(October 6, 2018 at 12:02 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(October 6, 2018 at 11:51 am)Jehanne Wrote: History is full of ironies, but one thing that I cannot understand is why the Red Team just did not ditch Kavanaugh and find another right-wing nutjob to be the next SCOTUS associate justice?
Because of the upcoming elections. This controversy is a perfect issue to rally conservative voters around, while also taking some of the attention away from Trumpface.
(October 6, 2018 at 11:51 am)Jehanne Wrote: Maybe Kavanaugh will take his known imperfections and lies to the SCOTUS, and upon reflection, will have a change of heart about some things?? In realizing that he was not perfect, maybe that will make him into a more compassionate SCOTUS jurist??
Yeah... Probably not.
My take is more like 50/50.