had a judicial philosophy that he seemed to do it here too, like justice thomas or justice scalia or justice alito. now with president trump poised to nominate what he has said he will do in the campaign, a strict originalist, to replace a very unproductive but kennedy, democrats are now sharpening their spears, just like they did back in 1987. let's go down memory lane. before reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court, he did tap somebody who was a judicial genius. he tapped a strict constitutional originalist. his name was george robert ford. hell-bent on preventing them from becoming a supreme court justice, senate democrats engaged in a disgusting smear campaign which culminated on the senate floor without white allies from senator ted kennedy. watch how low they can go. take a look. >> his america is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions, blacks