victor809 wrote:Zito...do you forget that Kennedy is a conservative judge appointed by Reagan.
You also forget, all the judges are ancient. The youngest is 58 the oldest is 85. Any of them could drop dead at any time. If you think the Dems are playing things so political,and just randomly assigning sexual assault charges to anyone to eliminate them as a candidate, then why wouldn't they assume they need that spot as well? It was well understood at the presidential election that the winner was likely going to get to appoint 2 judges possibly 3.
But again... Most importantly.... What did they possibly gain here?
In your mind they manufactured this assault charge to block kavanaugh, because he is replacing a swing vote. So? What did they gain? Trump can nominate another conservative and they gain nothing. This isn't 10 months from a presidential election, this is 2 years. Even if they sweep the midterms, they can't go 2 years without confirming. There is nothing to gain.
Take this for what it is. A dude, who all on his own has managed to live his life in a way that a number of women seem to think he did something which by today's standard is inappropriate.
I won't disagree that the Dems are amplifying this. Why wouldn't they? politically it's gold... The reps doubled down on him for some retarded reason, which allows a flashback to Alabama, where reps almost elected a dude with seriously questionable interest in young girls. This sort of stuff makes the rep party look bad and the Dems will keep pointing it out because that's good for them politically.
Me... I find it hilarious.
Victor, no I did not forget about Kennedy and while a conservative, he was clearly a swing vote, voting for both sides issues at various times and in my mind what a good judge should do, vote on the issue, not the party to which you may belong.
Now regarding your statement: " You also forget, all the judges are ancient," please advise me as to how you know what I am thinking or what I may have forgotten.
And the other statement you made in part, "In your mind they manfactured this assault charge to block Kavanaugh,, is at the best presumptious on your part. The only statement I made previously is: "Judge Amy Coney Barrett is my pick. She could claim that she was molested and would be untouchable by the left." Nowhere in my statement do I mention Judge Kavanaugh nor say that the Democrats manfactured the assault charge. You may infer what you want from the statement but that does not make it true. Please again advise me how you know what I am thinking.
But I will tell you what I think and I thought Roe v. Wade was a bad decision then and remains to this day. I am Catholic, I am a Conservative and I am pro-life. I am against abortion except under very limited circumstances. I believe that due process and facts matter. And up to and until there are facts and corroboration provided regarding the allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh, it remains an allegation.
It appears to me that you and I are on seperate sides of the fence, I do not know you and I will not hazard to guess what you are thinking.