John Fugelsang on Scalia's replacement

[cal04]

I like when the ppl praising Scalia's devotion to the constitution also demand POTUS not be allowed to appoint a replacement.
https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/698659631439220736

[katmondoo]

1. You are so right

[malaise]

2. Perfect

Oh yes!

[dchill]

3. Perfectly succinct.

[longship]

4. Perfect. Highlight the hypocrisy. R&K nt

[ismnotwasm]

5. K&R

[mcar]

6. Boom!

[rurallib]

7. boy he can cut through the crap like the old hot knife through butter

[Cleita]

10. Yep. He's almost as good as Jon Stewart was.

I think I will miss Jon's take on this.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

8. Perfect!!!!! n/t

[handmade34]

9. yup

as expected from our current group of "conservatives" in the U.S.

[hay rick]

11. It's not our constitution...

it's their constitution.

[elljay]

12. This is Where We See Whether Obama is Strong

Will he have the strength to not only appoint a successor, but to continually and publicly call out the Republicans for refusing to hold a vote? Will the Democratic Party announce that if the Republicans refuse to confirm an appointee now, they will do exactly the same thing for all Republican nominees for all positions if a Republican wins the Presidency? Will Obama use his executive authority to cut federal funds (as in military bases) in states that obstruct him? Or, will he capitulate?

What do you think?

[Plucketeer]

13. Oh, he'll appoint someone alright

And we can COUNT ON the GOP to fume and fuss.

As to if things were on the other foot..... IF we get a Dem Socialist, the GOP will be hitting themselves over the head. IF we get a Dem, we'll get bend-over-backwards compromizing to show how great we are.

[elljay]

18. Yep

Obama did just say he would appoint someone. Ok, so will he do what he has done throughout his presidency and start the process by negotiating against himself by appointing a relatively conservative judge? Or, has he finally learned the lesson that there is no compromising with the Republicans and nominate someone who best represents the people of this country and publicly fight for his candidate? Personally, I think he's going to do the former, but I would love to be surprised!

[erlewyne]

14. That is so funny.

Can't wait to share this.

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. I think JF is hilarious, and his humour is pointed and smart

My only exposure to him has been in text form, so I don't know how personable he is, but I still maintain he might well have been a great replacement for Jon Stewart. Based on my rather one-dimensional assessment of him notwithstanding.

[passiveporcupine]

17. Here is a little intro

He's really great and very personable!

[RoccoRyg]

19. Stephanie Miller

You should listen to the Stephanie Miller show. He's on there all the time and he's hilarious.

It's on regular radio, but if your area doesn't have that, get SiriusXM.

[GoCubsGo]

20. You can also web stream it.

WCPT in Chicago is a good place to get a stream. Also, tunein.com, where you can pick up WCPT and most of the other on-air carriers.

[True Blue American]

29. Stephanie is on Free Speech TV.

So is Thom Hartman, Bill Press.This is a great TV station, similar to Current TV.

Bill is showing up quite a bit on CNN.

[passiveporcupine]

16. 1000 recs

He always knows just how to hit the mark!

[merrily]

21. Perfect comment, cal04.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. These are the people who believe it's their turn too.

[liberalhistorian]

23. I love this man!

No one other than Jon Stewart can boil everything down perfectly into one zinger of a sentence. I shared this on FB and people loved it; well, except for a few who screamed that I was a "fascist" or "socialist", or "go back to Russia, you bitch!", you know, the usual RW love! LOL.

[lark]

24. What a damn lie.

Scalia didn't give a damn about the constitution, he totally gutted it when he voted to put the unelected Bush in office and will burn baby burn for that and Citizens United plus his ruling that turned the 2nd amendment on it's head. He was the anti-constitutionialist. He even said that his beliefs about the bible should over-ride the constitution.

Repugs are such bizzarros, everything they say means exactly the opposite.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

27. Remember what GW said about the Constitution.

"It's just a goddamned piece of paper."

Never let them forget that Quote.

[malthaussen]

25. The Constitution does not mandate the number of justices.

That would be 16 Stat 44, aka The Judiciary Act of 1869, and the Circuit Judges Act of 1869.

The important part, factually, is that as a statute it is susceptible of change by the legislature. So opposing filling the vacancy has nothing to do with regard for the Constitution, which is appropriate, since Mr Justice Scalia had no regard for the Constitution.

-- Mal

[underpants]

26. #JudgeReinholdforSCOTUS

Close talking during the nomination hearings would be a new twist

[LS_Editor]

28. President Obama Nominates Himself to Supreme Court

A satirical case for Obama to nominate himself.

President Obama Nominates Himself to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (The Nil Admirari) - Today, President Barack Obama announced he was nominating himself to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court following Justice Antonin Scalia's death. Obama declared he looked forward to seeing whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican peers wanted to block his Supreme Court nominee more than they wanted him out of the White House.

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"Joe says he is more than willing to hold down the fort and live in the White House for the better part of a year, and my family is tired of living there because of bad Wi-Fi. So it's a win-win for everyone," explained Obama.