Tuesday, at 8 pm Trump's Supreme Court nominee

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Does Trump think this is the Heisman ceremony? Bring in the candidates then make an announcement. Just another Trump TV show. 

[ken a.k.a OMK]

I just learned that only one nominee went. I guess we know who he chose. I won't be watching. I have an important ham radio net to run at 8. 

[Deleted]

Well, there is a 10 million ad buy in apparently to support the nominee. So glad I don't have commercial tv 

[Value Buy]

Jan 30, 2017 9:28:58 GMT -5 oped said:

It will be telling. If it's Hardiman or Pryor. 

Evidently Trump could keep a secret.
MSNBC wasted no time trying to destroy the pick.
CNN actually was pretty good in the reporting so far tonight.

[Wisconsin Beth]

I'm stunned that he didn't tweet it. I was wrong.

[Value Buy]

Jan 31, 2017 16:13:13 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 31, 2017 14:19:51 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

I can't believe the publicity w***e is actually going to announce this on television. Are Ryan and McConnell going to be standing behind him sticking their tongues out at the viewers?

 
Any bets there will be a TV commercial for Trump Resorts before or after the prime time announcement? Will we then be subjected to a Barbara Walters sit-down fluff piece with trump after the announcement?

No Trump resort commercial, and why in hell would be ever sit down with Barbara wa wa?
Hannity, maybe

[Tennesseer]

Jan 31, 2017 21:03:48 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Jan 31, 2017 16:13:13 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

 
Any bets there will be a TV commercial for Trump Resorts before or after the prime time announcement? Will we then be subjected to a Barbara Walters sit-down fluff piece with trump after the announcement?

No Trump resort commercial, and why in hell would be ever sit down with Barbara wa wa?
Hannity, maybe

No prime time Vegas showgirls?

[Tennesseer]

Jan 31, 2017 18:56:45 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Does Trump think this is the Heisman ceremony? Bring in the candidates then make an announcement. Just another Trump TV show. 

Trump's version of To Tell The Truth. Three candates seated and on the stage and Trump states " Will my Supreme Court nominee please stand up!"

[Deleted]

Jan 30, 2017 19:04:50 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Jan 30, 2017 9:25:43 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

For  a seat that was stolen.

Not stolen. Scalia died.
He was a conservative Judge who interpreted the Constitution as it was intended to be.
Democrats wanted Garland to get the seat.
Republicans said no, he will not.
You and others may not like it, but the truth is, if Garland had been interviewed and considered, then voted down, the Democrats would still be pissed.

Elections have consequences. Get used to it. 

Ummm... no. He didn't. He interpreted The Bible as he saw fit, and applied it to the law... also as he saw fit.

[Value Buy]

Jan 31, 2017 21:13:13 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 31, 2017 21:03:48 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

No Trump resort commercial, and why in hell would be ever sit down with Barbara wa wa?
Hannity, maybe

No prime time Vegas showgirls?

Nope.
But we did have Ted Cruz afterwards saying President Trump could not have picked a better Judge.
Senator Grahmn ate some humble pie too. He was estatic with the pick, pronouncing it a great pick.

[busymom]

We missed the whole show. Our neighbor (the immigrant, yet!) had a toilet that broke, & came over to ask for help. DH went over & fixed her toilet, so nobody was watching at our house. I can imagine Trump's face if we told him DH was too busy fixing our immigrant neighbor's toilet to watch him on t.v.

Oh, and I'm not surprised at all by his selection.  This is the guy I actually expected him to pick.  What a day.  No surprises by Trump. 

[ken a.k.a OMK]

It didn't need to be an evening prime time event. Just an announcement during the day at the white house like Obama did. Trump TV continues. And he has to be adored. 

[Deleted]

If he wants to be adored, he needs to appoint liberal justices.

[Cookies Galore]

Jan 31, 2017 21:03:42 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

I'm stunned that he didn't tweet it. I was wrong.

He didn't tweet it, but it was all over Twitter yesterday afternoon that it was Gorsuch.

Well, not "all over," but I did read it on Twitter.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 31, 2017 23:07:44 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

It didn't need to be an evening prime time event. Just an announcement during the day at the white house like Obama did. Trump TV continues. And he has to be adored. 

And come July 13 of this year, trump will bitch and moan his announcement was not nominated for a Prime Time Emmy Award.

[OldCoyote]

mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSKBN15F1OW 

Where is all the screaming and hollering about Trumps nominee and how he presented it.

WHAT!!!!!! You don't mean that Trump made a good decision do you??

What about the fact that it did not look like the Las Vegas show!!

Trump must be slipping!!

[Blonde Granny]

Feb 2, 2017 9:30:43 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSKBN15F1OW 

Where is all the screaming and hollering about Trumps nominee and how he presented it.

WHAT!!!!!! You don't mean that Trump made a good decision do you??

What about the fact that it did not look like the Las Vegas show!!

Trump must be slipping!!

No screaming about the nominee, just screaming about how the announcement was made.  Sheesh!!!

[Gardening Grandma]

Feb 2, 2017 9:34:25 GMT -5 Blonde Granny said:

Feb 2, 2017 9:30:43 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSKBN15F1OW 

Where is all the screaming and hollering about Trumps nominee and how he presented it.

WHAT!!!!!! You don't mean that Trump made a good decision do you??

What about the fact that it did not look like the Las Vegas show!!

Trump must be slipping!!

No screaming about the nominee, just screaming about how the announcement was made.  Sheesh!!!

Well, it was expected that the pick would be a white male far right ideologue.  Which he is

[Virgil Showlion]

Feb 2, 2017 10:49:55 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

Feb 2, 2017 9:34:25 GMT -5 Blonde Granny said:

No screaming about the nominee, just screaming about how the announcement was made.  Sheesh!!!

Well, it was expected that the pick would be a white male far right ideologue.  Which he is

He's right. Not far right.

I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters, and they may even get the 60 votes needed to confirm him.

Hysteria is like nutmeg, ...

[Gardening Grandma]

Feb 2, 2017 11:35:22 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Feb 2, 2017 10:49:55 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

Well, it was expected that the pick would be a white male far right ideologue.  Which he is

He's right. Not far right.

I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters, and they may even get the 60 votes needed to confirm him.

Hysteria is like nutmeg, ...

"I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters"

I'd be interested in a link or source for that statement.  He is staunchly anti Roe and pro corporation.  He's made no attempt to even hide his strong views.   Of course he'll be confirmed;  They may not even need 60 votes - Trump has already told McConnell to nuke the filibuster.  

[Tiny]

Jan 31, 2017 21:32:46 GMT -5 @richardintn said:

Jan 30, 2017 19:04:50 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Not stolen. Scalia died.
He was a conservative Judge who interpreted the Constitution as it was intended to be.
Democrats wanted Garland to get the seat.
Republicans said no, he will not.
You and others may not like it, but the truth is, if Garland had been interviewed and considered, then voted down, the Democrats would still be pissed.

Elections have consequences. Get used to it. 

Ummm... no. He didn't. He interpreted The Bible as he saw fit, and applied it to the law... also as he saw fit.

Apparently for a majority of Americans the Bible supersedes the Constitution.  We are a Christian Nation after all... 

(Pence declared he was a "Christian" first and then a governor or VP of the US.... )

[Gardening Grandma]

Feb 2, 2017 12:12:31 GMT -5 Tiny said:

Jan 31, 2017 21:32:46 GMT -5 @richardintn said:

Ummm... no. He didn't. He interpreted The Bible as he saw fit, and applied it to the law... also as he saw fit.

Apparently for a majority of Americans the Bible supersedes the Constitution.  We are a Christian Nation after all... 

(Pence declared he was a "Christian" first and then a governor or VP of the US.... )

Yeah, they seem to think that they put their hands on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.  Instead of the other way around. 

[Gardening Grandma]

While I am waiting for Virgil's link or sources for his statement "I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters"

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch founded and led a student group called the ‘Fascism Forever Club’ at his elite high school, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The club was set up to rally against the ‘left-wing tendencies’ of his professors while attending a Jesuit all-boys preparatory high school near Washington D.C.


Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4182852/Trump-s-SCOTUS-pick-founded-club-called-Fascism-Forever.html#ixzz4XYBYsdL9

[Tennesseer]

Neil Gorsuch is not the first in his family to serve in the federal government.  His mother was the EPA administrator under Ronald Reagan.


Neil Gorsuch’s mother once ran the EPA. It didn’t go well.

[Blonde Granny]

Feb 2, 2017 12:57:29 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Neil Gorsuch is not the first in his family to serve in the federal government.  His mother was the EPA administrator under Ronald Reagan.


Neil Gorsuch’s mother once ran the EPA. It didn’t go well.

My Dad owned a hardware store......that doesn't mean I know anything about tools or how to cut glass to fix a broken window.

[midjd]

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3418-2004Jul21.html

Her 22-month tenure was one of the most controversial of the early Reagan administration. A firm believer that the federal government, and specifically the EPA, was too big, too wasteful and too restrictive of business, Ms. Burford cut her agency's budget by 22 percent. She boasted that she reduced the thickness of the book of clean water regulations from six inches to a half-inch.

More than half of the federal regulations targeted for an early review by the Reagan administration's regulatory reform team were EPA rules. Virtually all of her subordinates at the EPA came from the ranks of the industries they were charged with overseeing.

Deja vu all over again... 

[tallguy]

Feb 2, 2017 14:31:51 GMT -5 midjd said:

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3418-2004Jul21.html

Her 22-month tenure was one of the most controversial of the early Reagan administration. A firm believer that the federal government, and specifically the EPA, was too big, too wasteful and too restrictive of business, Ms. Burford cut her agency's budget by 22 percent. She boasted that she reduced the thickness of the book of clean water regulations from six inches to a half-inch.

More than half of the federal regulations targeted for an early review by the Reagan administration's regulatory reform team were EPA rules. Virtually all of her subordinates at the EPA came from the ranks of the industries they were charged with overseeing.

Deja vu all over again... 

Yep.  So we can trust that there will be abject failure at every agency now?  Problem is, how many Bill Ruckelshaus' are there to rescue all of today's agencies after the implosions?  

[Virgil Showlion]

Feb 2, 2017 11:38:12 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

Feb 2, 2017 11:35:22 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

He's right. Not far right.

I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters, and they may even get the 60 votes needed to confirm him.

Hysteria is like nutmeg, ...

"I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters"

I'd be interested in a link or source for that statement.  He is staunchly anti Roe and pro corporation.  He's made no attempt to even hide his strong views.   Of course he'll be confirmed;  They may not even need 60 votes - Trump has already told McConnell to nuke the filibuster.  

www.theguardian.com/law/2017/jan/31/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-nomination?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

www.wsj.com/articles/judge-neil-gorsuch-is-critic-of-legal-doctrine-that-bolsters-executive-authority-1485913128

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/neil-gorsuch-the-anti-trump-214729

These and others all have praise from prominent Democrats and/or explanations of "silver linings" for the left.

[Wisconsin Beth]

I expect the Dem. Senators to do their job and hold hearings and ask questions. Then vote based on what they learned.

I do not expect the timeline to be quick. And I expect to froth with rage every time the POtuS says something about how awful it is that this qualified man isn't pushed through immediately.

[Gardening Grandma]

Feb 2, 2017 14:49:47 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Feb 2, 2017 11:38:12 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

"I've seen a fair bit of praise from leftist quarters"

I'd be interested in a link or source for that statement.  He is staunchly anti Roe and pro corporation.  He's made no attempt to even hide his strong views.   Of course he'll be confirmed;  They may not even need 60 votes - Trump has already told McConnell to nuke the filibuster.  

www.theguardian.com/law/2017/jan/31/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-nomination?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

www.wsj.com/articles/judge-neil-gorsuch-is-critic-of-legal-doctrine-that-bolsters-executive-authority-1485913128

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/neil-gorsuch-the-anti-trump-214729

These and others all have praise from prominent Democrats and/or explanations of "silver linings" for the left.

From the first link, I found one 
"Neal Katyal, a former solicitor general in the Obama administration wrote in an editorial for the New York Times entitled “Why Liberals should back Neil Gorsuch” that Trump’s nominee was an “extraordinary judge and man”.

The second link required a subscription

The third libk had no quotes, but the whole article simply bashed Democrats

So, your "fair bit of praise from leftists" consists of one opinion

More from the first link...
"Some prominent Senate Democrats immediately denounced Gorsuch as “unacceptable” and “extreme”."

"Ideological strands running through Gorsuch’s appeals court rulings would seem likely to endear him to congressional Republicans and Trump’s conservative base. He has shown himself to be solicitous to claims of religious exemptions from the law, to gun rights claims and to the prosecution of death penalty cases."
Not encouraging...