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Originally Posted by crockett
There was a very big difference between the two.. When Democrats did it, it was after several years of Republicans blocking everything. Obama was elected in 2009 & Democrats didn't do it until 2013..
Republicans were blocking all lower judge appointments and other executive appointments for several years..
Now fast forward to now, we have a Republican majority who has "some" democratic support, meaning it's not a case of Democrats just blocking things in spite. Added to this it's only 2 months into the new administration and rather than "try" to work with Democrats they just jump to nuclear option over the very first attempt to appoint a judge.
Honestly, baddog, you don't see the difference? On the Democrats side it was used only after several years once every other option had failed. Yet on the Republican side, it was the 1st option used with nothing else attempted on the very 1st vote..
You have to see the difference don't you?
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Obama had filibuster proof majority in his first term but still couldn't get it done so stop blaming repubs for his failure. They then quickly shot thru the ACA when they were about to lose their majorities in both chambers, used the nuclear option because they didn't think they would get pasted so badly. The Dems started this, McCain (who I don't like) warned Reid and begged him not to use it, that they wouldn't stay in power forever and Reid ignored him and Schumer was complicit now they cry (oh my god the Senate is ruined forever) when they did it, they started it. Now all that happened was the court was put back to the balance it was in before. Scalia was ULTRA conservative, Gorsuch is not even close but still crying liberals don't want that balance restored. Too bad, they employed the rule to push thru Federal Judges and executive appointments, now Trump can push thru his in the same way Obama did, and probably plus one or two more in the next 4 years now that Schumer majorly screwed the pooch on this. The court will stand 7-2 in the next 4 years conservative. How could they be this stupid?