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Leahy drops a bomb...Read the thread... (Original Post) pbmus Sep 2018 OP
Kick dalton99a Sep 2018 #1
Thievish bdamomma Sep 2018 #2
GOP have been traitorous filthy criminals for a long time, some of us called it YEARS ago Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #3
It began in earnest with Reagan proglib217 Sep 2018 #16
Actually it began with Nixon, and he was impeached for it. Nitram Sep 2018 #29
Liberals defending cons ? CentralMass Sep 2018 #26
All the time, still even sometimes. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #31
He's gonna be confirmed, anyway, right? dchill Sep 2018 #4
Leahy's UNrolled thread here**** riversedge Sep 2018 #5
Maddow--This is important... riversedge Sep 2018 #6
let's have a criminal SCOTUS Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #21
I still say this is grounds for impeachment if he is confirmed pecosbob Sep 2018 #7
But it would require 2/3 of the Senate to impeach, and that's never gonna happen. catbyte Sep 2018 #14
Yes, it could. Trump is destroying the GOP brand. McCamy Taylor Sep 2018 #28
Maybe in 10-15 years when demographics overtake them. catbyte Sep 2018 #35
To quote malaise ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #8
K&R! gademocrat7 Sep 2018 #9
But his emails! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #10
Here you go....... riversedge Sep 2018 #22
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #11
Impeachment... Toorich Sep 2018 #12
Impeach Gorsuck as well. LakeArenal Sep 2018 #13
Why Are We Only Just Hearing About This Now? dlk Sep 2018 #15
There was an article floating around prior CousinIT Sep 2018 #20
k&r bigtree Sep 2018 #17
Who sits on the Senate Judicial Committee right now ? Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #18
Kick. Way to go Sen. Leahy, No Quarter. appalachiablue Sep 2018 #19
republican liars are a plague upon America Achilleaze Sep 2018 #23
Good for him for bringing this to attention. Again. Hortensis Sep 2018 #24
In 2007 we were told to stfu and move on RandiFan1290 Sep 2018 #25
Many things will be released next year Lulu KC Sep 2018 #33
Every Senator who votes for him duforsure Sep 2018 #27
Really wondering about Claire in MO n/t Lulu KC Sep 2018 #34
K&R demmiblue Sep 2018 #30
I adore him Lulu KC Sep 2018 #32
You have to almost admire how well coached Kavenaugh is. EarnestPutz Sep 2018 #36

bdamomma

(63,893 posts)
2. Thievish
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:03 PM
Sep 2018

bastards. The only thing they know is to steal and be greedy and to hell with the country or its people.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
3. GOP have been traitorous filthy criminals for a long time, some of us called it YEARS ago
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:04 PM
Sep 2018

Personally I have taken shit from liberals for years that I was too harsh on cons.

 

proglib217

(88 posts)
16. It began in earnest with Reagan
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 09:00 PM
Sep 2018

I'll be even more specific -- it began in earnest with the firing of the striking air traffic controllers.

And it's impossible to be "too harsh" on cons.

Nitram

(22,825 posts)
29. Actually it began with Nixon, and he was impeached for it.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 09:29 AM
Sep 2018

Nixon's was an analog break-in rather than a digital one.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
31. All the time, still even sometimes.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:07 PM
Sep 2018

One of my best friends did this routinely because he felt some cons were good people.

And some were, but not anymore. Hell, most liberal politicians like Al Franken or Schumer or whoever will tell you I am WRONG about cons, that they arent all bad. They believe that too and they know more than I do.

But, I see what they do at the end of the day, everyday, and I dont buy it.

And I dont think those Democrats do it because of the good ole boy thing, I think they really do see a side of them that we dont see and they sincerely like each other.

But those days have to be done, over, for our sake.

riversedge

(70,253 posts)
6. Maddow--This is important...
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:39 PM
Sep 2018


Sen. Patrick Leahy Retweeted
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
?Verified account @maddow
7h7 hours ago

Rachel Maddow MSNBC Retweeted Sen. Patrick Leahy

This is important...





We have discovered evidence that Judge Kavanaugh misled the Senate during his 2004 and 2006 hearings. Truthfulness under oath is not an optional qualification for a Supreme Court nominee. Watch as I question him here:





Hermit-The-Prog

(33,356 posts)
21. let's have a criminal SCOTUS
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:47 AM
Sep 2018

Why not? We have an illegitimate occupant in the White House and very likely many illegitimate occupants of the House and Senate. Might as well have criminals as Justices.

pecosbob

(7,541 posts)
7. I still say this is grounds for impeachment if he is confirmed
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:44 PM
Sep 2018

It also indicates he had knowledge of a felony after the fact and did not report it to proper authorities.

catbyte

(34,412 posts)
35. Maybe in 10-15 years when demographics overtake them.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:33 PM
Sep 2018

Tribalism is so ingrained these days, Why else would almost 80% of Republicans still support Trump? You have much more faith in the American people than I do. I hope you're right and I am wrong.

CousinIT

(9,249 posts)
20. There was an article floating around prior
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 01:09 AM
Sep 2018

... to these hearings about it. I'd heard about it. It's partially why GOP is hiding his records, besides his heinously extreme and dangerous views.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
18. Who sits on the Senate Judicial Committee right now ?
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 09:50 PM
Sep 2018

I googled this and got results that included senators no longer IN the senate.

Time to make some phone calls.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. Good for him for bringing this to attention. Again.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 05:55 AM
Sep 2018

In any other era this'd be another Watergate, in this one just another crime on a list so long who can begin to remember. By what the Republicans have become, power is used mostly to commit crimes against the nation, legally actionable and otherwise, and avoiding consequences.

Lulu KC

(2,569 posts)
33. Many things will be released next year
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:12 PM
Sep 2018

after Kavanaugh is confirmed. This is part of why there is such a huge rush. Feeling absolutely sick right now.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
27. Every Senator who votes for him
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 06:54 AM
Sep 2018

Will only make themselves more venerable to losing this upcoming election from the backlash they'll face from the American people.This will swing control over to the Democrats , and they'll realize and regret this disastrous mistake for liar kavanaugh's confirmation , and for they way they've corruptly ran this process.A lot more will become exposed about kavanaugh that republicans knew about, and were desperately trying to prevent it from coming out, and will make them look even worse. kavanaugh is a fraud and a liar.

Lulu KC

(2,569 posts)
32. I adore him
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:11 PM
Sep 2018

but watching this is painful. Hearing Lindsey Graham reassuring Kavanaugh that he will be confirmed made my stomach turn.

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
36. You have to almost admire how well coached Kavenaugh is.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:39 PM
Sep 2018

Every time he gets called out for something, he picks up
his pen and starts making some notes. This allows him to
delay or avoid making any direct response. Sen. Leahy says
"I wasn't born last night" and he seems to feel the need to
make a note of the fact.

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