Something like 107 unfilled federal judge positions, due to Republican obstruction. Obama quit nominating.
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out of how many? Proportion is relevant stat
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it is left out intentionally by grassley, bc w/it it becomes clear Rs were far worse. But byron knows that.
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he's part of professional lying op,where lies of omission serve just as well as statistical misinformation.
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This is the answer to the question: "what is the opposite of data journalism?"
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That's only because more vacancies happened under Obama. He's leaving office with twice as many vacancies as Bush did.
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If you look at the Obama vacancies Ryan filled as a % of total, much less than Bush vacancies Pelosi filled.
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That's willfully deceptive. The issue is vacancies, which are at dangerously historic highs. http://www.americanbar.org/advocacy/governmental_legislative_work/priorities_policy/independence_of_the_judiciary/judicial_vacancies.html …
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If you googled that, then you also know you're lying. Vacancies:112 Nominees Pending:59 http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies …
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So, correct your headline and any subsequent spin and report this with actual historical events in mind.
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but how many spots available under Bush were refused a hearing entirely?
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The main pt stands. Dems resistance is NOT unprecedented as Republicans have been doing it for some time.
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Because Obama quit nominating. All the obstruction was too much. There were 107 more to fill.
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as Republicans like to say: you lie. Confirm Garland. "Drain the Swamp."
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isn't Byron York the sycophant that wrote Darth Cheney's hagiography? GOP has redefined
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How many actual vacancies did each have to deal with?
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How many were lefr vacant during Bush admin? Nice try but you fooled no one but yourself...
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Out of how many?
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out of how many nominated? False equivalence as usual.
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