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Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« on: April 05, 2017, 01:02:27 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028893497

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Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.

He plans to hold the senate floor all night in opposition to Gorsuch. He's in hour three.

Let's show some love!

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4. He's not my Senator, but I'm extremely proud of his courage...

and moral authority. Is it too much to hope that a few Republicans will get the gravity of their imminent actions and vote against "going nuclear" AND against Gorsuch?

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7. Senator Merkley deserves our support as history will tell, he is on the right side of it.

As usual, the gop prides itself as a pig wallowing in shit!

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32. Thank you for fighting the good fight, less the people fall into depression and despair, without

Champions who have power take a stand. You are speaking for millions.
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35. So does anyone know what happens?

Does at least one repuke have to be present all night too or what? I'm sure most of them slither off.

Hats off to Senator Merkley.

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93. Go to his website to sign his petition saying you stand with him in the filibuster:

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105. C'mon the rest of you Dems

Get down there and help Sen Merkley #holdthefloor - as long as it takes.

Don't change the rules - Change the nominee.

If he can't get 60 votes he failed the test. Next.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/sqgW-2orQQg[/youtube]
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Hey DUmmies,

FYI- McConnell filed the cloture motion yesterday. The opportunity for a speaking filibuster has passed under the rules. Right now, anytime McConnell wants the floor back for the cloture vote he gets it back.

This "filibuster" is just bluster.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2017, 01:08:59 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on April 05, 2017, 01:02:27 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028893497
[youtube]https://youtu.be/sqgW-2orQQg[/youtube]
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Hey DUmmies,

FYI- McConnell filed the cloture motion yesterday. The opportunity for a speaking filibuster has passed under the rules. Right now, anytime McConnell wants the floor back for the cloture vote he gets it back.

This "filibuster" is just bluster.

A song just triggered in my head;

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You got no money and you got no home
 Spinnin' wheel all alone
 Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you, you never learn
 Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel turn

Did you find the directing sign on the
 Straight and narrow highway
 Would you mind a reflecting sign
 Just let it shine within your mind
 And show you the colors that are real

Someone is waiting just for you
 Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2017, 01:13:18 PM »
I have to laugh out loud every time I hear a DUer say "Moral Authority". Any authority that have comes from some place that is bereft of morals
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2017, 01:29:40 PM »
If you need a criminal to perform a useless and stupid gesture, Jeff Merkley is you criminal.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2017, 03:01:57 PM »
I have no problem with a filibuster as long as it is done the old way by taking the floor and speaking. This BS thing of demanding 60 votes for cloture when there is no actual filibuster going is pure garbage.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2017, 03:16:53 AM »
Oops.

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    Thank you for your leadership RT @SenatorReid Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to consider filibuster reform. It had to be done.

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Life comes at you fast, Senator.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2017, 04:35:19 PM »
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo Gorsuch CONFIRMED!!!

Kinda been a very, very, very, very, very, very bad week for the DUchebags.


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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2017, 06:23:41 PM »
Quote from: jukin on April 07, 2017, 04:35:19 PM
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo Gorsuch CONFIRMED!!!

Kinda been a very, very, very, very, very, very bad week for the DUchebags.

Anyone with half a brain, which excludes the dummies, could have seen that coming.   :yahoo:
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2017, 05:33:06 AM »
Quote from: jukin on April 07, 2017, 04:35:19 PM
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo Gorsuch CONFIRMED!!!

Kinda been a very, very, very, very, very, very bad week for the DUchebags.

The best part?  Schmuck Schumer tried to filibuster, and lost that option in the future. I have to commend Senator McConnell for changing the Senate rules (which have only been in place for 60 years, not since the birth of the Republic) to end the filibuster for SCOTUS justices.  The next SCOTUS Justice could be Sen. Ted Cruz . . . Or Rick Santorum . . . :whistling: :fuelfire:
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2017, 06:52:13 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on April 08, 2017, 05:33:06 AM
The best part?  Schmuck Schumer tried to filibuster, and lost that option in the future. I have to commend Senator McConnell for changing the Senate rules (which have only been in place for 60 years, not since the birth of the Republic) to end the filibuster for SCOTUS justices.  The next SCOTUS Justice could be Sen. Ted Cruz . . . Or Rick Santorum . . . :whistling: :fuelfire:

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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2017, 08:24:40 AM »
Hey DU fans of Senator Foolish Futility! Associate Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch! Get used to that sound. You may be hearing it for several decades!
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2017, 12:56:11 PM »
Quote from: 67 Rover on April 08, 2017, 06:52:13 AM
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That would really **** with the primitives!  However, I think that I heard that she isn't interested in going through the confirmation process again--it was too bruising when she was appointed to the DC Circuit.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2017, 04:40:41 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on April 08, 2017, 12:56:11 PM
That would really **** with the primitives!  However, I think that I heard that she isn't interested in going through the confirmation process again--it was too bruising when she was appointed to the DC Circuit.

Much of her 2-year confirmation delay was due to Ds' filibustering, the ice dam partly broken by the Gang of 14. Dingy Harry and Chuckles changed that.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2017, 08:58:53 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on April 08, 2017, 04:40:41 PM
Much of her 2-year confirmation delay was due to Ds' filibustering, the ice dam partly broken by the Gang of 14. Dingy Harry and Chuckles changed that.

What's her age now?
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2017, 08:48:57 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on April 08, 2017, 08:58:53 PM
What's her age now?

IIRC from W'pedia, she was born in 1949, so she'd be 67 or 68. One of the great things about Gorsuch is that he's fairly young. So there's a good chance, as I posted above, that he'll likely be a Supreme Court Justice for quite a while.
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Quote from: SVPete on April 09, 2017, 08:48:57 AM
IIRC from W'pedia, she was born in 1949, so she'd be 67 or 68. One of the great things about Gorsuch is that he's fairly young. So there's a good chance, as I posted above, that he'll likely be a Supreme Court Justice for quite a while.

Unfortunately, her age removes her from consideration. :bawl:

Diane Sykes would be appropriate, IMHO.
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Re: Support thread for Senator Jeff Merkley. Holding the floor all night.
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2017, 04:53:16 PM »
SO Merkley (D)ouchebag filibuster stopped SCOTUS Gorsuch?

NO?

Well there is is then. A few more wins like this ad the democrat party is in control and kicking America's ass again.
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