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In reply to the discussion: Why is Kavanaugh getting a hearing? Why? [View all]AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)112. Change it.
I grew up in the ERA(Equal Rights Amendment) era...how did that work out?
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Republicans are hiding his papers. I'm sick of us rolling over. We yawn while the right constantly
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#4
It's not the Senate Dems who are rolling over - it was Dem voters who rolled over in 2010 and 2014
EffieBlack
Sep 2018
#13
They control the Senate, in part because we failed to support some Dems we disparagingly
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#18
It's why we need Joe Manchin. If we lost him we'd be one vote even farther from the majority.
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#32
Gorsuch had enough votes without their votes. So when the Senate majority leader allowed
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#43
Their votes meant nothing except to dispel the idea that Dems are 100% partisan.
bettyellen
Sep 2018
#72
You get it, bettyellen. A progressive's progressive wouldn't be electable there.
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#78
It's rare when someone online gets me to actually chuckle out loud. Well done. n/t
Decoy of Fenris
Sep 2018
#104
A president under criminal investigation should not ever be able to nominate anyone for a lifetime.
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#6
He was under investigation for lying about a blow job, not treason. Nothing related to his
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#11
So they were the same in your mind...and Breyer turned out to be evidence of same?
Crutchez_CuiBono
Sep 2018
#29
True. But there's nothing in the constitution that says this. And that's what we're stuck with
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#33
Because they, the GOP, can. They might not get the opportunity to ever again.
Freethinker65
Sep 2018
#7
What ARE the consequences for illegitimate ones? And when does the court injunct?) all action until
Crutchez_CuiBono
Sep 2018
#37
The Dems should be screaming from the roof. On every show, do not attend the hearing
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#59
Onecaliberal doesn't like your answer because it's based in fact and not in emotion like theirs is.
bearsfootball516
Sep 2018
#105
exactly. The election was aberrant. Perhaps extra-constitutional. It needs to be adjudicated...
Grasswire2
Sep 2018
#109
Sanders supporters by the numbers were more loyal to the party then were Hillary supporters in 2008
CentralMass
Sep 2018
#106
Can't we file a lawsuit halting the hearings until the requested documents have been obtained
Bluepinky
Sep 2018
#12
We can't filibuster -- the rules were changed to prevent that. And there is no basis for a lawsuit.
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#15
As long as a majority of Senators feel that they have adequately advised, that's all that matters,
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#88
This. I just wonder what they're doing. I don't see them doing anything to try and stop it.
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#16
we can file a lawsuit and it will be dismissed as quickly as the birther suits were dismissed
onenote
Sep 2018
#118
Because we lost the majority when we failed to support some DINO's in a crucial election.
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#14
Vermont-style politicians can't even win in Maine -- so we're stuck with "moderate" Susan Collins.
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#34
Susan Collins is "MINO" - moderate in name only, she votes with republicans 90% of the time.
George II
Sep 2018
#55
"Primary the Fuckers!" was the battle cry of many here not just a few years ago.
Kaleva
Sep 2018
#94
Because too many Dems sat on their cabooses in critical elections and didn't VOTE!!
lastlib
Sep 2018
#21
Indeed. The founders did envision a trump, but not a Republican Congress who would allow it.
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#30
Amy said yesterday it was because if they walked out they wouldn't be able to ask questions.
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2018
#46
Not showing up at a hearing is not a "drastic out-of-the-box emergency type tactic."
EffieBlack
Sep 2018
#132
Walking out is NOT a "drastic out-of-the-box tactic" and it accomplishes nothing other than giving
EffieBlack
Sep 2018
#136
Why is the Democratic Party continually attached on DU for republican actions?
GulfCoast66
Sep 2018
#69
Because we failed to regulate the private money that has bought him the necessary votes.
Orsino
Sep 2018
#71
Which means th constitution is outdated, and contains no protection for working Americans
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#74
We've made progress and here we are watching ALL of it go down the drain.
onecaliberal
Sep 2018
#119
The Dumpster doesn't have that power...to make "ALL of it go down the drain".
AncientGeezer
Sep 2018
#122
Gee, perhaps it has something to do with 2016, and why enough self-identified progressives they
still_one
Sep 2018
#103
but mass demonstrations will lay the marker for the election that Dems SUPPORTED..
Grasswire2
Sep 2018
#124
why are you dissing the French for being expert at demonstrations in the street?
Grasswire2
Sep 2018
#126