[1malumprohibitum]

And how many of Obama’s picks were similarly vetted so scrupulously?

[linear]

Agree. If this were a Dem, it wouldn’t matter. But our side can do better. Surely there are other qualified candidates.

[FreedomPoster]

You mean like Joe Biden?

Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not ‘Malevolent’
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html

Remember when Joe Biden plagiarized a speech while running for president?
http://wtvr.com/2016/07/19/joe-biden-plagiarism/

[Parmy]

And how many of Obama’s picks were similarly vetted so scrupulously?

They did worse. They just didn't pay their taxes because being liberal they considered themselves exempt from such mundane trivia.