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>> YESTERDAY I TOLD YOU ABOUT MERRICK GARLAND BEING FAR
MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD PROPOSE.
HE IS TOUGH ON CRIME MEANING THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN OPEN
TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
NOT REALLY THE RIGHT PERSON AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THE
COUNTRY.
IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PRESIDENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT HOW HE COMES OUT ON CITIZENS UNITED.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THINKING THAT MERRICK GARLAND IS
CONSERVATIVE.
LET'S GO TO FOX NEWS AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT HIM.
>> BUT I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THIS IS NOT A WIN FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
JUDGE GARLAND IS THE MOST CONSERVATIVE NOMINEE TO THE
SUPREME COURT BY A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN THE MODERN ERA.
AND IS PUT THERE AS A NOMINEE TO FRUSTRATE THE PROCESS.
IF HE GETS ON THE COURT, HE IS NOT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR. IF HE
DOES NOT GET ON THE COURT THEN WE ARE STILL AT A STALEMATE SO
IN MY VIEW THIS IS A LOSE/LOSE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
>>YOUR OBSERVATION IS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS CHALLENGING
REPUBLICANS.
>>
THE PRESIDENT IS MORE INTERESTED IN THE POLITICS OF THE PROCESS.
ATTEMPTING TO PRY LOOSE REPUBLICANS WHO ACTUALLY
LIKE JUDGE GARLAND AND AGREE WITH THEM THAN THE
PRESIDENT IS INTERESTED IN HIS OWN PHILOSOPHICAL LEGACY ON
THE COURT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS HARD TO ARGUE WITH.
THE PRESIDENT THINKS HE'S BEING CLEVER BY GIVING THE REPUBLICANS
ñ I WILL QUOTE ANDREW NAPOLITANO HERE ONE MORE TIME.
IT'S A BRILLIANT MOVE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS HE DOESN'T CARE.
WHO IS THIS NAPOLITANO CHARACTER?
DO YOU KNOW THAT A FORMER TRUMP ADVISORS SAID THAT THAT
JUDGE NAPOLITANO WOULD BE TRUMP'S FIRST CHOICE FOR
THE SUPREME COURT?
I KNOW HE SAYS HE GETS HIS MILITARY ADVICE FROM
GENERALS HE SEES ON TV, SO WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.
WELL PLAYED. WE DON'T KNOW HIS FULL RECORD.
HOW ABOUT WHAT I VIEW, AND PROBABLY A LOT OF AMERICANS DO
ñ THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE, MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
TURNS OUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MANY
BUSINESS GROUPS ARE STAYING OUT OF THIS FIGHT.
THEY HAVE SEEN HIS RULINGS AND THEY ARE PRO-CORPORATE.
THEY EXPLAINED THAT GARLAND HAS VOTED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.
SHOULD WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCLOSURE? YES.
BUT EVEN JUSTICE KENNEDY THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DISCLOSURE.
I WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY THAT, BUT
A LITTLE BIT ENCOURAGED.
HE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING UNLIMITED MONEY IN POLITICS.
DON'T FORGET THAT BARACK OBAMA ALSO BENEFITED FROM THE SYSTEM.
HE WON THE PRESIDENCY TWICE IN THIS SYSTEM, NOT ANOTHER SYSTEM.
HE HAD THE CHANGE PLACARDS, BUT WHY THE HELL WOULD HE WANT
TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM? HE DOESN'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM.
AM I AGAINST GARLAND ON THE SUPREME COURT?
YOU BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR ON IT.
CAN WE EXPECT BETTER THAN THIS?
UNDER THIS SYSTEM, APPARENTLY NOT. THE CORRUPTION ROLLS ON.
YOUNG TURKS.