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Susan Collins saying it was a mistake not to consider Garland and that it would be a mistake for Democrats to do same to Trump's next nominee tells you everything you need to know about how the GOP gets away with breaking all the rules.
4:03 AM - 28 Jun 2018
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Afromania
(2,771 posts)she needs to shut all the way the hell up.
brush
(53,876 posts)I'm so tired of her phony "moderate" act. She falls in line with the rest of the repugs whenever she's told that that they don't have enough votes to cover her fake moderateness.
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)elleng
(131,141 posts)elleng
(131,141 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)elleng
(131,141 posts)I'm spreading it around today.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)We need a marketing firm to help us communicate our message.
elleng
(131,141 posts)He spoke at a Dem gathering some years ago, and NADA.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Prime examples for me are Adam Schiff and Richard Blumenthal. They torture English to avoid saying anything too rude.
Please people, BE RUDE!
Sanity Claws
(21,854 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)trump nominees.
RandySF
(59,264 posts)We will have no Republican help.
FM123
(10,054 posts)Miles Archer
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David Corn Retweeted Jonathan Cohn
Susan Collins seems to be chairing the Tsk Tsk Caucus. Or maybe it's co-chaired by Jeff Flake.
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LonePirate
(13,431 posts)sdfernando
(4,941 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,582 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)She is the mistake, and more excuses from a pro russian putin backing treasonous corrupt xxxxx.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)spooky3
(34,483 posts)world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Strictly partisan loyalty will be all that matters.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I hate to treat any class of people as subhuman, but I do not know how else to view these escaped GOP lab rats.
Leith
(7,813 posts)wants to be the subject of a feature story on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
I hope she is.
mythology
(9,527 posts)The way out of a descending cycle isn't to continue it.
The best longer term solution is to create more legal restrictions. If instead of the undefined advise and consent on judicial nominees, the law was vote on the nominee x number of days after the nomination is made the Republicans would've had to deal with Garland. Instead of an undefined emoluments clause, we spelled it out. Etc.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Are they in the works? Who is putting this together right now in time for the next Supreme Court nominee or any pending claims that the president is in violation of the Emoluments Clause?
Because if those restrictions aren't in place, right now and iron-clad, we have to work with the system that exists now. It would be lovely to have anti-gravity brakes that will stop a car after it's plunged off a cliff, but since those aren't a thing, we should probably hit the brakes now, on this side of the precipice, though it may already be too late for that.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)sl8
(13,901 posts)From https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-garland-idUSKCN0X228I
Richard Cowan
APRIL 5, 2016 / 1:29 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A moderate Republican senator heaped praise on President Barack Obamas U.S. Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, bucking Senate Republican leaders who promptly dismissed her call for confirmation hearings.
Susan Collins of Maine became only the second Republican senator to meet with Merrick Garland since Obama nominated the centrist appellate judge last month to fill the court vacancy left by the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The hourlong meeting came as Republican senators face mounting pressure from conservative activists to go along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells plan to block any nominee chosen by Obama.
The meeting left me more convinced than ever that the process should proceed. The next step, in my view, should be public hearings before the Judiciary Committee, Collins told reporters.
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exboyfil
(17,865 posts)What was her stated position during the Garland fiasco? Did she fight for it and call out her party?
emulatorloo
(44,187 posts)janterry
(4,429 posts)so I could not vote for her. As it is, all I can do is reflect on how feckless I think her 'centrist' voice really is.
Useless.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)be Susan's last term in office.
spanone
(135,885 posts)dansolo
(5,376 posts)But she is full of shit and she won't do that.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)The entire Republican Party desires to tear up the Constitution or commit outright treason. This is the line I use when Republican politicians ring my door bell and they keep coming.
Zambero
(8,971 posts)To correct said MISTAKE, otherwise STFU
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)But it makes us even and I will take that.
A hearty F U to Collins, that mealymouthed sellout.
Cha
(297,723 posts)Shanti Mama
(1,288 posts)I already wrote to her this morning before I read this.
Will write and call every single day, speaking for a family of three voters. We are now one-issue voters and she will hear that loud and clear.
Cha
(297,723 posts)Cha
(297,723 posts)premeditated murder.
And what's good for your goose is better for us..
Check out this, Twit..
And, not just God..
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Oh and..
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Resign. You are useless.
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)kacekwl
(7,022 posts)Now STFU lady.
Crunchy Frog
(26,647 posts)What a feckless...
tulipsandroses
(5,127 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 28, 2018, 02:04 PM - Edit history (1)
WE fight - Get used to it- Kick em out of restaurants, get in their faces. Protest, March. Sit ins. Phone Calls. And yes Vote. Alll of it. This is what fighting looks like. Stall. These folks don't play nice. Why the hell are we talking about playing nice? Our democracy is at stake. We are talking about issues that are going to affect generations. Our country is changing under these scumbags.
ego_nation
(123 posts)They sure act like they dont regret a thing.
moondust
(20,006 posts)Something with very limited ramifications.
A lifetime appointment to the SC is not something with very limited ramifications. Sen. Collins should know better.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)Is what she is saying.
JDC
(10,135 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Freethinker65
(10,061 posts)I hate her.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)but don't be mean to us."
Yeah, whatever. If she truly regretted what happened with Garland, she'd help us here.
onenote
(42,768 posts)Rather than pretend that what is sauce for the goose shouldn't be sauce for the gander.