Trump Thread

[Strike For The South]

Kavanaugh it is. A pretty standard issue conservative judge, heritage approved. The most salacious thing about him is the Starr report. One can't help but feel that bit of information found its way to the presidents ears. No doubt, anyone who twists the knife in the Clintons is a great guy.

The Ds are kind of in a pickle here. The specter of Garland is going to haunt them for a long time. Kavanaugh is very much qualified. So, Schumer & Co. will have to fight using the turtles tactics. Make no mistake, the turtle will say he never used those tactics. There was some astroturfed oppo last night, complete with all the possible noms on different colored signs. This morning the strikes against him are beginning to coalesce. We will see which one gains the most traction.

The earliest and spiciest protesting had to do with Kavanaugh writing the following: the nation’s chief executive should be exempt from “time-consuming and distracting” lawsuits and investigations, which “would ill serve the public interest, especially in times of financial or national security crisis.”

Obviously this sticks out like a sore thumb in the "what does Trump get out of nominating this insider" angle of things. No doubt this line of thinking stems from his time working on the Starr report. To be fair to Kavanaugh, in the world of time consuming and distracting, that may take the cake.

In "how things are supposed to work" world, no judge would ever rule on an indictment of a president. The purpose of the impeachment power is to remove then indict. Barring an actual pee tape, no republican or moderate dem congress will do that. However, to be fair to the hopeful justice, this is a question he will never have to answer. It would simply take too long for the case to get to the court. If Mueller unearths enough evidence for indictment the senate repubs will cut Trump loose to avoid that PR nightmare.

The one gaining most traction by some mainstream dems is the supposed swampy quid pro quo Kennedy had in his finally months. Supposedly there meetings and assurances that his guy would be elevated. How very Italian of us. However the dems can't use that because this malignancy runs deep and across the aisle.

Just a personal opinion. I don't think Roe will be overturned. Frankly I think any hypothetical ends in 6-3. I guess one could be worried about death by erosion but that would have been there with Kennedy anyway.

The moral of the story here is YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER FOR GARLAND. ugh.