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Zeus posted...

The reality is that it's an absurdly transparent stall tactic to delay the confirmation. The whole story is unbelievably flaky and seems designed to derail the hearings in the hopes that Democrats can get a majority then stall the clock for at least the next two years -- possibly six, if Trump gets re-elected.

I'd be mortified at such a suggestion if the Republicans hadn't pulled the exact same shit two years ago, with far less justification, refusing to even hold a hearing for Merrick Garland in the hopes that Trump would win the presidency and the Republicans would keep the senate (because "the American people deserve to have a voice", according to Mitch McConnel, who is now trying his damndest to make sure he gets this done quickly lest they choose someone other than him this time). Several Republican senators even went on record as saying that, in the event Hillary won, they would categorically reject her nominees too and allow the Supreme Court to continue with just eight justices until such time as a Republican was restored to the White House.

Of course the Democrats are trying to delay the hearing - that much is obvious. And yes, this is shitty politics that is sabotoging what is supposed to be a non-partisan process and fuck Mitch McConnel in his flaccid asshole for inviting this shitshow by spending the better part of the last decade (and most of 2016 specifically) hyper-politicizing the judiciary nomination process, but the genie is very much outside the bottle now, so we have to deal with where we are. Point is, there is enough of a case here to merit that delay. Brett Kavanaugh is not "owed" a Supreme Court seat, nor is Trump or the Republicans "owed" the ability to confirm the nominee of their choice if s/he is unfit for said nomination any more than Obama was "owed" the ability to confirm his nominees. If the hearing is delayed and the Republicans do lose their senate majority, that is the will of the people - democracy in action. I'm sure Kavanaugh and Garland can commiserate over drinks if that happens, and then maybe the politicians will actually fix this dumb-as-dogshit procedure they've spent the last ten years fucking into oblivion (but somehow I doubt it).

Zeus posted...

The problem with the Catholic church is that allegations were made AT THE TIME and the church was complicit in concealing the crimes and resolving the matter

So why didn't the kids and/or their parents go to the media? Or their elected officials? Or the police? If they'd been loud enough with it, surely *somebody* would have listened.

Or are we only allowed to ask those questions when it happens to an adult woman?
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