Showing posts with label Harry Reid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Reid. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2016

Far-Left Congressman Jim Hines Asks Electoral College To Block Donald Trump



Forget unethical, isn't what he's doing against the law? Either way, someone should put him on the hit-list for conservatives to make sure they get out of Congress next time he's up for re-election.

RELATED: 'UNDEMOCRATIC': Harry Reid goes in on the Electoral College

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Ain't The Devil Happy: In The News - Week of 11/27/16



Harry Reid May Have Saved the Republic

Gloria Estefan: Castro's Death Means 'Renewed Hope'

Obama Has Commuted More Prison Sentences Than His 11 Predecessors Combined

The Seven Main Reasons Democrats Shouldn’t Donate to Jill Stein’s Recount Fund

Sore Losers? Clinton Campaign Joins Green Party Recount Effort

Poll: Majority Think Donald Trump Will Do A Good Job As President

For Democrats to recover, Nancy Pelosi and her team should go

Kellyanne Conway: Mitt Romney ‘went out of his way to hurt Donald Trump’

Reddit CEO: Hey… sorry about secretly editing your content

The GOP probably doesn’t have the votes to nuke the filibuster

40% of the NY Governor’s staff isn’t even on his office’s payroll

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

WSJ: GOP Has ‘No Obligation’ To Entertain Democratic Demands On Judicial Nominations


Townhall.com:
With the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Republicans were quick to declare that they would not confirm any Supreme Court nominee, as it should be the responsibility of the next president. Senate Democrats, of course, cried foul–until their dirty laundry was aired. Sen. Harry Red (D-NV) noted how difficult the political climate was for judicial nominees to be confirmed during an election year in 2008. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) even went so far as to say that the Senate should block any future Bush nominations to the Supreme Court in 2007. Even then-Sen. Barack Obama was part of the failed push to filibuster Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court, which the White House says he now regrets.
Sen. Reid even penned an op-ed in the Washington Post about how this would be unprecedented obstructionism etc. etc., which no one should take seriously since Reid is out in January of 2017. He can literally say whatever he wants without any repercussions or consequences. Moreover, the Wall Street Journal editorial board compiled a “greatest hits” list from Senate Democrats on judicial nominations, which prominently feature Reid:
After blockading Mr. Bush’s judicial slate, Mr. Reid as Senate Majority Leader changed the rules for Mr. Obama’s nominees on a partisan vote. Senate rules require a two-thirds vote to change its rules in mid-session, but in 2013 Mr. Reid forced through a change solely with a narrow Democratic majority. 
This allowed him to trigger the “nuclear option” lowering the Senate threshold for appellate but not Supreme Court nominees to 51 from 60. The goal was to pack the D.C. Circuit with left-leaning judges who would bless Mr. Obama’s abuses of power, especially on health care and climate regulation. Mr. Obama was cheering him on all the way.
Mr. Reid now argues that the Senate’s “constitutional duty” is to give nominees an up-or-down vote, but in a May 2005 speech on Mr. Bush’s judges, he offered a different interpretation: “The duties of the Senate are set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Nowhere in that document does it say the Senate has a duty to give Presidential appointees a vote. It says appointments shall be made with the advice and consent of the Senate. That is very different than saying every nominee receives a vote.”
It’s impossible to know what Mr. Reid really believes, because whatever he claims to believe at any moment is whatever will maximize his own political power.
The Journal also noted the egregious ethnically -based 28-month long filibuster of Miguel Estrada, a Bush appointee, who Democrats feared would be a prime Supreme Court nominee if he were confirmed to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Estrada would later withdraw his name from consideration. The GOP should hold the line, but as mentioned before, what happens when it looks as if Hillary is going to win the election, with a Democratic Senate, who could then fill that vacancy with a hard core liberal. It would complete the liberal America’s task of waiting for a time when they could yank the Court to the left. What’s the secondary protocol? Moreover, would GOP Senators go for hearing and possibly confirming a centrist Obama nominee, in which they would face the wrath of the party base? Then again, who knows what parade of horribles come from the legal Pandora’ box a Clinton nominee would most likely open. 
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Mitt Romney Demands Donald Trump Release His Tax Returns, Says There’s a ‘Bombshell’ In There


Mediaite.com:
Former GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney called in to Fox host Neil Cavuto‘s show Wednesday afternoon, and speculated that Donald Trump might be deliberately concealing information about his net worth and donation habits from the American voters.

Trump, Romney noted, had done a fine job harnessing people’s anger with a “political class that’s been fiddling and diddling,” leading to gridlock and inaction in Washington, but speculated that there were some as yet unearthed facts from the mogul’s past that could come back to haunt him — specifically, he said, he believed that “there’s a bombshell in Donad Trump’s taxes.”
I think there is something there. Either he is not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or he hasn’t been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hasn’t been giving money to the vets or the disable like he has been telling us he’s been doing. The reason I think there is a bombshell in there is because every time he is asked about his taxes he dodges and delays and says well we’re working on it.
The release of Romney’s own tax returns were a contentious issue in 2012, he noted, and but it was important to be transparent so voters could make an informed decision.
After Harry Reid pulled a similar stunt on him back in 2012, you'd think mitt would know better. Then too, Mitt had his chance in both 2008 and 2012, can't he just stay away?

Monday, February 15, 2016

Mitch McConnell: Senate Will Not Vote On Scalia Replacement “Until We Have a New President”


Lifenews.com:
In excellent news for the pro-life movement, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said tonight that the Senate will not take up a vote on a replacement for deceased pro-life Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia until after the presidential election.
Such a promise prevents pro-abortion President Barack Obama from selecting a third pro-abortion Supreme Court justice to follow Sonia Sotomayor and Elana Kagan, both of whom are thoroughly committed to unlimited abortions and upholding Roe v. Wade. As the Washington Examiner reports:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday said the Senate would not hold a vote on any President Obama replacement for deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, but instead would wait until a new president takes office — setting the stage for a dramatic political showdown in Washington.
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President,” McConnell said in a statement.
Democrats will undoubtedly push for the nomination and a confirmation vote for a new left-wing judge.

“The President can and should send the Senate a nominee right away,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said on Twitter. “The Senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible.”
No way you can let the most divisive and polarizing President in history pick another Supreme Court justice without putting up a serious fight. No way.

RELATED:  On the Vacancy Question, Learn from Justice Scalia

Friday, November 20, 2015

Liberal Scumbag Senator Harry Reid Investigated by Utah Prosecutor in Pay-to-Play Claim


Newsmax.com:
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is under investigation by a Utah county prosecutor in connection with an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving two former Utah attorneys general. 
Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings, a Republican, said in a statement on Wednesday that he's looking into allegations related to the Democratic senator from Nevada, reported The Associated Press. 
Rawlings declined to disclose the allegations and only said the claims are based on information from witnesses in the attorneys general case. 
Reid, who hasn't been charged, fired back at Rawlings in a statement from his spokeswoman Kristen Orthman. She said Rawlings is using "Sen. Reid's name to generate attention to himself and advance his political career, so every few months he seeks headlines by floating the same unsubstantiated allegations."
Reid has denied wrongdoing since a businessman said in 2013 that a former Utah attorney general arranged a deal to pay the senator to get rid of a federal investigation into a software business.