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Bucky

(54,005 posts) Tue Mar 16, 2021, 02:43 PM Mar 2021

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"Well, if a law and order man vouches for her, I guess she's okay by me"

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/manchin-gupta-garland-doj

Since Merrick Garland vouches for Vanita Gupta, then Joe Manchin says he might just vote for her. I'm not saying Merrick had to literally give Joe a handjob.

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"Well, if a law and order man vouches for her, I guess she's okay by me" (Original Post) Bucky Mar 2021 OP

Excellent, Joe. So all we need to get future nominees confirmed is a White Guy endorsement? lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #1

Apparently so. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #2

Apparently none of the other White Dudes in the Senate qualify though ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #3

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

1. Excellent, Joe. So all we need to get future nominees confirmed is a White Guy endorsement?

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 02:44 PM

Mar 2021

Thanks for the tip!

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)

2. Apparently so.

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 02:58 PM

Mar 2021

Not the sort of attitude one should expect from a democratic senator.

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. Apparently none of the other White Dudes in the Senate qualify though ...

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 04:36 PM

Mar 2021

The person needs to have a certain gravitas, a panache, a je ne sais quoi ...

And be white and male.

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