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Oh, so its the Dem's fault there was no decent investigation?

You'd better read that article again, Rob, because its not very flattering to the GOP.

There's no way the GOP would have delayed the investigation til after the election, or allowed a proper one to be done ahead of time. Their task was to get the man installed before election day, not to figure out if he was guilty of anything. They also delayed and obstructed all Democrat attempts to access documents Kavanagh had worked on while lawyering for the Bush administration so they could check on his former opinions, judgments and positions. They flatly refused to deliver the documents until just hours before the vote, knowing the Dems would have no chance to go through them, much less bring them up in their questioning. The GOP had the votes, the Dems couldn't stop Kavanaugh, but the Republicans did not want US, the voters, to hear what was in those documents. And if it hadn't of been for Flake's last minute switcheroo after his elevator encounter with the rape victims there would have been no investigation at all. The Republican majority were going to cram Kavenaugh through with NO investigation because they had the votes (until Flake flipped).

Rob, haven't you been watching the news? This clown was railroaded through, just like they railroaded the tax bill and the Obamacare repeal. Even when the Republicans have the votes, they don't dare let the people hear the debate because they know it will kill them politically.

Besides, we know the man was unfit for the office from his testimony before the committee. No, I'm not talking about the alleged assault, that will probably never be settled one way or another. I'm talking about the partisan screed he unleashed during his rant. Listen to this former (retired) SCOTUS judge:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/us/politics/john-paul-stevens-brett-kavanaugh.html

Not only did Kavanaugh come across as politically biased; "Democrat vengeance for Clinton losing the election????" But consider his disrespectful and petulant behavior to the inquisitors and his losing his temper. That disqualifies him on the grounds of temperament AND fairness. Its one thing to defend yourself from charges, and another to blame it on an Alex Jones Info Wars conspiracy. Can you expect this guy to rule fairly on ANY case that is politically controversial? He's going to go with the Republican position every single time.

Face it, Kavanaugh is just what he appears to be: a privileged little frat boy Young Republican snot. Maybe that's not enough to disqualify him from your court, but it sure as hell disqualifies him from mine.

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