A SCOTUS Opening

[GMDino]

(09-28-2020, 06:09 PM)PhilHos Wrote: 2 things: 
1) anyone that claimed nominating a supreme court justice in an election year is wrong in 2016 but arguing it is okay now is a hypocrite. Likewise, anyone that claimed that it was okay in 2016 but not in 2020 is also a hypocrite.

2) Calling people things like "nonsupporterdefendersvotersdefenderssupporters" is, in my non-moderator opinion, a violation of the CoC because it's a personal attack, name calling, and calling people liars. I'm not a moderator and I'm not going to report you for something that may only be just my opinion, but I'd suggest not doing it. 

All I'll disagree with here is, to me, the hypocrisy is worse for the people in charge.  If the Democrats had control of the Senate now and were saying they wouldn't fill the seat after demanding it be filled in 2016 I'd agree 100% that that is hypocrisy.  But McConnell made the rule in 2016 and then broke it himself in 2020.  The Democrats are asking him to be consistent even though they wanted something different in 2016.  That's why I blame him and the GOP ("Use my words against me") more than the Democrats.