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calimary

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Reply to tomp (Reply #70)

Wed Jan 3, 2018, 05:08 PM

Jan 2018

That's Merrick Garland's seat.

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GOP Blocking Merrick Garland May Be Tied to Trump/Russia Scandal [View all] L. Coyote Jan 2018 OP

O lord would I love to see Grassley in an orange jumpsuit rurallib Jan 2018 #1

McConnell too bdamomma Jan 2018 #3

oh and so many more. We can dream can't we? rurallib Jan 2018 #4

an see gorsuch impeached. nt tomp Jan 2018 #70

...and removed. calimary Jan 2018 #90

I hope it happens. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #93

This makes no sense fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #2

No, just a couple and the rest fall in line and follow orders. uponit7771 Jan 2018 #7

See the railroad job of Al Franken aeromanKC Jan 2018 #57

And 20 or so other "fine upstanding" Senators. Or so we thought they were... Wwcd Jan 2018 #62

Fine By Me SoCalMusicLover Jan 2018 #68

Indeed. Wwcd Jan 2018 #69

I agree. LiberalBrooke Jan 2018 #76

Being "fine upstanding" is not a qualification for being a politician, especially a winning one erronis Jan 2018 #87

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #64

makes absolute sense to me bluestarone Jan 2018 #9

Me too! Duppers Jan 2018 #11

Well that's great, but we don't have any evidence fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #15

We dont have to have any evidence. PdxSean Jan 2018 #30

The harm is that we take our eye off the ball fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #37

I agree this seems improbable. thucythucy Jan 2018 #60

The entire Senate GOP leadership? Duppers Jan 2018 #13

I'm trying to look at evidence fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #16

maybe your mind bluestarone Jan 2018 #21

Being open-minded does not mean not having a filter fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #39

Claims require evidence jl_theprofessor Jan 2018 #56

+1 The timeline doesn't fit the silly conspiracy theory. onenote Jan 2018 #23

LOL you are so naive Skittles Jan 2018 #26

I'm naive for believing in Occam's razor? fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #27

evidence? Skittles Jan 2018 #44

If McConnell doesn't bring it up for a vote, there doesn't even have to be anyone else involved. world wide wally Jan 2018 #51

This is not the first time this has been suggested. I believe top GOP knew long before Amaryllis Jan 2018 #5

Agreed. At the time we speculated that they were rigging the vote or they wouldn't be doing it. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #12

I recall that also. triron Jan 2018 #86

They were caught red-handed in 2000 and 2004, so no surprise to me this time. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #88

how did mc connel know the repubs would cheat to win? questionseverything Jan 2018 #89

Lock them all up malaise Jan 2018 #6

It would not surprise me if they were all atleast aware of it if not in fact active participants cstanleytech Jan 2018 #8

To annoy Obama?? Not to mention, it was not statistically impossible that Trump could win karynnj Jan 2018 #10

This. The endless conspiracy theories are silly mythology Jan 2018 #25

I really do think this is credible. mountain grammy Jan 2018 #14

The GOP sociopaths are capable of anything. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #17

While I do not doubt this is true, I don't expect it to ever come back to bite anyone. bitterross Jan 2018 #18

Might be a good time to invest in a guillotine factory BigBearJohn Jan 2018 #19

I've already told my wife MurrayDelph Jan 2018 #48

I've thought this since the election. volstork Jan 2018 #20

I have ALWAYS thought McConnell knew Trump would win renate Jan 2018 #22

There was no guarantee that Hillary would nominate someone more liberal than Garland onenote Jan 2018 #33

it was a statistical impossability for drumpf to win? Takket Jan 2018 #24

Nonsensical. onenote Jan 2018 #28

The fix was already in. Only preposterous thing is that RepubliCONs did it, not the timing. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #32

Rubio and Cruz were not in on it. They didn't know. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #34

Right. But everyone else did. Sure. Got it. onenote Jan 2018 #35

Many did NOT know. McCONnell, Ryan, Priebus, Pence knew. Pence was Manafort's suggestion. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #36

Again. Sure. Right. Got it. Yup. onenote Jan 2018 #40

Don't tell me you think this is a nothingburger with only process violation indictments. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #46

i think the russians sought to influence the general election onenote Jan 2018 #47

This line of reasoning doesnt claim Russians rigged any primaries. So don't put that on us. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #49

So the russians weren't working only to promote Trump? onenote Jan 2018 #50

I didn't say or imply that either. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #59

Thank you. shanny Jan 2018 #41

exactly. At the point of this "conspiracy" the Republican establishment was grantcart Jan 2018 #85

Oh gee, you think? bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #29

I have no doubt it is tied into it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #31

Cause I need the NYT investigative team to tell me things I guessed on my own on election night... Volaris Jan 2018 #38

Remind me what the russians did to fix the republican primaries onenote Jan 2018 #43

They didn't need to. The GOP couldn't win without a populist. haele Jan 2018 #54

In February 2016, the polls showed Trump as the only republican losing to Clinton onenote Jan 2018 #55

I'm speaking of the General Election specifically. Volaris Jan 2018 #63

McConnell announced his intent to block consideration of a Scalia replacement the day Scalia die onenote Jan 2018 #66

If lawyers, bankers or brokers behaved like this Congress superpatriotman Jan 2018 #42

Puzzle pieces falling together. There will be more.... nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #45

I'll agree with one caveat ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #52

How did gerrymandering effect the presidential election? onenote Jan 2018 #58

Treason, plain and simple...in a desperate ploy to grab power... SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #53

It was suspicious even back then. moondust Jan 2018 #61

It is not implausible. Here is timeline. McConnell behaved strangely from February thru Election Justice Jan 2018 #65

We have a cart and horse problem. What if the Republicans sought out the Russians to hack the Dems? L. Coyote Jan 2018 #67

Read the first sentence of my post. First hack against DNC happened in 2015. Justice Jan 2018 #77

Why block a Supreme Court pick? Same reason they had for so many other things.... JHB Jan 2018 #71

The GOP is a corrupt organization Gothmog Jan 2018 #72

Do you ever get the feeling bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #73

That would not be surprising if they blocked Garland Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #74

Switching 40,000 votes alters the Electoral College outcome. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #75

yup! Botany Jan 2018 #78

agree 100% bluestarone Jan 2018 #79

This timeline demonstrates the nonsense of this theory tritsofme Jan 2018 #82

Think about this True Blue American Jan 2018 #80

Mmmmmmmmmmm! Very interesting........... UCmeNdc Jan 2018 #81

Given the Unprecedented Nature of McConnell Blocking the Vote-Foreknowledge & Involvement Make Sense dlk Jan 2018 #83

colour me soooooooo not surprised. niyad Jan 2018 #84

VERY glad this is coming up. calimary Jan 2018 #91

Speechless northoftheborder Jan 2018 #92

Even without Russia, the GOP has a "Suppress the Vote" campaign in place in many red/purple states. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2018 #94