Brett Kavenaugh Supreme Court Nomination
Sadly, whether he did it or not We the People decided long ago that such behavior is not a disqualifier to serve in public office. From the election of Trump to the continued support for Bill Clinton, both sides are hypocritical in their feigned and politically driven outrage.
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Brett Kavenaugh Supreme Court Nomination
Congratulations, Sen. Feinstein: You've managed to make our politics even uglier
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The only thing I am sure of now is that Sen. Dianne Feinstein has behaved outrageously. Because no matter what you choose to believe, she waited too long to reveal the accusation.
Feinstein knew about these allegations in July. She made no attempt to ask Kavanaugh about them, even in closed session. If she believed the allegations were true or credible, she should have acted on them. If she didn’t — as has been reported — going public as a desperate ploy to derail or delay his confirmation is an act of grotesque cynicism, particularly when she had no idea whether Kavanaugh’s accuser would come forward.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...mpression=true
Brett Kavenaugh Supreme Court Nomination
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Irving Washington
Not yet.
How would you question a witness like her? She will be prepared by some of the best legal minds on the left. In a different setting it would be easy: She will be talking about events that allegedly occurred 35 years ago. There are no eyewitnesses except the other two individuals allegedly involved, and both claim nothing of the kind ever happened. She never said anything about the event until 30 years later, when Kavanaugh was already in the public eye. I read somewhere that the therapist‘s written notes about that late disclosure are somewhat ambiguous. I also read that the witness is a Democrat activist. She wanted to be anonymous, but did not really act like a person who wanted anonymity. A recent refusal to testify this coming Monday has the effect of delaying the proceedings, which happens to align with the Democrats’ goals. So a competent questioner could have a field day with all those weaknesses in her story.
And yet we are in the me-too era. Any aggressive questioning, or even gentle, but probing questioning, will be portrayed as anti-woman. The Democrats will have a field day with that, with the enthusiastic support of most of the major news media.
The above are many reasons why this is such a cunning political move by the Democrats. Depressingly cynical too. Not to mention vicious and malicious in its effect on a man who appears, regardless of what he did when he was 17, to have lived a very good, positive and productive life.