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Merrick Garland had a respectable level of Republican support when he was confirmed in 1997. What changed?

Where is the crime "lessened"? It was simply compared to other known examples of sickening behavior.

Well at least he didn't shrug it off...

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Ah...Boys will be boys...

I'm not going to let you off that easily. You deceitfully and purposefully mis-stated what I'd said/argued and produced a really ugly personal smear.

what you did drops below any acceptable level of discourse.

What lost the war in Vietnam was that after our military had successfully eradicated the Vietcong and South Vietnam was on a course for independence from Communist domination, the American Democratic Party sold out South Vietnam by cutting off all their aid and supplies.

oralloy wrote:

What lost the war in Vietnam was that after our military had successfully eradicated the Vietcong and South Vietnam was on a course for independence from Communist domination, the American Democratic Party sold out South Vietnam by cutting off all their aid and supplies.

Try not to embarrass yourself, please.

What lost the war in Vietnam was that after our military had successfully eradicated the Vietcong and South Vietnam was on a course for independence from Communist domination, the American Democratic Party sold out South Vietnam by cutting off all their aid and supplies.

What are you talking about?

Kristi Yamaguchi told Nancy Kerrigan to ‘break a leg’ on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

oralloy wrote:

What lost the war in Vietnam was that after our military had successfully eradicated the Vietcong and South Vietnam was on a course for independence from Communist domination, the American Democratic Party sold out South Vietnam by cutting off all their aid and supplies.

I'm afraid oralloy is right about this. In other words, I wish this hadn't happened; but it did.

What lost the war in Vietnam was...

A former Russian MP who fled to Ukraine last year has been shot dead outside a hotel in Kiev.

Denis Voronenkov and his bodyguard were attacked as they left the Premier Palace hotel in the centre of the city, reports said.

The bodyguard fired back at the attacker and both were wounded, according to local media.

Mr Voronenkov was a controversial figure, who left Russia amid accusations of fraud.

Kiev police chief Andriy Kryshchenko told 112 Ukrayina TV that the attack was most likely a contract killing. Witnesses said they heard seven shots fired outside the hotel.

Denis Voronenkov was elected as a Communist MP in 2011, married an MP from another party and backed a law limiting foreign ownership in Russian media.

But he left for Kiev late last year. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had questioned how he had managed to build his fortune on his salary.

In recent months Mr Voronenkov had given evidence to Kiev prosecutors in a high treason case against deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and condemned Russia's annexation of Crimea as illegal.

Russian opposition activist Ilya Ponomarev said Mr Voronenkov was on his way to meet him and insisted he was not a criminal.

"I'm speechless. Voronenkov was no crook but an investigator who was deadly dangerous for the Russian siloviki (security services)," he said.

The deputy head of Ukrainian police, Oleksandr Vakulenko, also suggested Russian involvement because the ex-MP had "important information".

The GOP’s Deal With the Devil Is Unraveling
At this point, Republicans will be lucky if they get their end of the bargain with Donald Trump.

...If Trumpcare dies (in the House Thursday night, or in the Senate next week), congressional Republicans will have to reckon with the possibility that their bargain with Trump is unraveling, and that they’re getting stiffed. Some of the difficulties Republicans are encountering in the health care process will surely spill over into their ultimate goal of cutting taxes. “Without this bill, I don’t know how you do tax reform,” one Republican congressman told the New York Times.

Meanwhile, Trump’s cover is in danger of wearing thin. The Republican appetite for his antics will weaken if their agenda falters. Which key Republicans would be willing to debase themselves as faithfully as Nunes did if Obamacare repeal is a dead letter? If the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s campaign continues to dominate headlines, who will volunteer to be Trump’s human shield until the tax cut process really gets moving?

Without loyalists in Congress, Trump’s presidency would crumble, but he would have pocketed at least some spoils, at great cost to his party and the nation. The classic devil’s bargain is an exchange of soul for real but fleeting fortunes. At this point, Republicans will be lucky if it turns out their deal was with a devil who can make good on his end, rather than an impostor who cannot.