Sen. Booker: We'll appeal to GOP's sense of decency on SCOTUS seat

[melman]

Link to tweet

[Doremus]

1. Dreamland. Sit on your hands, senator. nt

[NightWatcher]

2. Was he giggling when he said that, or did he look like the pic in your post?

He's either hilarious or he has bumped his head and needs to be looked after.

[lagomorph777]

18. Uncle Fester

C'mon Cory. Please get serious.

[JHB]

3. And when that has its usual effect (none), what then?

[Turin_C3PO]

4. I don't think there's anyone left in the GOP that has decency.

See impeachment vote.

[kwolf68]

5. LOL

Really Cory? You honestly think "sense of decency" is part of the Republic Party paradigm.

[jorgevlorgan]

6. Trusting the GOP to have a sense of honor is like trusting

Jeffrey Dahmer to watch a kindergarten class for you. It just isn't a good idea.

[jcgoldie]

7. Its the right way to speak

Of course they have no honor but the way to deal with that is to pretend that you expect it.

[Thekaspervote]

19. This!! It's called taking the high road

[ProfessorGAC]

8. G'Luck With That, Corey!

Any windmills in your neighborhood Mr. Quixote?

[kimbutgar]

9. Shame them that they are not keeping their word

I would run add in those states saying senator xx is not a man or woman of their words. They said this is 2016 they support not allowing a vote in an election year until a new President is sworn in. Then they are not honorable if they Go against this and they can’t be trusted to represent you in DC.

[handmade34]

10. ...

[dsc]

11. Next they can appeal to my mountain climbing and marathon running abiiity

that is just about as existant.

[dlk]

13. Good luck with that!

Sociopaths have no sense of decency. When will Democrats learn?

[BlueNProud]

14. It's been on a milk carton for 50 years.

[rzemanfl]

17. You win the thread. Thank you brightening my miserable day. n/t

[BlueNProud]

37. Hang in there better days just around the corner

[KentuckyWoman]

90. Yeah, you win

Sharp and true.

[Autumn]

15. Really?Graham has a sense of honor? I have a wonderful bridge for sale, too small for my fish pond.

Real cheap.

[tandem5]

16. The GOP is exhibiting malice not hypocrisy.

The sooner that we can all be at peace with that, the sooner we can cut through the bullshit.

[coti]

20. I think an even more precise term would be "bad faith" nt

[tandem5]

26. It's malice as in their conscious intention to do harm or evil. They are what they appear to be.

[coti]

27. Yes, "bad faith" encompasses that intent to do harm and more.

Bad faith also has connotations of deception, disloyalty and cheating/not playing by the rules.

[tandem5]

28. Okay, well thanks for pointing out what I really meant.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. BWAAAHAHAHAHAAAHHAAAHA!!!!!!

[octoberlib]

22. They don't have any decency. Omg

[OneBro]

23. I hate it when they don't play the punchline of the joke.

Lost opportunity to talk about the GOP's utter lack of honor exhibited by their expressly stated intention of filling Ginsburg's seat DURING an election after screaming bloody murder about Democrats filling Scalia's seat more than 6 months BEFORE an election.

[Turbineguy]

24. I like this man's optimism.

Ain't gonna happen.

Decent is an anathema to the GOP.

[theaocp]

25. Um, what? Why is he leaving the impression that they have decency?

You frame the discussion, you don't leave the impression that any Republicans have decency. What a missed opportunity.

[tblue37]

29. I didn't know Cory Booker was a comedian. nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

30. May as well try to appeal to their sense of good home decor.

That might achieve a better result........

What the House needs to do is appeal to their limitless hunger for power and threaten to cut funding for favorite money-pit projects in their home states.

KY...........

[GoCubsGo]

31. What sense of decency?

There's not a lick of that in the entire party, top to bottom. It's a criminal enterprise, not a political party. Criminals aren't decent.

[Yavin4]

32. You would have a better chance appealing to a hungry grizzly bear's sense of deceny

when its charging you.

[regnaD kciN]

33. Yeah. Right.

[exboyfil]

34. Really

[KatyMan]

35. And this is why we can't have nice things

we always seem to be appealing to their better side, reaching across the aisle, looking for consensus, etc. Not even bringing a knife to a gunfight, Dems seem to bring a wet noodle sometimes. Fuck the Rs. If/when we gain power this election, we need to run as roughshod over them as they do us.

[Ronjon55]

36. Lmao. Stop or I'll say stop again. If it's okay with you that is

Get the steel in the spine, fire in the belly and fight using every tool available or we continue to lose.

Period

End of America.

[Crunchy Frog]

39. I hope he's not really that naive. There's nothing there to appeal to.

[Chili]

40. if Dem senators have met, and determined to go nuclear

... with expanding the SC, ending filibuster, and anything else lethal, they can't say it. They just can't. Any threats will be used as a weapon against them for the next month, so I'm glad they've stopped talking about it.

So now it's the "we're nicer than them" phase. When they put that wingnut freak on the court, and we win the Senate, keep the House, and have a decent president, they will be justified in going all out, which I think they will.

For now? Look naive. It worked with Clinton's impeachment. That was their strategy, they met and made that decision - make those nasty f*cks look just like what they are - nasty f*cks. Don't go negative, don't bash and threaten. It worked, gave Clinton a 70% approval rating right while Monica testified, and they didn't dare convict.

[Gothmog]

86. They can continue to raise money

Link to tweet

[C_U_L8R]

41. They really don't give a shit.

Their disdain for humanity is hard coded.

[Efilroft Sul]

42. Did the Democrats attend the impeachment trial this past winter or not?

Because the Republican vote says all you need to know about their honor and decency.

JFC, they're bringing an adolescent's idea of love to a kegger party attended by rapists.

[andym]

43. Sense of decency in the GOP? Wrong era. NT.

[nancy1942]

44. Sort of naive?

Considering they have no decency.

[Basic LA]

45. Where does such wide-eyed innocence come from?

Certainly not the same Newark where I grew up.

[Cary]

46. But do you have a better answer Melman?

What is Cory Booker supposed to do? It is all up to us. Either we show up big time on November 3 or we're screwed.

You well know that money and crushing defeats at the polls are the languages that venal and craven Republicans understand. Don't blame that on Corey Booker. Blame the rat bastard Republicans, or join them if their fascism is what you respect.

[melman]

50. Excuse me?

Where do you get off saying some shit like "join them if their fascism is what you respect." ?

[Cary]

58. Spare me your righteous indignation

My questions stand. Can you answer my questions without the histrionics and affectation?

[Gothmog]

81. I am curious at to this also

Senate Democrats have no magical tool to block this vote. The best we can do is to point out how dishonest and unethical the Senate republicans are acting and to vote as many out as possible. Booker is setting this argument up. One piece of evidence as to how effective public outrage at Senate republicans have been is the amount of contributions made to Senate Democratic candidates.

I like MJ Hegar and contributed to her and voted for her during the primaries even though I had a number of friends who are now working with me on forming the Texas Democratic Lawyers Association were supporting MJ's opponent. I am seeing some polling that MJ has a chance and this stunt with the SCOTUS seat may hurt Cornyn.

Again, do you have a better idea? If so what is this better idea?

[sheshe2]

51. We are in a fight for our very lives this election.

Already we have over 200K dead. By January it may well be 450K. If he is reelected we will see the toll in the millions, but yeah lets have these divisive threads mocking Democrats and never once have I read one by the OP attacking the GOP.

Democrats are not our enemy.

Thanks. Cary.

[Cary]

62. I know, right?

[sheshe2]

67. *sigh*

yep.

[Gothmog]

82. I agree

Democrats are not the enemy. We need to use the public outrage to defeat trump and to elect more Democratic Senators

[George II]

55. I like the way Democratic Senator Cory Booker thinks. I'd do that before I'd bash him.

[Cary]

59. The bashing does us no good

I wish ostensible Democrats would stop the bashing already.

Too much to ask, I know.

[George II]

63. Looks like the Bash-O-the-Day to me.

[Cary]

65. It is what they used to call....

"walking and chewing gum at the same time."

Remember how well their "multitasking" worked out for us?

[JI7]

68. Especially since Republicans are using Booker to fear monger among white people

of "those people" taking over.

Booker isn't the problem here.

[Cary]

73. Good point

[JDC]

47. I sure hope this is Rope-a-Dope

[yonder]

48. Cory, Cory, Cory. You forgot your sarcasm thingy, yes?

[budkin]

49. WTAF

He looks like a deer in the headlights.

[DFW]

52. Is this for real?

The GOP's sense of decency is as real as a pink unicorn.

Doesn't he realize that when McCarthy was asked, "at long last, have you left no sense of decency?" that the correct answer was "NO?"

That was June 9th, 1954, and the answer to that same question, when put to today's roster of Republican Senators and Representatives is a resounding "NO! We are burdened by no such thing, and we're proud of it!"

They really are, too. This is what they have come to. We are fooling ourselves if we see things differently.

[Wounded Bear]

53. Never appeal to someone's better nature. They may not have one....

From Heinlein IIRC.

[spanone]

54. Is he serious? Sense of honor? Really? Lindsey just broke his word! WAKE UP!

[electric_blue68]

57. I like Cory a lot and he ...

... sometimes takes the high road too high?

I don't think he's actually totally naive... he's always been looking for decency, and usually doing his best to be that himself.
As a NYC'r he's our next door neighbor, so I've heard him on and off for years.

He's black he's knows/lived the effects of meanness, and cruelty in this case applied as/through racism.

[JI7]

60. That's how most black men have to speak . Cory Booker was a huge supporter of Clinton

and now of Biden and Harris. If others had supported the democratic ticket the same way this would not be an issue.

The problem isn't Cory Booker. It's the majority of white people that support republicans.

[Budi]

69. K & R THIS ⬆️

"If others had supported the democratic ticket the same way this would not be an issue.

The problem isn't Corey Booker. It's the majority of white people that support republicans."



Look what they got for all their Repub support.
And as America teeters on the edge of collapse, the same ones are STILL squealing about the Democrats.

They never fail to reveal themselves do they. Even still, this night

[dalton99a]

61. When you plead with them, don't forget to say please

[Takket]

64. geez people..... he knows they have no decency, that message is for VOTERS, not the GOP

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we already know the pick will be seated so so if he can leave the voters with a sense that they "have no shame" and take that to the voting booth, THAT is why Booker is going for here (politics).

[betsuni]

75. +1

[jcgoldie]

66. The responses here implying that Booker is being somehow weak or naive are ridiculous

He's not appealing to republicans for fucks sake he's publicly shaming them. Does anyone understand that politics involves persuasion and every statement cant be taken at face value?

[Budi]

70. Thank you.

[ehrnst]

72. +1000. Thank you. (nt)

[betsuni]

74. Thank you! It's called politics. He's a politician.

Don't know what the fuss is.

[Tanuki]

77. Yes...I came to this thread to say something similar. I think the audience for the remark is the

court of public opinion, in hope of appealing to the decency of the average U.S. citizen, the majority of whom vote for Democrats, and whipping up disgust at what the GOP is trying to perpetrate.

[George II]

78. Yes indeed. But if there's a chance to show a Democrat in a bad light.......oh well....

At least Booker shows up for Senate votes, unlike some.

[smirkymonkey]

87. Hey George II, still waiting for an answer on your sig line.

Who is the dancer? I am fascinated by him and want to see more of him. He is poetry in motion. Just a name so I can look him up.

[Takket]

80. Thanks! The posts ripping on Booker are naive and damn near alertable

[sheshe2]

83. You are correct.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

71. Senator Booker

I love you man but the GOP has no sense of decency.

[roamer65]

76. Ummmm...they have NO decency.

Don’t waste your time, Senator.

[RhodeIslandOne]

79. Oh, Cory

The nice guy routine is going nowhere.

[bdamomma]

84. Like Cory, but

come on there is no such as decency with repigs.

[MFGsunny]

85. Appealing to repuke "decency" is vaporware, Senator. n/t

[DFW]

88. And THAT, in a nutshell, is why his bid for the presidency was DOA

A shred of reality is very useful when appealing to a Democratic constituency.

Fantasyland is for Republicans.

[Volaris]

89. And tomorrow he can tell us all about Lucy's sense of fair play,

And how her views on football are just 'unorthodox'.