ACB Confirmation Hearing Megathread

[historian]

There is nothing more boring than listening to windbags drone.

 

[Alpo]

OK. Just send up a red flare when we get something good....or Feinstein melts into a puddle of water.

 

[KG1]

OK. Just send up a red flare when we get something good....or Feinstein melts into a puddle of water.

I think they would have to call in the hazmat team to clean up that mess.

 

[historian]

Klobachar is up.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Klobachar is up.

Whole lot of hate in this one.

 

[historian]

Yeah. She is really not doing herself any favors. She is my favorite on that side.

 

[historian]

Wow. The veneration of RBG is creepy. We should do this in the name of RBG...

YIKES!

 

[historian]

Sasse is going. Blowing up Klobachar.

 

[historian]

Does a good job of defining civics and politics.

 

[KG1]

Wow. The veneration of RBG is creepy. We should do this in the name of RBG...

YIKES!

It's just like when the Wellstone memorial turned into a political rally. DO IT FOR PAUL!!!

 

[historian]

Chris Coons now up.

 

[historian]

Hawley is up now.

 

[Phase2]

It is the most worthless day. They just drone for 20 minutes each. Basically, the Republicans are saying "We will confirm you." The Dems are saying "Uphold the ACA and we won't vote for you."

In other words, exactly what Graham said in his opening speech.

 

[historian]

Blumenthal is now going.

 

[historian]

Blumenthal says ACB should recuse herself from any election case.

 

[historian]

Tillis up on video and then Lunch break.

 

[historian]

In recess and then the crazy begins!

 

[eldirector]

Since this thread get's bumped every 20 minutes... random question: Why do we refer to female politicians by their initials (RGB, AOC, ACB) rather than by their name and title?

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, or just Judge Barrett, would be a nice change. Well, with any luck, it will soon be Justice Barrett.

I suppose we occasionally use initials for men: JFK is one. Doesn't seem all that common, though.

 

[Alpo]

It's a status thing, amigo. Like one-named people. Adele. Arnie. Groucho.

 

[historian]

Namely because I didn't want to write it out. It is also what she is being popularly referred to by. I wish Kavanaugh had an initial system rather than his last name. Would have been a whole lot nice for me when I did that thread.