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Originally Posted by Pete F.
In 2016 Merrick Garland fight, McConnell did not say, “I’ve got the votes, so No.” He felt the need to devise *justifications.* He cannot have cared himself, but he felt he needed them, to create at least a veneer of legitimacy. Post-election 2020, he won’t have that. So if McConnell cannot confirm immediately, he soon bumps into serious trouble. Not enough trouble maybe to deter him personally. But other senators could flinch- and so by the way could the nominee, who may not wish to enter judicial history in this disturbing mode.
Now my bet is that
My bet is that Moscow Mitch is gonna try to rush this process, & slam a new justice into SCOTUS before the election. So they can pull a Bush v. Gore, stop vote counts, and rat#^&#^&#^&#^& the election.
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You are 100% correct. 100%. McConnell should have said "America put the GOP in charge, and we say no". That's all he had to say. Why he chose to say that 8 months from an election is too close, I don't know. And as I've said 100 times, I think he should have had a vote, which ended in a rejection.
THi sis different. Obama had no chance of re-election, and it was differing parties. It's not the same thing.
And Pete, When Bush 41 was president, Biden said (it became known as the Biden rule), that there should be no SCOTUS appointments in an election year, said it famously. Then in 2016, he changed his tune, and I'll bet you a shiny new nickel that you didn't call him out for hypocrisy.
Then the dems torpedoed Bork, the Reid changed the standard for filibuster and the nuclear option. The Dems did all that. And I haven't mentioned what they did to Kavanaugh.
If you want both sides to go back to playing fair with SCOTUS, I would vote for that. But if your side is going to fight dirty, don't ask the other side not to.
Ginsburg got 94 votes. 94. It used to be a civilized process. The democrats changed that for their short term gain. If you're unhappy that it now may come back to bite them in the azz in gargantuan fashion, cry to Joe Biden and Harry Reid. They changed the rules, they did this.
If he has the 50 votes (I don't think it's certain), he will tilt the court waaaay to the right. Shortly after, the people will voice their opinion on that.
You did a good job of highlighting the GOP flip flopping. Shockingly, you forgot to mention everything that preceded it.