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In reply to the discussion: On keeping our powder dry (Republican SCOTUS nominations) [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)39. I don't think you get what critical thinking is.
To think critical is to not make excuses for failures but identify the who, what, when, where and why of it...which sometimes is a pill some have trouble taking.
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Absolutely! We need to quit squabbling among ourselves and FIGHT! We need to scare the shit out of
genwah
Jun 2014
#2
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
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
What that sounds like you are saying is that the Democrats are scared and weak.
zeemike
Jun 2014
#36
But if you are operating from the assumption that we had the ability to block Alito or Roberts
tritsofme
Jun 2014
#42
Have I written that it's *not* important to have a Democrat in the White House?
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2014
#11
Ugh. This is what I HATE about DU. Nobody is allowed to evolve. Nobody is allowed to change
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#24