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mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 11:28 AM Feb 2016

Regarding McConnell's comment that President Obama should not nominate a successor to Scalia

I just sent this LTTE of my local paper.


Senator Mitch McConnell, and his Senate colleagues Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who believe "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice," following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia would do well to remember the American people spoke quite loudly in 2012. The popular vote for President Obama was 65,918,507 vs 60,934,407 for the Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. The Electoral College Vote was 332 for President Obama vs 206 for Mitt Romney. Just in case Senator McConnell has neglected to put the date of January 20, 2017 on his calendar, he might want to do so, because President Obama will be in office as President of the United States until that day.

I suppose it's too much to ask of Senator McConnell to stop trying to obstruct President Obama at every turn, but really, to suggest that President Obama should neglect doing his job for almost another year because Republicans are angry that he now has a chance to nominate a successor to Justice Scalia, is just ridiculous.



I would encourage everyone to do something similar. We need to make it loud and clear to Republicans that they are full of $hit on dismissing Obama's last year in office.
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Regarding McConnell's comment that President Obama should not nominate a successor to Scalia (Original Post) mnhtnbb Feb 2016 OP
And I just sent basically the same version to Mitch mnhtnbb Feb 2016 #1
Justice Obama? Nictuku Feb 2016 #2

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
1. And I just sent basically the same version to Mitch
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 11:48 AM
Feb 2016

on his website.

He is such a racist pile of crap.

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