Posted on 07/05/2018 2:39:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
What will happen Monday night?
After Trump announces his nominee, it’s likely he’ll sing the nominee’s praises to the prime-time multitudes watching in true Trumpian style: ‘’This is the greatest nominee ever!...People, we are making the Supreme Court Great Again! (MASCAGA!)’’...and so on.
Trump will want to energize his base. It’s an election year.
Somehow, neither Mr. Kavanaugh nor Mr. Kethledge, as dull white males, seems to have the personality or background to fill the pivotal role of an electrifying presence worthy of Donald Trump’s expected accolades. I can hear America yawning.
On the other hand, Mrs. Barrett IS so exciting that she’s spent the last week having the kitchen sink thrown at her, precisely because she represents Conservative hopes of having an unabashed pro-life Justice on the Supreme Court capable of playing a large role in delivering Roe vs. Wade into the ash heap of history.
Also Heritage: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3668727/posts
True, I went back in archives at FR and looked. As announcement got closer Gorsuch & Hardiman were the final two names that came up again and again, before that the final 5 were Pryor and a couple others that got shot down. It seemed the more anti-contender comments that were on here, the less likely they were chosen. Pryor for instance, once his name popped up on final 5, a little more in depth comments on here and other sources, he started to get shot down. So just by looking at comments right now, I would say Kavanaugh and perhaps Barret aren’t gonna make it. That leaves Kethledge & Thapar as non-controversial choices. So my guess at this point is one of those two, leaning toward Kethledge for his experience on the bench. We will see Monday. But I think Kavanaugh will be the ceremonial runner-up to whoever is chosen.
“said a person familiar with Trump’s thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly. “
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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