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Obama is one lucky man (Original Post) malaise Feb 2016 OP
17 judges have been confirmed in the last year of a presidency BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #1
Hence the indecent haste of McTurtle's intransigence malaise Feb 2016 #2
I expected nothing less BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #3
I hope he appoints Anita Hill eShirl Feb 2016 #4
Oh, that's brilliant! MgtPA Feb 2016 #5
Like. nt bemildred Feb 2016 #6
OK You win the thread malaise Feb 2016 #7
If it had been Clarence, mountain grammy Feb 2016 #8
He'll probably have a stroke malaise Feb 2016 #9
We can hope... mountain grammy Feb 2016 #10
"Who could have anticipated this moment????" Surya Gayatri Feb 2016 #11

BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
1. 17 judges have been confirmed in the last year of a presidency
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:15 AM
Feb 2016

Not sure what the stat is on SC vacancies lasting almost a year, but I'm sure it's low.

And still, the GOP will obstruct. At the very least, Obama will again show the depth of their obstinacy and his nominee will put a distinguished human face on the problem. This is a losing issue for them.

malaise

(267,824 posts)
2. Hence the indecent haste of McTurtle's intransigence
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:20 AM
Feb 2016

They flew into such a panic that they didn't even allow the body to reach the funeral parlor - they really lack empathy or basic decency.

BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
3. I expected nothing less
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:24 AM
Feb 2016

And I could just see the President waiting for the the first big wave of spittle to dry before he did the adult thing (again).

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
8. If it had been Clarence,
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 11:17 AM
Feb 2016

They could have stuffed him and sat him in his chair and nobody would have noticed...wait, maybe that already happened. Somebody poke him, quick....

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
11. "Who could have anticipated this moment????"
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 11:29 AM
Feb 2016

I'd say any health professional who deals with hyper-tensive, overweight, A-type elderly smokers.

It's been a bitter joke for 10 years that Tony looked like an infarctus waiting to happen.

The Lord looked down and said: "Tony boy, you've been cheating the grim reaper for too long. Time's up."

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