This isn't a matter of "trust."
This isn't an FDA commissioner, or a Surgeon General, or even the head of the DOJ.
This is the single greatest, most solemn responsibility entrusted to the chief executive, short of executing his role as Commander in Chief.
We're being asked to take a leap of faith...with an associate justice of the Supreme Court!
This is an institution that-after many years of aggrandizing its Constitutionally-enumerated prerogatives-has become the single most important, decisive branch of the federal government.
This is an individual who, if confirmed, will serve-barring any unforeseen debilities or catastrophic personal issues-for the next two decades.
The rest of her natural life!!
You're asking us to invest our hope in an unknown quantity, who will be stepping into one of the most vital functions of our federal government, and who will be assuming heretofore unimaginable professional responsibilities.
This is a risk that shouldn't have ever been asked of us.
No one is forcing you to do anything. If you are dead set against the nomination, pick up the phone, call your senators and let them know. Write letters to members of the Judiciary Committee. Make your voice heard.
You're asking us to invest our hope in an unknown quantity
I am not asking you to do anything. The President nominated. The senate will advise and probably consent. You can make your voice heard where it might have some effect, or you can sit around here caterwauling with the rest of the herd. Your choice.
You voted for him three times?