It's Not About "Principles," It's About Lack Of Principles

[My email to Ohio Sen. Rob Portman]
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Dear Sen. Portman:

I was greatly amused but not at all surprised to read your comments as a member of the Republican blockade refusing to grant even a hearing to Merrick Garland, the president's highly-qualified nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The most amusing part is your statement that "it's not about the person, it's about the principle."

"Uh, yup, we're not gunna do it."

OMG, Robbie!  You're killin' me!  I'm ROFLMFAO!!  Principle?  What principle?  The principle of being an obstructionist jackass one more time because Mitch McConnell told you to?

Openings on the Supreme Court bench are not magically synched to the election cycle.  Justices die and retire on their schedule, not yours.  Despite your party's feeble assertions, there is no age-old "precedent" for stalling for a full year just because it's an election year.  (And if there were such a precedent, it would be a stupid one.)

So stop pretending -- you and the other GOP senators aren't acting on principles; you're demonstrating a lack of principles.  You already look like a bunch fools with your do-nothing stance.  Further delay until after the election will only add to, not reduce, the rank politicization of this Court appointment, and will make you look even worse.

You've painted yourself into a corner on this, and your problem is not like wine -- it will not get better with age.  Might as well deal with it now and do your job.  Give the guy a hearing and a vote.

Thanks for your time, Rob.  Enjoy your last few months in the Senate.

Sincerely,
Buster Gammons