09-30-2018, 11:15 AM
(09-29-2018, 05:50 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: As MS (a conservative) said upthread, Trump has a long list of qualified and less controversial conservative judges who would stand a much better chance of confirmation than Kavanaugh. McConnell advised Trump of such before the nominee was selected.
It seems to me that your demeaning of Dr. Ford (before you ever heard from her), your opposition to a standard supplemental FBI check (which I think can only help Kavanaugh if he's being honest), and your claims of a conspiracy are based on your full loyalty to President Trump in all matters. That's why you view this as all about Trump when it's not.
In reality, every President who's had the opportunity to nominate Supreme Court Justices has faced the same process.
The bar for the Supreme Court is very high; the nominees are subject to a very high degree of scrutiny. And that's a very good thing for the country.
There is a long list of Supreme Court Justice nominations which were rejected or withdrawn due to concerns about the nominees' personal conduct, political/professional bias, or other controversy.
Yes you are NOT saying that the "stakes" with Gorsuch were as high for Democrats as they are now and therefore the efforts by the Dems were not as high. You are NOT trying for that RIDICULOUS false equivalence are you?
Kavenaugh was a boy scout. He was all of the things that made him a great fit for Trump BUT by direct reflection the Democrats saw him as a threat to Roe vs Wade. It was all they talked about until Ford came along, so let's not pretend that he was the same threat. He was the one to tip the scales in the Supreme Court. No more swinging vote.
If Kavenaugh is defeated AND the Democrats win the Midterms Trump gets no more Supreme Court pick of his choice. The Democrats have proven what they are prepared to do defeat ANY Supreme Court pick. If Kavenaugh is defeated and Democrats don't win the midterms do you believe that his next pick or the one after will unchallenged or do you think they will say "Well last time worked a treat and it did with Roy Moore. Let's keep these life-destroying unproven allegations coming". That is Democrats now.