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The Latest: Romney won’t oppose Senate vote on Trump pick

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by quiller, Sep 22, 2020.

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  1. TOG 6

    TOG 6 Well-Known Member

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    "Consequences"?
    The Democrats doing something they would do, regardless?
     
    TOG 6, Sep 22, 2020
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    TOG 6 Well-Known Member

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    It does not surprise me, or anyone else, that you do not know:
    - Trump was not impeached for Obstruction of Justice
    - Romney voted to impeach for Abuse of Power
    Says she who lives in a glass house.
     
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    Delete
     
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    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Yeah we know, if you win your gonna burn the whole thing down. Political posture and bloody minded threats have been the way of the left since the French Revolution followed by excessively bloody tyrannies.
     
    garyd, Sep 22, 2020
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    roorooroo Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Just for the record, could you list out the consequences?
     
    roorooroo, Sep 22, 2020
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    DennisTate Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Indeed......



    Whether Biden or Trump is elected, will there be civil unrest?


    Under which situation will Civil Unrest and Rioting be worse?
    1. *
      If President Donald J. Trump is re-elected.
      1 vote(s)
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    2. If Biden and Harris are elected
      0 vote(s)
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    3. Civil unrest will be roughly equal no matter who wins in November of 2020.
      2 vote(s)
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    Change Your Vote
     
    DennisTate, Sep 22, 2020
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    garyd Well-Known Member

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    And nominated a blathering imbecile who can't tell the difference between 200,000 and 200,000,000 and lacks intellectual to figure out on the fly that nesrly 2/3 of the population have not died of Carona virus or aplogize for the mistake.
     
    garyd, Sep 22, 2020
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    So what's your excuse about Garland?
     
    Surfer Joe, Sep 22, 2020
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    Liberal tears ... so sweet!
     
    Pycckia, Sep 22, 2020
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    Maybe Romney is beginning to get over Trump snubbing him for a cabinet position.
     
    RodB, Sep 23, 2020
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    Even he may have realized that after months of watching Dem Party politicians essentially making it possible for their radical fringe elements to loot, burn, and destroy at will retaining his seat rather depends on his at least starting to PRETEND that he's a genuine Republican again rather than the blatant RINO that he's really been for years.
     
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    a republican SC will favor the mega corps over the working class, will be interesting to see what happens over the next 10 to 20 years
     
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    Yeah, like impeaching Trump? LOL! Enjoy your conservative majority SCOTUS!
     
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    Mega Corps are global. They do not care.
     
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    Ya know, maybe it was a burning bush told him to wise up. Maybe it was a 3 a.m. call from whoever funded his last campaign. But he did back down. Show of bravado, be his own man, the usual drill. For now.

    Michiganians who have studied this well-coiffed cretin will ALWAYS suspect the worst. Until he actually votes he's still just a blast of Santa Ana wind on a hot September day. He's as big a mouth as that halfwit before Trump.
     
    quiller, Sep 23, 2020
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    quiller Well-Known Member

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    It's a test flare. Wait until after the reelection and see how his poll-numbers top-out then.
     
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    <smile> I appreciate you answering for the surfer, but I don't think your list was what he had in mind with his warning.
     
    roorooroo, Sep 23, 2020
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    What consequences? Be as detailed as possible...
     
    Dispondent, Sep 23, 2020
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    There was no violation, the Constitution does not have a set time frame. If you folks still don't get why nothing was wrong with what they did in 2016, there is little point in discussing such matters now...
     
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    Excuse?
    There's doesn't need to be an excuse.
    McConnell rolled the dice and won.
     
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    Maybe Romney lives in a strongly conservative state and wants to keep his job.
    Voting to remove on Article I had no impact on anything, but to deny a seat on the SC has long-term repercussions..
     
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    Odd the headline doesn't match the quote of what was actually said... “That doesn’t mean that we want to take care of the person, or should be required to take care of the person, who sits home, drinks Coca-Cola, no offense, drinks sugary drinks, and doesn’t exercise, and eats poorly and gets diabetes. Is that the same thing as Jimmy Kimmel’s kid? And I don’t think that it is.”

    With that said, the Trump admin has taken historic action to lower the cost of insulin for disbetes:
    https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020...toric-action-lower-drug-prices-americans.html
     
    struth, Sep 23, 2020
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    Ah, yes, 34 million with diabetes in the US, and it is all their own fault, so they should be made to suffer. Typical anti-social Trump attitude.

    But, back to the topic: I think Romney has a point that he may disagree with Trump (mostly), but that doesn't mean he has to disagree with a nominee for the SC.

    From what I can see, the front runner, Amy Barrett, will be hard to attack for Dems. The only opinion that really seems to matter here is on abortion. In contrast, she also seems to be against the death penalty (what do you think about that, conservatives?). Third, it is hard for me to imagine that a mother of seven, with two adopted children and one with special needs could vote to repeal coverage of pre-existing conditions. of course, I have been wrong on judging people before, so take that with a grain of salt.
     
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