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Posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016 fiogf49gjkf0d http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/article/Senior-Associate-Justice-Antonin-Scalia-found-http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/article/Senior-Associate-Justice-Antonin-Scalia-found-6828930.php6828930.php
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Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master.
Posted by RockParkMan* on Sat Feb 13 17:37:07 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Hell's got another demon. He will not be missed.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead everywhere
Posted by Easy* on Sat Feb 13 17:40:48 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Just sayin.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dies in Texas
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Feb 13 17:41:03 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master., posted by RockParkMan on Sat Feb 13 17:37:07 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d You're the only demon between the two of you, rocKKKparKKKnazi.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Sat Feb 13 17:41:40 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d HOLY FUCK! RIP
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Feb 13 17:41:53 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead everywhere, posted by Easy on Sat Feb 13 17:40:48 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d His body can't be everywhere. Just sayin'. So, you ever find that proof of Hannity being "racist" yet?—or shens.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by AlM* on Sat Feb 13 17:47:11 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Feb 13 17:41:40 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, may he rest in peace. Beyond that, I go with Dean Acheson. De mortuis nil nisi bonum.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by mtk52983* on Sat Feb 13 17:52:20 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d He was an icon. My condolences to his family.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by R2ChinaTown* on Sat Feb 13 17:54:09 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by mtk52983 on Sat Feb 13 17:52:20 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d A food person who served his country. RIP
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by SUBWAYMAN* on Sat Feb 13 17:56:04 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d RIP
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 18:10:40 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I don't wish that on anybody (but I won't lose a wink of sleep over it).
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 18:11:00 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by AlM on Sat Feb 13 17:47:11 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Agreed. Yet, it still remains more hopeful for individual rights that he's gone. Now we gotta make the Senate ratify the President's nominee. This can't be allowed to languish because its an election year.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 13 18:23:58 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d RIP. Very sad.
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Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master.
Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 13 18:24:15 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master., posted by RockParkMan on Sat Feb 13 17:37:07 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d No class.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by TonyG* on Sat Feb 13 18:29:24 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 18:11:00 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I'm sure that it will languish. The GOP will wait until after the election. They want to nominate Ted Cruz to get him out of the Senate.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 18:33:41 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 18:29:24 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Lulz. Yeah, the President thng isn't going so smoothly now, is it? This may be the only chance they get. Not holding my breath. Plus he'd be a lousy justice. Seriously. We're talking about someone that fake-filibustered, which only served to empty CSPAN's overtime budget.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dies in Texas
Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 13 18:38:00 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dies in Texas, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Feb 13 17:41:03 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Iawtlp
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Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master.
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Sat Feb 13 18:41:58 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master., posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Feb 13 18:24:15 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d IAWTP
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Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master.
Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 13 18:43:34 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia gone to meet Satan, his master., posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Feb 13 18:41:58 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d That I have no class, or Rockmanpark?
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead everywhere
Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 13 18:43:58 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead everywhere, posted by Easy on Sat Feb 13 17:40:48 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Just saying what?
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 13 18:45:05 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 18:11:00 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d You have no class.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 18:45:16 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 18:33:41 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d McConnel, Cruz and Rubio have already said they want the seat left vacant for a year for the next President to appoint. Another unwarranted GOP power grab.
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Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Feb 13 18:53:00 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 17:29:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d BuzzFeed The Senate Is Very Unlikely To Confirm A Scalia Replacement This Year By John Stanton and Tarini Parti Posted on Feb. 13, 2016, at 6:20 p.m. The unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia creates a complicated situation in Washington to determine his replacement on the high court. Republicans are extremely unlikely to confirm anyone that President Barack Obama nominates in the final months of his second term to replace a justice considered a major pillar of modern conservatism — a position that top Republicans, Republican operatives, and presidential candidates already have made clear on Saturday evening. “The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement. “Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement,” Ted Cruz tweeted from his Senate account Saturday afternoon. Marco Rubio likewise said in a statement that the “next president must nominate a justice who will continue Justice Scalia’s unwavering belief in the founding principles that we hold dear.” The spokesman for Sen. Mike Lee, who serves on the Judiciary Committee, tweeted, “What is less than zero? The chances of Obama successfully appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia? If anything this will put a full stop to all Obama judicial nominees going forward.” There was never any real chance Republicans would confirm an Obama nominee at this point, especially with control of both the Senate and the White House in play in this year’s election. Of course, this will not prevent Obama from making that as painful a process as possible for vulnerable Senate Republican up for re-election — and as big an issue for Republican contenders. “I don’t think anyone Obama would be thinking about nominating can get through this Senate. No one,” said Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Holmes argued even if Obama moved towards the middle — something “he hasn’t shown any proclivity to do” — it would be unlikely, given how conservative Scalia was. It’s not entirely uncommon for the Senate to block the nominee for a vacancy. But the loss of Scalia is unique: He is, as one Republican put it, “a rock solid conservative seat,” and given the divisions on the court conservatives will be adamant that one of their own replace him. If Republicans reject Obama’s second nominee, there will be significant pressure on them to at least be open to a compromise candidate, and Democrats — who are holding out hope they can retake the Senate in November — could use a total blockade to accuse Republicans of gridlock. Already on Saturday evening, Sen. Patrick Leahy, the ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, put out a statement expressing sadness at Scalia’s death, and extolling the virtues of a quick confirmation. “I hope that no one will use this sad news to suggest that the president or the Senate should not perform its constitutional duty,” he said. “The American people deserve to have a fully functioning Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is too important to our democracy for it to be understaffed for partisan reasons. It is only February. The president and the Senate should get to work without delay to nominate, consider and confirm the next justice to serve on the Supreme Court.” What effect that would have is unclear. Given the stark divisions between the parties, both sides have increasingly become comfortable with standing pat on their demands, regardless of political pressure. And the sheer gravity of replacing Scalia could rise above any political considerations. “Supreme Court nominations are one of the very few things where political risk is outweighed by the fundamental change to the legal system of this country,” the Republican said. And the fallout from political fight over Scalia’s replacement won’t be contained to the confirmation itself. Routine legislation could fall victim to protracted floor fights, and the use of punitive procedural measures by Democrats to protest GOP opposition could bring Congress to a standstill. “Welcome to the summer of filibusters,” a former Senate Republican leadership aide said Saturday. I think that the Senate would still confirm any liberal that Obama throws out there.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 18:59:15 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Feb 13 18:53:00 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d "“The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement." I suppose McConnell forgot the American people also elected Obama, and he is 3 years into his 4 year term. It is not January 19, 2017 today.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:01:48 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 18:59:15 2016. fiogf49gjkf0d I'm trying to forget.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:06:14 2016, in response to Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Feb 13 18:53:00 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d That is a very very bad idea. The court has a full docket. Are they supposed to shut down over politics? That is a comptemptible and cowardly action to be taking.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:07:44 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:01:48 2016. fiogf49gjkf0d The inconvenient truth. What would you want if the shoe were on the other foot ? Do remember the Senate seat math that worked against the Dems in 2014 are in force with the Repubs in 2016. That means you could get a Democratic Senate with your buddy Cruz, and will still not get a right-winged fanatic appointed.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:12:37 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:07:44 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Considering that the President on January 21, 2017 is still likely to be Democratic, it's a fools errand to not confirm now. Chances are the next President would nominate someone much more liberal than President Obama would.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 19:13:13 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:06:14 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d It show after 7 years and 2 large electoral vote victories, the Republicans cannot accept the legitimacy of a Democratic Presidency.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:17:07 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Feb 13 18:45:05 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Wrong. None is called for here. I'm sure he'll be missed by whatever family he has, of which I don't know if there actually is any. That's as far as it goes in this case. We need to get a nomination confirmed fast. That's not looking possible at the moment, the republcans are failing to do their job once again. The court is vey busy, are they supposed to just drop eveything because it offends RW politics to do their job?
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 19:18:14 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:12:37 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I don't know about that. Hillary is in deep shit. Southern Democrats do not like Bernie, a Brooklyn Jew, and he won't be the nominee. Trump waffles all over the place and is a comedian. I think he is the next President. Cruz is too fanatical. Rubio is a tiresome, sermonizing, pompous, little pip-squeek. Kasich does not have the gravitas. Bush is out of gas.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:19:30 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 18:45:16 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d So I hear. Another rpublican fail, won't do the job they were elcted to do. They should be thrown out tomorow (well, Tuesday, its a lng weekend) at the commencement of business.
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Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 19:20:40 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:17:07 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Scalias reproduced like rabits. 9 children, 28 grand-children. His rhetoric was unbecoming of a Supreme Court justice, but was not as bad a person as that would indicate.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by JayZeeBMT* on Sat Feb 13 19:27:12 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:18:14 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Trump is a dangerous demagogue with no experience in government at all. It remains to seen whether Hillary is really in such deep poodoo that it torpedoes her campaign. As for Bernie being a "Brooklyn Jew", recall that JFK was a "Boston Catholic", and lots of people thought he was unelectable, too. I'm just saying...
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:30:51 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:18:14 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Hillary isn't in any shit. This is all manufactured witchhunting. Perpetual, annoying witchhunting, but they won't find anything. Again. Sanders is not passing the first good look. "Free" sounds like a great idea, but ho does it get paid for? He hasn't answered that, and people are catching on. Plus, think about how far any of it would get past this Congress, or even one with a Democratic Senate(the most likely outcome in November)..... If they wait for the next President to fill this seat, the get someone more liberal than they get with the current President. Trump really doesn't have a prayer for the general elction. The republicans are going to put up either Cruz or Rubot once it's all done. If they have a brokered convenion hey'll fragment so severely they could even lose the House. They will lose. They don't have a viable candidate.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 19:31:51 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Feb 13 19:27:12 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d She has the State Department and the FBI after her. Those are serious investigations, and not good ones. A heck of a lot more serious than "vast right-winged conspiracy". There is still a lot of anti-Semitism down south, and the Congressional Black Caucus doesn't like him, claims he's done nothing for them. Saw a few of them and the mayor of Atlanta on TV today. She'll crush him in SC like he did her in NH, and there are a lot more Deep South states to get through.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 19:34:46 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:30:51 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Would you ever have thought Trump would get this far and by that much ? I thought he'd self-destruct after that disgusting remark he made about POW John McCain. Shows you how disgusting and stupid that constituency has become.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Sat Feb 13 19:36:34 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 18:11:00 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d Is this your way of being sympathetic? Or are you glad he's dead?
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:37:06 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Feb 13 19:27:12 2016. fiogf49gjkf0d I doubt in the end that Sanders will be out based on his upbringing. Fact is, his ideas, noble as they appear on the surface, are not workable in this country at this time. We need a pragmatic progressive government, evolution, not a revolution. Plenty of progressive leaders are seeing and saying this. It's also how to win in November.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Sat Feb 13 19:37:30 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:17:07 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d You are one heatless person. You have absolute zero class.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Sat Feb 13 19:38:10 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:20:40 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d And where are your sympathies?
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Sat Feb 13 19:40:07 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by TonyG on Sat Feb 13 18:29:24 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I'm still waiting for your sympathies?
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:40:40 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:31:51 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d The State Dept thing is actually procedural bullshit. The RW media is all aghast as they do not understand what they are actually asking for. IMO, losing Huma Abedin would end that. Probably for the better.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:41:19 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:30:51 2016. fiogf49gjkf0d And you have zero class.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 19:41:23 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:38:10 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I don't wish him harm. But the Senate is obliged to approve a replacement, and not do nothing for a year. I don't get away with procrastinating on my day job.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:42:49 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:40:40 2016. fiogf49gjkf0d Your lack of sympathy proves you are full of left wing hate.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:56:01 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 13 19:34:46 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I'm surprised to see the RNC being a bunch of pussies (to channel Trump) on this. I expected them to have taken action to get rid of the hairball last fall. No, he won't get the nomination, but he's more than likely to take the party out with what they'll need to do...a brokered convention will cause the party to implode into fragments unable to coalesce into an opposition. Look at how they can't keep it together now, even after losing their allegedly despised leadership. Same shit is happening all over again. The tantrums, however, will be epic. I see either Cruz or Rubot as the "official" nominee, and the other running backed by billionairs. Trump will run as an independnt on his own dime. Down in flames will have a whole new meaning. We will elect whoever the Democratic nominee is. Congress will have a Democratic Senate, and the House will be up for grabs, all depends on how much chaos occurs, and if the RNC can contain and manage the Congressional races. That's what I see happening. It won't be pretty.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 19:59:30 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:36:34 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I'm glad he's no longer on the court. It would have been the same had he resigned, or somehow was impeached.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas
Posted by bingbong* on Sat Feb 13 20:02:12 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Feb 13 19:37:30 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d You're wrong. It's sad that he didn't have the stones to resign. It was clear he wasn't well, many have noticed that. He was getting crazier and crazier. That,s not what we need in somene making the kind of decisions SCOTUS does.
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Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year
Posted by Joe V* on Sat Feb 13 20:03:08 2016, in response to Re: Antonin Scalia dead in Texas; Senate may not confirm replacement this year, posted by bingbong on Sat Feb 13 19:56:01 2016.* fiogf49gjkf0d I am not as optimistic. We can hope for a brokered convention chaos much like the 1968 Dem convention in Chicago was a clusterfuck. But what is the Republican going to run on: kill Obamacare, replace Scalia with a wingnut, start a ground war in Syria that'll never end, cut taxes for the wealthy, slash food stamps, and crank up the deficit. Due to Gerrymandering, we have GOP House until 2022.
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