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To: Impy
>> “But I have friends that want the job instead!” “Conflict of interest!”
He can go screw himself with that stuff. <<

Well, I agree with Fieldmarshaldj that Kennedy's objections are legit (picking some DC insider to "represent" Louisiana on the federal bench instead of picking a local guy who has paid his dues and actually lives there), and IMO the White House shouldn't have ignored him. The Constitution says ADVICE and consent from the Senate for a reason. It doesn't say "The President knows whats best for all the states and the Senators from those states should shut up and get in line"

To me, its a whole different ballgame than say, John Thune going rogue and vowing to oppose nominees because of an totally unrelated issue relating to federal bacon for SD.

That being said, while the White House SHOULD have listened to Kennedy, Kennedy's objections aren't enough to justify voting against the nominee on the final floor vote. IMO, the only valid reason to vote down a Trump nominee is they are either not qualified for the job or there's a good possibility they are a stealth liberal. Every Trump nominee I'VE opposed has been on those grounds (::cough:: Tillerson ::cough:: ) He can't just leave any seat vacant because the choice is less than ideal and not who he would have picked.

And I never trusted "Republican" Kennedy and I still don't. Sort of like "Republican" Walter Jones in North Carolina. Two guys who only switched parties not because of sincere ideological reasons, but because of political necessity to advance their careers. Too many FReepers were ready to blindly "get behind" Kennedy the moment he put an "R" next to his name, simply because he was a candidate with "name ID". Tsk, tsk.

31 posted on 11/30/2017 1:17:32 PM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj

I voted for Rep. John Fleming in the open primary, but being from the northern part of the state was no big help to him, plus Kennedy had substantial name recognition from his long tenure as state treasurer (and he also ran against Landrieu in 2008 and lost by about 5 points...if he’d have beaten her the Dems wouldn’t have gotten their filibuster proof majority in the Senate even with the Franken theft and the Specter switch)

My biggest fear was RINO Charles Boustany winning the seat. I suppose it could have been worse.


32 posted on 11/30/2017 4:46:17 PM PST by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Domo Arigato, Mr. Rubio. Domo Arigato, Mr. Rubio.)
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