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Democrats to Unite Behind Jackson Confirmation

By Jeralyn, Section Supreme Court
Posted on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 12:12:47 PM EST
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What did the Republicans accomplish in their disgraceful public display of aggression during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson? They ensured that Democrats, to include Sen. Joe Manchin, will unite in support of her.

I only watched a smidgen of the testimony -- when Ted Cruz was leading the charge with his chart of sentencing statistics on her child p*rn cases, but wow, did he make an as* of himself.

The other thing I noticed was the superb coaching Jackson got for the hearings (as do all nominees these days). It must be really hard to sit there poker-faced when some horse's as* is trying to bait you with one absurdly worded question after another.

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    Ketanji Brown Jackson Displayed an abundance (5.00 / 5) (#1)
    by MO Blue on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 03:02:15 PM EST
    of intelligence and class during hearings where the Republicans displayed how totally repugnant they are.

    Glad to read that Manchin plans to vote for her.


    I found listening to her responses (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by CaptHowdy on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 03:09:16 PM EST
    actually interesting.  Those things don't usually hold me long.  

    I sat there thinking she could do well in other branches of government.

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    Anyone who managed to listen (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Peter G on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 04:04:29 PM EST
    to KBJ's responses would actually have learned quite a bit about how federal criminal sentencing works, and how (good) judges think about sentences in individual cases.

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    Yu could probably say that (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by CaptHowdy on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 04:24:12 PM EST
    about other legal discussions but they would not have held my attention.  And it was not that subject I mostly heard her explaining.  That's when I turned it off.

    She definitely has a way f making confusing and complicated things understandable

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    And it was even more out front (none / 0) (#3)
    by CaptHowdy on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 03:11:48 PM EST
    because, as you say, the republican clown show.  

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    The (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by FlJoe on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 03:58:36 PM EST
    Republicans outdid themselves, all in on rude, obnoxious hissy fits, not an ounce of decorum to be found.

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    It was something (none / 0) (#7)
    by CaptHowdy on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 05:19:05 PM EST
    I think Miss Lindsey's question, on a scale of 1-10 how religious are you, was the daily winner.

    I would never have expected to hear that question in a confirmation hearing.  Is that even legal.

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    So glad you asked! (5.00 / 4) (#9)
    by Peter G on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 06:32:59 PM EST
    Actually, no, it is probably the only question that is explicitly off limits, per the U.S. Constitution itself.  Article VI, clause 3, states:  " ... no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."  (A religious "test," in 18th Century terms, is a requirement that a person state under oath that they subscribe to a particular religious persuasion or belief preferred by the government.)

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    And (none / 0) (#11)
    by KeysDan on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 10:09:34 AM EST
    Lindseybelle actually asked what religion the judge was. After a pause of seeming astonishment. She replied "Protestant"

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    Compared to the qualifications of Jackson, (none / 0) (#8)
    by MO Blue on Fri Mar 25, 2022 at 06:04:08 PM EST
    this is the caliber of the people the Republicans champion. Qualifications of Republican candidate for MO Senate seat.

    "In early June 2018, I became afraid for my safety and that of our children at our home, which was fairly isolated, due to Eric's unstable and coercive behavior," Sheena Greitens alleged in the filing. "This behavior included physical violence toward our children, such as cuffing our then three-year-old son across the face at the dinner table in front of me and yanking him around by the hair."
    Sheena Greitens also detailed an alleged incident in which one of her children came home with serious injuries after a visit with their father, as the child returned with "a swollen face, bleeding gums, and a loose tooth" that later had to be removed.

    Rawstory

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    I am sure you already (none / 0) (#10)
    by Ga6thDem on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 09:43:28 AM EST
    know this but Greitens did a recording stating that McConnell and Karl Rove were out to destroy him.

    D's certainly dodged a bullet with him choosing to become a Republican.

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    Yes, I saw that (none / 0) (#12)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 10:13:08 AM EST
    Missouri, my home state, has some real winners to choose from the Republican slate. This violent, abusive and sexual predator and the gun toting lawyers that would love the excuse to shoot black people. Boy what a campaign commercial that would make. Probably win them the nomination, hands down.

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    MO (none / 0) (#14)
    by Ga6thDem on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 11:29:47 AM EST
    is beating GA all to heck these days. Republicans here as you know are big on insider trading. But the minute Kemp brings all this up the Republicans start screaming he's using Dem talking points (he is actually) against Perdue. My wish is that the GOP civil war here in GA is so bad it takes out every statewide elected Republican.

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    BTW, (none / 0) (#13)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 10:32:06 AM EST
    Greitens is leading in the most current pole with 31%. Republicans, the family values party, just love them some really violent and sexual deviant men.

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    I wonder (none / 0) (#15)
    by Ga6thDem on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 11:31:58 AM EST
    if he actually will get the nomination even after all the ugliness is revealed. Apparently kidnapping his hairdresser has not deterred them enough to keep him from leading in the polls.

    Do y'all have any sort of runoff or is it the one that gets the most votes is the nominee? Here in GA 30% would cause a runoff between Greitens and whomever is behind him in votes.

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    No. (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 12:51:01 PM EST
    You get the most votes regardless of the percentage and you win.

    I would like to think that if Greitens gets the nomination, the state will elect the Democratic candidate. I would like to believe that but I sure wouldn't bet any money on it.

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    Yeah (none / 0) (#17)
    by Ga6thDem on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 06:00:33 PM EST
    I get it. I still can't believe GA has 2 D senators right now. Claire did win twice so it's not impossible.

    I am dumbfounded on how the country went crazy over the last 20 years but then I think about Fox and realize there are millions of Americans who have been brainwashed by Fox.

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    No one is forced to watch FOX (5.00 / 2) (#18)
    by CaptHowdy on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 06:17:47 PM EST
    it's not like there is only one news network.

    IMO we need to stop making excuses for people.  Saying they have been "fooled" or "brainwashed".

    FOX is a business.  It gives people what they want.  It's how they make all that money.

    I was just reading this article about how the Republican party has been taken over by Q.  It has.  And democrats have to stop acting like it's normal and it will be ok.

    We have to start being as ruthless and aggressive as they are or we are going to lose our country.

    Good place to start, stop making excuses for fascists.  Nobody has been brainwashed.

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    I mostly agree (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 06:58:15 PM EST
    Yet, in certain parts of the county if you are anywhere where a television is playing, Fox is on nonstop. Not only are people inundated with Fox on a daily/hourly basis, they are surrounded by people at their jobs, at their church and all social events who repeat the crap that Fox promotes as the main focus of their conversation. It is kinda like trying to avoid catching the plague when everyone around you has it.

    One thing is for sure, too much exposure to Fox rots your brain.

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    Quite aware (none / 0) (#20)
    by CaptHowdy on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 07:02:33 PM EST
    I live with it everywhere I go.  It has not convinced me to be a fascist.

    Or anyone else IMO.  Next time you are at the doctor's office or the dentist ask a couple of people if they want it changed.  To CNN.

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    Well Capt, you are smarter than the average bear (none / 0) (#26)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 09:36:18 PM EST
    I doubt anyone who knows you or has met you would consider you typical. (meant in the nicest way). Artist types are normally not usually the greatest advocates of following authority figures and norms. Unfortunately, too many people are more easily indoctrinated than you are.

    I do know people who were once moderately conservative who now have become true believers after years of being surrounded by that crap. That's all they hear.

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    If I may be so bold (5.00 / 2) (#28)
    by CaptHowdy on Sun Mar 27, 2022 at 07:46:15 AM EST
    I believe you know people who seemed moderately conservative to you.  But they never were.  They had been taught, as many many on the right had, to not say the secret part out loud.  At least to you.

    IMO one thing we can thank Trump for is ripping the mask off these people.   They are all talking now.  

    My request is simple.  Stop making excuses for uncle Clem and Aunt Roo who always seemed nice until Trump.  People should be expected to take responsibility for their beliefs.  They are not children.  They did not have a collective stroke

    They found a leader

    This

    Fox, I am just saying that without the constant validation and rabble rousing by the right wing media these views (to my eyes at least) were fading away or certainly not growing.

    I don't even...
    When?  When was this wonderful age of enlightenment?  Was it when they impeached Bill Clinton and spent 20 years smearing his wife?  When Newt was in charge?

    Surely it can not have been during the Obama presidency.  Or do you see some high water mark of civility in there I missed?

    I guess they were happy during Bush 2.  The guy who literally stole the presidency with the help of the SC.

    Look, of course FOX feeds the crazy.  But how can you not see it is a symptom?  A very profitable business.  Business does not become the industry leader by converting people to scary news ways of thinking.

    They make money by giving people what they want.

    The state of our country is not the fault of FOX.  FOX, and NEWSMAX and OANN and Alex Jones, are the fault and the result of the state of our country.

    If anyone honestly believes removing one or all of them from the airwaves would change anything ....
    then they do not under