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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFuck you Mitch McConnell .... No hearing for Obama's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell says
The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a profound
impact on our country, so of course the American people should have a say in the courts direction,"
he (Mitch McConnell) said.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/273230-mcconnell-no-hearing-for-garland
The American people have already had their say in the 2012 election and President Obama
won in a landslide.
spanone
(135,816 posts)RKP5637
(67,102 posts)is my terse response to McConnell. To make sense of his logic, you have to step outside of democracy.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)no matter who wins..
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)They already did.
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... to try to force him to hold hearings?
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)I don't want an old corporate type moderate, either. And I'd rather see what happens now rather than wait for it to play out over 100 days.
Who's on deck?
Will there be any blowback? No. I want to be proven wrong. Let's see the blowback.
pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)die badly old man. and ED. may your dick fall off.
no_hypocrisy
(46,067 posts)Why doesn't McConnell go through the motions of the Constitution, have the hearings, and let his republican-majority Senate keep voting down the nominee? Why refuse to even have one hearing?
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Johonny
(20,829 posts)so the only solution is total blockage. This would indicate... the GOP leadership is not in control of their caucus but we knew that already.
Johonny
(20,829 posts)F him.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)I think that word does not mean what you think it means