The never seems to be a shortage of Democrats trying to help Republicans win elections.
Leaky Leahy.
Patrick Leahy, is he STILL in the Senate???
Oh right, he comes from Vermont, where all the people are presumably of below-normal intelligence...
Oh, well then...
Since Senator Leahy unquestionably has the GOP’s best interests at heart, then I suppose we should confirm Obama’s nominee right now, even before the nomination.
Just pass a bill saying, “Since Democrats are the real racists, and diversity is our strength, and since we are a little tougher than the Democrats (but never mean or scary), we hereby consent to the appointment of whomever, or whatever, President Obama nominates to the Supreme Court”.
(I think losing control of the Senate is a near certainty, whatever they do, and that a blocked nominee will be confirmed by the new Senate on January 3, 2017, but it is possible that I’m wrong).
And I predict that leahy will not die a death of “natural causes” anytime soon.
The Republicans will lose the Senate, and conceivably the House, for turning their backs on the people who gave them majorities two years ago.
Caving to Obama and the DIMS on a SCOTUS nominee will exacerbate the magnitude of the loss.
We lose the country .. guaranteed .. if the GOP doesn’t block it. It’s a fair trade if it must be.
Bottom Line, Scalia’s death is a major loss to conservatism and now threatens the foundation of American Freedom.
Mitch McConnell needs to forcefully pronounce that he will not bring a nomination to the floor, period, end of debate.
The GOP needs to make this a referendum on so much that Scalia has done to protect our Freedoms, starting with preserving the 2nd amendment and on.
This messaging will ensure a major voter turnout, unlike we have seen in decades. People will vote to support these freedoms and the GOP candidate will win in a landslide.
At every turn the Libs will be crying, at every turn the GOP needs to say we trust the American voter more than Obama.
Well we all know Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has our best interest at heart.../s
FUPL!
Democrat scare tactics already ramping up. Its going to be a night and day drumbeat for 11 months.
47%of the electorate don’t even know what a SCJ is!
The Republicans had better start playing Video of Schumer who didn’t want Bush Nominating anyone while he had 18 Months left in his First Term.
The Republicans had better show the Legislation the Democrats pushed when Ike was in Office to make it impossible for a sitting President to Nominate someone during their last year of Office.
The Republicans should play Obama’s position on the subject when he as just a lowly Senator when Bush was President. He had a different “tone” then.
They won’t d any of the above, but it doesn’t matter anyway. Obama’s Nominee will be seated by October.
It would be awesome if someone could post Leahy’s speech from the Senate floor when he was drunk a few years ago.
I guess we'll find out during the next few weeks.
Term limits should have been demanded years ago. You get a guy with 41 years and he has been on the grease so long there is nothing honest left IMHO.