Defensive anyone? Kavanaugh sounds scared!

[Grim]

As I've discussed in the other thread, Democratic candidate to the Minneota attorney general race faces a similar situation to Kavanaugh, in that last minute allegations threaten to derail their elevation to office or the court.  Ellison has called for an investigation into the allegations against him.  Kavanaugh refuses to call for an investigation.  There is no comparison between the way Democrats and Republicans respond to allegations.  The Democrats call for a process to get to the bottom of the allegations, the Republicans do everything they can to sweep the allegations under the rug.

There is no comparison.

The Democrats may have or may not have manipulated the process.  The Republicans are transparently manipulating the process.  There is no comparison between a suspicion that the process might have been manipulated, and the blunt and obvious manipulation by the Republicans.

There is no comparison.

Kavanaugh is being rushed in, and that's clearly political maneuvering on part of the Republicans. If the Democrats have done maneuvering, its in response to this rushed process.

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Another (major) difference is that Ellison is running for a term as attorney general... not a lifetime appointment to the SCOTUS.

Very good point.

Not true.

Kagan took 87 days to be confirmed after nomination. Sotomayor and Roberts both 72 days. Gorsuch 66 days. Thomas 106 days and Souter 71 days. Trump picked Kavanaugh on July 9th. It's been 82 days. Nothing has been rushed. It's right on schedule.