Anonymous article on MSN of "resistance" inside WH

[n david]

I don't often agree with Senator Graham, but he was speaking during the hearing yesterday and going over each SCOTUS nominee hearing and the votes from each during his years in Congress.

Can you believe Congress voted Antonin Scalia 98-0? Not a single "No" vote against who was arguably the most conservative SCOTUS Justice.

Anthony Kennedy was confirmed 97-0.

Even the liberal matriarch Ruth Bader Ginsberg was voted 96-3. Only three Republicans opposed one of the most liberal SCOTUS Justices.

Those numbers have tightened, with each side voting less about whether the person is qualified and more about the ideology of the nominee.

Senator Graham's point was that Congress should vote solely on the qualification of the nominee. He said the elected POTUS has the right and responsibility to nominate who they wish...and that means it will likely be someone with their political ideology. Elections have consequences. The Democrats lost. Trump is POTUS, so he can nominate who he wishes, regardless of who is being replaced.

The Democrats are whining that Kavanaugh is too conservative to replace the moderate Kennedy. That's not how it works.

[BuckeyeBukaroo]

Originally Posted by n david

I don't often agree with Senator Graham, but he was speaking during the hearing yesterday and going over each SCOTUS nominee hearing and the votes from each during his years in Congress.

Can you believe Congress voted Antonin Scalia 98-0? Not a single "No" vote against who was arguably the most conservative SCOTUS Justice.

Anthony Kennedy was confirmed 97-0.

Even the liberal matriarch Ruth Bader Ginsberg was voted 96-3. Only three Republicans opposed one of the most liberal SCOTUS Justices.

Those numbers have tightened, with each side voting less about whether the person is qualified and more about the ideology of the nominee.

Senator Graham's point was that Congress should vote solely on the qualification of the nominee. He said the elected POTUS has the right and responsibility to nominate who they wish...and that means it will likely be someone with their political ideology. Elections have consequences. The Democrats lost. Trump is POTUS, so he can nominate who he wishes, regardless of who is being replaced.

The Democrats are whining that Kavanaugh is too conservative to replace the moderate Kennedy. That's not how it works.

McConnell did what he did and I don't think it was necessarily right, but it happened. And so the "fight" from the left is to be expected.

[n david]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeBukaroo

McConnell did what he did and I don't think it was necessarily right, but it happened. And so the "fight" from the left is to be expected.

What?

[BuckeyeBukaroo]

Originally Posted by n david

What?

McConnell blocked the hearings on Garland for many months before the last Democrat President's term was up. Why on earth would any one think that the Dems were going to make any thing easy with this process?