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Who could have anticipated this moment???? And the most conservative of them all departed. ReTHUGs have been caught on the back foot because Constitutional law is on his side.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)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)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)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).
eShirl
(18,466 posts)MgtPA
(1,022 posts)Would Clarence Thomas explode on the spot?
malaise
(267,824 posts)mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)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....
malaise
(267,824 posts)He's nothing without Scalia
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)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."