Anyone else getting bombarded with the Gorsuch ad where the

[redstateblues]

Female attorney that worked in the Obama admin sings the praises of Gorsuch? Whassup with that? It doesn't ring true.

[Raster]

1. Yes, Phoenix area here, and in runs all the time...

...I've tried to google to find out what her position on Abortion and Reproductive Rights.

[3catwoman3]

2. I have seen it several times during the...

...Hayes/Maddow/O'Donnell shows.

[Phoenix61]

3. Yep, playing here in Florida

[madaboutharry]

4. She was Gorsuch's Law Clerk

And then she worked in the Department of Justice while Obama was president, which is a non-partisan job.

[doc03]

9. So she was working in Washington during the Obama Administration

not actually working in the Obama Administration. I worked in Washington at AT&T during the Nixon years so I can claim I worked
worked in the Nixon Administration.

[uponit7771]

21. so fucking wow... these people are such hustlers

[onenote]

30. She also clerked for Justice Sotomayor on the SCOTUS

[doc03]

5. I am in Ohio, it has been playing the last 3 or 4 days. nt

[hexola]

6. Gorsuch is not going over well with Trumpers/Freepers

Based on responses at FreeRepublic

They don't trust him because:

He's Episcopalian (pro Gay Marriage, Wobbly on Abortion)
He's from Colorado - (Liberal, environmental, pot state)
They didn't like his comments on Trumps "so-called judge" remarks.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3523436/posts

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3522907/posts

[lame54]

24. Not to mention he's liked by a woman from Obama administration

[spanone]

7. yep, somebody wants him in office real bad.....(here in tennessee)

[displacedtexan]

8. Yes, but they're wasting their $$$ here.

I live in San Francisco.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Non-stop in Montana.

Oh. Well! If the purty white girl says he's okay I guess he must be alright! No need to think about it or anything . . . .

[2naSalit]

31. Yup. Heard it from the kistchen a few times this past week...

my roomie with the teevee's room is near enough to hear the ads when I'm making something to eat. Usually he's watching the "Walker, Texas Ranger" (upchuck norris) channel but it does air on the networks it seems.

[LibraLiz1973]

11. Yep

[msongs]

12. one reason dems lose - they and their allies dont seem to do this sort of promotion nt

[2naSalit]

32. Yeah, but since when does anyone

run teevee ads for a SCOTUS nominee? I don't ever think I've heard of such a thing in my life.

[caraher]

35. My reaction as well

I guess this shows that someone with money to burn wants to get Sessons, Gorsuch, etc. in rather badly. Which should cause anyone to reflect on why, regardless of party affiliation.

Are there any limits on this, given that there's no actual election here (so presumably any still-surviving election finance laws do not apply)?

[Green Line]

13. Boston here

It's been non stop on MSNBC

[FoxNewsSucks]

14. The point isn't really to convince anyone that religious nutbag Gorsuch

is a good candidate. The real purpose of those ads is so that whatever cable 'news' channel you see them on will NOT report anything bad about him. Including his far-right religious views and record.

The rightwing wants him on that bench, and will spend millions to buy the silence of the "news" channels.

[MANative]

15. Yup, saw it here in the metro NYC area. Sickening. Nt

[UTUSN]

16. Yip, who ever heard of ads for nominees before? Before him, there were ads for SESSIONS

[oasis]

17. She's looking to have a cozy law clerk job with the Supremes when/if

Gorsuch gets in.

[Ilsa]

18. Yep, and others regarding confirming his cabinet. NT

[dflprincess]

19. Playing on MSNBC in Minnesota

(at least the Twin Cities market).

I supposed they think it will make us call Franken & Klobuchar and demand they support him.

Not happening.

[Hamlette]

20. Yes, in Utah where there is no possibility he will be opposed. Odd. Who's paying for the ads?

[Wounded Bear]

22. Playing here in Washington State...

[bdamomma]

23. advertising a Supreme Court

appointee isn't that weird and disrespectful.

45 playing up to his base. WTF

[Blue Idaho]

25. Yes!

Playing here in Idaho - who the fuck runs ads for a Supreme Court justice? Say that out loud - ads for a Supreme Court justice... Why should I give a shit about what that woman says about him? She could be a republican that worked during the Obama Presidency.

[GP6971]

26. Haven't seen anything here

Western WA, South Puget Sound

[lynintenn]

27. Seeing it every night here in Tennessee.

[Doreen]

28. I live in SW washington and

I have seen one a few times with a woman who claims to have been in the Obama administration and thinks Gorsuch is wonderful and a good pick.

[nolabear]

29. Seattle. Yep. Mostly MSNBC. Makes me nuts.

[ecstatic]

33. Yep. They had a similar ad for Sessions before he was confirmed

Complete with lies about his wonderful civil rights record.

[SamKnause]

34. Yes, they are airing in Ohio.

[Greybnk48]

36. Yes. I've seen it twice a day or more in N.E. Wisconsin.

Green Bay and the Fox River Valley (Appleton/Neenah/Oshkosh) area.

[hedda_foil]

37. They're even airing in the Chicago market. Reminiscent of Rauner's lovely Dem wife.

I swear that charming woman's lovely ads won the gubernatorial race for her miserable hubby.

[onenote]

38. Not the first time ads have been run in support of a SCOTUS nominee

Don't know who was the first, but there Sotomayor's nomination received television ad support.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-style-ad-supporting-sotomayor-released/

BTW, the lawyer in the Gorsuch ad clerked for Sotomayor.

[Qanisqineq]

39. Apparently he shoveled snow so he's Supreme Court material

That's what the ad is telling me anyway. Runs here in ND

[VOX]

40. Same with MSNBC Southern California. Ads are Koch-funded.

One of those dark-money arrangements.

Ad ran at the halfway mark on Rachel. Like that's their target audience???

[Demsrule86]

41. I agree...I am sure Obama had people of different political opinion working for him...

Gorsuch...no way. If she worked for him, then she is right wing. Also any woman who would support him after Hobby Lobby is suspect.

[BeckyDem]

42. Yes. I see them often. This is the group behind the $10 million campaign. Judicial Crisis Network

As Democrats we should be countering their propaganda, take a look at their plans. I found the Jane Nitze ads suspicious, how she tries to wrap her credibility around working for the Obama administration.

Judicial Crisis Network Launches $10 Million Campaign to Preserve Justice Scalia’s Legacy, Support President-Elect Trump Nominee

by JCN | January 9th, 2017

Multi-Million Dollar Campaign Targets Vulnerable Democrat Senators

For Immediate Release: Monday, Jan. 9
Contact: Peter Robbio
[e-mail]

Katie Hughes
[e-mail]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) today announced plans for a national campaign to confirm President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Coming off of its historic “Let the People Decide” victory in the Garland nomination battle, JCN will engage a comprehensive campaign of paid advertising, earned media, research, grassroots activity, and a coalition enterprise, all adding up to the most robust operation in the history of confirmation battles. JCN and its allies will focus on states where Senate Democrats are vulnerable in 2018, particularly those where Trump won by large margins. JCN spent more than $7 million in its Let the People Decide effort, and it expects to spend at least $10 million to confirm the next justice.

“We are preparing to launch the most robust campaign for a Supreme Court nominee in history and we will force vulnerable Senators up for re-election in 2018 like Joe Donnelly and Claire McCaskill to decide between keeping their Senate seats or following Chuck Schumer’s liberal, obstructionist agenda,” said Carrie Severino, Chief Counsel and Policy Director of the Judicial Crisis Network.

“Any vulnerable Senator who signs up for Schumer’s obstructionist strategy will pay a heavy price in 2018. Exit polls showed that over one fifth of voters said the Supreme Court was a primary reason for their vote and of that large percentage of Americans, Trump won those voters by a resounding 57-40 margin. And he won some of those states by overwhelming margins. The President-elect clearly has a mandate when it comes to the Supreme Court and this effort will ensure that the will of the people prevails,” Severino continued.

https://judicialnetwork.com/judicial-crisis-network-launches-10-million-campaign-preserve-justice-scalias-legacy-support-president-elect-trump-nominee/

[Proud Liberal Dem]

43. This just makes me see red

First off, the people decided- in 2012- that President Obama should serve another 4 years in office and make appointments. Republicans denied him that right by establishing a new precedent agreed to by nobody but themselves, despite having plenty of time to hold hearings and a confirmation vote. If they had held hearings and then voted him down, I would have been upset but at least it would have satisfied due process. The way things worked out was one of the most anti-democratic, obstructionist things that I've witnessed politically. I expected Trump to nominate somebody like Gorsuch and would normally respect his prerogative to do so but the way he got to be able to immediately make an appointment for a seat that should have been President Obama's to fill is outrageous and unfair and I have no wish for Democrats to collude with Republicans to fill that seat and if Republicans want him they should have to do it w/o Democrats

[BeckyDem]

44. Their campaign should be pushed back upon by us, as a party. I agree with your opinion.

Gorsuch should not get confirmed with any help from any Democrats. When you look at the long term politics of the situation, when he writes in favor of terrible rulings, and he will, we'll be attached to them. I don't want to see that happen.