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KPN

(15,587 posts)
69. You may be right. But we also have to give it our
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 10:57 AM
Sep 2018

best over the next 40 days or so, and over the next two years and 2020. If then we fail because of further obstruction and GOP chicanery, then we fight harder. Good always prevails over evil in the long haul. It will this time as well.

We must retake our government. dalton99a Sep 2018 #1
We haven't lost all yet BigGermanGuy Sep 2018 #45
+1. Expand the court. dalton99a Sep 2018 #50
Agree, and push for local police/Maryland AG to investigate and prosecute onetexan Sep 2018 #83
is there a law BigGermanGuy Sep 2018 #121
LOL there's no law to my knowledge but in the history of the SCOTUS onetexan Sep 2018 #125
Good points. StarryNite Sep 2018 #65
I hope it works DownriverDem Sep 2018 #99
his own party BigGermanGuy Sep 2018 #103
Yes. VOTE, Dammit! calimary Sep 2018 #111
Young people bdamomma Sep 2018 #2
Young people. Old people. All people. MineralMan Sep 2018 #3
Young people are the good news - we have to make them understand FakeNoose Sep 2018 #97
Hopefully, this will be the bridge too far. They have exposed their grap for power at any cost. olegramps Sep 2018 #108
I knew they had to push this through. underpants Sep 2018 #4
Like what Japanese Adm. Yamamoto said after the attack on Pearl Harbor, john657 Sep 2018 #8
Exactly! BarbD Sep 2018 #104
geez, Graham bdamomma Sep 2018 #18
That was audition leftynyc Sep 2018 #22
we refer to it as the pervert court dembotoz Sep 2018 #5
The Supreme Court will strike down almost everything we vote for manor321 Sep 2018 #6
So, you're suggesting that we not bother? Really? MineralMan Sep 2018 #17
You may be right. But we also have to give it our KPN Sep 2018 #69
point of information: discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2018 #124
What's to keep the supreme court from continually ruling against MarcA Sep 2018 #126
First, I'm not a lawyer or even any degree of expert but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2018 #130
I want Democratic candidates willing avebury Sep 2018 #7
THIS in spades. nt Nay Sep 2018 #85
The GOP must be shrunk to a size small enough to flush down a toilet. ... aggiesal Sep 2018 #106
See if someone will file charges in MD against KNaw uponit7771 Sep 2018 #9
That's a good idea, but will do nothing to correct MineralMan Sep 2018 #21
It's still a good idea. We need to stick these KPN Sep 2018 #71
Yes. Let's have more history being made. A sexual predator - no, a SECOND sexual predator calimary Sep 2018 #123
Great post Calimary. It needs more visibility. KPN Sep 2018 #132
Excellent. And, even small donations help. Hoyt Sep 2018 #10
What now Our very lives will be lost. SummerSnow Sep 2018 #11
Channel the anger and vote in historic numbers. JaneQPublic Sep 2018 #12
Exactly! MineralMan Sep 2018 #41
There is an ever slight glimmer of hope, ever slight. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #13
no qazplm135 Sep 2018 #59
That's my read on this. If you take a good hard look at KPN Sep 2018 #63
We cannot lose something we did not have. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #14
This is very true, but Kavanaugh is not Kennedy. He's a serial sexual assaulter & blackout drunk. Texin Sep 2018 #53
He is a right wing political activist. I was just responding to the OP claiming that we lost the Trust Buster Sep 2018 #57
WE LOST GARLAND! KPN Sep 2018 #72
He was supposed to replace right wing Scalia. I was just responding to the OP claiming we Trust Buster Sep 2018 #81
canada... samnsara Sep 2018 #15
what??? bdamomma Sep 2018 #25
I talked to my daughter about that Freddie Sep 2018 #35
it's an option. bdamomma Sep 2018 #38
To be fair, Codeine Sep 2018 #16
We lost the SCOTUS back in 2016 when trump was elected Gothmog Sep 2018 #19
While that's true, it is in the past and can't be changed. MineralMan Sep 2018 #23
I am looking ahead and we are working hard to turn Texas blue Gothmog Sep 2018 #39
Yes, and let's have a week of silence from those who helped Hortensis Sep 2018 #44
We actually lost the SCOTUS in 2014 when we lost the Senate BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #89
Actually it wasn't just 2016 moose65 Sep 2018 #105
I want to move to another country. I'm sorry, but I hate America. OliverQ Sep 2018 #20
Well, OK, but before you go, how about helping out MineralMan Sep 2018 #24
The same thing we should do even if Kavanaugh is defeated mythology Sep 2018 #26
Yes. Absolutely. MineralMan Sep 2018 #27
We were always going to lose the Supreme Court; the fix was in when Trump was elected. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #28
Yes. A long game, indeed. One which I will almost certainly not MineralMan Sep 2018 #29
You and me both charliea Sep 2018 #82
starting at the State Level bdamomma Sep 2018 #40
We need to get rid of the purity tests to being a good democrat. redstatebluegirl Sep 2018 #30
Thank you so much! MineralMan Sep 2018 #33
Correct me if wrong... but isn't there still a full vote of the Senate? Raster Sep 2018 #31
Yes, there is. MineralMan Sep 2018 #32
But you don't know, because that vote has not yet happened. Raster Sep 2018 #37
Yes, but even if Kavanaugh isn't confirmed by that vote they'll just The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #42
I'll vote for the Democrats, as usual. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2018 #34
That's good. Now, please try to convince a few more people to do the same. MineralMan Sep 2018 #36
That's real man. KPN Sep 2018 #74
Do what FDR almost did.... mbusby Sep 2018 #43
Can't do that unless we win in elections, see? MineralMan Sep 2018 #46
I live in one of the bluest and safest for DFL candidates districts in the country geardaddy Sep 2018 #47
Court-packing, Democrats' nuclear option for the Supreme Court, explained Fla Dem Sep 2018 #48
There are millions of low information, sporadic voters out there Danascot Sep 2018 #49
Exactly! MineralMan Sep 2018 #52
The SCOTUS was already lost NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #51
Not quite yet MM. It isn't over. It still needs the full Senate, though the odds are against us. still_one Sep 2018 #54
It is over. Hatch hinted that Collins and Murkowski are going to vote yes. OliverQ Sep 2018 #61
I pretty assumed that anyway, but it isn't over until it is over. As for Murkowski, there are other still_one Sep 2018 #77
Doesn't look good. They wouldn't risk putting C and M on record unless they were sure. Amishman Sep 2018 #94
If we gain the Senate... R's are douching it up JCMach1 Sep 2018 #55
Take back the other two Branches, expand the Court by two and start to rebuild democracy eleny Sep 2018 #56
Start drinking heavily n/t hibbing Sep 2018 #58
work our asses off to win majorities in both houses on 11/6/18. mulsh Sep 2018 #60
the problem is elmac Sep 2018 #101
the greater the dems control both houses the more likely it is a SC judge can be impeached mulsh Sep 2018 #113
impeachment has only been tried once, elmac Sep 2018 #119
How about a Congress that gives the court $1 a year on which to operate? MarcA Sep 2018 #128
that would be great, starve the beast. nt elmac Sep 2018 #131
Did Collins and Murkowski announce support? PubliusEnigma Sep 2018 #62
What do we do? Vote so that we control both Houses and then immediately stack in2herbs Sep 2018 #64
Going door to door tomorrow grantcart Sep 2018 #66
Thank you! I'm doing calls. bettyellen Sep 2018 #75
Sooner or later many here will understand that the system of government we curretly have The Liberal Lion Sep 2018 #67
If we don't have 51 Senate seats come January 2019 we in even deeper shit than we are now inwiththenew Sep 2018 #68
Roberts is now the swing vote Johnny2X2X Sep 2018 #70
I agree. The other thing is that this court has his name on it The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #76
The vote is Tuesday. I hate inaccurate OPs that can cause people to give up. Been seeing them for bettyellen Sep 2018 #73
For me this isn't about winning or loosing the SC at this point TNLib Sep 2018 #78
After he's removed and convicted, we need to nullify Trump's presidency Dopers_Greed Sep 2018 #79
Supreme court D00ver Sep 2018 #80
they can't, they're supposed to remain impartial. Selection is up to Congress, not existing SCOTUS onetexan Sep 2018 #84
Nothing is normal D00ver Sep 2018 #87
Agreed, rules no longer apply, at all, well they do to us and decent people but not the Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #98
Judges are just politicians in robes. nt fleabiscuit Sep 2018 #134
If the vote goes in favor of Kavanaugh on Tuesday infullview Sep 2018 #86
anything can be stopped by the supreme court elmac Sep 2018 #107
Pretty dim view of the future there.... infullview Sep 2018 #129
at the cancer stage of capitalism elmac Sep 2018 #133
Vote. Encourage and help others get to the polls. fishwax Sep 2018 #88
We retake the House and Senate and impeach Kavanaugh for sex crimes. W T F Sep 2018 #90
And the first steps involve GOTV, as I said. MineralMan Sep 2018 #91
K&R, I agree with you. saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 #92
He hasn't been confirmed yet. Yes, Grassley will pass it out of committee on PatrickforO Sep 2018 #93
Yes...GOTV!!!! TommyCelt Sep 2018 #95
SO far, all we've lost is the Judiciary Committee vote. Kavanawful is not confirmed yet DFW Sep 2018 #96
This was the prize of the 16 election, the main objective elmac Sep 2018 #100
Yes. Many of us warned about this consequence. Not all listened. MineralMan Sep 2018 #102
What happened in the 60's when our elected representatives refused to end an immoral War? jalan48 Sep 2018 #109
We protested. We took to the streets. MineralMan Sep 2018 #114
The War ended because people organized and protested against it. Without that pressure it jalan48 Sep 2018 #118
In Ohio's May 2018 primary election tiredtoo Sep 2018 #110
Yes. Exactly! MineralMan Sep 2018 #115
Some how we need to change the process by which SCOTUS nominees get a hearing & usaf-vet Sep 2018 #112
And how would we do that, do you suppose? MineralMan Sep 2018 #116
I believe I said "some how"! If I knew the answer I would be first to spell it out. usaf-vet Sep 2018 #120
I could not stand listening to or watching Carnival Cruz Gothmog Sep 2018 #117
We do the same things we've been doing since November 2016 onenote Sep 2018 #122
Never stop fighting till the fight is done. FreepFryer Sep 2018 #127
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