOTH SIDES for the next thirty hours (or less) in the Senate.
Everyone will get their chance to ORATE; and orate they will.
Look forward to LOUD and EMOTIONAL performances from BOTH SIDES of the floor.
Lindsey Graham and Cory Booker will be the standout performances.
Finally, Mitch the Turtle will call the vote.
Eventually ... Flake will vote "no" and Manchin will follow suit.
And that'll be that.

Collins is essentially dead-woman-walking at this point so... I would assume she just votes her conscience. Whatever that is.

Like I said having a statement about having a statement is very, very weird. This is going to be her Alamo no matter what she decides.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by barahona44

My prediction: Manchin votes yes then at a later date announces he will switch to the GOP.Guy knows which side to butter the bread.

He certainly can if Trump keeps dragging the country to the left on issues his state cares about.

[Burls]

Originally Posted by Andy Asaro

Forget the "both sides" stuff. We all know exactly who drove this smear and why.

Don't be so hard on the Repugs, Andy.
Many of them can't help the way they are.
Really, they are more to be pitied than blamed.

[Burls]

Originally Posted by Tom

You have to be pretty dense to NOT see who was bending over trying to accommodate the idiot dems.

Tom, there is no reason to insult Senator Graham like that!

[Show Me the Wire]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

Collins is essentially dead-woman-walking at this point so... I would assume she just votes her conscience. Whatever that is.

Like I said having a statement about having a statement is very, very weird. This is going to be her Alamo no matter what she decides.

She was not elected to vote her conscience, she was elected to represent the will of her constituents.

[Tom]

I can't wait until the next DEMOCRAT president tries to nominate a justice. The bar has been reset and I only hope I live long enough to see it.

But now we have years of social media, chat rooms, tweets, etc, to go through.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by Show Me the Wire

She was not elected to vote her conscience, she was elected to represent the will of her constituents.

Her constituents have made it very clear she votes Yes and she is going to lose her re-election. Maine has a huge independent mostly libertarian voter base.

She votes no and she is going to lose a primary challenge to a Trump backed LePage.

Its her Alamo.

I have no idea what she will decide but that's what this 3pm decision is for her.

[Tom]

Farewell to our trash.

[Show Me the Wire]

Originally Posted by Tom

I can't wait until the next DEMOCRAT president tries to nominate a justice. The bar has been reset and I only hope I live long enough to see it.

But now we have years of social media, chat rooms, tweets, etc, to go through.

You would have thought the d's learned a lesson about karma that what you cast upon the waters comes back to you. The Biden rule came back to bite them in their collective asses, the nuclear option came back to bite them in their collective asses and now they cast out into the waters, the politics of personal destruction through the abuse of the fundamental principles of justice for all.

I guess they will learn another hard lesson about craving power above justice.

[Show Me the Wire]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

Her constituents have made it very clear she votes Yes and she is going to lose her re-election. Maine has a huge independent mostly libertarian voter base.

She votes no and she is going to lose a primary challenge to a Trump backed LePage.

Its her Alamo.

I have no idea what she will decide but that's what this 3pm decision is for her.

If she is going to lose her primary, due to a nay vote, to the President's backed candidate, that is good evidence she is not representing her constituency.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by Tom

I can't wait until the next DEMOCRAT president tries to nominate a justice. The bar has been reset and I only hope I live long enough to see it.

But now we have years of social media, chat rooms, tweets, etc, to go through.

You mean when Mitch told Obama thanks but no thanks for 9 months?!?!

I give Mitch props for that move but we really aren't in a position to fingerpoint here...

[Show Me the Wire]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

You mean when Mitch told Obama thanks but no thanks for 9 months?!?!

I give Mitch props for that move but we really aren't in a position to fingerpoint here...

Biden rule.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by Show Me the Wire

If she is going to lose her primary, due to a nay vote, to the President's backed candidate, that is good evidence she is not representing her constituency.

She's survived in that state by being a Pro-Choice Republican. Her constituents aren't a fan of Kavanaugh. Rock meet hard place.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by Show Me the Wire

Biden rule.

Sorta.

Certainly made for a good precedent and a lesson that if you give the Turtle an inch...

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