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Mad_Machine76's JournalGovernor-Elect Holcomb
Does anybody know what we might expect with him as Governor? I know absolutely nothing about him. He seems like little more than a more or less typical Hoosier Republican "empty suit". Is he a religious fanatic like Pence. Judging by his ads, he seems more interested in the economic side of things even though he reportedly expressed very little substance in terms of plans during the Gubernatorial debates.
Other than "newness"
What does Tim Ryan as ML do for us? I'm not necessarily opposed to "new blood" but I guess I'd like to know why we should throw Pelosi overboard and put in Ryan?
In all fairness
The polls heading into Election Day all seemed pretty favorable to Hillary, though Comey's letter seemed to suddenly take the wind out of her sails that had been building. I still find it weird that all of the polls were off so much in so many places and that the election ended up going so horrifically wrong for us. I mean, Ron Johnson, one of the stupidest GOP Senators in the country, won re-election over Russ Feingold? I have not seen hard evidence of election fraud/hacking but it all just seems weird.
I think that Garland's nomination should stand
for as long as President Obama is in office. We should not voluntarily accept the precedent that Republicans are setting in terms of blockading SCOTUS nominations (or any nominations, really). President Obama has been well within his rights as President to nominate and have the Senate consider a nominee of his choosing no matter how long he has left in his Presidential term, especially since there has obviously been more than enough for the time for the Senate to have considered his choice. This blockade has NOTHING to do with trying to "respect" the will of the American public, their feelings about Garland, or even logistical issues such as the amount of time the Senate has left on its work calendar to schedule and hold hearings and a vote. This is all about keeping Scalia's seat empty until a REPUBLICAN President can replace him with a like-minded Justice. They thought that they would be able to shoehorn a Republican into the WH next January (and they conceivably still could though probably not), so they decided that blockading a potential replacement was the best strategy to do it. For the most part, they have gotten away with it. Whether they can manage to do that for another 4-8 years under a new Democratic WH is another matter altogether but this seat *should* be President Obama's seat to fill as long as the nomination remains active and his to make IMHO.
So IOW
he's wanting Congress to waste days and hours and loads of taxpayer monies for an impeachment that not only isn't warranted (and she wasn't "pardoned", she wasn't even indicted) but also isn't going to even amount to anything more than a symbolic vote. But, since I guess Republicans have given up on legislating and keeping government running smoothly and their voters don't care because they keep electing them, I guess that we'll still have to suffer through another Clinton impeachment.
What
is it with the massive amnesia about the Republican record on "security"? Without even going into non-terrorism-related security issues (i.e. Job security), Republicans always try to snowball people into forgetting being asleep at the wheel on 9/11/01, which cost 3000 people their lives (they never did capture the mastermind behind it either) and the Iraq invasion/occupation, which unleashed the holy hell of ISIS, cost Americans another 4000+ lives and numerous additional casualties. Oh, and there were several embassy attacks and fatalities on their watch too between 2001-2009. How this continues to be a "positive issue" FOR Republicans remain a complete and utter mystery.
What the hell
do they think a vote for somebody means? If they vote for Trump over anybody else (or not voting), they ARE endorsing him.
They can *say* that they are voting for him simply because Hillary is worse but they are basically saying that they would rather vote for a creepy old pervert who lacks the temperament to be POTUS than a well-qualified and sane lifelong public servant.
Yup. It's very infuriating
They may not (probably won't) get their Trump puppet into the WH, but they may cling on to the Senate and hold the House (courtesy of the Koch Bros.) so that they can at least obstruct and frustrate Hillary Clinton. If they hold on to the House and Senate, I predict they'll claim a mandate to help pick the next SCOTUS Justice and make pretty much anybody she nominates (if Garland is not already confirmed) unacceptable to confirm. Which is why it is imperative that we at least capture the Senate.
I can't wait
to hear him unload all of the stuff about Republicans I'm sure he has been repressing for the past 8 years.
They have moved the goalposts
now that it appears that Hillary is all but certain to win. Now, they feel that the American public should decide who replaces Scalia............in 2020
WTF is it about Scalia that they admire so damned much? They can't handle the fact that he couldn't manage to hang on until another Republican gets elected? Well, too f***ing bad for them! Bush "won" in 2000 and 2004 and got to fill two vacancies and as much as I hated him and as much as I'm sure most Democrats disliked him, we all NEVER ONCE questioned his constitutional ability as President to nominate new Justices to replace the retired/deceased Justices. The thing that is even more galling about this whole affair is that Republicans have been sitting on their hands SINCE FEBRUARY so as to deprive President Obama, who was duly elected (twice), of his ability to fill the vacancy despite having nearly a year left in his term. Garland could have easily been confirmed by now if the GOP Senate had not been playing these stupid games!
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Name: Mara Alis ButlerGender: Female
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