Why the seat was even open in the first place (though at least one other that has opened that someother lickspittle has been nominated for): because Nevada's two "Democratic" senators and then Chucky got themselves had:
Anybody still thinking the judiciary is somehow going to magically save us from the ongoing en-fascistification needs to grab an oar and start helping to row the democracy boat ashore ASAPtually.
This is really bad. I was decently sure this nomination would tank and now it can never be undone unless, I don’t know, he goes out in the sun or something.
Related: I appreciate him, but I’m getting really sick of Booker’s useless, hammy speeches to an empty Senate chamber. I especially don’t want to hear him bitching about this when he voted to send Charles Kushner to France. Cory, get on the streets if you want to help.
I guess "M" couldn't take a response, so she takes a cheap shot then blocks me and the posts are remove....shows she's thin skinned and can't take a reply that disagrees with her..... I agree with you Joan.
No idea why you would think that since 50 (White, racist, white supremacist) Republicans voted FOR him.
And yet you decide to apportion the blame for the entire vote to the senior Black *Democrat* currently in the Senate?
Don't even want to move your scapegoating over to Tim Scott?
*smh*
Great googa-mooga. The worse the White racist white supremacist in Congress get, the worse the racist scapegoating on this board gets since nobody seems to want to focus on the Republicans DOING THE HARM ...
... since they look like you all who are doing that? Not saying it's conscious, but I'm having trouble figuring any other reason, since y'all keep doing it
"𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡"
Just shot your own credibility in the foot
Maybe don't focus on the people of color you want to scapegoat when what they were doing was conforming to the demands of WHITE SUPREMACIST CULTURAL DICTATES - as all the while you're simultaneously COMPLETELY IGNORING the system into which they are daily forced into complying.
You know - with the behavioral dictates of *racist White people*.
You all blameshift like champs. Almost like you've been practicing for 400 years.
not sure where you get off trying to lump all whites as racists..... you're sounding exactly like the person what you're accusing of...being racist...she had a good point about Sen. Booker and wasn't being racist about it....he needs to get out in the streets with the handful of other Dem that are bringing the heat....not just on the Senate floor.....sorry, I just think you're off base here
Nobody said anything about "labeling all whites as racist"
Though the majority argument could certainly be made since racism in this country is passive as well as active and goes all the way back to its "founding" based forced enslaved labor and racialized genocide -- though you may have yet to familiarize yourself with that history
If you can't grasp enough nuance from failing to read all the way to the bottom in an "A & B" conversation, maybe "C" your way out of it
FWIW, we could not have stopped this one. We not only remained solid, Collins and Murkowski joined us. We can maybe get another R defector or two on specific pieces of legislation, but probably not confirmation votes.
Still, Schumer should have dragged this out more. Bove's appointment is corrupt AF, and we should have had DAYS to hammer home that Bove was confirmed ONLY to protect Trump from his many misdeeds. But that would "distract from the economy." Putz.
Yeah, I'm kinda on a tear about "vote blue no matter who" right now. That's how you get Sinemas and a political brand that's so broken that Fascists win. Get some trust that we actually mean what we say, then maybe we can start winning again.
"Vote blue no matter who" is what centrist Dems say to force progressive Dems to vote for centrist while having any candidate who espouses their beliefs gets shitcanned to avoid scaring away the all-important White Independent Voter™.
The All-Important White Independent Voter does not like things as they are and is flailing around looking for solutions. Democrats have good ideas, but we keep blue-balling them. We talk the talk, we base elections on it, but every time it comes to a vote, one or a few of us defect to protect the interests of the owners. Again, Blue-Balled.
It should not be a big surprise that the voters stopped showing up. Why wouldn't they?
Lurch! We now have an Addams back in government!
Why the seat was even open in the first place (though at least one other that has opened that someother lickspittle has been nominated for): because Nevada's two "Democratic" senators and then Chucky got themselves had:
https://ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/emil-bove-confirmed-adeel-mangi-senate-democrats
It’s unbelievable to me that unnatural names like this aren’t self-evident
Emil Bove = Boll Weevil
Boll weevil libelz!
Dorian Gray? Apparently not.
Ta, Marcie. I. Just. Can't. Even.
Obviously the DOJ in the next Democratic administration - if there is one - has to tell Judge Emil to fuck off.
What’s to stop prosecutors from telling Bove to fuck off?
Oh yeah, threats of jail time for contempt, which, to be clear, _should_ be used a lot more often then they are.
We want to clean this mess up, we're going to have to put Republicans away like they were young black men driving while black.
Dems are gonna have a boatload of impeachments to work through but he really needs to be at the top of the list,
That will be kind of uncivil.
Anybody still thinking the judiciary is somehow going to magically save us from the ongoing en-fascistification needs to grab an oar and start helping to row the democracy boat ashore ASAPtually.
And he's now in charge of the "Virgin" Islands, where resides Epstein's island.
Bove, Rove, Gove (British political wanker).
I think there's a factory somewhere churning them out.
Vis-a-vis Bove, isn't eating oranges supposed to mitigate scurvy ? . . .
This is really bad. I was decently sure this nomination would tank and now it can never be undone unless, I don’t know, he goes out in the sun or something.
Related: I appreciate him, but I’m getting really sick of Booker’s useless, hammy speeches to an empty Senate chamber. I especially don’t want to hear him bitching about this when he voted to send Charles Kushner to France. Cory, get on the streets if you want to help.
I guess "M" couldn't take a response, so she takes a cheap shot then blocks me and the posts are remove....shows she's thin skinned and can't take a reply that disagrees with her..... I agree with you Joan.
"Cory, get on the streets if you want to help."
Tell it to the White Senators.
A Black Senator is literally a target.
You don't even see yourself, do you?
"𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘"
Based on what, exactly?
No idea why you would think that since 50 (White, racist, white supremacist) Republicans voted FOR him.
And yet you decide to apportion the blame for the entire vote to the senior Black *Democrat* currently in the Senate?
Don't even want to move your scapegoating over to Tim Scott?
*smh*
Great googa-mooga. The worse the White racist white supremacist in Congress get, the worse the racist scapegoating on this board gets since nobody seems to want to focus on the Republicans DOING THE HARM ...
... since they look like you all who are doing that? Not saying it's conscious, but I'm having trouble figuring any other reason, since y'all keep doing it
"𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡"
Just shot your own credibility in the foot
Maybe don't focus on the people of color you want to scapegoat when what they were doing was conforming to the demands of WHITE SUPREMACIST CULTURAL DICTATES - as all the while you're simultaneously COMPLETELY IGNORING the system into which they are daily forced into complying.
You know - with the behavioral dictates of *racist White people*.
You all blameshift like champs. Almost like you've been practicing for 400 years.
https://planamag.com/white-supremacy-is-systemic-narcissism/
not sure where you get off trying to lump all whites as racists..... you're sounding exactly like the person what you're accusing of...being racist...she had a good point about Sen. Booker and wasn't being racist about it....he needs to get out in the streets with the handful of other Dem that are bringing the heat....not just on the Senate floor.....sorry, I just think you're off base here
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Nobody said anything about "labeling all whites as racist"
Though the majority argument could certainly be made since racism in this country is passive as well as active and goes all the way back to its "founding" based forced enslaved labor and racialized genocide -- though you may have yet to familiarize yourself with that history
If you can't grasp enough nuance from failing to read all the way to the bottom in an "A & B" conversation, maybe "C" your way out of it
FWIW, we could not have stopped this one. We not only remained solid, Collins and Murkowski joined us. We can maybe get another R defector or two on specific pieces of legislation, but probably not confirmation votes.
Still, Schumer should have dragged this out more. Bove's appointment is corrupt AF, and we should have had DAYS to hammer home that Bove was confirmed ONLY to protect Trump from his many misdeeds. But that would "distract from the economy." Putz.
Balls and strikes had a post about how it could have been stopped by not being vacant in the first place: https://ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/emil-bove-confirmed-adeel-mangi-senate-democrats/
Probably not.the time to.discuss "vote.blue no matter who" though.
Yeah, I'm kinda on a tear about "vote blue no matter who" right now. That's how you get Sinemas and a political brand that's so broken that Fascists win. Get some trust that we actually mean what we say, then maybe we can start winning again.
"Vote blue no matter who" is what centrist Dems say to force progressive Dems to vote for centrist while having any candidate who espouses their beliefs gets shitcanned to avoid scaring away the all-important White Independent Voter™.
The All-Important White Independent Voter does not like things as they are and is flailing around looking for solutions. Democrats have good ideas, but we keep blue-balling them. We talk the talk, we base elections on it, but every time it comes to a vote, one or a few of us defect to protect the interests of the owners. Again, Blue-Balled.
It should not be a big surprise that the voters stopped showing up. Why wouldn't they?
Does anyone know if Acme is still making anvils? Asking for a friend.
I'm annoyed that I live in this sack of potatoes' jurisdiction but am heartened that he's younger than me but looks so much older.