Posted on 02/17/2016 9:20:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
All that is needed is dirt on a handful of Republican Senators. Simple.
“Obstructionist” isn’t a “trap.” It’s a very GOOD thing. It’s what you were elected to be - stop every evil thing.
Stand up for your constituents for a change. If you ask the Republican voters what they are more p*ssed off at, being called names by the liberals or their representatives caving in to the opposition party, guess what the answer would be? They're tired of the GOP politicians acting like democRATS and giving them what they want.
So get a backbone Tillis and obstruct Obama's nominee. If you don't, being called names will be the least of your problems when your reelection rolls around.
And they wonder why we are sending them Trump.
Yeah, I read it and don’t believe him. Sorry so cynical.
Tillis added that he would not support a liberal nominee, and argued that Republicans should use "every device available" to block someone who is "in the mold of President Obama's vision for America."
Am I the only one who bothered to read the article? He said that he would NOT,/b> support any liberal nominee, but that if obama wanted a nominee approved he should send the Senate someone just like Scalia.
At this moment of time in history, THAT IS YOUR JOB, YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH!
You stand between Obama's and the left's wet dream of a liberal court steamrolling what remains of America, and the majority of people in America!
Go, be an obstructionist! We not only welcome it, WE INSIST ON IT!
Yes, I’m a Facebook member. Throwing it out. I went to Thom’s page and it is quite interesting. There are several posting along with mine that says “Obstructionist” is a badge of courage. I told him he needs to grow a pa!r and and have courage as the ones who signed our constitution. Said the party has left me and many others and its the reason for Donald Trumps rise. Not that it will help.
McConell can take all the arrows, don’t even bring it to the committee.
Tillis beat an actual conservative in NC who honors the Constitution due to GOPe money flooding the state in 2014. Brannon wouLd have been a much better senator and is now running against Burr another do nothing.
He's neither naive or drug addled. He's simply pointing out the only way obama is going to get a nominee through the Senate before the election. IOW...he won't. I'm not so sure that he won't but Tillis is NOT part of the problem here.
From the site you sent, here is an excerpt:
Tillis kept to a self-imposed term limit when, in 2014, he announced his retirement from the General Assembly. Tillis later announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, challenging incumbent senator Kay Hagan (D-NC). Tillis dominated a crowded republican field to capture the republican nomination. In a closely run general election, Tillis won while failing to capture a majority of the vote, besting Hagan by a mere 1.5 percent of votes cast.
In the primary, Tillis was the establishment’s choice, a distinction that appears to be validated with his voting record on major votes. While Tillis certainly voices the party line on major issues, his position on the finer points give pause. Even since his election Tillis has shifted on his position on the effort to defund Obamacare and even begun shifting his stance regarding holding the line on defense of traditional marriage.
Tillis has also grown adept at the tried and true Washington tactic of avoiding taking a stance on controversial issues, either sidestepping them all together or speaking to an issue through a spokesman rather than addressing it directly.
While Tillis’ victory in 2014 was a major component in Republican’s retaking the Senate, ultimately it is of limited value if Republicans do not stand up for their campaign promises. The jury is certainly still out on Tillis, but so far he seems to prefer politics to ideology no matter the issue at hand.
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT — He is PRACTICALLY USELESS.
Indeed - ugh. Wonder which Republicans are on the Judiciary Committee that are up for reelection this year. I would think pressure, at minimum, would be on those.
Kill any and all nominees in the committee.
In fact, NO judges get through the Senate this year.
None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
If he’s that afraid to be a man he needs to step down from his office and lock himself up in some safe house for crazy people...
We can elect better.
No. Not a crack. There is no wall of opposition in which to have a crack. The Rerpublicans were cheered by the death of Scalia just as much as the Democrats were. It gives all of Husseins henchmen the opportunity to complete the Transformation of America. The Constitution will be truly a dead letter- all of it.
Whistling right past that graveyard. It is nto no avail. They are after all, Republicans.
Liberal Logic: If you stop somebody from killing someone else your an obstructionist
RINOs getting restless, good!
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