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Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 09-28-2018 03:09 PM
Re: Judge Rapey McRapey
 
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 518112)
Absolutely everyone who's ever had a drink laughed out loud when he pulled that out of his ass.

TM
It's worse than that. My experience is that it's the mantra of a really bad alcoholic. They're the only ones who don't laugh at the line.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 09-28-2018 03:11 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 518186)
I amend. It's Kabuki. Flake and Murkowski have cut a deal to conduct a "limited" one week investigation. This is to provide cover, most particularly for Collins, Murkowski, Manchin, and Heidtkamp.

Ball is now in Trump's court. Follow Flake's shrewd and self-protective lead, or demand vote now and see if Flake will cave?
I'm hearing that the whole only-the-president-can-have-the-fbi-investigate is bs, and that the FBI has privately told people a request from McConnell or Grassley would be honored.

LessinSF 09-28-2018 03:16 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 518186)
I amend. It's Kabuki. Flake and Murkowski have cut a deal to conduct a "limited" one week investigation. This is to provide cover, most particularly for Collins, Murkowski, Manchin, and Heidtkamp.

Ball is now in Trump's court. Follow Flake's shrewd and self-protective lead, or demand vote now and see if Flake will cave?
Flake showed he is smarter than every other Senator in the room. In a brilliant piece of political theater, he cut the legs out from under the Dems for an "investigation" that will reveal nothing, result in a foregone conclusion, and provide cover for the R Senators who face precarious election odds. Meanwhile, the Dems have made a mean drunk, future Supreme Court Justice even angrier (and Leon's getting larger).

ThurgreedMarshall 09-28-2018 03:22 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 518189)
Meanwhile, the Dems have made a mean drunk, future Supreme Court Justice even angrier (and Leon's getting larger).
This is my new favorite line of critique--like that asshole wouldn't vote the exact same way (down the line, to the right of Scalia) at every turn as it stands. Now he's mad and he's really going to vote hard right. Bigly. FOH.

TM

sebastian_dangerfield 09-28-2018 03:31 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 518189)
Flake showed he is smarter than every other Senator in the room. In a brilliant piece of political theater, he cut the legs out from under the Dems for an "investigation" that will reveal nothing, result in a foregone conclusion, and provide cover for the R Senators who face precarious election odds. Meanwhile, the Dems have made a mean drunk, future Supreme Court Justice even angrier (and Leon's getting larger).
Schumer fucked this one up. Got too cute. He should've played this card earlier and just taken Kavanaugh out. By trying to time it as he did, he made a shit salad of the thing.

(I heard this thing was Schumer's baby all the way from a pretty solid D source. And that makes sense, as he's been way out of sight throughout it.)

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 09-28-2018 03:56 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 518190)
This is my new favorite line of critique--like that asshole wouldn't vote the exact same way (down the line, to the right of Scalia) at every turn as it stands. Now he's mad and he's really going to vote hard right. Bigly. FOH.

TM
He's a hack. Always has been. Always will be. Totally beholden to the Federalist Society and the Republican Party, and couldn't care less about, say, the Constitution.

I don't know if that is better or worse than some of the hard core ideologues that are the alternative with the Federalist list.

Replaced_Texan 09-28-2018 03:58 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 518199)
Schumer fucked this one up. Got too cute. He should've played this card earlier and just taken Kavanaugh out. By trying to time it as he did, he made a shit salad of the thing.

(I heard this thing was Schumer's baby all the way from a pretty solid D source. And that makes sense, as he's been way out of sight throughout it.)
Schumer has been a TERRIBLE opposition leader.

Icky Thump 09-28-2018 04:23 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 518199)
Schumer fucked this one up. Got too cute. He should've played this card earlier and just taken Kavanaugh out. By trying to time it as he did, he made a shit salad of the thing.

(I heard this thing was Schumer's baby all the way from a pretty solid D source. And that makes sense, as he's been way out of sight throughout it.)
He is a poster child for term limits.

LessinSF 09-28-2018 04:48 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 518208)
He's a hack. Always has been. Always will be. Totally beholden to the Federalist Society and the Republican Party, and couldn't care less about, say, the Constitution.
But, but, but ... Chief Justice Roberts has said ""We don't work as Democrats or as Republicans."

Hank Chinaski 09-28-2018 07:27 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 518212)
But, but, but ... Chief Justice Roberts has said ""We don't work as Democrats or as Republicans."
Sometimes Judges surprise once there, maybe not this one, but some do.

Adder 09-28-2018 10:45 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 518189)
Flake showed he is smarter than every other Senator in the room. In a brilliant piece of political theater, he cut the legs out from under the Dems for an "investigation" that will reveal nothing, result in a foregone conclusion, and provide cover for the R Senators who face precarious election odds. Meanwhile, the Dems have made a mean drunk, future Supreme Court Justice even angrier (and Leon's getting larger).
I'd call this a colossally stupid take, except your probably right that the FBI will reveal nothing. Not because there's nothing to reveal, though.

Tyrone Slothrop 09-29-2018 02:21 AM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 518189)
Meanwhile, the Dems have made a mean drunk, future Supreme Court Justice even angrier (and Leon's getting larger).
Oh noes!

LessinSF 09-29-2018 01:02 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 518238)
Oh noes!
On further reflection, Kavanaugh's admitted partisanship might hurt him on the Court. On close cases, it might marginalize him, a la Thomas. A committed, known vote that will have no power in majority making.

In related news, who knew Fox had a crossable line? https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-fir...-lying-skanks/

Tyrone Slothrop 09-29-2018 01:32 PM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 518239)
On further reflection, Kavanaugh's admitted partisanship might hurt him on the Court. On close cases, it might marginalize him, a la Thomas. A committed, known vote that will have no power in majority making.

In related news, who knew Fox had a crossable line? https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-fir...-lying-skanks/
It will weaken the legitimacy of the Court more generally.

sebastian_dangerfield 10-01-2018 08:59 AM
Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
 
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Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 518210)
He is a poster child for term limits.
Schumer put Feinstein in the soup as a result of this: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...-letter-854019

Cotton is such a creep. He looks like a serial killer.


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