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In reply to the discussion: Eleanor Clift: Will Obama Ever 'Fess Up to His Merrick Garland Mess? [View all]brush
(53,776 posts)95. Oh, please. Google the election official in Wisconsin itself who...
participated in election day tampering.
To think it couldn't happen when it already has is...there's a word for that.
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Eleanor Clift: Will Obama Ever 'Fess Up to His Merrick Garland Mess? [View all]
BeyondGeography
Jul 2018
OP
Ridiculous. Turtle was not going to let confirmation hearings under any circumstances.
Trust Buster
Jul 2018
#1
That was not Clift's main point. Please read the OP. That was after the fact and would have changed
Trust Buster
Jul 2018
#6
It was basic math. The Republicans controlled the Senate and would not allow the nomination to
Trust Buster
Jul 2018
#11
He had the right to nominate anyone he wanted and to fight as hard as he could for his nominee
BeyondGeography
Jul 2018
#16
I could be wrong but there was a recess starting Jan 3 2017. Perhaps Im not the one needing to do
lancelyons
Jul 2018
#239
Well it looks like you have done your research. COngrats.. I still think that 3-4 months
lancelyons
Jul 2018
#243
Why do you think that Mueller has taken so long to find out that "the Russians wouldn't bother?"
ehrnst
Jul 2018
#133
Where did I say Russia "was changing votes." That's your strawman, and you keep on attacking it....
ehrnst
Jul 2018
#215
Who benefits from quashing the idea that Russians directly interfered with the election?
Cha
Jul 2018
#193
She was on the ground in PA and MI in the final week. As well as FL, NC and AZ.
StevieM
Jul 2018
#122
Because if he had mentioned it at the convention that would have made a difference?
EffieBlack
Jul 2018
#75
You ought to be Obama's retroactive Chief of Staff with that 20/20 hindsight
Blue_Tires
Jul 2018
#146
Actually, there has already been almost as much energy expended in this thread
BeyondGeography
Jul 2018
#221
The average voter wouldn't have known who the hell "Merrick Garland" was
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2018
#127
Ahhhh... ODS shit stirring courtesy of someone who is past her "best by" date....
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2018
#15
The "Dem leadership and many of its leading POTUS candidates." are not "journalists".
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2018
#26
If a fucking "man" had written that I would have said the same damn thing
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2018
#32
I have to seriously wonder what an R president would have done in identical circumstances.
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2018
#20
There is nothing they could do if they didn't have power and now that Collins and
Demsrule86
Jul 2018
#154
A sitting R president would certainly have made a gigantic stink out of it.
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2018
#173
For god's sake at least put the blame where it belongs and that's with McConnell.
Vinca
Jul 2018
#49
Once again a Democrat is blamed for a GOP bad action...not listening to this person again...tired of
Demsrule86
Jul 2018
#53
After we lost the house it didn't matter. And they plotted against him in inauguration day...
Demsrule86
Jul 2018
#89
Sequestration was a disaster for us...no one thought the GOP would got for it...but it
Demsrule86
Jul 2018
#153
I thought when defense was impacted they would too...but the extreme right are not typical
Demsrule86
Jul 2018
#166
If he had appointed a liberal darling, GOP would have fought them just as hard
EffieBlack
Jul 2018
#182
No, the scaredy cat Democrats should have stopped running away from him in 2010
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2018
#121
WTF is this? Unless someone can come up with a credible, workable alternative to what happened.....
George II
Jul 2018
#94
The evil smirk on the face of Mitch McConnell this morining at the press conference is the
mfcorey1
Jul 2018
#131
The REAL reason we are in the situation we are today is because JUST ENOUGH of SOME self- identified
still_one
Jul 2018
#162
Screw Clift, she's long ceased being relevant, like the rest of the McLaugh In Group. nt.
Mc Mike
Jul 2018
#220