A SCOTUS Opening

[CJD]

(09-22-2020, 01:52 PM)PhilHos Wrote: No offense, but that's a horrible standard. I get not wanting someone with a rape CONVICTION, but an allegation? C'mon man. You go with that standard then NO ONE is getting on the court because the other side will just have someone allege that so-and-so raped them. 

Not to mention the timing. What's-her-face had Ford's letter for months, if I recall, before bringing out at the last minute. Does that scream "integrity" to you?



Fair enough, but I don't think the argument should be who is worse. The argument should be about STOPPING all the bad things. Not excusing one side's bad things because the other side is worse.

Allow me to rephrase it as "credible allegation." But point taken. I'm just saying the Democrats knew the Republicans were going to get that nominee. They had the majority. It was in the middle of the term, so they knew they weren't going to delay it until 2021. So what was their goal? I can't think of a reason to press as hard as they did except for if they actually believed Blasey Ford.

I may be wrong in that thinking. Maybe they just wanted to harrass Kavanaugh for a few weeks. But I think it's worth noting Blasey Ford gained absolutely nothing by accusing Kavanaugh if she didn't actually believe it happened. She had to go into hiding afterwards due to death threats, for God's sake. It's one of the many reasons I believe SOMETHING happened that night. Maybe it wasn't rape. Maybe it was just Kav's friend...but something definitely happened to that woman. And as for the timing, I believe she wrote to...was it Maxine Waters?...when his name was in the pool for contention. The Democrats just sat on it like assholes for months. Why, I don't know.

It was just they wanted anyone but Kavs on the court. There was literally a list of judges with roughly the same values as him that would have been confirmed if not him. So there was no upside other than "we think this guy specifically is bad." I just don't think this was an integrity issue.