Reid triggers 'Nuclear Option' and ends filibusters.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

They never talk about any of the issues. Focking pathetic.

It's easier to assume that when the Reps were talking about this in 2005 that I didn't start a thread about it, and this makes me a hypocrite.

 

Then the lemmings can follow up with how I just took a beating.

[drobeski 3,061]

they throw around the term "hack"

[Voltaire 5,518]

Has anyone tilted or won this thread yet?

[MDC 8,048]

Has anyone tilted or won this thread yet?

Looks like Wechy and Igor have gone full retard.

[Mike Honcho 5,534]

they throw around the term "hack"

 

I took some shrapnel when my irony meter exploded.

[Sho Nuff 720]

They never talk about any of the issues. Focking pathetic.

 

Funny...I mentioned that while fillibusters have their place...they have been abused lately.

Something needs to be done...you just don't like that.

 

And its funny that some of the biggest hypocrites (you all) want to now whine that someone called your boys out on it.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

 

Funny...I mentioned that while fillibusters have their place...they have been abused lately.

Something needs to be done...you just don't like that.

 

And its funny that some of the biggest hypocrites (you all) want to now whine that someone called your boys out on it.

Don't forget about that time back in the day you supposedly called out Torrid.

[Sho Nuff 720]

RP still trying....how funny.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Don't have to try very hard to mock your hypocrisy.

 

[Sho Nuff 720]

Sure you do...you have to twist for a couple pages hoping to catch me in something after you yourself were rightfully called out for being a hypocrite.

Then try and spin it to me...and fail miserably.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Sure you do..

Nope.

 

All I had to do to expose your hypocrisy is use the first page of this thread.......you had to go all the way back to when Torrid was here to try to spin your way out of it.

 

[Sho Nuff 720]

Nope.

 

All I had to do to expose your hypocrisy is use the first page of this thread.......you had to go all the way back to when Torrid was here to try to spin your way out of it.

 

 

Actually, I used that as one example...you have been spinning since the start of it and now are deflecting from what I have already proven and what everyone here already knows.

 

Keep up the effort this morning though. Funny to watch you flail away.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

What have you proven?

 

That you had to speculate about what I did/didn't post in 2005 to spin your BS?

 

[Sho Nuff 720]

Its so cute when you try to deny how bad you come off in all of these threads...and the rest of your righty hacks.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Where is Torrid when Slo-N-Nuts needs him?

[Sho Nuff 720]

Somebody wanting some attention again I see?

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Somebody wanting some attention again I see?

Um, nope. I was just having fun mocking your earlier idiocy.

 

But let's run with your theory.......if I was just looking for your attention, didn't you just fall into my trap with that post?

 

Seems to me that it doesn't matter if I was just mocking you, or trying to trap you, I just handed you your ass either way.

 

Can't wait for you to spin this one.

[Sho Nuff 720]

Getting proven to be a hypocrite...deflecting...yeah, you really handed me my ass.

hah...another good laugh today.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

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[Reality 3,127]

Are Republicans really blocking Obama’s judicial nominees at ‘unprecedented’ levels?

 

When President Obama gave his blessing to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to invoke the so-called “nuclear option,” he said the effort by Republicans to block his nominees was “unprecedented.”

"Today's pattern of obstruction, it just isn't normal," Obama said. "I support the step a majority of senators today took to change the way that Washington is doing business."

However, that’s only partially true.

Looking at all of Obama’s nominees across his administration, he has suffered unprecedented levels of obstruction, according to the Wall Street Journal. But when it comes to judicial nominees – the process that sparked Senate Democrats to approve the nuclear option on Thursday – he’s really just suffering from a historically negative trend going back more than two decades.

According to congressional data, former President George W. Bush actually had a lower percentage of circuit court nominees approved during his time in office than Obama.

And when it comes to the amount of time it takes for circuit court nominees to get approved, Bush and Obama are actually in surprisingly close company, with Bush faring slightly worse.

Obstruction of judicial nominees first became a regular practice during President Clinton’s time in office, and the amount of time it takes for a nominee to be approved skyrocketed during George W. Bush’s presidency.

According to a May report from the Congressional Research Service, President Obama had 71.4% of his circuit court nominees approved during his first term, which is slightly better than George W. Bush’s 67.3% level of success during his first term.

President Obama also didn't fare the worst when it comes to district court nominees. During his first term, 82.7% of Obama’s district court nominees were approved, George H.W. Bush had 76.9% of his nominees approved.

Interestingly, H.W. Bush is the only president during this period who had fewer court vacancies at the end of his first term than he did at the beginning. However, Obama is the only president who suffered an increased vacancy during his first term without more court positions being created.

But in recent years, it’s the amount of time it takes to get a nominee approved where the most radical change has taken place.

For example, during Reagan’s first term, it only took 45.5 days for one of his nominees to get approved. That number escalated only marginally over the next 20 years. But by the time George W. Bush was in office, the number skyrocketed to 277 days. Obama has fared slightly better than Bush, with his nominees taking 225.5 days to get approved. But historically speaking, it’s still a severe departure from most presidencies.

Obama’s district court nominees have also suffered from extended confirmation delays. Again, Reagan’s nominees breezed through, with just a 28-day waiting period during his first term, compared with 215 days for Obama.

So, at the end of the day, Obama’s experience may not be quite as unique as he wants the public to believe. But if the nuclear option does reverse the historical trend of obstruction, it’s a move that future presidents, both Republican and Democrat, will likely be thankful for.

 

 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/are-republicans-really-blocking-obama-s-judicial-nominees-at-%E2%80%98unprecedented--levels-001414638.html

[Recliner Pilot 61]

The lemmings below need to read the link Reality posted above.

 

What a bunch of dumbasses.

 

 

The Republicans blocking every nominee was complete bullsh!t. They deserve a lot of the blame for so blatantly abusing the process.

 

 

 

correct, Harry should of left the option open...he should of predicted in '08 the GOP would act like butt-hurt babies and set filibuster records. Seriously, WTF was he thinking with the idea that the GOP would act like adults.

 

 

This. Who on God's earth could have ever imagined the behavior these grown men have exhibited? Like little children throwing tantrums when they don't get their way.

 

 

Seriously. Amazing Fish McConnell can keep a straight face when he cries about what happened today.

[Sho Nuff 720]

RMFF

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Reality won this thread......................with reality.

 

[Reality 3,127]

Oh Lord, forgot how bad I abused you cocksmokes in this one..

 

I used to actually spend time formulating responses.. What a waste of time..

 

Funny reading through this one though.

[12th Man 884]

But the Democrats won the war.

Neil Gorsuch says hello...don't you get tired of being the Sally Kohn of FFT?

[NewbieJr 541]

Neil Gorsuch says hello...don't you get tired of being the Sally Kohn of FFT?

This will be a never ending war, simpleton. You think this will never come back to bite the Republicans in the ass? Oh..I just realized who posted this., Dumbest guy on the planet. nevermind.

[cyclone24 1,940]

This will be a never ending war, simpleton. You think this will never come back to bite the Republicans in the ass? Oh..I just realized who posted this., Dumbest guy on the planet. nevermind.

It might but you and I will all be long dead. If I were you I would be sending Ruth Bader Ginsburg orange juice and vitamins everyday if I were you. If she goes there's now an express lane for another Republican judge.

 

Dems lost the war today.

[12th Man 884]

This will be a never ending war, simpleton. You think this will never come back to bite the Republicans in the ass? Oh..I just realized who posted this., Dumbest guy on the planet. nevermind.

So Sally KohnJr says in 2013 that Dems won the war; now in 2017 it's a never ending war. Stick to licking butt holes. That's the extent of your usefulness on this planet.

[Hardcore troubadour 16,007]

The democrats are still listening to the far left. Not a smart move. Doomed.

[Sho Nuff 720]

It might but you and I will all be long dead. If I were you I would be sending Ruth Bader Ginsburg orange juice and vitamins everyday if I were you. If she goes there's now an express lane for another Republican judge.

 

Dems lost the war today.

Karen is going to be playing weekend at Bernies with several of them.

[cyclone24 1,940]

Karen is going to be playing weekend at Bernies with several of them.

Hah...nice.

[Baker Boy 1,711]

So what happen to Recliner Pilot? He seems like one of the more informed posters on this board.

[MDC 8,048]

So what happen to Recliner Pilot? He seems like one of the more informed posters on this board.

He changed his name and pretends to be a cop now.

 

What happened to Phurfur?

[NewbieJr 541]

He changed his name and pretends to be a cop now.

 

What happened to Phurfur?

I heard he had a heart attack from jerking off 15 times while watching an Angela Lansbury marathon on Turner Classic Movie Channel.

[edjr 7,012]

everyone is Rusty

[Sho Nuff 720]

So what happen to Recliner Pilot? He seems like one of the more informed posters on this board.

Again showing what a know nothing hack you are thinking that....and thinking that he's actually gone.

[Cdub100 3,996]