tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post5045138971251103346..comments2023-08-20T03:37:07.774-07:00Comments on PolitiFact Bias: Have Democrats ''never held up a Supreme Court nomination"? (Updated)Bryan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-64184389190195671702016-05-07T23:29:34.049-07:002016-05-07T23:29:34.049-07:00Josh Hughes wrote:
**You forget one detail about ...Josh Hughes wrote:<br /><br />**You forget one detail about the Reagan nominee. The Senate did actually vote.**<br /><br />I suppose I forgot to mention that by mentioning how many Democrats voted against Bork in the Senate. That makes it effectively impossible to figure out that the Senate voted on Bork's nomination?<br /><br />**The GOP is refusing to even allow a vote to happen.**<br /><brBryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-44097094469130073392016-05-07T08:57:28.226-07:002016-05-07T08:57:28.226-07:00You forget one detail about the Reagan nominee. Th...You forget one detail about the Reagan nominee. The Senate did actually vote. The GOP is refusing to even allow a vote to happen. You yourself explained how that nominee under Reagan was handled differently. You are the one that needs to do fact checking. The Democrats have never prevented a nominee from even being voted on lime the GOP is right nowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494846555646065112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-7940842427507284482016-04-13T06:59:19.491-07:002016-04-13T06:59:19.491-07:00Jimbo Slice wrote:
**In reality this makes his st...Jimbo Slice wrote:<br /><br />**In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP is currently holding up a nomination making it the only time this has happened to a lame duck president.**<br /><br />You haven't really explained why you're not counting Bork.<br /><br />**I am also curious what source you use for the term "lame duck" to refer to it as "expansive Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-38060324563625120452016-04-12T21:48:10.069-07:002016-04-12T21:48:10.069-07:00Repost (noticed a spelling error)
In reality this...Repost (noticed a spelling error)<br /><br />In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP is currently holding up a nomination making it the only time this has happened to a lame duck president. I am also curious what source you use for the term "lame duck" to refer to it as "expansive interpretation" seeing as how the dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691838242534009092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-36166272612321393462016-04-12T21:48:03.315-07:002016-04-12T21:48:03.315-07:00Repost (noticed a spelling error)
In reality this...Repost (noticed a spelling error)<br /><br />In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP is currently holding up a nomination making it the only time this has happened to a lame duck president. I am also curious what source you use for the term "lame duck" to refer to it as "expansive interpretation" seeing as how the dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691838242534009092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-36899635773824734472016-04-12T21:46:33.414-07:002016-04-12T21:46:33.414-07:00In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP...In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP is currently holding up a nomination making it the only time this has happened to a lame duck president. I am also curious what source you use for the term "lame duck" to refer to it as "expansive interpretation" seeing as how the dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster and American Heritage (Oxford English website sends toAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691838242534009092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-60052520235584523482016-04-12T21:45:46.758-07:002016-04-12T21:45:46.758-07:00In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP...In reality this makes his statement true. The GOP is currently holding up a nomination making it the only time this has happened to a lame duck president. I am also curious what source you use for the term "lame duck" to refer to it as "expansive interpretation" seeing as how the dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster and American Heritage (Oxford English website sends toAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691838242534009092noreply@blogger.com