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Do Conservatives remember what Senate Democrats did to Miguel Estrada?
Vanity | 14 Fubrary 2016 | Trueblackman

Posted on 02/14/2016 9:45:06 AM PST by Trueblackman

Now Senate Democrats want Barrack Obama to pick a Liberal Justice to remake the USSC with the wake of the death of Justice Scailia.

Yet these hypocrites seem to forget they used the filibuster, down right racism to delay and finally deny George w. Bush's nominee Miguel Estrada a seat on the federal bench. Democrats and Leftist Groups labeled Mr. Estrada as "Political Dangerous," because if confirmed they felt that he might ascend to the USSC as the first Hispanic on the high court.

For 28 months Democrats and Leftist Groups used every racist tactic in the book to deny and delay an up or down vote. So ruthless were these tactics that Estrada's Wife miscarried their child and later killed herself, which promoted Estrada to withdrew his nomination to the federal bench.

Why should this racist and a lame duck President remake our courts, when they denied a nomination on pure racism and political dirty tricks, I say turn about is fair play.


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; antoninscalia; election2016; scalia; scotus
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To: wny

“If Obama nominated Bernie sanders or Hillary Clinton the idiot republicans would vote to confirm. They are that pathetic.”

I wouldn’t doubt your comment at all, but, you forgot Billy Boy.


21 posted on 02/14/2016 10:22:23 AM PST by kagnew
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To: nascarnation

Loretta Lynch has already been “pre-approved” by this Senate (56-43)

The outcry from the MSM to install her will be monstrous.


But, will anyone point out that being on the Supreme Court is a completely different job? How does the fact that the Senate confirmed her for one appointed post indicate that they must confirm her to another appointed post??


22 posted on 02/14/2016 10:24:54 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

She has the three “golden” tickets:

Harvard Law
Black
Female

(of course so does Mrs. Baraq Hussein Obama, LOL)


23 posted on 02/14/2016 10:27:11 AM PST by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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To: Trueblackman

I am not a conspiracy theorist but Scalia’s death is too coincidental. On the other hand, he was 80.

I do not put it past Obama and his people pulling some dirty tricks to get what they want, including murder.

Obama did say in the New Year that he was no lameduck and that there would be lots of fireworks to come in 2016.

The following posting makes it clear Obama’s people had the means and opportunity to take out Scalia:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396867/posts

That makes me a conspiracy nut but I don’t mind. The death and its timing was just too convenient. Hopefully, the coroner acted quickly and had the latest tools available.


24 posted on 02/14/2016 10:37:35 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

I’m not a conspiracy theorist but I could not ignore the irony of Justice Scalia having a heart attack while he was alone at a remote hunting resort. And 11 mos from the swearing in of a new and likely GOP President.


25 posted on 02/14/2016 10:39:29 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Trueblackman

Do Republican Senators remember when the Democrats turned the name Bork into a verb?

Bork any nominee that Obama makes.


26 posted on 02/14/2016 10:41:33 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: AuntB

Estrada was also in support of Elena Kagen.


27 posted on 02/14/2016 10:43:41 AM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: joesbucks

Bull. The Senate has a Constitutional right to advise and consent. That does not mean roll over and confirm whatever far left-wing liberal that Obama picks.

It is long past time to remind Obama that he is not the dictator of a third world banana republic and that the Congress is a co-equal branch of the government.


28 posted on 02/14/2016 10:46:23 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Patriot Babe

Yes but they denied him because they did not want a Republican to appoint a Hispanic to the high court.


29 posted on 02/14/2016 10:51:55 AM PST by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

So when they attempted to block Thomas or gave Scalia a rough ride that was ok when our man made the appointment and they were in control?


30 posted on 02/14/2016 10:55:11 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: Trueblackman

And what about Pickering too?


31 posted on 02/14/2016 11:04:48 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittancez)
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To: Trueblackman

VERY good reminder.

I hadn’t forgotten all that, but it hasn’t been on my mind the past 24 hours.

It is something the democrats and their media pals need reminding of!!!


32 posted on 02/14/2016 11:04:55 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: Alas Babylon!

We need to hit the talk radioshows hard on Tuesday.


33 posted on 02/14/2016 11:07:56 AM PST by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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To: Trueblackman

I had forgotten those tactics.

Thank you for the reminder of their judicial intolerance.


34 posted on 02/14/2016 12:10:31 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: joesbucks

The Democrats set the rules. We have to play by them.


35 posted on 02/14/2016 12:16:58 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: joesbucks

“They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Chicago* way!”


36 posted on 02/14/2016 12:21:16 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: joesbucks; Bubba_Leroy

You view the process through the lens of moral relativism, there are no universal truths.

Relativists deny the Laws of Nature.

I say the truth is that democrat goals are destructive to the republic.


37 posted on 02/14/2016 12:29:20 PM PST by Jacquerie (To shun Article V is to embrace tyranny.)
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To: Trueblackman

How about the Pickering fiasco. That seat mostly stayed open 6 years.


38 posted on 02/14/2016 12:36:23 PM PST by stylin19a
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To: Jacquerie

So do unto others is a bad thing?


39 posted on 02/14/2016 12:48:12 PM PST by joesbucks
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