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What does a BIDEN Presidency look like?

Started by Caliga, November 07, 2020, 12:07:22 PM

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Sheilbh

Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 06, 2021, 01:04:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwktQ93Qvw

Biden's nomination for Attorney General going to be...wait for it...

Merrick Garland.

That's SASSY.
Is there any reason for this beyond owning the cons? Like is there reason to Garland has the right sort of skillset/experience to be a good AG? Because in my head being an AG and Supreme Court Justice are quite different :hmm:
Let's bomb Russia!

Josquius

Who is this man and why do right wingers hate him?
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garbon

Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 06:33:20 AM
Who is this man and why do right wingers hate him?

He reminds them of their hypocrisy and Obama.
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The Larch

Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 06:33:20 AM
Who is this man and why do right wingers hate him?

Merrick Garland? He's the candidate for the Supreme Court nominated by Obama that the Republicans refused to consider because it happened in his last year of the presidency.

Josquius

Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 06:38:20 AM
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 06:33:20 AM
Who is this man and why do right wingers hate him?

Merrick Garland? He's the candidate for the Supreme Court nominated by Obama that the Republicans refused to consider because it happened in his last year of the presidency.
Ahh, makes sense now.

Seems a nice move to give him this position then after he had the other big one unfairly denied him at the last moment.
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The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Sheilbh on January 08, 2021, 06:19:57 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 06, 2021, 01:04:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwktQ93Qvw

Biden's nomination for Attorney General going to be...wait for it...

Merrick Garland.

That's SASSY.
Is there any reason for this beyond owning the cons? Like is there reason to Garland has the right sort of skillset/experience to be a good AG? Because in my head being an AG and Supreme Court Justice are quite different :hmm:

He worked in the us attorneys office in DC and as deputy associate AG under Clinton before becoming a judge
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Caliga

Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 06:43:11 AM
Seems a nice move to give him this position then after he had the other big one unfairly denied him at the last moment.
Yeah, and I would love to see him put a bunch of Trumpists, and possibly even Trump himself, in jail.  Oh the delicious irony....
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Sheilbh

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on January 08, 2021, 10:18:41 AM
He worked in the us attorneys office in DC and as deputy associate AG under Clinton before becoming a judge
Okay that is a reasonable background - although query if you'd be better appointing someone with more recent experience than the 90s.

QuoteYeah, and I would love to see him put a bunch of Trumpists, and possibly even Trump himself, in jail.  Oh the delicious irony....
I've read that Trump is considering self-pardoning and it's interesting because I think if he just leaves office Biden will want to move on (and I personally feel that after Iran-Contra, after torture, after the entire Trump administration that some Republicans need to see consequences for what they do when they're in the executive). But if he self-pardons I sort of feel like the DoJ has to prosecute him to challenge the scope of a self-pardon.
Let's bomb Russia!

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Sheilbh on January 08, 2021, 10:32:53 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on January 08, 2021, 10:18:41 AM
He worked in the us attorneys office in DC and as deputy associate AG under Clinton before becoming a judge
Okay that is a reasonable background - although query if you'd be better appointing someone with more recent experience than the 90s.

*cough* Bill Barr *cough*
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Sheilbh

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Barrister

So McConnell has said there will be no rush to deal with the Trump impeachment - it can wait until after Biden is sworn in.

This has the effect of turning the whole problem over to the Dems and gets Trump, even after he leaves office, to still dominate the agenda even during Biden's first 100 days.
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garbon

Quote from: Barrister on January 13, 2021, 05:08:05 PM
So McConnell has said there will be no rush to deal with the Trump impeachment - it can wait until after Biden is sworn in.

This has the effect of turning the whole problem over to the Dems and gets Trump, even after he leaves office, to still dominate the agenda even during Biden's first 100 days.

Trump and his crew were going to be on the agenda, anyway.
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alfred russel

Quote from: Barrister on January 13, 2021, 05:08:05 PM
So McConnell has said there will be no rush to deal with the Trump impeachment - it can wait until after Biden is sworn in.

This has the effect of turning the whole problem over to the Dems and gets Trump, even after he leaves office, to still dominate the agenda even during Biden's first 100 days.

It isn't a nefarious plot--he really didn't have a choice. Biden takes office in 7 days. Aside from the reality that the Senate is in recess until then, how are you going to hold a trial in 7 days, presided over by the Chief Justice?
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Valmy

He was able to do a Supreme Court Justice confirmation is record time. It is amazing how fast the political process can be when the politicians want it to be fast.

But those two Georgia Democrats will not be in DC until after the 20th and those might be two pretty important votes to convict...

I am just glad we got that impeachment through the House quickly. There is a lot of important business to get to.
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Quote from: alfred russel on January 13, 2021, 06:00:17 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 13, 2021, 05:08:05 PM
So McConnell has said there will be no rush to deal with the Trump impeachment - it can wait until after Biden is sworn in.

This has the effect of turning the whole problem over to the Dems and gets Trump, even after he leaves office, to still dominate the agenda even during Biden's first 100 days.

It isn't a nefarious plot--he really didn't have a choice. Biden takes office in 7 days. Aside from the reality that the Senate is in recess until then, how are you going to hold a trial in 7 days, presided over by the Chief Justice?

There's an emergency Senate rule that allows the Senate to be immediately called into session if the Majority and Minority leader agree. This is just Mitch pushing things down the line so he can take up some of Biden's time and see what other information comes out on this attack.
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