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muriel_volestrangler

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22. I don't think "not being on the tip of your tongue" is an excuse

Wed Jul 30, 2025, 09:43 AM

Jul 30

If those Democrats had voted to confirm the candidate of the Democratic President Joe Biden, we wouldn't now have this shithead in an important legal position.

The author's recent work:
Angus King Says He Voted to Confirm This Anti-Choice Trump Nominee Because Josh Hawley Asked Nicely [Updated]
The Conservative Justices Are Too Cowardly to Say What They Mean
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s Majority Is Playing Noah Feldman Like a Fiddle
The Republican Justices Are Simply Doing What the Republican President Asks
Sam Alito Is Giving His Fellow Bigots Everything They Want
and so on. It's clear that he is in favour of honest, liberal judges - and that's why he thinks those 2 Democrats should not have opposed Biden and the party to vote with Republicans. There's nothing "half-truthed" about what he's written. It's not "in bad faith". He's a better liberal than Cortez Masto or Rosen, that's all.

He wrote about Mangi when it was just Republicans smearing him:
https://ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/adeel-mangi-gross-smear/
And then he wrote again, in March 2024, when Cortez Masto decided to be a coward:
https://ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/adeel-mangi-democrats-abandonment/

I don't think that senators get to pretend that their past decisions can be conveniently ignored when the consequences are severe. Even if they have a 'D' next to their name, if their decision was to oppose the party.

Sadly, Cortez Masto can't be primaried until 2028. And Rosen until 2030 - she got away with this crap in the 2024 election.

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The Cowardice of Senate Democrats Made Emil Bove's Confirmation Possible - Jay Willis @ Balls and Strikes [View all] In It to Win It Jul 29 OP

America is fucked, deal with it Eliot Rosewater Jul 29 #1

Every Democrat voted against Bove today. I understand yr author is upset Manchin's behavior LAST YEAR emulatorloo Jul 29 #2

Even worse, it's slamming all Democrats for the actions of just two + one ex-Democrat. W_HAMILTON Jul 29 #3

In this particular case, I think the failure of the (2 Dems + 1 ex Dem) to confirm Biden's nominee belongs to the party In It to Win It Jul 30 #4

Nope - Manchin + those 2 behavior last year doesn't justify your author's smear of Senate Democrats today emulatorloo Jul 30 #9

If our party can't whip the votes to confirm a nominee by our party's president, then it's a failure of the party In It to Win It Jul 30 #10

We're obviously not gonna agree. I'm not going to blame Bove's confirmation on Democrats as only emulatorloo Jul 30 #15

I don't blame them for, specifically, Bove being confirmed. I blame them for leaving the seat open in the first place. In It to Win It Jul 30 #16

Cortez Masto and Rosen are still in the Senate, sitting as Democrats. muriel_volestrangler Jul 30 #18

Disingenuos? Nah, I'm not that familiar with either of them. Manchin is a household name so neither emulatorloo Jul 30 #21

I don't think "not being on the tip of your tongue" is an excuse muriel_volestrangler Jul 30 #22

Here's a blog account by Steve Benen that's not so inflammatory emulatorloo Jul 30 #24

Steve Benen doesn't even mention Mangi, or that the seat became vacant over a year before the end of the Biden term muriel_volestrangler Jul 30 #25

Exactly. Blame the right people...Republicans. travelingthrulife Jul 30 #23

Then Biden also has some blame to share, for sending a nominee with insufficient support for confirmation. tritsofme Jul 30 #29

Yes. I agree. He's part of the team. In It to Win It Jul 30 #30

Since when do those on the left ever fall in line like Republican cultists? W_HAMILTON Jul 30 #13

I blame the team, the entire team. In It to Win It Jul 30 #17

Yeah. Pure rage-bait from the author, Jay Willis emulatorloo Jul 30 #5

SO sick of it MorbidButterflyTat Jul 30 #12

I'm sick of it too. It's not just among Dems, every goddamn morning on Bloomberg Radio Mike 03 Jul 30 #27

I recd it and am well aware what the time line of the events are, and read the text displacedvermoter Jul 30 #28

It is very frustrating and it is an example of why our party is now in such a mess. As a lifelong walkingman Jul 30 #6

EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE VOTED AGAINST BOVE'S CONFIRMATION TODAY emulatorloo Jul 30 #7

I was replying to the OP which mentioned that we had a chance to fill this lifetime appointment. walkingman Jul 30 #8

Most everyone on DU despised Manchin for blocking Biden's agenda. OP's author shits on all Democrats emulatorloo Jul 30 #11

And if that seat had been filled Trump would've nominated Bove to a different one onenote Jul 30 #19

KnR RockCreek Jul 30 #14

Thanks for nothing, chickenshit Democratic leadership. (nt) Paladin Jul 30 #20

This was a foregone conclusion. He was always going to be confirmed. Oopsie Daisy Jul 30 #26

Some inconvenient facts for Willis and those on DU slagging the Senate Democrats onenote Jul 30 #31

To me, none of that takes away from the fact that they had the chance to fill this particular seat and didn't. In It to Win It Jul 30 #32

We are about to get what we deserve. republianmushroom Jul 30 #33