Justice Ginsburg dies

[Belsnickel]

(09-21-2020, 12:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Was there ever any doubt?  Here's the problem though, the hypocrisy is rampant on both sides.  If you were against not filling the vacancy in 2016 then you have to be against it now, otherwise you're a hypocrite.  If your position in 2016 was that the next president should fill the seat and you're for filling the seat now then you're a hypocrite.  Ginsburg herself was against not filling the position in 2016, stating something along the lines of the president doesn't stop being the president in their final year in office.  You cite precedent, but precedent is not law, it's not binding in any sense.  I also have zero doubt that if it was a Dem POTUS and a Dem controlled Senate that they'd be confirming before the inauguration.

So essentially it's a massive group of hypocrites all contradicting their former positions.  In other words, business as usual in DC.

I think what bugs me the most are the excuses for reversing course. When I hear them from the likes of MConnell and Graham I just get sick. I just wish they'd own up to their positions and say that it's entirely because of the power grab and for no other reason. Every politician that tries to give an excuse other than they want the power this affords on their side is full of shit and I just want them to own up to it.