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As long as Ben Sasse is giving civics lessons, maybe he could be the guy to explain to Trump the relationship between the Justice Department and the Chief Executive. How Justice is independent, yada, yada, yada, and all that gobbledegook.

Just being a smart arse. I didn't hear his speech during the hearings, and don't really know anything about the guy.
 
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As long as Ben Sasse is giving civics lessons, maybe he could be the guy to explain to Trump the relationship between the Justice Department and the Chief Executive. How Justice is independent, yada, yada, yada, and all that gobbledegook.

Just being a smart arse. I didn't hear his speech during the hearings, and don't really know anything about the guy.
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He's basically a Jeff Flake clone. Talks a big game about how troubling Trump is but hasn't taken any action to reign any of it in. Not a terrible guy from what I can tell, even though his views on abortion and Healthcare are pretty trash.

Edit-He is planning on introducing an ethics reform bill to the Senate, requiring presidential candidates make their tax returns public, making a lifetime ban on members of congress taking lobbyist positions etc. Very similar to Elizabeth Warren's bill, and with similar chances of becoming law.
 
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Are you kidding? Politicians of both parties are playing endless politics. They are destroying us. There is a huge divide between how the left and right believe this country should be run, and the conversation is moving to the extremes. A short time ago you could have found many Dems (including prominent leaders) who were supporting policies that they now abhor. Immigration policy is just one example.

Let's hope that politicians capable of taking the middle ground show up soon.
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The best way to get the other side onto yours is by pushing their agenda. Case in point: Trumps tariffs. Turned them all into raging free marketers.
 
Another case in point. Trump talking repeatedly like the Department of Justice is his personal police force. Now the Democrats are defending the Constitution. Oh, wait a sec. We're all expected to do that. Dang civics. Always getting in the way of a good time....
 
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Another case in point. Trump talking repeatedly like the Department of Justice is his personal police force. Now the Democrats are defending the Constitution. Oh, wait a sec. We're all expected to do that. Dang civics. Always getting in the way of a good time....
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Yep, and another example is that the Dems are fighting for marriage monogamy. Had to throw their old star Billy under the bus to do it, but oh well.
 
Shouldn’t attempted rape even at 17, put at least some question into this SC nomination? Let’s hsve congressional hearings about his accused rape. If he lies before congress he should be disqualified.
 
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Shouldn’t attempted rape even at 17, put at least some question into this SC nomination? Let’s hsve congressional hearings about his accused rape. If he lies before congress he should be disqualified.
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Did the alleged victim come forward? Is there any way at all that this could be substantiated? How would you catch him in a lie?
 
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Did the alleged victim come forward? Is there any way at all that this could be substantiated? How would you catch him in a lie?
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Yes. She’s a USC professor according to the Wash Post. Why Shouldn’t this merit additional time for investigation? Why are we in such a hurry to confirm him? I’m sure it has nothing to do with repubs desperately trying to ramrod his confirmation through before they lose the senate, right?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/16/politics/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh/index.html
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Good point here. It appears that Trump could get the Dems to fight against virtually anything simply by fighting for it himself.
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It goes both ways. R's against EITC modernization, D's flip flop into a bunch of Russophobes after openly mocking Romney (should we dig up red, zombie, straight line posts?). It's pretty entertaining. I'd love to see the R's start pushing cap and trade and CAFE standards under some energy independence guise. Guarantee the D's would start spewing corporate welfare and anti-Wall Street populism. They wouldn't be wrong either.
 
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Yes. She’s a USC professor according to the Wash Post. Why Shouldn’t this merit additional time for investigation? Why are we in such a hurry to confirm him? I’m sure it has nothing to do with repubs desperately trying to ramrod his confirmation through before they lose the senate, right?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/16/politics/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh/index.html
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She's at Palo Alto University, not USC. But whatever. Having a non anonymous accuser now makes a huge difference to me, and should be investigated more. Unfortunately it's likely to just be he said/she said.
 
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