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Mitt Romney backing of Supreme Court vote paves way for election-year confirmation

Ikari said:
I agree that Trump has the right to present the Senate with a nominee and the Senate has the right to consider and vote on that nominee. But Mitch is a hypocritical pile of shit because Obama had presented a nominee and the Senate should have done its duty then and considered the nominee. Not just block out the choice because of partisan bullshit.

But R and D are into partisan bullshit as well and if this situation reverses, they'll do what they can to the benefit of their party. And all the people making excuses here for Mitch in 2016 and Mitch in 2020 will be bitching their heads off.
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Meh. I haven't seen anyone making excuses for Mitch, maybe I missed it. This situation just shows that Democrats love hypocrisy as much as Republicans. To them it's a feature, not a bug.
bomberfox said:
Biden didnt set the precedent
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The precedent is to consider nominees in a timely manner, including election years. Republicans broke that precedent in 2016; it will be good if we return to that precedent. I'm not sure why anyone is arguing differently.
 
Gondwanaland said:
So you failed to read my post.
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Any article you post is irrelevant, because adding four court seats to the SC will address that. And before you scream about unconstitutional power grabs or whatever, don't make me laugh, because that boat left the harbor forty years ago.
 
99percenter said:
Really? He used to be pro choice. That is definitely odd.
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It was when he was younger. Yes, it appears he has made statements on being pro choice. He also proposed a healthcare plan similar to Obama’s. It’s very weird that he is going along with this. I wonder if he has considered that Trump would probably love to bring an election loss to the court
 
Metric Mouse said:
Meh. I haven't seen anyone making excuses for Mitch, maybe I missed it. This situation just shows that Democrats love hypocrisy as much as Republicans. To them it's a feature, not a bug.
The precedent is to consider nominees in a timely manner, including election years. Republicans broke that precedent in 2016; it will be good if we return to that precedent. I'm not sure why anyone is arguing differently.
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Republicans are actually doing the hypocrisy and excusing it. Precedent didnt determine anything about what mitch did in 2016
 
bomberfox said:
Those democratic holdouts on the filibuster are just idiots i swear.
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The number of Republican atrocities it takes to move them one inch is mind boggling. How many times do you have to get hit in the face before you finally say, "Oh wait, I also have fists."
 
Cardinal said:
The number of Republican atrocities it takes to move them one inch is mind boggling. How many times do you have to get hit in the face before you finally say, "Oh wait, I also have fists."
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So true. Even Biden us hoping these guys are just under a temporary spell....
 
TurtleDude said:
and Democrats are pretending their scummy party isn't different
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What scummy part? Nobody was held up. Mcconnel only quoted biden after his comments about the several decades old precedent was shown to be a lie.
 
Gondwanaland said:
It sounds like he's cooled greatly on the idea of nominating her (forget her name), after it came out she supported Biden in 1987.
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That’s an entirely different woman. Trump gave money to the Clintons and Kamala Harris. He has no principles other than protecting himself and his own power. If he thinks a judge who worked on Biden’s campaign 30 years ago will help him with a Gore v Bush situation, he will pick her.
 
Metric Mouse said:
He definitely does not. The only difference is that, in this particular case, Republicans are right to consider a nominee if one is presented. Joe and anyone who agrees with him that a nomination should wait is on the wrong side of history.
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This isn’t even an argument. It’s like arguing with your 18 year old daughter about her right to be a stripper and drink heavily. Yes, it’s her right, blah, blah, blah, and you have no control over it, but should she really be doing that? What about consequences? There are real concerns and matters to discuss beyond appealing to authority
 
99percenter said:
She also wants the next president to replace her? But of course you don't care what she wants, so your quotes are irrelevant.
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Actually, my quotes are from an interview on NPR from a couple of months ago.
So what do we do with dueling quotes?
The quote you want to believe is from Ginsburg allegedly to her granddaughter. Do we have to believe it? Anyone else around?
 
Cardinal said:
After his impeachment vote this is Mitt's opportunity to still be good with the GOP and get some lobbying gigs after he leaves the Senate.
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Apparently Mormons are anti-abortion rights and they want Roe vs Wade overturned. Religion has become the driving force in our Govt. now. It's puzzling how women are now seen as the biggest danger to our society in their eyes. Don't they all have mothers?
 
SheWolf said:
That’s an entirely different woman. Trump gave money to the Clintons and Kamala Harris. He has no principles other than protecting himself and his own power. If he thinks a judge who worked on Biden’s campaign 30 years ago will help him with a Gore v Bush situation, he will pick her.
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Ah, you're right, my bad, its Larsen who it came out had supported Biden.

In that case she may be a decent pick but I dontthink she's been vetted like Barrett has which is a negative against her given he wants to push this through quickly.
 
bomberfox said:
Republicans are actually doing the hypocrisy and excusing it. Precedent didnt determine anything about what mitch did in 2016
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Correct. Let's get back to the precedent that has existed for many decades. Republicans have clearly realized how wrong they were in 2016, and since the past can not be changed one can only take comfort in that they are doing the right thing in 2020. Democrats should be celebrating Republicans coming around; turns out they're disgusting opportunistic hypocrites as well. Oh well.
 
Gondwanaland said:
It's not about her having been a dem. It's about who she supported. He's petty like that.
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You’re also confused because Barbara Lagoa isn’t the judge who worked on a Biden campaign. Trump did say he is not against using her to appeal to Latin voters in Florida
 
iguanaman said:
Apparently Mormons are anti-abortion rights and they want Roe vs Wade overturned. Religion has become the driving force in our Govt. now. It's puzzling how women are now seen as the biggest danger to our society in their eyes. Don't they all have mothers?
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Rather they are against killing babies inthe womb. Don't see how that's a bad thing. Nor do you have to be religious to be against abortion (I'm an atheist and I'm against it).
 
bubbabgone said:
Actually, my quotes are from an interview on NPR from a couple of months ago.
So what do we do with dueling quotes?
The quote you want to believe is from Ginsburg allegedly to her granddaughter. Do we have to believe it? Anyone else around?
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I'm much more comfortable calling her granddaughter a liar than RBG a hypocrite. Clearly the granddaughter is not as stand up of a human being as her grandmother.
 
SheWolf said:
You’re also confused because Barbara Lagoa isn’t the judge who worked on a Biden campaign. Trump did say he is not against using her to appeal to Latin voters in Florida
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I already acknowledged this to you in another post (#69)
 
In February, Romney votes to convict and remove Trump, but in September, Romney thinks Trump should get a SCOTUS justice approved who may shape events for years to come?
 
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