{"id":14924,"date":"2009-06-01T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=14924"},"modified":"2009-06-01T12:24:13","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T18:24:13","slug":"alas-not-even-rush-is-willing-to-listen-to-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/alas-not-even-rush-is-willing-to-listen-to-rush.html","title":{"rendered":"Alas, not even Rush is willing to listen to Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cast your memory back four years, back past Rush leading the personal charge (with personal charges) against SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor, back to 2005<\/a> and an earlier SCOTUS nomination battle (emphasis mine) …<\/p>\n

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I’m tired of these Democrats acting like they won the election. Somebody needs to stand up and say, “When you win the election, you pick the nominees<\/strong>. Until then, shut up! Just shut up! Just go away! Bury yourselves in your rat holes and don’t come out until you win an election. When you win an election, you can put all these socialist wackos, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, all over the court<\/strong>, but until then, SHUT UP!<\/strong> You are really irritating me.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

‘Nuff said. <\/small><\/p>\n

(via RWW<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cast your memory back four years, back past Rush leading the personal charge (with personal charges) against SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor, back to 2005 and an earlier SCOTUS nomination battle (emphasis mine) … I’m tired of these Democrats acting like they won the election. Somebody needs to stand up and say, “When you win the election, … Continue reading “Alas, not even Rush is willing to listen to Rush”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fourth-estate","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":151524,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/06\/the-2020-election-and-dark-fantasies.html","url_meta":{"origin":14924,"position":0},"title":"The 2020 Election and Dark Fantasies","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 6-Oct-20 5:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald has damaged the nation by damaging the election, and it may get worse.","rel":"","context":"In "Conspiracy Nuts"","block_context":{"text":"Conspiracy Nuts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/conspiracy-nuts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trump-podium.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trump-podium.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trump-podium.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trump-podium.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trump-podium.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":128184,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/yes-once-again-scotus-picks-make-this-the-most-important-election-ever.html","url_meta":{"origin":14924,"position":1},"title":"Yes, once again SCOTUS picks make this the Most Important Election Ever","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-Sep-15 7:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"I actually cannot recall a presidential election when that claim wasn't made, usually by both sides of the aisle. 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