This dimwit is my Congresswoman. She's totally bonkers and, of course, she's also being challenged in the Republican primary for not having her lips planted firmly enough on Trump's ample orange @$$.

You guys have a weird way of thanking Trump.
#13 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT AT 2022-06-27 10:23 AM | REPLY | FLAG:

Yeah, let's give a lot of credit to the guy who said there would never be more than 15 infections in the United States and then pretended whenever he was in front of a crowd of angry goobers that there might be something scary about "the booster."

He deserves no thanks. He would have earned much thanks had he handled this with a modicum of basic human decency. But, of course he didn't.

Uh...no. I've actually overshot on this issue by suggesting that the GOP deep down doesn't really care about abortion except as a wedge issue. Not that they really give a ---- about banning abortion. That brazen hypocrisy has no bounds.
#35 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2022-06-27 10:19 AM | FLAG:

You are correct, I think. For most Republicans this was just a decades-long cynical ploy to keep some religious extremists aligned with the party. Several of these jerks, I'm sure, have paid for abortions for family members "in trouble" or their mistresses.

Well, now they've sown the wind and they will reap the political whirlwind.

F them.

And it's also possible that elected senators aren't just dumb....they're hypocrites first before they're dumb.

#32 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2022-06-27 09:13 AM | FLAG:

I hope you're not just coming to this conclusion. I'm guessing you saw the way the Republican leadership in the Senate handled the Garland nomination as opposed to the Barrett nomination. The hypocrisy is so brazen and inexcusable there is almost no point in even mentioning it.

They are fascist scum. You know this.

He was never specifically asked if he would vote to completely overrule Roe if given the opportunity?
Why not? It's seemingly the only question that's mattered with regards to scrutinizing a potential jurist.....and yet he wasn't asked that question?
And it's also possible that elected senators aren't just dumb....they're hypocrites first before they're dumb.

#32 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2022-06-27 09:13 AM | FLAG:

Well since the Bork confirmation hearing, so-called conservatives and constitutionalists in Congress have made asking judges exactly WTF they would do if given the chance seem tawdry and unseemly.

Yes, and remember when wearing cloth facemasks at 7-11 when you would go into the store to pay for your cigarettes and Mt. Dew was "fascism" and an intolerable intrusion into your own medical decision making and bodily autonomy?

How quaint.

If anything, this is a cautionary tale as to the consequences of questioning a potential SC justice on how they will rule on something before they hear the specific case.
It's an invitation to be lied to. Quite frankly, many many many lies have been told in such hearings/questioning.

#28 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2022-06-27 08:12 AM | REPLY

Yes, except that is not what happened in this instance.

Kavanaugh, et al, stated the obvious; i.e., that Roe was a long-standing precedent that had been affirmed and modified somewhat over time.
What Kavanaugh didn't volunteer, and what he was never asked, is whether or not he would vote to completely overrule Roe if given the opportunity to do so. He did indicate he would be open to overturning "settled law." For some reason, Susan ignored that comment.

In any event, everyone with a functioning brain (which might exclude Susan Collins and Joe Manchin) knew that he and Alito and Barrett and Thomas would do exactly that.

OK, Groomer.

Susan Collins isn't stupid. That means she must be evil. It's impossible for me to believe she didn't know this was going to happen. This is malpractice. She should resign.

I agree with you. But pretending that there was no "disruption" on January 6 because our democracy barely held on is just Trumpcult b.s.

I meant to say Congress, but you get the point.

Was the peaceful transition of power disrupted on Jan 6?

#12 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2022-06-24 12:06 PM | FLAG:

Of course it was. When there is a disruption of power at my house that doesn't necessarily mean that lights will never come back on again.

Please stop trying to be cute with this. Trump's trash mob tried unsuccessfully to stop the VPOTUS and House of Representatives from performing a constitutional DUTY that is a requirement for the peaceful transition of power. And they clearly disrupted that process.

Or are you living under a rock?

Thoughts and prayers.

The most conservative SC opinion of my life time (a 7-2 decision on a court with 4 Nixon appointees) has been reversed by the American Taliban.

This reactionary decision comes a day after a law regulating firearms was overturned after having been on the books for over a century.

So, tell me again how "radical left-wing extremists" are out to radically change American society.

Tell me again how conservative Republicans are fearful of "Sharia law" coming to America.

Mens rea.

Until now, I've never really believed Trump's pee-pee tape exists.

At this point, I expect Trump to be "blindsided" by its release any day now.

MAGAts are turning this country into Iran.

A fatter and dumber Iran.

#8

There it is folks. It's all about convincing themselves they've "owned the libs."

In Herschel's defense, Jesus was his own dad and did pray to himself.

"Blindsided" by a film the Trump family knew was being created.

Smart cult you got there, MAGAts.

#7 Ha. Yes they would. These are the same jerks who call the LDS a "cult" and ignore the cultish nature of their own organizations.

He is LDS. For some reason, Mormons seem to be way less keen on Trump than the rest of the religious-right.

It's probably because Trump is a wretched human being.

Well, since they had shirts made in advance to promote it, I'd say there is some basis to say it was planned.

He was "talking on the phone."

Liar.

Cops with body armor, helmets, and guns won't confront a shooter as they listen to children be slaughtered.

And guns nuts want armed teachers to do the job.