McLipless and Grassley now frantically bitching

[thegoose]

About Democrats destroying the life of the "most qualified nominee ever. This is such a charade.

[Hav]

1. So they are calling Ford a liar

and a tool of the Democratic Party. I want them to come out with it what they really mean.

[underpants]

2. He'd still get to be a Federal Judge, right? Sheesh look what they did to Dr. Ford.

These people have no soul

[democratisphere]

3. I become nauseated from listening to bitchy mitch whine

about rotten, horrible Democrats and all of the evil things we do. These GOP old f'rts are clueless!

[underpants]

4. I see that Mitch and Hatch have on pink ties

Literally it's the very least they could do.

[librechik]

12. "we feel for the ladies"

but fuck them into the future ha ha ha ha.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. He's not going to jail, FFS.

The worst thing that's likely to happen to him is that he doesn't get to be a Supreme Court justice. Lots of people - most of them, in fact - don't get to be Supreme Court justices. I have no doubt the experience has been embarrassing for him but he'll live and he'll probably keep his seat on the D.C. Circuit (I'd be surprised if there were any serious effort to remove him despite his testimony before the SJC). And "the most qualified nominee ever"? Where did they get that nonsense? He's never even tried a case; he spent most of his pre-judicial career as a GOP operative in the Bush administration, working with the likes of Karl Rove and John "Torture Memo" Yoo.

[NYC Liberal]

6. His life is so ruined. Has a $200,000 salary job for life as a federal judge

no matter what happens.

I weep for him.

[FSogol]

8. Only $200k? His baseball tickets cost more than that. Grifters gotta grift.

[NYC Liberal]

9. Yes, that's just the base salary.

Not including "perks"!

[Wounded Bear]

10. Do you really think he pays for tickets?

With wealth and position come all kinds of perks we plebes don't qualify for.

[Freethinker65]

11. And his debts magically got paid off

[world wide wally]

7. To all Republicans reading this:

So THESE are your fucking heroes?
(sucks to be you)

[gratuitous]

13. If they had the votes, they'd be quiet

They're no surer about the vote than we are. Of course Team Kreepazoid is talking up their game, trying to persuade people that their efforts are pointless. But if they had the vote locked down to put Kreepazoid on the high court, they'd be sitting back quietly purring about the majesty of the Court and the sacred constitutional duty of the Senate. The fact that they're out there yammering, and whining, and lashing out at reporters and protesters tells me that this is about as sure a thing as predicting who's going to win the Super Bowl.