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Rand Paul Blames Mitch McConnell Over Fiasco Appointment of Anti-Choice Judge by Biden. [1]

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Date: 2022-07-19

The fall guy for the Biden/McConnell deal to appoint corrupt anti-choice lawyer Chad Meredith to the U.S. District Court in KY is not the least bit happy about taking the “blame.” According to Rand Paul, he LOVES Chad Meredith, and Paul wants to see him on the bench. Alas, McConnell didn’t consult with Paul, and Paul accuses McConnell of keeping his plan to foist Mederith on Kentucky “secret.” And it was this secrecy that Rand Paul could not tolerate, so like some senatorial version of the Soup Nazi, Paul says, “NO BLUE SLIP FOR YOU!”

Does any of that make sense to you?

Peeved Rand Paul tanks Biden's anti-abortion judge pick over Mitch McConnell 'secret deal'

Shades of Joe Manchin!

Sounds like he is taking lessons from Joe Manchin on blowing up deals because he gets peeved.

On a more serious note, McConnell is sticking with “There was no plan or secret deal” lie. McConnell says that Biden did this for him as a “personal favor” instead. Next thing McConnell will say is that he and Biden were building bridges between Democrats and Republicans.

And yes folks, there was a deal in place. Biden would get two US ATTORNEYS (I slipped in earlier diaries and used district attorneys instead of US attorneys) in Kentucky whose term ends when Biden leaves office. Meanwhile, McConnell would get a LIFE TIME APPOINTMENT of another anti-choice judge on the federal bench.

The reason why this stupid move by Biden drives me crazy is that it reinforces some of my distrust with regards to his political judgment. Biden is still clinging to some mythical bipartisanship and deal making that once existed in the U.S. Senate. And his willingness to make a rotten deal and sell out women at a time when one of their constitutional rights was stripped away by other Republican judges is indefensible. It seriously calls into question Biden’s call to “fight for the soul of the nation.”

And we only have one Democratic president at this time, and we need him to REALLY fight for our rights and freedoms.

But back to Rand Paul, I have my doubts about this story from him over the dead nomination of Chad Meredith. On its surface, you might see it as explanation for the end of Chad Meredith’s judicial career. The U.S. Senate has more than its fair share of egotistical assholes.

We all can think of two DINO senators who fit that description.

And Rand Paul is a selfish asshole. I should know because, tragically, he is my senator. Remember how Paul exposed a bunch of his fellow senators to COVID-19? That is just one of his many exploits. I can see Paul getting pissed off and not returning a blue slip to let McConnell know that he is not the Master of Kentucky Politics.

BUT…

I can speculate about another scenario behind this political debacle. Biden is ready to go with Chad Meredith, and we know that Biden got cold feet about Meredith on the day that Roe was killled by the SCOTUS. The news of this deal hits the media in KY because both Governor Andy Beshear and Congressman John Yarmuth are screaming about this despicable deal. Still determined to appoint Meredith, Biden starts getting push back from Senate Democrats that they will not vote for Meredith if he is nominated.

What to do if you are Biden?

You could tell your “good friend” McConnell that the deal is off, but you need a solid out of McConnell. Out of “personal friendship” McConnell decides to try and help Biden out. McConnell asks Rand Paul not to return a blue slip on Meredith. And when the shit hits the fan from the forced birth voters, Paul can scream, “McConnell kept this secret from me!”

I could be wrong in my speculation. I have been wrong before. But this way Biden doesn’t have to apologize to women for wanting to appoint an anti-choice judge.

Anyway, this is the latest and greatest from this political mess.

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