Our Parents Were Correct

 I’m constantly reminded of a lesson our parents tried to teach us and until we all remember the moral to that lesson nothing will ever change for the better.

When Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016 many said that a replacement shouldn’t be nominated until the new President was elected in 8 1/12 months, the American people should have a say. That argument was a crock back then because the American people had a say in 2012 when President Obama was re-elected and while the election of a new President was taking place in 8/12 months there was still 11 months left in President Obama’s term.

Now people are arguing that President Trump shouldn’t make a nomination to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg because there are 44 days to the next Presidential election.  While that maybe true they are ignoring the fact that there are 122 days, approximately 4 1/2 months left in his term.

It was wrong for people to say President Obama shouldn’t nominate a replacement for Justice Scalia and it was wrong for Congress to block his performing his Constitutional duty of nominating that replacement. Just as it was wrong in 2016 it’s wrong now, Justice Ginsburg said as much when asked back in 2016.

I started this post referencing a lesson our parents tried to teach us, If your friend jumped off a cliff would you jump off a cliff?” (in some regions it was a bridge instead of a cliff)

If you don’t believe that lesson is relevant let me rephrase the sentiment, if you thought back in 2016 that President Obama should wait but now think President Trump should go ahead with a nomination or in 2016 you thought President Obama should go ahead and now that President Trump should wait do me a favor, stop claiming that the political party you support is better than the other because you’re demonstrating that their both the same!