Johnny Normality (Feral Mode): One of his picks was because Obama wasn't willing to pull the trigger 9 months before the election. Another was because RBG, who was old as shit and had already had at least one public bout with cancer, wanted to be replaced by Hillary. If the Democrats gave a shit, Trump would have gotten 1 pick.

One of his picks was because Obama wasn't willing to pull the trigger 9 months before the election. Another was because RBG, who was old as shit and had already had at least one public bout with cancer, wanted to be replaced by Hillary. If the Democrats gave a shit, Trump would have gotten 1 pick.

I get that "liberals" has become the strawman argument over the last 8 years and it's not always wrong but this is a direct result of Trump putting on three Supreme Court justices

I don't understand why him getting three picks is being treated like some sort of "will of the gods" things when it's demonstrably due to the incompetence, bordering on malfeasance, of THE VERY SAME MOTHERFUCKERS STILL IN CHARGE OF THE PARTY.

"This was, unfortunately, unavoidable," says the person whose job was to avoid this. This is why everyone is freaking out about the debate performance, btw. We've seen what the Democrat's overconfidence results in. They thought that debate would be a cakewalk and he went out there and shat the bed.

And now our options are The Senility Golem of King Trump and, from the bottom of my black little heart, I am praying to a God I don't believe in for a hell that doesn't exist so that everyone who brought us to this point can at least suffer for what they've done to us, our children, and the world.

That should be an "or". I'm sure Trump is also going senile but at least his handlers know when to give him a few rails of Adderall to blow. Biden's can't even get the timing right! Remember the SotU where he was so plugged in but it started an hour late? Or how he sharpened up after the debate?

The thing about how we can't just use "liberals" as a strawman is that a lot of criticism isn't doing that. We are here because of specific CHOICES made by specific PEOPLE. They have names. They have faces. Acknowledging their failures isn't blindly lashing out, it's basic root cause analysis.

Assigning blame isn't an act of vengeance, it's a basic part of accountability. You cannot fix things if you don't know what's wrong and it's very clear to anyone actually paying attention that something is deeply fucking wrong here.

Not sure that Obama pulling the trigger on Garland earlier would have stopped it being blocked by the GOP. I could be missing something, but they had all the pieces in place to block it then too?

Not when they're out of session! The concern was a fight would impact Hillary but... lol. Also RBG should have stepped down in 2009 when they could have installed ANYONE with their majorities.

Wdym “not when they were out of session?” As in, the senate was out of session so they couldn’t have blocked garland? Totes agree on RBG ofc, that was political malpractice

Yes, a recess appointment goes through and the Senate has to deal with it when they resume.

Okay but thats not a permanent SC seat. A recess appointment is temporary / there are a ton of ways the gop could have frustrated that. www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/is-a... www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-... Im not sure there was a path to Obama getting an appointment with McConnell in power

Is a recess appointment to the Court an option? (UPDATED) - SCOTUSblogwww.scotusblog.com UPDATED Sunday 8:48 a.m. The Senate is currently in recess until February 22. The recess began on Friday. Whether this opens an opportunity for a recess appointment depends upon how Senate leaders...

That's a tomorrow problem that you have months to get ready to fight.

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