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Posted by trackfan
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:29 pm to
I wish we could go back to the days when Congress wasn't so partisan, and a Democratic Senate rubber-stamped Antonin Scalia 98-0.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 1:46 pm
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:30 pm to
Posted by TK421
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2011
10411 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:31 pm to
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I wish we could go back to the days when Congress wasn't so partisan


This is a fantastical re-imagining of our nation's history.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
98836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:32 pm to
Those days ended with Bork...

Ah, the good old days of reasonableness and deference.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:52 pm to
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...Congress wasn't so partisan...


List of Democratic nominations for SCOTUS that were blocked by Republicans?
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 1:53 pm
Posted by bamafan1001
Member since Jun 2011
15783 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

I wish we could go back to the days when Congress wasn't so partisan


No you don't. You were perfectly fine with Congress passing Obamacare without one single GOP vote and Harry Reid using nuclear option.
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 2:11 pm to
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and a Democratic Senate rubber-stamped Antonin Scalia 98-0.



Scalia got through like that because he was the first Italian on the Court. Scalia himself admits that.
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