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Hieronymus Phact

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31. Yeah sure all that's true

Reply to tritsofme (Reply #29)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 05:09 PM

Oct 2022

My point is then Obama Didn't use the Bully Pulpit to its full effect when he could have.
He Just Didn't. Democrats never do.
It made him look like it was not worth fighting for.

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That is absolute nonsense. A fairy tale. tritsofme Oct 2022 #14

You just called me a liar bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #15

It is a nonsense lie no matter who is spreading it. tritsofme Oct 2022 #16

but he did have the power of the presedency. Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #24

He didn't have the power to magically seat Garland after 60 days tritsofme Oct 2022 #26

i never said he had magic powers Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #28

McConnell was never ever going to allow a vote. This asshole boasts it was the proudest moment of tritsofme Oct 2022 #29

Yeah sure all that's true Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #31

Right, sounds like nothing Democrats do is ever good enough. tritsofme Oct 2022 #32

You never responded to a single thing i said. Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author tritsofme Oct 2022 #35

Because Democrats (maybe you?) didn't show up in 2014 and 2016. tritsofme Oct 2022 #36

Don't accuse me of that. Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #38

Your recollection is not correct. tritsofme Oct 2022 #39

Yeah A 'Big' push Hieronymus Phact Oct 2022 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Oct 2022 #21

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