So naked partisanship is helpful to a prospective judge's resume?
Where on earth did you get
that from? No, naked partisanship is not "
helpful to a prospective judge's resume", and I said nothing of the sort. What I said was that I don't care if someone makes that comment while running for office, and is later nominated for a judgeship. That doesn't mean that all types of naked partisanship should be viewed the same, and it certainly doesn't mean that it is "helpful" for a nomination. That's just...cheap, ridiculous rhetoric.
I'm just saying that a time will come when the Dems will be appointing the judges, and their will be plenty of candidates they will promote who were part of the "resistance" to Trump as an lying imposter who stole an election. No issue with any of that?
First, they've already got a Supreme Court justice who fits that description to a T, and she's a
hero to them precisely because she's part of the "Resistance". So if you think that us refraining from nominating anyone who has demonstrated political partisanship is going to be reciprocated, give it up.
Second, the problem with the "Resistance" isn't that it is partisan. There's nothing improper, immoral, or disqualifying about a private citizen being partisan because we have a political system, organized by party, in which private citizens are expected to participate. And sometimes hold strong opinions. The problem with the "Resistance" is that they refuse to accept the results of a lawful election, and are willing to twist the law and pervert the judicial system to remove that President by any means necessary. And to the extent anyone endorses
that, I think it should disqualify them from being a judge.
But Truncale didn't do that. Nothing in his comments signified he didn't accept the results of Obama's election, or that he supported twisting/perverting the justice system in an attempt to remove him. He just thought that Obama is a putz who holds some anti-American opinions. That shouldn't be disqualifying, and wasn't to every single other Republicans who voted for his confirmation.
Except for Mitt, who decided that virtue-signalling was more important than confirming a highly qualified judicial nominee.