I spoke with the nominee during the weekend and we discussed both the current situation and the future, as well as some misunderstandings that may have arised thanks to how DFW chose to frame the matter – for that matter I must second Yankee and LT, his comments are downright unhelpful -, and then I gave this some serious thought as to what I should say or whether I should indeed reconsider my earlier comments on my office thread.
To go straight into the matter I maintain my recommendation that the Senate does not confirm the nominee.
I’d like to clarify this is not because of anger or out of a campaign of personal revenge. Bitter as experiencing that situation on election night was, after the conversation and after reflecting on my own frustrations I can certainly believe he did snap due to the unholy pressure of the game and thus did something distasteful that he normally would not do, and I can also agree with some of his colleagues when they argue that the nominee is a skilled player with great potential. And I certainly want to believe him in the sense that this will never happen again.
And yet it seems to me it’s just too soon and too early. Too early to judge how well the nominee can handle the pressure – and I’m sorry if this sounds disrespectful – of being part of the Game Engine and taking more and more responsibilities (assurances that a given party will keep him under control are not only silly, they’re actually demeaning to the nominee, the Game Engine and these hearings) without this situation or something similar taking place again, and of course, too soon considering just two months ago we were in a very serious and very dark situation, and one in which he did leave the game precisely because he had too many responsibilities.
Just as I wouldn’t want any player to snap due to the pressure I very much wouldn’t want anyone else to go through the experience I had to go through either, and it seems to me that time (a longer period of time) will serve as a better and more responsible judge than the Senate confirming in the blind.
