Your own post listing the other examples showed than none of the nominations came within spitting distance of a national election; so each president was not treated as a lame duck with no political currency.
And as I pointed out to you the most recent example had Obama sending a nomination up in f'ing March of '16
Not even the courtesy of hearings were extended to a well regarded Federal judge.
Your 'both sides bullshit' fails on all counts, for all of the reasons above.