by JamishT » Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:55 am
I've been seeing people point out that nothing like this happened when Gorsuch was nominated, so I started thinking about it. But I started thinking about it from a cynical, political operative point of view.
Gorsuch was replacing Scalia, a conservative stalwart with a conservative stalwart, and to a Democrat, that's acceptable. Of course, it would be better for them if a liberally-minded justice was nominated, but as long as the Supreme Court doesn't have a conservative majority, a Republican president can nominate nearly whoever they want. They'll put up a lil' fight, but it's fine, do whatever you want, Daddy.
But this time, it's going to flip the Supreme Court, and we can't have that. WE *clap emoji* CAN'T *clap emoji* HAVE *clap emoji* THAT *clap emoji*
Now I know, it seems like I've taken an (alt)right turn onto Trump Drive, but I'm just considering possibilities. Of course the most simple possibility is that the Democrats are honestly trying to keep a sexual predator off the Supreme Court, because it's just the right thing to do.
The timing is just so perfect. And the indefensible nature of them is suspect to me (it's nearly impossible to establish an airtight alibi for a rich teenager in the 80's). It just seems so convenient.
I don't think it has anything to do with Trump. I think it's a long term concern that a very powerful branch of the government will be solidly Republican for decades to come, so ya better fire all the weapons you have. Being that Democratic voters believe that the GOP hates women, and the nominee was a rich, private-schooled, kid, the most effective weapon is a sex crime. It would not surprise me if the crime happened. It also would not surprise me if it was calculated and fabricated.
I don't know what happened. I don't claim to know what happened, unlike SO MANY have (on both sides, on Twitter).
JamishT was a heck of a guy,
With a devilish twinkle in his eye.
With his hand-picked flowers,
And his feel-good powers,
He made all the girls blush and sigh.