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In reply to the discussion: as a CO native I have to say, Gorsuch seems to be a straight shooter. [View all]Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)13. Can you convince him to publicly endorse Merick Garland for the job he's currently nominated for?
No?
Then he's amoral partisan scum.
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as a CO native I have to say, Gorsuch seems to be a straight shooter. [View all]
librechik
Mar 2017
OP
It's the "corporate shill" part that disqualifies him, in my mind. Anti-consumer is not good.
SharonAnn
Mar 2017
#14
He's too slick. Too cutsie.. Qualified or not, no President under Federal investigation
Ninga
Mar 2017
#8
Can you convince him to publicly endorse Merick Garland for the job he's currently nominated for?
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#13
He did, sort of--but then said the hearing issue was political and wouldn't comment
librechik
Mar 2017
#18
I'd say it's a legal issue when a party conspires to directly obstruct articles of the constitution
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#21
His rulings indicate he would be at least as conservative as Scalia, and likely more so.
BzaDem
Mar 2017
#19
He is to the right of Scalia! How is that ok? He's just better at selling himself.
JudyM
Mar 2017
#63
my bottom line is--if Gorsuch were really interested in law, he should have recused the nomination
librechik
Mar 2017
#20
+ a brazillion! All those Republicans on the Trump Train are just opportunists. nt
tblue37
Mar 2017
#24
The only good thing I can say about him is that he writes well. As someone who teaches
tblue37
Mar 2017
#23
he's a smooth-talking extremist - he's not honest at all, he's a total creep
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#26
He makes Trump look normal for picking him. If we can not vote him down it might be best to move on.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2017
#40
A trip down memory lane...try that there "waterboarding" - see how affective it is..
asiliveandbreathe
Mar 2017
#53