Jason Toddman wrote:The idea of keeping the Supreme Court in a compromised condition for at least a year based on some nonsensical and recent political belief the framers of the Constitution could not possibly have had in mind strikes me as totally absurd.
Yes, Biden suggested the same thing some years ago, and it was a stupid thing to say
misterg792000 wrote: No he didn't, you're referring a Chuck Schumer quote that the echo chamber uses to compare apples and oranges. Schumer's objections were not on the basis of timing, but on the nominees themselves thus far (given how little info they got on Roberts and Alito prior to confirmation). Don't fall for "the truth is in the middle" fallacy.
31acujoker wrote:Do you Yanks have nothing better to do than argue about the same political bullshit every day?
31acujoker wrote:Righto, 'cause arguing about this on a bondage forum will make a huge difference
31acujoker wrote:Makes no difference to me mate, I'm merely pointing out that everywhere I go on the internet there seems to be Americans calling each other the worst names imaginable and insulting each other over their political beliefs, which all seems rather stupid and pointless to me...
Hell, the second I pointed that out you started being hostile towards me, attacking my intelligence and claiming I have no interests outside bondage, now if you ask me, that's not exactly a nice way to go about life when there's so much good stuff to enjoy
31acujoker wrote:Haha all good Jason, it'd take more than that to offend me lol. By all means talk about your politics, that's what it's there for, but like you said I find it really pathetic when I can;t go anywhere on the internet without a bunch of yanks saying "liberal retard!" "conservative asshole!" "You believe in free healthcare?! You must be a communist!" "You believe in national security?! You must be a nazi!"
31acujoker wrote:Yeah there I agree with you, Trump is definitely not fit to be a politician or a leader, for genuine reasons too numerous to count lol
drawscore wrote:I marvel at the hypocracy on display. In 2008, then Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, railed against Bush making a Supreme Court appointment during the last year of his presidency, but eight years later, thinks it's perfectly fine if Obama does it.
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drawscore wrote:I marvel at the hypocracy on display. In 2008, then Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, railed against Bush making a Supreme Court appointment during the last year of his presidency, but eight years later, thinks it's perfectly fine if Obama does it.
Jason Toddman wrote:So where's McConnell's supposed concern for the will of the American people then? Exposed for the self-serving BS that it actually is.
misterg792000 wrote: He wants "the American people to have a voice" in the matter, as though they did not have a voice when they re-elected Barack Obama to the office of president until January 20, 2017.
Jason Toddman wrote:drawscore wrote:I marvel at the hypocracy on display. In 2008, then Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, railed against Bush making a Supreme Court appointment during the last year of his presidency, but eight years later, thinks it's perfectly fine if Obama does it.
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Misterq and i already covered how that was taken out of context. And i know you must have read that post because you commented on it to tell me who this Shaumer fellow was.
For one thing, it was much later in the election cycle than we are currently are in this one. Second, his suggestion was NOT seriously acted on. The longest we have gone without nominating a new justice is something like five months; if McConnell gets his way this record will be more than doubled, and leaving the supreme court under-staffed that long is as far as i am concerned nothing more than a naked power grab and is a dis-service to us all.
And last I knew, more people than not agree that the nomination should at least be considered. So where's McConnell's supposed concern for the will of the American people then? Exposed for the self-serving BS that it actually is.
drawscore wrote: Harry Reid said essentially the same thing, and it was not taken out of context. The plain and simple fact, is that appointing a Supreme Court justice in the last year of a presidency, has been railed against by both Democrats and Republicans.
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drawscore wrote:Harry Reid said essentially the same thing, and it was not taken out of context.
drawscore wrote:The plain and simple fact, is that appointing a Supreme Court justice in the last year of a presidency, has been railed against by both Democrats and Republicans.
Chris12 wrote:Blocking Obama's choice is a right that congress apparently has but I'm confused over their logic in doing so. Does it matter that its Obama's last year? Last time I checked he was voted a mandate for two terms and not two terms minus one year.