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tritsofme

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6. You present a false choice. A Democratic Senate has not confirmed a GOP SCOTUS nominee since 1991.

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:03 PM

Jun 2014

If Democrats attempted to filibuster Roberts or Alito, the Republican majority would have responded by going nuclear, and they still would have been confirmed. But I'd hate for facts to get in the way of a good narrative.

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On keeping our powder dry (Republican SCOTUS nominations) [View all] MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 OP

Hear, hear! k&r n/t Laelth Jun 2014 #1

Absolutely! We need to quit squabbling among ourselves and FIGHT! We need to scare the shit out of genwah Jun 2014 #2

yeah, and republicans kept their powder dry when Kagan and Sotomayor JI7 Jun 2014 #3

And those are good "moderates". nt MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #5

. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #45

You only need 5 and the key one, the Chief Justice, and he is one of the five. zeemike Jun 2014 #35

You don't need the CJ. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #46

As long as they have the CJ they control what cases are heard. zeemike Jul 2014 #47

Well, when the quislings kept publicly accepting blatantly stolen Presidential elections... villager Jun 2014 #4

You present a false choice. A Democratic Senate has not confirmed a GOP SCOTUS nominee since 1991. tritsofme Jun 2014 #6

So what your saying is Phlem Jun 2014 #8

Not quite sure how you arrived there. tritsofme Jun 2014 #10

So you ARE saying the Repukes are the only ones who can filibuster Doctor_J Jun 2014 #32

You are confused and conflating different things. tritsofme Jun 2014 #33

If we didn't let them do,whatever they wanted, MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #12

The ability for a partisan minority to filibuster a SCOTUS nominee has been a fiction tritsofme Jun 2014 #19

Reid did not change the rules to the last form in which they functioned properly MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #31

Scam-Y'all Scalito (i.e.-Alito) has no legitimate place on the Supreme Court. appal_jack Jun 2014 #23

It's easy to say that today. tritsofme Jun 2014 #29

What that sounds like you are saying is that the Democrats are scared and weak. zeemike Jun 2014 #36

No, I'm saying you should make an attempt at critical thinking. tritsofme Jun 2014 #37

I don't think you get what critical thinking is. zeemike Jun 2014 #39

I am describing reality, not making excuses. tritsofme Jun 2014 #40

Well, you are welcome to search my DU posts from back then. appal_jack Jun 2014 #41

But if you are operating from the assumption that we had the ability to block Alito or Roberts tritsofme Jun 2014 #42

I would add Phlem Jun 2014 #7

Sorry, but this one doesn't fit into your anti-Hillary/anti-Obama narrative. DanTex Jun 2014 #9

Have I written that it's *not* important to have a Democrat in the White House? MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #11

You're drawing the completely wrong conclusion. DanTex Jun 2014 #13

I don't disagree with you. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #15

I don't disagree with you either. DanTex Jun 2014 #18

How would they be better? joshcryer Jun 2014 #14

Yes you have... Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #16

Some days I felt like that. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #17

So you lied Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #20

Ugh. This is what I HATE about DU. Nobody is allowed to evolve. Nobody is allowed to change riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #24

That post captures you perfectly. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #28

And if you had your way, McCain would be president. Cali_Democrat Jul 2014 #43

Which is why I voted for Obama, twice MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #49

DURec leftstreet Jun 2014 #21

Yes Repubicans are to blame Dwayne Hicks Jun 2014 #22

But, but, NADER!!! OnyxCollie Jun 2014 #25

You almost had me there Manny BootinUp Jun 2014 #26

I'm afraid to see what our "dry powder" does.... vi5 Jun 2014 #27

Our party as a group is so weak compared to the other one. 80% of the people want background Doctor_J Jun 2014 #30

No more grand bargins. No more deals. No more compromises. 47of74 Jun 2014 #34

no more triangulates, no more collaborators, no more wimps zeemike Jun 2014 #38

K&R woo me with science Jul 2014 #44

Back in 2004ish someone posted a tour of the powder vaults hootinholler Jul 2014 #48