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Kavanaugh Hearing

Discussion in 'GC Hall of Fame' started by ursidman, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. danmann65

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    That was decades ago. If you insist on bringing up Ginsburg I will bring up the entire democratic party including now backing Clinton.
     
  2. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    That was Hyperbole... Obviously...

    I'm sorry, do I need to actually show you a city that's literally completely destroyed in order to be right...

    Of course no city has completely burned down... But no group has come closer to doing that than Antifa in recent times... Certainly not the Alt-Right...
     
  3. LouisvilleGator

    LouisvilleGator GC Hall of Fame

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    Can you provide an example of a Marxist state that didn't arrive by violence?
     
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  4. gator_lawyer

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    Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. He was elected President.
     
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  5. gnvgator

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    "That Judge Kavanaugh is more of a centrist than some of his critics maintain is reflected in the fact that he and Chief Judge Merrick Garland voted the same way in 93 percent of the cases that they heard together. Indeed, Chief Judge Garland joined in more than 96 percent of the majority opinions authored by Judge Kavanaugh, dissenting only once."

    Senator Collins Announces She Will Vote to Confirm Judge Kavanaugh | Senator Susan Collins

    The Dems crapped on everyone over this?

    "The party that established itself as a champion for the voiceless, powerless, and wrongfully accused, betrayed its values and launched a vicious attack on Kavanaugh that left him voiceless, powerless, and completely incapable of defending himself. Against all logic and good faith, they released uncorroborated allegations of sexual misconduct to the public, counting on the backdrop of the Me Too movement to make them that much harder to criticize or ignore. I still cannot reconcile these actions with the social and criminal justice reform platforms that Democrats campaign on."

    "What’s worse is that to achieve all of this the left has gladly used a vulnerable woman against her wishes. Christine Blasey Ford had no intention or desire to ever become a household name. But when their initial attempts to derail Kavanaugh’s nomination failed and it seemed all but certain that he would be confirmed to the court, Democrats fed Ford to the wolves."

    I’m A Minority Woman Going GOP Over Dem Treatment Of Kavanaugh
     
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  6. gator_lawyer

    gator_lawyer VIP Member

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    I thank you for bringing up Clinton. Has every President since Clinton been accused of doing what he did?
     
  7. OaktownGator

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    To hear a lot of folks on the right describe it, you could go with Canada and most any European country. ;)
     
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  8. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    Wow... :D

    You're joking, right...

    Election does not necessarily mean peaceful implementation of Marxism, dude... That's absolutely ridiculous...

    Cuba had "elections" after Fidel rose to power... With one name on the ballot.... :rolleyes:
     
  9. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    Those are not Marxist countries... They're heading down that road... but that's not Marxism... at least, not yet...
     
  10. OaktownGator

    OaktownGator Guardian of the GC Galaxy

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    Yeah. I get that. Hence the emoticon there.

    Most of your "comrades" on the right don't seem to, though.

    To your point, technically it should be possible to establish a Marxist state peacefully. Not a communist state, but a Marxist state.

    I haven't researched enough to understand if it has happened.

    But communes are in effect, little Marxist states. They happen organically with like minded people.

    Expanding that to nation size seems a dubious task to occur organically, but who knows. I can imagine a country heavy with tribal villages that tend to naturally organize towards Marxists beliefs fitting that model.

    I can't imagine a modern western society with well established profit motives moving in that direction peacefully.
     
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  11. mdgator05

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    So what city would you say was closest to being destroyed by Antifa?
     
  12. gator_lawyer

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    Is it, though? The vast majority of cases that go to circuit courts aren't on hot-button political topics. As a counter-point, I offer:
    Analysis | It’s hard to find a federal judge more conservative than Brett Kavanaugh
    Kavanaugh served a dozen years on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a court viewed as first among equals of the 12 federal appellate courts. Probing nearly 200 of Kavanaugh’s votes and over 3000 votes by his judicial colleagues, our analysis shows that his judicial record is significantly more conservative than that of almost every other judge on the D.C. Circuit. That doesn’t mean that he’d be the most conservative justice on the Supreme Court, but it strongly suggests that he is no judicial moderate.
    . . . .
    We looked at a total of 1,085 cases; Kavanaugh participated in 188 of them. We coded decisions as liberal if they sided with criminal defendants; supported stricter enforcement of environmental rules; upheld the labor unions’ rights; or sided with plaintiffs alleging discrimination.
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    In every policy area, Kavanaugh had the most conservative or second-most conservative voting record on the D.C. Circuit.
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  13. LouisvilleGator

    LouisvilleGator GC Hall of Fame

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    Becoming very difficult to take you seriously. Congratulations on getting the others to engage you here.
     
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  14. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    What right-wing organizations have come closer to "burning down a city" than Antifa in recent memory?

    DC after Trump won wasn't truly "burning down," but it was certainly significantly damaged...
     
  15. mdgator05

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    How about you answer my question, then I will answer your question?
     
  16. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    Nah... I think I'm done, here....

    :)
     
  17. mdgator05

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    Couldn't do it, huh? Okay, I accept your surrender. ;)
     
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  18. gator_lawyer

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    I hope you're joking. Cuba had a massive civil war that led to Castro being put in power. Chavez was elected in 1998, succeeding democratically elected centrist Rafael Caldera. Do you have an actual argument as to how Chavez used violence to seize power? You demanded I give you a country. There's your country.
     
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  19. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    You couldn't do it.... :rolleyes:

    It's an irrelevant question... I already said it was hyperbole...

    The US is fine, thank goodness... but no group on the right has rivaled antifa if the measure is "burning down a city."
     
  20. LouisvilleGator

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    They are peaceful people, I agree. And to be fair, you see the right doing this sort of thing all the time: