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I can, but have had that happen on a few other posts. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:39AM Trump purchased Shen and Techer's screen names ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 06:25AM Nor TpkeHoo post either ** -- NJHoo 02/16/2016 10:23PM Sometimes. Add RQ to that list but that may not be a bad thing :-) -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 08:27AM Nah man -- your irrational, emotional, bimbo eruptions always will always -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 09:45AM Bimbo eruptions? I don't recall posting about the women HRC trashes. -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 10:35AM Meaning you tend to erupt like a bimbo scorned. :) -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:53AM You sure seem familiar with the reactions of scorned bimbos. -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 11:10AM Ha! Like clockwork. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 11:19AM Same here. I noticed it earlier with a couple posts as well. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 10:43PM Yeah, several "not found""posts. ** -- ryno hoo 02/16/2016 10:51PM Re: Yeah, several ** -- MBHoo 02/17/2016 05:18AM Thought it was just me. Odd that others can see them however, and post -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 07:50AM Welcome to the Orwellian Land of Oz ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 09:44AM That's gotta hurt! Bad enough to steal his nomination. ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 10:23PM Re: R primary politics. So, barring an upset, Trump looks like -- Techer 02/16/2016 9:08PM
BO needs to recommend a SCJ as he should and of his choice - But also, -- Mr Wahoo 02/16/2016 8:45PM Wrong. Obama has every right to nominate someone, and the Senate has every -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 10:03AM Yes, the process should play out as usual. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:31AM Hoo said any nomination should get a pass? I haven't seen even the hardest -- Hoodafan 02/16/2016 9:41PM Nailed it ** -- TpkeHoo 02/16/2016 10:06PM For the most part, but I take McConnell's position as a -- Doug 02/17/2016 08:45AM I think you understand the term trail balloon:) ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 9:55PM Pretty much dead on. And if there was to be a trail balloon, -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 9:54PM I disagreed with his vote against Roberts, but it was a symbolic vote. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 8:53PM What about the filibuster vs Alito? - ** -- Mr Wahoo 02/16/2016 9:22PM No one filibustered Alito. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 06:54AM Technically true. But 25 Dems voted for one, including Obama and Biden -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 09:41AM Honest question: do you know what a filibuster is? -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:08AM Nowadays it means blocking cloture with 41 votes (no Mr. Smiths anymore) ** -- Sabremetrician 02/17/2016 10:32AM Sure I know why they didn't go through with it -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:31AM Yes, but of course. Thank you for taking the Democratic position. ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 8:50PM Talk about a red herring. Who has said they should give his choice a pass -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 8:48PM They don't have to, they can wait. It's kind of a no win for them, though. -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 8:56PM It'll be more than that. It will translate to votes. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 9:42PM For both sides ** -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 10:06PM But mostly Democrats. Assuming the appointment is a moderate. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/17/2016 01:39AM A moderate what? Roberts is a "moderate" and given his record, I -- Exhoolate 02/17/2016 06:50AM Roberts is a conservative who cares about the integrity of the court. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 07:36AM It's unprecedented to declare a law unconstitutional? ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 09:35AM On the ground they would have struck it down? Yes. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 09:53AM Of course the nature of the Supreme Court requires them to do unprecedented -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:23AM Sorry, but you don't seem to get the issue. The conservatives are the -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:32AM You don't seem to have a clue how conservatives think -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:39AM I don't really care how you think. I'm talking judicial conservatives. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:41AM If their feelings are hurt by pissing and moaning, they're in the wrong -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 9:05PM A quick, unscientific check of Soapbox poster ratings seems to -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:20AM Just realized that I am a one star. I guess they got that right. But -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 09:48AM It's their revenge for losing all the arguments. Tribal. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 09:23AM I might consider upvoting this, but liberal menace that I am, am prohibted. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 09:59AM I suppose all us libs should just upvote every lib post every time. Seems -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 10:31AM It would be interesting to see what would happen if everything reset..... -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 10:35AM Oh, quite so. I know I have a stalker here and the regular boards as well ** -- HowieT3 02/17/2016 08:37AM Im seeing stars for some folks but not others ** -- TpkeHoo 02/16/2016 10:32PM You have to have a net positive vote total to have a star. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:26AM We all rise and fall in this "cesspool" together! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2016 9:28PM Soon to be re-named "Bernie's Sandbox" ** -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 8:29PM I smell cat-piss ** -- Mr Wahoo 02/16/2016 9:20PM I'm sure if they ranked the most obnoxious right wing nutjobs would be the -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 8:49PM Ha! I have a net -140 points on 905 posts. I think you're onto something. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:24AM I'll be glad whenthe SC primary is over- got 12 robbo calls today alone ** -- MBHoo 02/16/2016 7:44PM It might have been Rubio calling 12 times:) ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 9:44PM I got one yesterday. Never even lived there :) ** -- Beerman 02/16/2016 8:10PM Never sent any secret info WOOF WOOF, don't know how those FBI files got -- 81_Hokie 02/16/2016 8:21PM Yeah, probably not the best candidate to criticize others for lying. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2016 9:26PM Funny..HRC would need a kennel for herself. ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 7:46PM Grassley--no decision on SCOTUS nominee hearing till they see the nominee -- seanbryan 02/16/2016 6:18PM Damage control; about time he wised up ** -- Quaker 02/16/2016 6:59PM I find it incredible that a Republican would actually need any evidence -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 6:51PM Hmm. Interesting. That'd be quite a move on Obama's part. Would be playing -- bob1314 02/16/2016 6:45PM No way. Obama sees the long game here and the only -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 6:58PM Brian Sandoval R-Gov, Nev, is an e.g. of a moderate who would fill the bill -- seanbryan 02/16/2016 9:34PM Question for those who know the history of SCOTUS picks. Is a litmus test -- Hoo05Dave 02/16/2016 5:18PM Really interesting subject -- fishhoo 02/16/2016 9:25PM Not supposed to be but I am sure the executive has a really good idea -- KCHoo 02/16/2016 6:01PM In theory litmus tests were frowned upon but hoo knows what really happened -- AlexHoo 02/16/2016 5:34PM Trump as 3rd party is Dem wet dream. ** -- bballbill 02/16/2016 4:57PM Coincidence? Bill had his Perot. Hillary has her Trump. -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 5:49PM Perot did not give the election to Clinton, though. ** -- Hokie5150 02/16/2016 6:01PM We will never know, will we? Some say yes, others no ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 6:03PM Most exit polling shows the vote split fairly evenly at 38-40% each. -- Hokie5150 02/16/2016 6:08PM There're just polls asking people hypotheticals -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 6:36PM Nader cost gore the election though (Pat B maybe also but not on purpose) ** -- KCHoo 02/16/2016 6:12PM Trump is Dem wet dream. only chance to win ** -- AlexHoo 02/16/2016 5:13PM It's interesting that there are 2 "just blow the whole thing up" candidates -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 4:40PM Who is the other "blow the whole thing up" candidate? -- southdenverhoo 02/16/2016 5:02PM It has certainly paid his bills. more net worth than bottom 25% combined ** -- KCHoo 02/16/2016 6:07PM How would you characterize the words "start a revolution"? -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 5:49PM Bernie is offering more than enough change to the current system to be -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/16/2016 5:08PM "It's all a plot by the lamestream media to make him look bad." ** -- HowieT3 02/16/2016 3:24PM How about one with porn stars making a movie in Vancouver with -- bballbill 02/16/2016 3:22PM With the Soviet Navy in Vancouver Harbor (remember the 2012 DNC:>) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 3:27PM Not to mention a blatant ripoff of Reagan's Morning in America ad. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 2:42PM Classic argument from "Cheers" - -- HowieT3 02/16/2016 1:17PM ↓ ** -- Hoos Operator 02/16/2016 2:10PM "There are no Jews in Borneo, you moolyak" -- Hoos Operator 02/16/2016 2:13PM ...and not nearly flexible enough ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 1:01PM It had been a little long since he let one go.. glad to see he's back at it ** -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 12:57PM Curious what the Republicans of the board feel about Mitch and Co. -- cvilleHOOrat 02/16/2016 10:43AM You mean do what Schumer said should be done with 19 months left in GWB's -- JMHoo 02/16/2016 4:33PM Hey genius,when was Schumer ever senate majority -- 133175Hokie 02/16/2016 6:04PM You must have missed the epic thread on this yesterday. -- SixerHoo 02/16/2016 12:35PM I did, I'll have to go back and read it ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/16/2016 12:45PM The GOP has a fair amount of leverage that they should use wisely -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/16/2016 12:34PM If they're Republican they're "assholes just to be assholes." -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 1:52PM You're more intelligent than that, Waxie. ** -- Hoos Operator 02/16/2016 2:20PM I think the Senate should make the case -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 1:16PM Go ahead, make the Dems' day ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 2:01PM I'm not sure the GOP wants this as a campaign issue frankly. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 1:25PM Frankly the GOP has nothing to lose. -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 7:09PM Fearless Forecast: Obama nominates moderate, McConnell backs down -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 2:18PM You forgot something..... -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 2:29PM Either that or they'll start pretending that the moderate he nominated is -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 3:43PM Stupid - just like Dem attempt to do it ~8 years ago -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 12:08PM They still voted on Alito and Roberts, though, and they did so based on -- KaHOOnah 02/16/2016 12:35PM Harriet Myers....still so unbelievable ** -- nyhoo 02/16/2016 1:15PM But believable if you knew Dubya. This is the guy who put his campaign -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 1:57PM Dubya, certainly the worst of the dozen I've lived through if not of all.** -- bballbill 02/16/2016 3:29PM I saw him on the news today, pimping his brother in SC. -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 6:55PM It's not unreasonable to argue the opposition to Bork was legitimate. -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 12:20PM Kennedy set the tone for what we are seeing today... -- nyhoo 02/16/2016 1:13PM Actually it was unprecedented for Reagan to do what he did, which is -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 3:00PM You could maybe attempt to address the actual issue. -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 1:25PM Hmmm...sounds like the perfect Justice for Barry ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 1:07PM You expect hate wingers to be reasonable? ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 12:25PM Not when you call us "hate wingers", no, I don't feel like being reasonable -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/16/2016 12:35PM Did you just hold yourself up as a hate winger? If that is indeed -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 1:52PM If you think he's talking about you, I guess he probably is. ** -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 12:37PM Of course not. Doesn't mean we abandon the tactic. -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 12:30PM I consider that avoiding the pig stye altogether ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 2:12PM I want Obama to nominate a progressive so that person can get the treatment -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 12:04PM He should nominate someone like Sri Srinivasan... -- Stimp 02/16/2016 12:28PM Then Hillary coud promise to keep Obama's choice during the general -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 6:02PM Nope, a Black, Asian, Hispanic woman; not sure about genderness ** -- WarmHoo 02/16/2016 3:41PM Man I love him on PBS News! -- 757 02/16/2016 2:05PM Could the GOP honestly hold up that nomination? ** -- KaHOOnah 02/16/2016 2:00PM I'm sure there are members of that party who would insist that he be vetted -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 3:20PM I think this is what he will do. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 1:26PM Court could use a little more religious diversity ** -- NJHoo 02/16/2016 1:03PM I think what we really need is another Roman Catholic. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 3:34PM head explodes ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/16/2016 1:11PM smacks head ...... another damn foreigner ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/16/2016 12:30PM I love it.....Obama has given the middle finger to both congress and the -- TomKazanski 02/16/2016 12:03PM Oh, what Schumer said they should do, but they didn't? ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 12:21PM Here what I read -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 11:47AM Well, I figured at least the Republicans HERE would be a bit more -- cvilleHOOrat 02/16/2016 11:51AM Contrary to what has been posted here -- AlexHoo 02/16/2016 12:02PM I'm curious and haven't researched, but has there been a vacancy that -- 81_Hokie 02/16/2016 12:45PM Oh, so now it's about when the VACANCY occurred, not the confirmation. -- SixerHoo 02/16/2016 12:29PM Yeah but in the words of Lou Reed, "those were different times." -- southdenverhoo 02/16/2016 5:10PM What in theConstitution requires a vote, if you find it tell -- AlexHoo 02/16/2016 1:04PM I addressed this at length yesterday. Read it again. ** -- SixerHoo 02/16/2016 1:30PM Constitution aside, this is strictly a political matter at this point. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 1:28PM You mean all 5 of them? ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 11:54AM I guess the recount would've continued? ** -- KaHOOnah 02/16/2016 12:36PM The lower court ruling would've prevailed ** -- KaHOOnah 02/16/2016 12:36PM Unless I'm misremembering, there was no lower court ruling. ** -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 3:28PM What happens on a 4-4 original jurisdiction case? -- 757 02/16/2016 08:53AM For a lot of them, SCOTUS appoints a master to decide the merits. -- HowieT3 02/16/2016 12:38PM But what if they do all that and the vote is 4-4? ** -- 757 02/16/2016 2:32PM Reargue the case when they have 9? That's my guess. ** -- HowieT3 02/16/2016 2:41PM If Gore had become POTUS...Rachel would not have had a TV show ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 06:52AM Many thousands would be alive; Middle East would be less a mess -- WarmHoo 02/16/2016 3:36PM Am I missing something? Why not? IMO she's the only thing worth watching on -- southdenverhoo 02/16/2016 09:04AM She's very good at what she does... -- wahoo138 02/16/2016 12:27PM I have no issue with Rachel...I just wonder if her show (and network) get -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 10:37AM I don't think MSNBC's ratings are all that great anyway. But Maddow is the -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 11:12PM She really is sharp. I'm guessing people hating on her have never watched. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 09:07AM She lays out the evidence of what she says unlike many others. ** -- WarmHoo 02/16/2016 3:37PM She is like watching anyone on Fox, just plain unwatchable. -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 09:21AM How is her exposing the Flint MI water problem, for example, -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 09:50AM Did she call out the EPA? ** -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 10:00AM Yep! ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 12:27PM And? Like I said, I don't watch her. Did she throw them under the bus -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 1:12PM Man, that is pretty pathetic. ** -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 1:26PM Hey, he doesn't have to actually WATCH her show to know it's a bunch of -- southdenverhoo 02/16/2016 5:05PM I don't get how anyone gets satisfaction from watching cable news. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 09:49AM For one thing the statewide recount would not have been halted -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 12:47AM I think it would have been 4-4 on the question of remand/stop. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 07:30AM Probably better asked as a hypothetical -- wahoo138 02/16/2016 01:55AM Hopefully, nobody uses uses punch cards anymore -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 07:58AM Nor the infamous butterfly ballots. That may well have Gore the election -- 81_Hokie 02/16/2016 10:12AM Jeb and Katherine Harris also purged a disproportionate number of -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 10:31AM A good ID system along with controlled registration would help -- Hokie5150 02/16/2016 1:14PM Do you have a link for this? I don't remember hearing this. ** -- JohnHoo2 02/16/2016 11:19AM That was notorious @ the time. ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 12:32PM Copied below from a CBS report of the disenfranchisement settlement. -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 11:52AM Weren't there a sizeable number of absentee ballots from Military personnel -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 11:09AM I don't think so. If I recall the Dems were prepared to challenge some of -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 11:13AM Scalia had a good response to those upset that the SCOTUS determined the -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 11:24AM That's a blistering argument for SCOTUS staying out of it. ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 12:34PM I'm sure he would have written a blistering dissent skewering the court for -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 11:54AM Not sure why that should be considered a good response. -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 11:39AM Most were willing to admit that decision was a stain on the court's legacy -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 11:53AM The Republican Party (or some related entity) settled out of court with -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 10:36AM The Democrats not only approved them, they designed them ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 10:30AM True, and to some extent architected their own demise ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2016 12:29PM Will this get as big as the vast right wing conspiracy? ** -- Hokieesith 02/15/2016 11:07PM You forgot -- "Found With A Pillow On HIs Face" -- Hood 02/15/2016 6:56PM Now trump has jumped on the train. -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 11:56AM This is huge! ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 7:19PM Obama already had this short list of replacements ready -- NJHoo 02/15/2016 6:39PM He should nominate HRC - that'd really make things interesting ** -- Old Dorms Rule! 02/15/2016 6:47PM President AND USSC justice....she'd need two email accounts -- 111Balz 02/15/2016 8:58PM Interpret the laws she will be above? Seems redundant :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2016 08:47AM What about making a deal? -- Old Dorms Rule! 02/16/2016 11:38AM I wouldn't take this deal. Barney might still able to beat Trump or Cruz. ** -- JohnHoo2 02/16/2016 11:47AM Yep, inside -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 6:43PM Was going to post earlier about FBI asking Hillary about her whereabouts -- 81_Hokie 02/15/2016 6:33PM Know you're trying for TIC but wait till Trump hits it in 1 of his tirades -- seanbryan 02/15/2016 6:14PM Just like Vince Foster ** -- 757 02/15/2016 6:06PM And 9/11 truthers -- HokieDan95 02/15/2016 6:22PM Yeppers ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 6:14PM Pentagon level discussion on arresting the president. What is that about? -- JohnHoo2 02/15/2016 5:52PM Top Secret operation benghazi payback ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 6:03PM Benghazi! so it was a Hilary job. Could it have been Ruth? You know what -- 111Balz 02/15/2016 6:13PM His family was in on it, too, since they were the ones who said no autopsy. ** -- HowieT3 02/15/2016 5:26PM Yep, massive conspiracy at play here ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 5:28PM Why not just kill Kennedy (same age) and replace him with a consistent lib? ** -- CharlestonSC 02/15/2016 5:22PM Scalia was an easier target ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 5:25PM No, it's the smart move. Tessio was always smarter. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 02/16/2016 09:45AM Haha ** -- KaHOOnah 02/16/2016 1:51PM And now come the conspiracy theories. Tin Foil Hat sales skyrocket ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 4:49PM Explosion of this on Facebook - gotta be some truth to it ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 4:50PM Of course. If it's on social media it must be true. ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 5:30PM Pretty stupid the way he says it. Why are lies & ineligibilty tied? -- WarmHoo 02/16/2016 3:32PM Not to mention threatening suit to challenge Cruz's "natural born -- 81_Hokie 02/16/2016 10:20AM A big U. Tennessee alum friend of mine says don't expect the trainer to -- Hoogle.com 02/15/2016 1:49PM Legally speaking how does a 20 year old Title IX investigation work? -- 757 02/15/2016 3:23PM So she must be a slut then, right? -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 2:28PM In this case it seems more like Shaun King is an attention whore with some -- WahooRQ 02/15/2016 3:50PM Yeah King wouldn't push a false narrative to further a bs position. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/15/2016 4:58PM The real victim here is the former Bucs QB Shaun King, whom everyone -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 08:46AM I guess we will see ** -- Hoogle.com 02/15/2016 3:14PM A premature assumption at the risk of someone's reputation is always wrong. -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 3:40PM I am sure Peyton agrees with you ** -- Hoogle.com 02/15/2016 5:24PM Oh, you have some choice nicknames for him, too? -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 11:16PM Peyton is white, male and rich. Of course he's the bad guy. ** -- Generic 02/15/2016 10:45PM I know, right? Isn't that just always the way in America? ** -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 11:18PM In your America. Yes. ** -- Generic 02/16/2016 06:51AM Totally. ** -- SchmHoo 02/16/2016 09:07AM 'Cause she only had office hours from 7-11? ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 02/15/2016 2:20PM I see Hillary is getting dirty now. Called in a few Wall Street favors. ** -- GoochlandHoo 02/15/2016 4:26PM So your saying Mr Wahoo works for HRC? ** -- Quaker 02/15/2016 5:40PM So...he was a carpenter who advocated for children. Crucify him. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 2:15PM No. Just don't elect him president. -- BocaHoo91 02/15/2016 3:07PM A Jewish carpenter nonetheless ** -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 2:20PM They make the very worst capitalists. Can't trust any of them. -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 2:22PM I never trusted the USSR either - but he and other fools now -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 2:25PM Didn't W look into Putin's eyes and see only good? ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 4:20PM Bit of a stretch, there, don't ya think, Mr. Wahoo? -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 3:30PM Ah, then possibly you think Bernie's history starts with his run for Prez -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/15/2016 4:04PM Hillary needs your support! ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 10:18AM Well, that's quite a laundry list of bad ideas. If even half true -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 4:44PM What worries me is this -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/15/2016 4:57PM Young activists have no idea what he's about besides - FREE SHIT -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 4:43PM I believe things happen in stages - steps - Every country that has gone -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 3:55PM Russia became communist gradually? ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 4:10PM Every world power changes gradually - single countries it can happen -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 4:41PM Where did you learn Russian/ Soviet history? ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 4:46PM A contrarian like you should just move -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 5:08PM If Bernie were somehow to be elected, I think he'd have a hard time -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 4:46PM True - but the defense of his ideas and supporters is still disturbing -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 5:05PM Cheap shot article. -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 2:10PM A socialist who envies other peoples success and wants the govt -- Mr Wahoo 02/15/2016 2:23PM As hit pieces go fairly light weight -- Quaker 02/15/2016 1:44PM Scalia obviously was hopeful that a smart liberal could be reasoned -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 12:53PM That's a great little story. ** -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 11:52AM PJ Orourke on the candidates -- KCHoo 02/15/2016 4:28PM Will be interesting to see if the "they lied" line sinks Trump. If it -- HoosWillWin 02/15/2016 12:13PM Just to be clear, it's your belief Bush, Powell, Rice, etc knew there were -- CharlestonSC 02/15/2016 2:45PM No. They knew none had been found and Blix wanted more time, since -- HoosWillWin 02/16/2016 10:04AM I always considered it more "willful negligence" (more) -- Late 80s Hokie 02/16/2016 09:35AM It's sure as hell my belief. And to borrow a lyric from The Eagles' -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 3:37PM Before Jeb brought W onto the campaign trail, I honestly didn't realize so -- VAGentleman05 02/15/2016 12:28PM 1. lots of folks haven't really paid attention; 2. others are delusional; -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 12:36PM In 1968, I did a lot of door-to-door canvassing for RMN in Charlottesville -- NJHoo 02/15/2016 1:43PM Trump did exaclty what he's been doing - being politically incorrect. -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 12:17PM Has become like a sporting event. ** -- Techer 02/15/2016 10:28AM Each campaign got tickets + the state party gave out tickets -- CharlestonSC 02/15/2016 10:07AM It took me a while to remember the name -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 4:38PM Your post crashed and burned with "it is not the SC." ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 5:06PM The GOP is surely between a rock and a hard place -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 09:58AM What are these GOP principles you speak of? ** -- 111Balz 02/15/2016 1:09PM Hatred of blacks and minorities, the rich, bombing Red China U know ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 1:13PM When did gays get off the list? ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 2:09PM He just ran out of space ** -- 111Balz 02/15/2016 6:19PM That's more like it; embrace your inner self ** -- Quaker 02/15/2016 1:54PM Your posts in this thread are absolutely laughable. Can you -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 11:58AM GOP archetype: a total joke. ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 12:21PM Putting off a vote until next year is consistent with the Constitution -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 12:03PM Then stop demanding that the Pres not nominate anyone -- hoolstoptheheels 02/15/2016 12:13PM You got the wrong person of course he should nominate someone -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 12:55PM This isn't about the Constitution for Alex, Ron or any other Republican. -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 12:52PM On a board regularly populated 80% by leftwing hacks -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 1:11PM Willful, perverse distortion of the constitution is not a "differing view." -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 1:22PM Where is the distortion? ** -- Hokie5150 02/15/2016 3:02PM [sigh] Claiming that the Senate can indefinitely table consideration -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 3:14PM What timeline is called for in the Constitution? -- Hokie5150 02/16/2016 11:10AM You reverse the parties and expect me to say, well, then it's okay? -- SixerHoo 02/16/2016 12:03PM No. I expect you to acknowledge that it is politics as usual. There's -- Hokie5150 02/16/2016 12:15PM So now I am a pervert willfully distorting your Constitution -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 1:40PM Based upon the content of this post you don't even comprehend the content -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 1:53PM You don't even know what you're proposing, do you? You said the Senate -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 1:44PM Total crap, nowhere are they required to act and historically -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 2:10PM You're no doubt armed with multiple examples of when Dem senates -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 2:39PM Glad to -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 2:58PM That would be SCOTUS nominees, of course. ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 3:01PM Ah, don't like the answer change the question -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 3:12PM And of course you know that was always the question. ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 3:32PM Really? Reagan's nominee, Kennedy, confirmed 97-0 in 1988. -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 3:20PM Right by a republican senate show me one time when a -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 4:01PM Not a Rep senate. 1988. Reagan nominee. Dem senate. 97-0 confirmation. -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 5:01PM Nm ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 6:06PM Ron clearly can't comprehend trhe point. You're wasting your pixels ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 1:55PM The pixels have cathartic value. ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 2:05PM As I have said before show me the Constitutional requirement that he gets -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 1:30PM By your logic they could postpone acting for a President's entire term. -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 1:39PM Been that way since Judge Bork, politics as usual -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 1:53PM As I said yesterday if Obama nominates Reinhardt with both middle fingers -- WahooRQ 02/15/2016 2:29PM The full Senate voted on Bork 98 days after his nomination. -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 2:05PM What you say is true but the article I linked showed the Dem -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 2:12PM The differences between a district or appellate court vacancy and SCOTUS -- WahooRQ 02/15/2016 2:44PM The obvious does indeed appear to be painful for Alex. Why else would he -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 2:55PM LOL! He backed off from his losing point about Bork really quick. -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 3:03PM My point about Bork was that the Dem Senate politicized SC nominations -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 4:52PM If you use the same set of rules, you'll -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 07:37AM Wasn't even aware of it. Because it wasn't nearly as important as a -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 2:27PM The point is the dems would not hesitate to do the same now -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 2:34PM So when you want to ignore the intent of the Constitution, you simply -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 2:53PM Can't disagree but it is a political issue as much for the Dems as Rep. -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 1:02PM Hopefully not after the McConnell Senate. ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 1:33PM Who's debating on the merits? I'm ridiculing. ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 12:54PM IIRC, it has never taken longer than 125 days for the Senate to act on -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 12:13PM Dems hold the Reid seat in NV, the Bennet seat in CO, and then take the -- southdenverhoo 02/15/2016 11:55AM But, But don't you remember when the Dems pulled the nuclear option -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 12:07PM No, it's not that I didn't remember but that I never knew! A big gap in my -- southdenverhoo 02/15/2016 12:44PM It can be changed with each new congress, but had been the rule -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 12:59PM The principle of what---absolute power? ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 10:00AM The principle of putting it to the people to decide -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 10:15AM You mean like the last 2 elections? When could Scalia have died that -- 111Balz 02/15/2016 1:12PM It's been decided. -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 11:25AM Is that what the public schools taught you? -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 11:29AM I believe that is correct. -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 11:39AM Yep, my mistake. -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 11:37AM The people decided, dude. Have you slept through the last two elections? ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 11:05AM Don't worry. Everyone says Hillary is inevitable ** -- TpkeHoo 02/15/2016 11:29AM I think "Everyone" is wrong ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 12:15PM She is, unless she's indicted ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 11:49AM I don't think anything is inevitable anymore. -- hoolstoptheheels 02/15/2016 12:00PM A potato would win the general against Trump ** -- sss 02/15/2016 1:24PM Trump v. Hillary v. a potato, I vote potato ** -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 2:22PM First ever president from Idaho! ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 1:27PM Freedom Fries for all! ** -- sss 02/15/2016 1:30PM McConnell gave that up when, less than 2 yrs into Obama's presidency..... -- Hood 02/15/2016 10:52AM If Trump gets elected I'm sure Democrats will be all too happy to see that -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/15/2016 1:43PM Power then. We have a duly voted in President. You just don't like itl -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 10:26AM The people also elected a Senate a year ago -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 10:39AM Ok. They should vote. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 10:40AM A cloture vote maybe ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 11:00AM Obama should certainly nominate someone. -- hoolstoptheheels 02/15/2016 12:08PM I really dont think I said Obama must/should not appoint anyone -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 12:46PM How long could they go without acting before violating the Constitution? -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 1:36PM I thinbk they could go on until they were voted out of office -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 2:02PM So to hell with what the people decided in 2012? You know, -- VAGentleman05 02/15/2016 10:22AM People spoke loudly in 2012, 2008 -- Quaker 02/15/2016 10:21AM And in 2010 and 2014, when they decided who controls judicial confirmations -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 12:14PM Their election doesn't empower them to ignore their Constitutional duties. ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 12:34PM Constitutional duties. Please identify what Constitutional duties they i -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 1:32PM You really are profoundly dense, aren't you? Art II Sec 2 Par 2. ** -- SixerHoo 02/16/2016 12:07PM Then they can speak loudly again in 2016. -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 10:36AM You just described Reagan -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 11:32AM Except, the people gave him a Republican Senate, no way -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 1:40PM 1987-88 Senate? 55-45 Democratic majority ** -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 3:56PM Apparently Alex can't handle the truth. -- SixerHoo 02/16/2016 12:12PM Yeah, and what happens when the people say again what you don't want them -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 11:03AM For the record, HRC ( or Biden if she's indicted) -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 11:23AM Not when the bills become due...and by 2024 the nation's third largest -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 11:25AM Do you want to break down for me how the Republicans paid for -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 11:39AM With Debt...the GOP does not have clean hands on this mess ** -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 11:46AM Doesnt matter. That only will mean prohibitive taxes on the rich -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 11:37AM Except they cannot pay for it all ** -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 11:46AM Not all that popular? This really has become laughable. -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 10:51AM You might want to check Congress's popularity. Obama Trumps them. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 10:43AM Congress popularity is a canard.. Encumbants win 95% of the time ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 10:48AM Wahoo Ron, allow me to introduce you to Gerry Mander. -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 12:04PM Let me introduce you to the Senate, cleaver to Gerrymander that ** -- AlexHoo 02/15/2016 2:04PM There are a few Senate seats that float back and forth but the Dems have -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 08:55AM I just figured that Ron is part of the 12% who -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 12:20PM So is the President's. And you went first. Obama would beat the -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 10:51AM Obama might get 50%+ of the vote -- Wahoo Ron 02/15/2016 11:07AM Congressional approval is such a stupid stat....if I was polled I would say -- TomKazanski 02/15/2016 2:33PM Schumer was wrong then and the GOP is wrong now. ** -- graycalhoo 02/15/2016 09:45AM I fervently hope McConnell follows through. The attack ads then write -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 09:16AM Republicans have nothing to gain -- wahoo138 02/15/2016 08:35AM Yeah, backlash from Dems. No hearings, No consideration, No confirmation. ** -- ryno hoo 02/15/2016 10:39AM Right now GOP has leverage for a moderate. -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 09:31AM Jim Gilmore would be a great jurist ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 09:32AM If you're going for former Virginia governors -- DanTheFan 02/15/2016 09:35AM The GOP would simply be betting that they'll win the presidential election -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/15/2016 08:46AM Except that would galvanize the left for the General. -- JohnHoo2 02/15/2016 2:36PM Just one problem - "the right candidate" ** -- Faz d. Hoo 02/15/2016 09:11AM All the Dems are asking for is a simple up and down vote--do their jobs. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 09:01AM Dems ask? Americans should demand. ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 09:17AM Americans demand nothing. Just worried about refugees with Zika. ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 09:20AM Ebola. You forgot ebola. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 09:39AM Doh - how could I forget! ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 09:47AM Considering that 3 of the current Justices are 76 or older...probably more -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 08:43AM Well, now. That justifies the GOP filibustering any Obama nominee. ** -- WaxHoo 02/14/2016 10:38PM Agreed ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2016 07:37AM Well now, that's different ** -- WaxHoo 02/15/2016 12:20PM "“The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance." -- Hoos Operator 02/14/2016 9:59PM He was evoking the Thurmond rule. -- DanTheFan 02/14/2016 9:30PM The optics of blocking a candidate, possibly a minority one, by using a -- hooshouse 02/15/2016 04:42AM And I think they know it. -- SchmHoo 02/15/2016 09:18AM Bingo, what they're working on now is identifying the perfect candidate for -- southdenverhoo 02/15/2016 08:10AM Sri Srinivasan is a name being mentioned...but who knows ** -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 08:32AM He's the nightmare pick for Repubs, IMO -- VAGentleman05 02/15/2016 08:52AM Too good to be true for Obama to nominate :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/15/2016 09:16AM Obama is much more of a centrist than is convenient for your narrative, -- southdenverhoo 02/15/2016 11:42AM We'll see. I think the POTUS holds the much better hand here. -- VAGentleman05 02/15/2016 09:25AM The SCOTUS won't be in session that entire period. -- Hoo05Dave 02/14/2016 9:55PM Funny watching all candidate piss on each other to get farther to the right ** -- RoanokeHoo 02/14/2016 6:49PM Trump is useful. He has freed Republicans to acknowledge -- Shenhoo 02/14/2016 7:41PM With hindsight, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who thinks the Iraq wa -- Hoo05Dave 02/14/2016 10:13PM But the bush admin did lie to allow for war. The British -- KCHoo 02/15/2016 11:10AM Obviously W didn't orchestrate the 9/11 attacks, but he definitely used -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 10:22PM I agree its very funny watching bern and hill see who can promise the most -- TomKazanski 02/14/2016 7:26PM Nothing says less govt like building a huge wall or deporting millions. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 10:07PM I would say cleaning up their mess is something the govt should do -- TomKazanski 02/15/2016 2:35PM Thats where I come out, too ** -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 7:27PM Hardly surprising that their student body is representative of the GOP. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2016 6:35PM All those new moneyed Texas kids are smart ** -- Tuckahokie 02/14/2016 7:33PM I hope all of us go out like Scalia. In our sleep, without suffering or -- TpkeHoo 02/14/2016 3:11PM I'm going out with hookers and blow ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/14/2016 6:11PM Beats getting eaten by a shark which is my #1 irrational fear. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2016 5:37PM It could happen. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 09:55AM Couldn't ask for a better way to go ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/14/2016 4:07PM Indeed. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 3:51PM Reminds me, I want to go out like my grandfather peacefully in his sleep -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 3:34PM Oh my! :D ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2016 6:22PM Love that one... ** -- Hokie5150 02/14/2016 6:19PM Given the venom shot out at that debate, especially from Trump, how will -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 1:50PM They won't. Prior to the nomination in public they will all talk about -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2016 5:57PM Trump will get beat in SC. You heard it here. ** -- Hoogle.com 02/14/2016 2:05PM You can clean up on the British betting sites. Trump is listed at 1/14. ** -- Shenhoo 02/15/2016 09:51AM By Cruz or Bush? -- Quaker 02/14/2016 2:15PM I googled the polling; Trump will win SC easily; by 20% or more -- Quaker 02/14/2016 2:22PM If those others were 1, that 1 would beat Trump easily. Split up, DT wins ** -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 2:26PM Trump/Cruz/Carson ... close to 60%; Rubio/Bush/Kasich 35%; 5% rest of pack -- Quaker 02/14/2016 3:00PM Can't lump Trump in with Cruz & Carson. It's probably closer to three block -- Hoo05Dave 02/14/2016 10:18PM Carson perhaps; but Trump/Cruz are after the same slice -- Quaker 02/15/2016 07:56AM Carson is so weird. Why is he still a candidiate and why does anyone take -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2016 5:28PM It would be "Others: 5.05% if Gilmore was still in it! ** -- HowieT3 02/14/2016 3:29PM Not sure the Cruzites (incl. evangelicals) or even Carsonites would go DT's -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 3:06PM He'll get close to 1/3rd which shld be enough in 7 person field. Dynamic -- TpkeHoo 02/14/2016 2:15PM Which is why IMO he has the nomination, making his behavior puzzling--- -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 2:20PM Oppose him for what he wants & he wants to bury ya, not beat ya. Some guys -- icehokie 02/14/2016 2:32PM Not puzzling. He just can't control himself = he should never be president. -- SixerHoo 02/14/2016 2:31PM In charge of foreign policy. Kinda scary, isn't it. ** -- icehokie 02/14/2016 2:34PM It's the red button that worries me. ** -- SixerHoo 02/14/2016 4:48PM Military must obey *lawful* orders, and the 'just following orders' st -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 5:15PM They can look in the same mirror as Harry Reid who invoked the nuclear -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2016 9:43PM Never happened that a president has had a nominee confirmed -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 3:13PM Are you saying no senate has ever confirmed a nomination by an opposing -- SixerHoo 02/14/2016 4:48PM For the SC in the last year in office, yes ** -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 5:13PM Well, that couldn't be more wrong. See Hood's post below. ** -- SixerHoo 02/15/2016 12:29PM Kennedy nominated by Reagan & confirmed by Dems in RR's last year ** -- Hood 02/15/2016 10:49AM This is just silly. How many times have they refused to do it? ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 9:58PM For the vacancy arising in June 1987? After Bork was blocked? -- TpkeHoo 02/14/2016 1:54PM Obama would have to nominate Stephen Reinhardt with his middle finger up to -- WahooRQ 02/14/2016 3:36PM Couldn't agree more. Calls to wait for next prez are beyond absurd. ** -- SixerHoo 02/14/2016 2:21PM That's different ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/14/2016 1:47PM Can't wait to hear their answers when somebody asks them about that. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 1:45PM More likely is that Trump is a Democrat-sponsored long con -- Hood 02/15/2016 10:54AM After Trump repeatedly said "Ted Cruz is a liar" last night, those odds are -- Hoos Operator 02/14/2016 1:10PM Well, in his defense Ted Cruz is a liar. ** -- WahooRQ 02/14/2016 4:07PM A piker in that field Hillary is the champ ** -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 4:38PM House of Cards spoiler: -- southdenverhoo 02/14/2016 1:00PM Never saw it... thought I had an original idea ** -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2016 1:10PM Well in that case -- CharlestonSC 02/14/2016 1:41PM I think Trump would offer if he knew Cruz would accept but it's a pointless -- CharlestonSC 02/14/2016 12:28PM Zero. Trump joins the universe in his feelings toward the despicable -- Shenhoo 02/14/2016 12:21PM Ahh, but that's why I said even if Trump had no intent to follow through. I -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2016 1:13PM Awfully cynical; not likely either -- Quaker 02/14/2016 12:19PM No way. Prez has much more individual power. Plus Cruz would have to be -- SixerHoo 02/14/2016 12:17PM Article on the very warm Scalia-Ginsburg friendship highlights what we've -- bob1314 02/14/2016 11:30AM That's an old favorite in DC and its true. Two of my colleagues are former -- WahooRQ 02/14/2016 3:32PM He apparently supported (even recommended) the appointment of Kagan as well ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 10:24PM Sadly, it's what's happens when people put party first before everything -- Hokie5150 02/14/2016 12:07PM I fall into that real easy but bob's right. We're losing a lot anymore -- icehokie 02/14/2016 12:29PM Nm ** -- icehokie 02/14/2016 12:34PM Great post- our resident " grave dancers" could learn a thing or two here ** -- Moneyshot 02/14/2016 11:56AM Re: Great post- our resident ** -- WAH00WA 02/17/2016 12:03PM Why can't they get along like Hoos and Hokies? ** -- Hoogle.com 02/14/2016 2:04PM On important things we get along pretty good ** -- icehokie 02/14/2016 2:52PM Indeed. ** -- Hokie5150 02/14/2016 12:07PM That is a very meaningful post & article. Thx for that ** -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 11:39AM A Dem congress would never confirm a Republican nomination -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 1:06PM You even got the last part wrong. No way in hell they would confirm Cruz. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 1:46PM Of course they would confirm Cruz, although post was TIC -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 3:06PM You don't know that. -- DanTheFan 02/14/2016 1:36PM So, when has it ever happened? ** -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 3:03PM Justices rarely die in office. -- DanTheFan 02/14/2016 5:35PM Just fine print about senate confirmation. ** -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 6:34PM Truly laughable on the part of the supposedly Constitution-loving GOP. -- SixerHoo 02/14/2016 12:12PM It literally has never happened. -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 1:47PM ^^Should be under AlexHoo's response, obviously^^ ** -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 1:48PM Why? Happens all the time. as provided by the Constitution. ** -- AlexHoo 02/14/2016 1:10PM Some years ago the GOP Senate floated the idea of the nuclear option on -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2016 10:58AM I really don't give a shit that it was hypocritical or that you say it was. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2016 1:35PM You missed the point, which was with filibuster rules the Dems slammed -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2016 6:24PM A line of reasoning that says "this isn't right, but you would do it too" -- VAGentleman05 02/14/2016 9:57PM Not at all. I'm saying that wha't happening in understandable and even -- 81_Hokie 02/15/2016 09:39AM Always amused by notion that mere majority rule is something "nuclear" ** -- icehokie 02/14/2016 11:07AM Pretty much the way the House runs itself. Guess House is "nuclear" ** -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 11:10AM The House and Senate are intentionally different. That's the entire point. ** -- Hoo05Dave 02/14/2016 10:24PM The Dems would have more cover from most in the media...plus the media -- Tuckahokie 02/14/2016 11:03AM What implications if any will Scalia's death have on Bob McDonnell's fate? ** -- jackethoo 02/14/2016 10:28AM I guess just that a 4-4 SCt results in lower court's ruling left standing ** -- bob1314 02/14/2016 10:59AM Damn! I'm a lefty but that is bad law and needs to be reversed IMO not to -- southdenverhoo 02/14/2016 5:42PM As I understand it, a 4-4 tie will default to lower court ruling? ** -- CharlestonSC 02/14/2016 10:38AM Lower court ruling stands, as I understand it ** -- bob1314 02/14/2016 10:52AM But not precedential outside of circuit, right? ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 02/14/2016 11:28AM "persuasive" I think the applicable term might be ** -- seanbryan 02/14/2016 11:45AM