Holy shit, can we just have a Watevs calls Obama a war criminal thread? I mean this derail works way too often. I thought this was the supreme court thread?
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Jesus Christ calm down. There have been 5 posts.
Itâs a perfectly fair discussion. It should be moved though.
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There are lots of militaries in the world that are not involved in any violent military action. Thatâs why it was hard to accept
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Give it a few minutes. Also there were ~20 already when you said that. Nate Silver gives this an 85% chance of being a 100+ post derail.
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My vote
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Come on over
Every time I get an alert on my phone now beginning with âSupreme Court Agrees to HearâŚâ my heart just drops into my lower intestine.
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Blame the person responsible⌠Feinstein.
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What could they have done? If the Dems donât show up and itâs 3 days of softballs and praise from the Râs, you think her favorability isnât rising?
They hit on the points they could - ACA, health care, womenâs right to choose, and other terrible decisions of hers. She was calm and deflected everything.
They couldnât hit her on being a rapist like Kav.
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Not having Dianne Feinstein in charge of anything would be great.
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Feinstein is hugging this tweet
Wtf did Barbara Boxer retire and Feinstein stay on to try to set the record? Fml
Skip the hearings because theyâre illigitimate, and announce a mini five minute speech on the situation each night of the week from a high profile Dem, and lean on the networks to carry them. Each speech should mention that theyâre skipping the hearings because they arenât legitimate.
Monday: Obama on his judicial nominees and Merrick Garland
Tuesday: Pete on ACB and Obergefell
Wednesday: Biden on ACB and the ACA
Thursday: AOC on ACB and Roe
Friday: Kamala on the GOPâs attacks on voting rights through the judiciary and on norms and Dems intended response (will focus on HR1, mention court reform briefly)
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Saturday: ACB still confirmed.
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Thatsâs fine. She wouldnât have +18 approval among Dems.
She might, that shift isnât just because Feinstein sucks. Barrett was appealing and non threatening on camera, and if the Democrats donât even show up she doesnât get asked any adversarial questions.
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Off topic, but I do think Dems need to find some way to reinstitute Fireside Chats and get them carried by news networks.
I know AMLO was doing this in Mexico, and it helped his popularity.
It would be really nice to have a president regularly reporting to the American people what he is doing for them, and have a chance to tell the American people what Republicans in Congress are really up to.
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Iâm not sure about this. Dems were on camera for hours and hours and hours doing exactly what you said. No, it wasnât Obama/Biden/AOC, but they hit on all the items you just outlined. Regardless of what they did, there were hours of her cordial interactions with all senators, calmly stating that her personal beliefs cannot interfere with her judicial decisions, blah, blah, blah. Those moments were going to be soundbites regardless of what the Dâs did to counter-program.
Her favorability went up because she was a way better interviewer than Kav, and I donât see what the Dems couldâve legitimately done to change that.