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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid you hear Claire McCaskill's views on Mitch
McConnell this morning.
On national TV on Morning Joe she just said " He's a jerk. He is just a jerk. "
She was so disgusted.
I think Obama felt the same way. He said one of the good things about leaving office was that he wouldn't have to talk to McConnell.
bdamomma
(63,650 posts)fellow Kentuckians has this weaselly man ever done anything to help the citizens in Kentucky??
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)I'm sure he got some kickbacks for that one.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)Is being investigated,too. Seems she promised to divest from a company, instead they gave her stock shares that have increased.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)appoint a Supreme Court judge in 2020. You know after they couldn't appoint one in 2016 because it was an election year.
He really is a jerk.
bdamomma
(63,650 posts)is he expecting someone to expire???? He needs to go.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,353 posts)I read a few months ago that right-wing groups are already thinking and talking about who they would like to see Trump nominate should she die or have to resign.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)If the Suoreme Court is just a bunch of right wingers it won't have any meaning any more. It won't be representative of the Union. The right wingers could care less about the Constitution. It will be a new form of Sharia Law.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,282 posts)... if the president-elect is a Democrat.
If they have 50 senate votes, they'll pick the rightest young judge on the list and run the process. Fast.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,353 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)I'd honestly have been surprised if he held to what he said in 2016.
My hope is that if Democrats pull off a miracle and retake the Senate in 2020 that they keep the McConnell rules in place and mass confirm tons of progressive judges at all levels.
mudpuddle
(42 posts)I think McConnell's specialty is accomplishing nothing, so he can be blamed for nothing. But it could also be that nothing happens that doesn't benefit him.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)Why is he head of the Senate anyway? Do they get voted in?
mudpuddle
(42 posts)Saviolo
(3,268 posts)Under Trump he's stuffed dozens and dozens of people from The Federalist into federal and state court positions. It will take decades to undo the damage that McConnell has accomplished by running a total judge-confirming blitz, never mind the two he stuffed onto SCOTUS after stealing Merrick Garland's seat.
SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)I hate to use a person's looks to criticize them, but in McConnell's case there really isn't a choice. He's an obstructing, mean-spirited, ugly asshole turtle. 'Nuff said. And a belated welcome to DU, mudpuddle!
11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)Loved Gator-A-Go-Go, and now I have a whole bunch of books I'm looking forward to reading!
SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)Dorsey's twisted mind created Serge, my favorite fictional serial killer. Serge only kills people that really deserve it though, and that's what intrigues me about him. Some of his earliest books are my favorites.
After you finish with Dorsey try Carl Hiaasen. Some of his books have a character named "Skink", aka Clinton Tyree, a former Governor of Florida. These books are, in order; Double Whammy, Native Tongue, Stormy Weather, Sick Puppy, Skinny Dip, Star Island, and No Surrender. Any of Hiaasen's books are guaranteed to be interesting and sickly humorous. Some people say Dorsey hijacked Hiaasen's style of writing, but they're both unique. They're actually very good friends.
Happy reading!
11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)including his kids books. He's been a fave ever since Skin Tight.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)But I like Hiaasen.
ProfessorPlum
(11,252 posts)not.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)about what she says anymore.
We really need her voice in Missouri right now.
CTyankee
(63,768 posts)I know she was a bit too much on the right for most of us here on DU but she deflates those Senate bastards nicely on that show...
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)Liberal here in Missouri. It's all relative. She almost won but the rural vote beat her out.
This is such a weird place to live.
CTyankee
(63,768 posts)Hell, she gets paid for her opinion....why not?
MarcA
(2,195 posts)If McCon refuses votes then bypass the Senate under emergency orders.
Send a judge to the Supreme Court and if they refuse to seat them, then they
too are derelict and their rulings are not binding. Constitutional crises demand
bold, decisive action. Or we can continue with obstruction by them to oblivion.
barbtries
(28,702 posts)she was even more succinct. wish i could recall the details but i'm getting old. i think it was on Ari's show.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)I haven't been able to find the video on line.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)But the Morning Joe is probably on YouTube. That's where I saw it. I don't remember which dsy.