Had roles been reversed, what would Republicans have done?

[Garrett78]

Had Democrats refused to consider a Republican president's nominee for the SC, what would Republicans have done?

I suspect there would have been torches and pitchforks involved.

[AlexSFCA]

1. civil war

[dogman]

2. Used it as a fundraiser and talking point.

Similar to what Democrats will do.

[Garrett78]

4. You really think that's all they would have done?

[dogman]

9. They have been satisfied to do it for years.

Roe v Wade has been used that way for decades. Now when they succeed they will be rewarded handsomely. Money is easy to attain when your prime constituents are the wealthy. Until the people realize their vote is worth money and spend it accordingly, money will rule.

[Garrett78]

10. I think they would have raised bloody hell. Armed Tea Partiers in the streets.

A constant drumbeat on cable programs. Calls for "anti-American" Democrats to resign. Protests inside and outside the offices of key Democrats.

All-out civil war. Not just talking points and fundraisers.

[vi5]

3. I can tell you one thing....

...it would have been more than mildly stern tweets about Democrats not playing by the rules.

[uponit7771]

5. Snatch babies ... o wait

[wellst0nev0ter]

6. You don't have to imagine

Pukes autofilibustered everything when the Dems had a slim majority from 2010-2012.

Fuck civility

On edit: Why do you think there were so many vacancies on the courts? Because the pukes fought every. one. of. them. Long enough that even one nominee died.

[gulliver]

7. We should just take that asymmetry for granted.

If we see someone getting mugged we don't ask how the mugger would feel if the victim mugged him. We're in a situation where: 1) We are still winning, although we lose a lot of political battles, and 2) the only way we can win political battles is to concentrate our forces.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. I'm sure they would have issued a strongly worded statement.