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41. "She didn't make me feel better about myself, so she didn't deserve my vote"

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #39)

Thu May 9, 2019, 05:40 PM

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Trump voters may be ignorant, but they proved to be smarter than Dems about one thing: the courts [View all] StarfishSaver May 2019 OP

Trump had nothing to do with it dhol82 May 2019 #1

You are correct. The Rethuglican* High Command realized YEARS AGO that their brand was... Raster May 2019 #5

Trump had everything to do with it StarfishSaver May 2019 #14

She might have done better nominating but Mitch et al would have blocked everything dhol82 May 2019 #24

He couldn't have blocked everything 64, no matter how hard he tried StarfishSaver May 2019 #25

From an ideological perspective an empty judgeship is better than one filled with a far right winger LonePirate May 2019 #31

'Thanks' elleng May 2019 #30

Which is why I say a hearty "Fuck You"... 3catwoman3 May 2019 #2

Unless the economy is tanking like in 2008, the courts are always the #1 reason to vote blue. LonePirate May 2019 #33

Damn right! 3catwoman3 May 2019 #46

I don't think anybody can accuse the GOP leadership of being stupid anarch May 2019 #3

agreed, but NewJeffCT May 2019 #7

Amen to this 1,000 times! moose65 May 2019 #11

I don't put the blame solely on Democratic leadership StarfishSaver May 2019 #15

Not soley, no NewJeffCT May 2019 #17

I don't have much patience for the "Leaders must inspire us if they want us to vote" argument StarfishSaver May 2019 #21

You may not like it, but it's a fact of life in the modern era NewJeffCT May 2019 #22

You're talking about "charsima" of presidential candidates StarfishSaver May 2019 #23

Repub turnout in 2014 was nothing special. Dem turnout fell off a cliff in 2014 which was disastrous LonePirate May 2019 #34

Yawn...I have no idea why you're going on about abqtommy May 2019 #4

The Con's supporters are not smarter than Democrats malaise May 2019 #6

The voters don't have a clue. It's the Republican think tanks that sinkingfeeling May 2019 #8

Exactly. SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #9

His voters have nothing to do with the courts...that's the tried and true trump fuck. spanone May 2019 #10

Wrong. The evangelicals have been obsessed with the courts. It's their prime motivator. LonePirate May 2019 #35

Bless your heart Rambling Man May 2019 #12

Wrong, democratic voters never lost sight of the courts Fresh_Start May 2019 #13

exactly and those types don't really care for many liberal issues JI7 May 2019 #20

Yes, and PRINCIPLED courts were already manifestations Hortensis May 2019 #29

To put the number in perspective onenote May 2019 #16

Senior status judges still hear and decide cases StarfishSaver May 2019 #26

some do. And a lot more of the ones appointed by Clinton are still hearing cases onenote May 2019 #38

Of course more Clinton judges are serving the Reagan judges StarfishSaver May 2019 #42

but the media is too busy reporting on this clowns every tweet IcyPeas May 2019 #18

True StarfishSaver May 2019 #19

not like many of us didn't warn DU about consequences in 2016 beachbum bob May 2019 #27

Guess how many times Barack Obama mentioned Merrick Garland at the 2016 convention BeyondGeography May 2019 #28

You're right. If only that Obama had mentioned Garland in his speech StarfishSaver May 2019 #36

Keep blaming the voters and letting leaders off the hook BeyondGeography May 2019 #37

I will indeed blame voters for the leaders they put in or allow to be put in StarfishSaver May 2019 #40

Racists voted for a racist. this post gives trump voters credit for something that isn't true. so Kurt V. May 2019 #32

Obama warned us Blue_Tires May 2019 #39

"She didn't make me feel better about myself, so she didn't deserve my vote" StarfishSaver May 2019 #41

Hillary recieved THREE MILLION more votes than Trump. John Fante May 2019 #43

Yes, she did. But, obviously, that wasn't enough to keep Trump judges off the courts StarfishSaver May 2019 #44

This maladministration is shredding the rule of law Brawndo May 2019 #45