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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Mar 22, 2017 - 06:01pm PT
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Splater stole my thoughts...4 more years without back alley abortions is a good thing..
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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Mar 22, 2017 - 06:08pm PT
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Seems like a decent pick if this pres had any business being involved.
Since there are no more rules, apparently, then I agree with Splater, we can wait another 4 years. They should definitely force the hand. Eliminating the filibuster will hurt this time but just imagine how fun it will be to replace Thomas with Elizabeth Warren.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 22, 2017 - 06:24pm PT
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Definitely better to take the long view.
That also reduces present frothing at the mouth, which those around you will appreciate.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Mar 22, 2017 - 06:42pm PT
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Creepy guy.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 22, 2017 - 06:59pm PT
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D#@&%ebag disguised as a brilliant and impartial lawyer. Shut the process down like Mitch and his cronies did for a year. If only the Dem had any balls.................
When the house burns down then maybe get serious about an appointee.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Mar 22, 2017 - 07:17pm PT
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Guido....Same....! Dems needs to grow a pair...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Mar 22, 2017 - 07:35pm PT
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That libs aren't getting the "ideal" result in the SCOTUS is a necessary function of our elections and their implications.
No, it isn't - not even remotely. It's a result of gop members of the senate absolutely abandoning their their responsibilities as senators, but you keep telling yourself that.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 22, 2017 - 07:39pm PT
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but you keep telling yourself that.
Right back atcha.
No laws were broken, and the gamesmanship was entirely predictable. That fact that your side was on the losing side is what motivates the froth and angst. Had the roles been reversed, be intellectually honest now!, you would have said the same thing to frothing Rebumblecons.
It's a giant game, the most amusing ever invented. And we watch, sometimes clap, sometimes cry, and sometimes get angry. In the end, though, we're all just powerless watchers in a grand comedy of errors orchestrated by power-brokers that are rarely if ever in the news.
Your side is sucking hind-tit at present. Don't worry, it will come around.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Mar 22, 2017 - 10:07pm PT
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If nothing else, one hopes that the Democrats have learned:
1. Have your nominees ready when there's a vacancy, and nominate them as soon as is decently possible.
2. Push their nominations by all reasonable (at least) means.
3. Nominate only younger people - more bang for your buck.
And the Republicans should remember that their gerrymandering, and dubious tactics, will eventually come back to bite them. Once the Democrats have a majority in one or both houses, it'll be payback time.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Mar 22, 2017 - 10:15pm PT
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Entitled prick...
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 22, 2017 - 10:20pm PT
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3. Nominate only younger people
Yes, this is the modern way.
The younger could be a real moron and then when the moron is elected you'll have a longer moronic period.
Just pick people by age and not by intelligence is the new modern way.
They are giving PHd's out of cereal boxes now.
Modern education is now the slaughterhouse of the soul .......
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Mar 22, 2017 - 10:42pm PT
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You liberal guys should be delighted. I hear Hillary is coming out of the woods, maybe to run again. Third time is a charm, right?
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Mar 23, 2017 - 08:48am PT
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Guido makes sense, hella sense.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2017 - 10:46am PT
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D#@&%ebag disguised as a brilliant and impartial lawyer. That's the feeling I get as well. Clearly very smart and well pedigreed. Everyone says he's a fine chap, etc., but I can't shake having the same vibe about him. I think I went to law school with too many guys like him who are friendly and cordial, but then revert to a smug, arrogant side when presenting their conservative views of the law. I dislike that he was a member of the Federalist Society during law school (which is almost exclusively white and male), the reason being, when you go to grad school to learn about the law and know little to nothing about it, why would you join a group that advocates only a particular view of the law, rather than listening to all points of view and then making a decision of what you believe. It doesn't mean he's not smart, nor unqualified. I just can't get around what I believe to be a very clear bias.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Mar 23, 2017 - 11:16am PT
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I hear Hillary is coming out of the woods, maybe to run again. Third time is a charm, right?
You "hear" this on rightwing media, the realm of alternative facts.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Mar 23, 2017 - 11:26am PT
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Actually, FOX recorded her saying she's coming out of the woods. The bit about her running again was my own interpretation. FWIW. Don't be upset.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Mar 23, 2017 - 11:30am PT
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Actually, FOX recorded her saying she's coming out of the woods. The bit about her running again was my own interpretation. FWIW. Don't be upset.
Then you need to write a little more coherently. what you wrote stated, in clear terms, what you had heard.
And you didn't.
Another GOP alt-fact.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Mar 23, 2017 - 11:43am PT
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You guys need to calm down. The thought of Hillary running again must trigger anxieties. Sorry I ruffled your feathers!
;>(
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Mar 23, 2017 - 11:45am PT
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I'd be fine with it. She'd trounce Pence in '20.
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