Libtards are such ridiculous buffoons who are so easily manipulated by their handlers in the FAKE NEWS propaganda networks.
http://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/10/nbc-second-thought-no-transaction-trump-kennedy-replacement/
Even sadder than the fact that this "story" was reported out by a major network based on one source is the fact that so many lefties bit on it this morning. Confirmation bias in action: They want to believe that there's something shady about Kennedy's retirement, whether because of a conspiracy theory involving his son or some sort of quid pro quo between Trump and the justice himself, so they believed it. Now comes the belated correction. There was no quid pro quo after all, just a list of "acceptable replacements" allegedly provided by Kennedy to Trump. ...
It all seems familiar to Charles Cooke:
Since Trump won the election, our national conversation has been marked by this approach: First, a "journalist" will present an exciting story as fact; then, to rile up the reader, they will inject some high-octane editorializing - perhaps an "in other words ..." or a "this is not normal" or an "in 2018!"; and, finally, they will present the real story - or, in this case, admit that they are relying on "one source" and don't actually "have any info" on whether it's true or not. And then they will sit back and watch the initial claim go viral, and, if they are called on it they will refer their critics to the caveat they added afterwards.
In any case, it's obviously BS ...
What really happened with Kennedy and Trump? In all probability Kennedy met with POTUS to tell him privately that he was preparing to retire and Trump asked him for recommendations on a replacement. Naturally Kennedy brought up Kavanaugh, a former clerk of his and "feeder judge" on the D.C. Circuit known for sending his own clerks on to work for various SCOTUS justices. And in fact that's essentially what happened, per Politico ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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