10-04-2018, 06:14 PM
(10-04-2018, 05:29 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Actually, Democrats wanted all of it investigated; all three accusers and his behavior in high school and college that he had testified about because of concerns over his truthfulness. The White House, under advisement from the Senate Republicans, limited the scope to the first two accusers. You're trying to characterize the Democrat position as moving, but it has been fairly consistent.
This is one of those things where it baffles me how people can only see one side's hands being dirty. But whatever, not going to get into that argument on here. What I will say is that this is the reason McConnell said he was scheduling the vote this week even before anything came back from the FBI. He WANTS the Kavanaugh nomination to fail.
If it fails, it is a motivator for the GOP in November. If he succeeds, it's a motivator for the Democrats. If the seat is empty when the midterms come around it will fire up the base and drive people to the polls. For the Democrats it is a lose-lose. If they prevent him from being on the bench then it boosts Republican turnout. If they fail, then they have a dishonest and highly partisan Associate Justice on the bench. This is the type of political calculus that kills the Democrats and is why they are terrible at winning elections.
That's because of your bias, you can't see how the Democrats are hurting themselves, which is how I see it because of my bias. I see how the Republicans bent over backwards to accommodate Ford and Democrats. I also see how Democrats have no intention of being fair towards anyone Trump nominates. I also think that if Trump were to say "2+2=4" Democrats will yell "YOU'RE LIEING". But of course, that's my bias
If Kavanaugh is not confirmed, it's because Republicans failed to confirm him and I think the Democrats will take the House and Senate if that happens. From the get go, this was the plan of Democrats except they went to far and now it has backfired. The longer they oppose this nomination, the more seats they will lose barring Trump doing something stupid between now and election day, which we all know he will do.
Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
