There's a faction of DU that seems to delight in pointing and laughing at those of us who believed. . .

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14. Yeah, I've seen that and others just like it.

Still working on a more in-depth response, but a few quick notes:

1. Republicans seem miraculously able to get this shit done when Democrats are in power, so notwithstanding the defensive maneuvers by Trump's lackeys, it would have been refreshing to see Democrats get this shit done while they were in power, especially given the literally unprecedented stakes and the very real possibility that this was the literal last chance to save the nation

2. There's no way that Garland didn't know that this was the field he was playing on, so you'd think that the Attorney General of the United States of America would have some resources at his disposal to deal with people bent on obstructing justice

3. It's amazing that the whole thing proceeded at glacial pace, culminating just in time for Smith to pull the plug shortly before Trump is sworn in. I'm not suggested that Garland et al delayed the process with this in mind, but if they had delayed it with this in mind, what would be different?

4. My criticism of Garland, along with the criticism by every frustrated member of DU, has absolutely nothing to do with the GOP sweeping the Congress and White House. If I had that kind of power to effect change, you can be damn sure that I'd use it

5. The day to day issue is less that I've been frustrated with Garland's seeming lethargy than that his cheerleaders have been relentless in their smug, sanctimonious attacks upon fellow DUers. I'm sorry that they found such complaints tiresome, and I truly wish that some mechanism existed whereby they could, oh I don't know, Ignore threads and topics that they don't want to see