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02-13-2016, 04:55 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Ticking Clocks
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02-13-2016, 05:05 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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The Senate has to confirm it. What are the odds this close to a Presidential election?
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02-13-2016, 05:19 PM
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still says videotape
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GOP will block then Bernie will appoint Obama.
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02-13-2016, 05:21 PM
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The future is unwritten
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02-13-2016, 05:24 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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Obama has already publicly stated that he wouldn.t do a third term as President even if he could and that he's not interested in a Supreme Court appointment either.
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02-13-2016, 05:32 PM
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still says videotape
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When did you start taking politicians at their word Officer Killjoy?
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02-13-2016, 05:39 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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I suppose it's possible. To paraphrase the great sage Katy Perry: Barrack changes his mind...like a girl...changes clothes.
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02-14-2016, 07:40 AM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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I don't know, we say "this close" but it's still 9 months away. And the Senate might take the devil they know over the possibility of the Democrats retaking the senate after the election. Say, Bernie as president, plus a Democratic Senate: current Republican senators can't possibly like the kind of nominee that would bring about. |
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02-15-2016, 12:32 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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The new senate takes office January 3. But that may not be too meaningful, since a filibuster would almost certainly be possible no matter how the election goes.
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02-15-2016, 01:43 PM
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Read? I only know how to write.
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The kid brought a ticking clock into school to countdown the event. Teacher immediately knew it must be a bomb. Cops were called. The kid was hauled off in handcuffs.
Once upon a time, this would have been fiction. Politics is dangerous at any age. Even Scalia couldn't take it anymore - and clocked out. |
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02-14-2016, 12:23 PM
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What is poor Justice Thomas going to do now without Scalia?
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02-14-2016, 01:43 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Harass his secretary.
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02-14-2016, 04:07 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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02-15-2016, 08:10 AM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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There are people posting that Obama had Scalia murdered. What is wrong with them?
There's clear precedence from repubicans who nominated Supreme Court Justices in their last year of a term. Reagan nominated Kennedy in February of '88, Ford nominated Stevens in December '75, Nixon / Renquist and Powel in December '71. It's hypocritical for them to suggest that Obama delay. But it's typical.
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02-15-2016, 10:30 AM
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Goon Squad Leader
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Scalia died while on a hunting trip in Texas. Forget Obama, I want to hear Dick Cheney's alibi.
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