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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,011
    i

    don't

    care.

    he died after a 30+ year battle with social progress.

    problem for us is, we are all stuck here living in a world that he has helped to shape and has fought against our advancement as a culture for decades. he gets to ride off to wherever his energy is going, and now we have to find someone to undo what he has done.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    He's in a better place now
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,011
    what dreams said:

    He's in a better place now

    depends on your definition of a better place.

    to him, there is no better place than 'murica.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    he died after a 30+ year battle with social progress..

    ok onion :tongue:
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,011
    ehbacon said:

    gimmesometruth27 said:

    he died after a 30+ year battle with social progress..

    ok onion :tongue:
    i credit that to thom hartmann on sirius progress. onion got it from him.
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  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    Shit happens.
  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    ehbacon said:

    gimmesometruth27 said:

    he died after a 30+ year battle with social progress..

    ok onion :tongue:
    i credit that to thom hartmann on sirius progress. onion got it from him.
    tbh I only saw the onion post because someone I knew said that they posted an offensive headline about him


    more like a true headline.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,597
    Rafael Eduardo Cruz was the first Republican I heard tonight call for the next President to nominate Scalia's successor. So he won that race.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,597
    BREAKING: President Obama says he will do his job.

    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    This is quite the political opportunity for Democrats here. Although Obama will have difficulty getting someone through the Senate, it's politically advantageous for a solid, moderate, respectable candidate to be languishing in the approval process. Clinton or Bernie can use it as a bludgeon as to why it's important to elect a Democrat... "if a normal judge like X can't get approved. Imagine the candidate that President GOP will put up there!"

    For Democrats, it was a conservative seat so at worst it remains 5-4, so neutral. For the Republicans it really is a no win situation. Suddenly the SC becomes one of the most important issues on the ballot.

    IMO, Clinton is the real winner. If she gets through the tough nomination process, disenchanted Bernie supporters will have to think long and hard about jumping to Trump or staying home. The stakes have changed.
  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    Nominate =/= elect. The Republican Senate has already said they're gonna deny any nominee until the next election.
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    ehbacon said:

    Nominate =/= elect. The Republican Senate has already said they're gonna deny any nominee until the next election.

    Yep, and that's to the Democrats advantage. It's a no win situation for the GOP.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Justice after all the good ones like Bowie dying.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Free said:

    Shit happens.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQrgRL0T6k
  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    :rofl:
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    the Strom Thurmond of the supreme court is dead... condolences to his family.
    joy to the rest of the USA.

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Sad state of gridlock when the breaking news headline is that the President will appoint a nominee - which, as stated above, is the natural course of things. If the GOP holds out, then Hillary can always nominate Obama after she wins the election. :bee:
  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    njnancy said:

    Sad state of gridlock when the breaking news headline is that the President will appoint a nominee - which, as stated above, is the natural course of things. If the GOP holds out, then Hillary can always nominate Obama after she wins the election. :bee:

    that would be amazing
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Posting in a death thread is tricky.
    Does this synopsis http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/antonin-scalia-successor-fight-1.3447646 give us an accurate portrayal of you Americans and this situation?
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,011
    hillary is an attorney. maybe obama could nominate her. she would be a much more effective supreme court justice. the appointment is for life. plus, if clinton is appointed we would not have to have 4 more years of a gop obstruction party that will not pass anything simply because it is something a clinton supports.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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