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shipwreckers posted...

ferko420 posted...

He has the temperament of a private school high school prep who never worked a day of labor in his life, cos he is. And he's way too young and for a lifetime appt to the scotus, they should all be 70+ lifetime squeaky cleAn judges and the president should not pick who it can be, should be a major majority congressional vote. Look how they select the pope ffs!

This "temper" argument is intriguing to me, and I've seen it from many different people. We're actually quite tame compared to how it used to be (where good ole Aaron Burr shot the man we have on our 10 dollar bills in cold blood over disagreements). Defending your name against an accusation that (if true) makes you the scum of the Earth, is worth getting a little adamant about. You can't pin someone to the ground, beat the proverbial shit out of him with everything you have, and then fault him for not being tame by your standards in his response.

(Frankly, if he DIDN'T get adamant, I'd be more worried about him and the validity of his arguments; Bill Clinton was cool as ice cream in his interviews, and for good reason; he was full of shit).

Of course this is republican cuck rationalizing but taking this argument in good faith it still ignores the fact that we're not talking about a criminal trial. This didn't have to be the guy. They could have put up any number of federalist society goblins instead of the one they picked who don't have credible rape allegations against them, but they didn't because they are evil.