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Originally Posted by Guest
So being a little kid expecting elected officials to do their job is now a bad thing.
Here is the Biden Rule.
1. Nominee (Kennedy) was submitted.
2. Biden stated his reasons for not wanting to go through with the procedure.
3. Votes were taken, Kennedy was confirmed.
How that becomes "we ain't gonna consider a nominee" the same thing is only something a Republican can understand. Oh wait, that's right, President Obama is black and he is ruining America, lets make American great again, let's take our country back, blah blah blah.
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Justice Kennedy was entered for consideration Nov. 1997, and took office Feb, 1988. Joe Biden made his comment in 1992. I get your point. Kennedy wasn't held up in an election year.
When Biden made his comment, there wasn't an open seat in the Supreme Court. This "Biden Rule" is more political nonsense by the Republicans. Biden, also, stated the nominee should be consider until the election is over. If Hillary wins, the Republicans will rush to approve Garland, and they will still apply the Biden Rule. The election is over. Now, it is time to do our job. They will take a complete 180, and convince themselves that they have done nothing wrong. It is the nature of the beast.