Most Ridiculous GOP Talking Point Of All Time?

Republicans have spewed some pretty fucked-up talking points in the past decade, but this one pretty much crushes them all when it comes to pure, unadulterated horse-shittery:

Republican senators are fuming about President Barack Obama's attempt to fill empty seats on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, charging him with "court-packing" and alleging that his push to confirm nominees is all politics.

But not only is Obama not "court-packing" -- a term describing an attempt to add judges to a court with the goal of shifting the balance, not filling existing vacancies -- but Republicans' efforts to prevent Obama from appointing judges amount to their own attempt to tip the scales in their favor. What's more, some of the GOP senators trying to prevent his nominees from advancing previously voted to fill the court when there was a Republican in the White House.

Let me get this straight:  A President nominating individuals for open judicial positions is "packing the court"?  Are you fucking kidding me?  Senators Grassley and McConnell -- the ones who are leading the charge on this court-packing allegation (and simultaneously vying for the title of biggest hypocrite of all time) -- had no problem with W filling vacancies on this particular court:

Grassley and McConnell both voted to fill empty slots on the D.C. Circuit under former President George W. Bush. On June 14, 2005, both voted to confirm Judge Thomas Griffith, giving the court 11 active judges at the time. A year later, on May 26, 2006, Grassley and McConnell voted to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the D.C. Circuit. That vote put the court at 10 active judges.

Look, I know you Republicans are furious that a Black man has been elected -- and then reelected -- president.  But you need to get over it.  As Barbara Boxer once said, elections have consequences.  And one of these consequences is that a sitting president gets to fill vacant judicial seats.  Deal with it.

My advice to Harry Reid? Put the turd squarely in Mitch McConnell's pocket: Tell him that if the GOP filibusters Obama's nominees to the DC Circuit, then you will deploy the "nuclear option" and sidestep the filibuster in order to push the nominees through.