Comments on: The Republican wins in the Tennessee special election https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: om https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832617 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:25:42 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832617 has his head up his .... you get the picture.]]> Smart people have long realized that CC™ has his head up his …. you get the picture.

]]> By: fullmoon https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832614 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:44:45 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832614 Negating auto-pen pardons bluster has at least one good effect, the culprits may spend some sleepless nights worrying about their future.

Let them worry about getting Roger Stoned.

]]> By: Don https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832613 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:35:01 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832613 From Wiki on this district:

Year Office Results[11]
2008 President McCain 50% – 48%
2012 President Romney 55% – 45%
2016 President Trump 56% – 39%
2018 Senate Blackburn 50% – 49%
Governor Lee 54% – 43%
2020 President Trump 56% – 41%
Senate Hagerty 58% – 39%
2022 Governor Lee 60% – 38%
2024 President Trump 60% – 38%
Senate Blackburn 60% – 38%

]]> By: Niketas Choniates https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832608 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:20:02 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832608 @Snow on Pine:the issue of what power–if any–the President has in this situation would obviously end up in the Supreme Court.

The Constitution does not give the Supreme Court the power to determine what the “President’s powers in this situation” are. They could issue an opinion, certainly. But Presidential pardons are a plenary power and not subject to review by anyone.

Pardons are one and done anyway. Once done, they cannot be undone, they are plenary and self-executing. There is nothing for the Supreme Court to do. Should a President prosecute someone for something they were pardoned for by a different President, the courts simply would not allow a conviction or a punishment even if they allowed a trial. What does the President do then? Imprison people without trial?

There’s nothing legally to be done if a President issues pardons he shouldn’t, you just have to have a better President.

The only thing to be argued is how do you know the President actually did the pardon and not some low level staffer. That’s already closed off too, as Biden has already taken responsibility for all the pardons in his name. If his process was to delegate that plenary authority and sign whatever was put in front of him, well don’t elect crap Presidents.

]]> By: Bauxite https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832603 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:57:05 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832603 Snow on Pine – It’s dual purpose. Part of it is to deliberately provoke the left. Part of it is red meat for the MAGA base. Smart people in both groups recognize, as you do, that he’s talking/tweeting out of his rear end.

]]> By: Selfy https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832602 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:50:56 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832602 I thank God that Aftyn Behn was defeated! Van Epps’ victory is only good for ~14 months, so I suppose he will have to start running for reelection soon. What’s up with these Republicans not serving out their terms?!

At her own campaign party, Behn — who was dogged by resurfaced comments from a 2020 podcast in which she said “I hate country music” — took the stage in a Western-style rhinestone suit while singing Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”

Glad I didn’t see video of that!
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/us-news/republican-matt-van-epps-defeats-aoc-of-tennessee-in-close-congressional-special-election/
Two things I learned from this election were why she said she hated bachelorettes, and what “pedal taverns” are.

]]> By: Niketas Choniates https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832595 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:57:29 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832595 Another good reason not to chase polls. The free polls the legacy media dishes out are if anything intended to influence public opinion, not to discover what it really is, and so they never spend the kind of money needed to get an accurate estimate.

And there’s also attentional bias. The legacy media is not going to make a big deal out of a poll showing a Republican leading in a Republican district. They purposely focus their attention on outliers to craft a narrative around them. There are many elections you never hear about.

]]> By: Sennacherib https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832573 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:53:12 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832573 Why they have their moments is worth studying but overall they’re losing.

]]> By: Sennacherib https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832572 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:35:15 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832572 The Left is definitely losing, but they will have their moments.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2025/12/02/the-republican-wins-in-the-tennessee-special-election/#comment-2832571 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:34:10 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145921#comment-2832571 Jimmy:

That’s good to know.

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