Pence Conveniently Forgets ... Well, Everything

[geardaddy]

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-29/pence-tweet-on-kavanaugh-is-a-daft-insulting-lie

His tweet about a “more respectful time” is indisputably a lie, an insult to Reagan and Clinton, and really just plain daft.

Really, Mike Pence?

He wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: "Justice Antonin Scalia was confirmed 98-0 and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received support of 96 Senators. If we lived in a more respectful time, Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be overwhelmingly confirmed by the United States Senate."

Yeah, this one annoyed me. Never mind that Pence seems to somehow forgotten that Republicans refused to consider Barack Obama’s final Supreme Court pick despite his attempt to select a compromise candidate. Or that many Republicans opposed Obama’s previous two selections.

Or for that matter anyone from the Trump administration trying to lecture us on being respectful to one’s political opponents.

Just to consider Pence’s claim as is: Yes, it’s true that some Supreme Court justices have been confirmed overwhelmingly. But that’s because those nominees — and the presidents who selected them — worked hard to win the support of the Senate. It’s also because of some of the particular political circumstances of those moments.

But it’s not because 1986 or 1993, the years Scalia and Ginsburg were confirmed, were (as Pence puts it) a “more respectful time.” After all, between those two confirmations were the defeat of Robert Bork in 1987 and the near-defeat of Clarence Thomas in 1991. Nor were they the first controversial selections of the modern era; two of Richard Nixon’s nominees were defeated, while Lyndon Johnson’s nominee for Chief Justice was defeated in 1968.

The rest at link.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. He is just waiting for Trump to implode so God can make him President

and he can make this a Christian country like he thinks is ordained.

[geardaddy]

2. Yep, exactly.

[SCantiGOP]

3. Story over the weekend

Some of his friends say that he thinks god “is calling him” to be President.
Like they say, when you talk to god it’s called prayer; when he talks back it’s called psychosis.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. There was a guy in the mental hospital my uncle was in who talked to God everyday.

He spent a lot of time locked away.

[SCantiGOP]

5. Friend of mine interned at the State Hospital in college

He said they had 2 Jesuses. He didn’t know which one to worship
He said the “sanest” acting guy was a big fellow who wanted to box with him, just for exercise. The guy had killed two people with his bare hands because he thought they were after him.

[The Genealogist]

6. He and Trump are both kooks

Both are scary in their owns ways. Neither of hem are fit for second assistant secretary to deputy dog catcher, much less for the presidency.

[TheRealNorth]

7. Messaging the response

Mike Pence thinks you're stupid.

You can get into the nuance, but the core message must be easy to remember.

[MiniMe]

8. All that needs to be said is Merrick Garland

Remember him Mikey? He wasn't treated respectfully.

[lame54]

9. more respectful means rubber stamp

[Solly Mack]

10. Liar and hypocrite like all his ilk.

[Racerdog1]

11. Dense Pence

This dumbshit bastard couldn't find his way out of a closet. Indiana misses him like a heart attack.