The reasons for the GOPenis Senators' votes for Kavenaugh comes down to just one:

[Stinky The Clown]

It has nothing to do with Dr. Ford, and honestly, not with Brett Kavanaugh the man.

It has nothing to do with truth or personal stories or even gender. It was solely about political control. He could have been Dexter, covered in blood and fresh from a kill room. He could have been Ghengis Kahn fresh from a human slaughter. None of that would matter. It is ALL about that fifth conservative seat. It is ALL about paying the dividend to the shadowy right wing financiers of the GOPenis.

No honor.

Just a political cancer.

[ProudLib72]

1. It's all about loyalty to the Rump

And scratching his back when the time comes.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Exactly right Stinky.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. What a sorry state of affairs we are in now.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Still can't believe how we got here.

[question everything]

4. Right. Even if they will lose the Senate for that, having the fifth judge is most important

(we can always hope that his temper will result in a stroke..)

[KT2000]

6. No - assaulting women does not matter

to them. That was the obstacle they walked right over.
Of course they want power to hand this country over to the oligarchs.

[emulatorloo]

7. His sole purpose on the Supreme Court is to assert Trump is above the law.

There were other conservatives on the short list.

[bluestarone]

12. THIS 100%

NO DOUBT IN MY MIND!!!!!!!!

[JI7]

8. if it was that simple they could just nominate someone else without the controversy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. show of power?

The whole process seems like a show put on for at least 2 of the extremists groups in their coalition: evangelicals and supremacists.

If it _is_ about power (or the appearance of power), then suggesting they nominate someone else may be akin to suggesting a would-be rapist simply hire a prostitute.

It hurts my head trying to figure GOP motives.

[Amaryllis]

10. It's more than that; it's protecting themselves from corruption charges and all that comes with

that. They desperately need Kavanaugh on SCOTUS to protect themselves since so many of them are complicit in so much corruption, not the lease of whicfh is the attack on the election, Russian colllusion, etc. And potential blackmail fodder from Russian hacking. They didnt just hack Dems.

And now there is the info about the upcoming SCOTUS case Gamble v. United States. "Gamble v. United States. isn’t related to the Russia investigation. But the outcome—which one senior Republican senator has tried to influence—could still have consequences for the probe."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/trump-pardon-orrin-hatch-supreme-court/571285/

[Liberal In Texas]

11. I'll give you a rec on that. n/t