supreme court nomination votes back in those days. where things started to change was this century. the george w. bush presidency. those are all the votes you re seeing right here. and what s happened is you ve gotten more no votes and that means you ve gotten more and more party polarization in these votes. where the party of the president who s nominating votes for, the opposition party votes against. we can just take you through, start with the bush presidency, as i mentioned. he had john roberts. that was his nominee in 2005 to be the chief justice. this right now is actually the last time, this is the democratic votes on roberts, 23-4, 22 against. this is the last time that the opposition party actually gave more votes for than against for a nominee. and you can see, it was just 23-22. and then you take a look, sam alito was bush s next pick. and by then, look at this, democrats were almost all against it. republicans almost all for it. in fact, there was a filibuster attempt by
especially at a time of high and rising inflation. the measure that makes sense is how much we re spending as a share of our overall economy. when you look at that, look at it that way, biden s budget is practically a record low. here s the actual data. you can see after the build up that happened during the george w. bush presidency, defense spending was slashed by obama and biden by a third. then trump built it up again. and now biden s taking it back down, close to post cold war lows and even lower in the decade ahead. he s cutting the navy to 280 ships when the navy itself says it needs 500 to defeat china if it takes taiwan. he s cutting the air force, even as the air force association said this week it s now the smallest oldest and least ready it s ever been in its 75-year history. presiding over massive risky changes to the marine corps reducing their battle readiness. all this as china and russia reaffirm their alliance, as biden s ineptitude pushes former
in times of high rising inflation the mission of maintenance is how much we are spending as ape share of our own economy and when you look at that, but his budget is practically a record low and here s the actual data and you can see that after the bill if that happened during the george w. bush presidency, the mets spending was slashed and biden by 130, and then trump builds it up again in their biden is taking it back down and post cold war lows and even lower than a decade ahead and he is cutting the navy down to 280 ships in the navy itself said the needs 500 to defeat china to take taiwan. he s cutting the air force, and even as thehe air force association said this weekend, the smallest to the least ready, that s ever been and is 75 year history braided presiding of a massive it ski changes to the marine corps in reducing that readiness at all of this is china and russia reaffirm their liens and biden, pushes former
has kind of presented on a platter can be provocative. you might remember that putin was not invading countries during the trump era. he took advantage of, you know, neocon foreign policy, basically, to do his previous incursions, whether that was under obama or now he is threatening with biden. he also at the tail end of the george w. bush presidency tried that, too. we have really serious issues. and the state department keeps pushing out this spotify list it just makes you nerve us have because they are not just doing a bad job, they keep doing these things that are not serious at all. will: yeah, and trying too hard. you know, i could give you a lot of nouns to describe a guy that tries too hard. but doesn t pay attention to what s actually important in life. now that s what we are run by. people that are try hards while ignoring substance. it s not just the publishing 8 times the spotify list. tony blinken is 59.
neocon foreign policy, basically to do his previous incursions whether that was under obama or now he seems to be threatening with bind, he also at the tail end of the george w. bush presidency tried that, too. we have really serious issues. and the state department keeps pushing out this spotify list it just makes you nervous because they are not just doing a bad job they keep doing these things that are not serious at all. lawrence: seems like they re always concerned about the image of the secretary and the administration in general. you know, often the former president was criticized of his words and his tone. but, you know, when you look at the former president, what he said versus what he did policy wise, there was a big difference, especially when it came to russia, very tough on russia, probably the most sanctions that russia has received in modern time, but when his words let s work together, let s work together. the biden administration seems to have this flip, talk to act