"Did the left refuse to even hold hearings for president Obama's nominee, but insist that there's something unprecedented about Democrats doing anything to obstruct Trump's nominee"
Talk about obfuscation. Jeezus. Here are some alternative facts that happen to be FACTS. Clinton nominated two Supreme Court justices and both were confirmed without being filibustered. When GWB became president, democrats chose to start filibustering his lower court nominees for the first time in history: On May 9, 2001, President Bush announced his first eleven court of appeals nominees in a special White House ceremony.[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-6> There was immediate concern expressed by Senate Democrats and liberal groups like the Alliance for Justice <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Justice>.[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-thenation_20010604-7> [8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-8> Democratic Senator Charles E. Schumer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Schumer> of New York said that the White House was "trying to create the most ideological bench in the history of the nation."[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-9> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-9> >From June 2001 to January 2003, when the Senate was controlled by the Democrats, the most conservative appellate nominees were stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Judiciary_Committee> and never given hearings or committee votes.[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-10> However, after the 2002 mid-term elections in which the Republicans regained control of the Senate by a 51-49 margin, these same nominees began to be moved through the now Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Judiciary_Committee>.[11] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-11> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-11> With no other way to block confirmation, the Senate Democrats started to filibuster judicial nominees. On February 12, 2003, Miguel Estrada <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Estrada>, a nominee for the D.C. Circuit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_D.C._Circuit>, became the first court of appeals nominee ever to be filibustered.[12] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-12> Later, nine other conservative court of appeals nominees were also filibustered. These nine were Priscilla Owen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Owen>, Charles W. Pickering <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Pickering>, Carolyn Kuhl <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Kuhl>, David W. McKeague <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._McKeague>, Henry Saad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Saad>, Richard Allen Griffin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Griffin>, William H. Pryor <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Pryor>, William Gerry Myers III <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gerry_Myers_III> and Janice Rogers Brown <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Rogers_Brown>.[13] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates#cite_note-13> Three of the nominees (Estrada, Pickering and Kuhl) withdrew their nominations before the end of the 108th Congress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates And don't forget this was *after* the despicable treatment of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas in earlier SCJ confirmation hearings. Democrats OWN the politicization of judicial nominees and of the court(s). During Obama's first term he nominated Sotomayor - the least intelligent, scholarly, or experienced SC justice ever. And republicans didn't even filibuster her. And now the cries are that Trump must nominate someone "mainstream" as if this woman (Sotomayor) who thinks illegals should have the same rights as legal US citizens, is somehow "mainstream". Fuck democrats. Seriously. Just fuck these lying, crying hypocrites. I couldn't care less if republicans invoke the nuclear option and I hope Trump ends up appointing 4 Supreme Court justices using it (along with the rest of the judiciary). Democrats deserve anything that republicans choose to do this time. And frankly they deserved it long before now. On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 12:31:13 AM UTC-5, Lobo wrote: > > <<Goers isn't a term that applies to us we're a new breed and we're not > delusional,and afflicted with selective blindness and amnesia >> > > Did you vote for Trump? The term just refers to anyone who voted GOP. > "GOP"-ers > > <<The shit you're talking is the usual crap from the left>> > > Did the left come up with the term "Alternative Facts" as a euphemism for > "lie"? Did the left refuse to even hold hearings for president Obama's > nominee, but insist that there's something unprecedented about Democrats > doing anything to obstruct Trump's nominee; ie, letting GOPers steal a > Supreme Court seat? > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 12:05:23 AM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: >> >> Goers isn't a term that applies to us we're a new breed and we're not >> delusional,and afflicted with selective blindness and amnesia and we're not >> going away. The shit you're talking is the usual crap from the left >> >> On Jan 31, 2017 10:45 PM, "Lobo" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> GOPers not only insist on having their own "Alternative Facts" as well >>> as their own opinions, but on having different rules for Republican and >>> Democratic presidents. >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 11:38:21 PM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: >>>> >>>> That was before the 8 year Obama election campaign >>>> >>>> On Jan 31, 2017 10:32 PM, "Lobo" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> <<Not even comparable. The Biden rule is that Supreme Court vacancies >>>>> are not filled during a presidential election for obvious reasons>> >>>>> >>>>> You mean like Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was not only nominated in >>>>> Reagan's last year in office, but given a full hearing, an up or down >>>>> vote, >>>>> AND confirmed by Democrats. And not because they were eager to have >>>>> another >>>>> conservative Republican justice on the Court. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 9:31:51 PM UTC-5, fed up wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Not even comparable. The Biden rule is that Supreme Court vacancies >>>>>> are not filled during a presidential election for obvious reasons. Last >>>>>> I >>>>>> checked Biden was a Democrat. Try again. >>>>>> >>>>>> *Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid* >>>>>> On Jan 31, 2017 8:08 PM, Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> <<When did the Republicans do it to a Democrats nominee?>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Has Judge Merrick Garland already been chuted down the GOP Memory >>>>>> Hole? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 7:57:43 PM UTC-5, fed up wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> When did the Republicans do it to a Democrats nominee? Examples >>>>>> please and then we can examine each one too see if the syllogism holds >>>>>> true. >>>>>> >>>>>> *Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid* >>>>>> On Jan 31, 2017 6:49 PM, Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Damn straight! It's one thing for Republicans to do that to a >>>>>> Democratic president's nominees, but *Democrats *doing it to a >>>>>> *Republican >>>>>> *president's nominee? >>>>>> >>>>>> It's... it's... *UNPRECEDENTED!* >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 2:36:41 PM UTC-5, OhioMark wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> And they don't even know who it will be yet. And that folks is all >>>>>> that needs to be said about these fools. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>>> >>>>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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