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JarOCats

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8. What changed...

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 07:09 PM

Oct 2018

...is that, until the final vote, there was always a flicker of hope, no matter how tiny, that he would not be confirmed. If it was always a given, then there was no reason for Dr. Ford to upend her life, nor even any reason for debate.

What changed is that that tiny flicker of hope has been doused.

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I don't get this despair, what has changed? [View all] gabeana Oct 2018 OP

Activism feels good but losing sucks RandySF Oct 2018 #1

Yeah and even with it stacked made gabeana Oct 2018 #2

That's a very good point! renate Oct 2018 #3

A conservative on the Supreme Court is what concerns me, it's the consequence of losing an election Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #4

However, we got the most vulnerable conservative ever. empedocles Oct 2018 #10

I just don't bdamomma Oct 2018 #5

👏🏾 BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #7

Because of the way he got In, that's why we despair donkeypoofed Oct 2018 #6

What changed... JarOCats Oct 2018 #8

Why would anyone have believed Codeine Oct 2018 #12

Then why even bother to hold hearings? JarOCats Oct 2018 #14

There is a significant difference between installing a conservative justice - Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #9

Said this to a friend... we knew all this was going to happen on election night budkin Oct 2018 #11

Conservative is one thing. Attempted rapist mzmolly Oct 2018 #13

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