Like a new, September TV daytime soap opera, people are
tuning in to see the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. Trump and the republicans
thought this would be an easy appointment. But then a California psychologist
and professor named Christine Blasie Ford emerged on the scene with a claim that
Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago. At first, Dr. Ford
did not want to testify. It appears that she has decided to do her civic duty
and, against her own fear of flying and fear of the death-threats she has
received, she decided to tell her story before the Senate Committee and
everyone watching the national coverage.
And, good for her, because, unlike a television serial,
these hearings really are important.
I did see all of Christine Blasie Ford's testimony in which
she claims she was assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, and I happen to believe her. I
don't know that that matters, but I do. And I think a lot of others do, also.
Dr. Ford has not been caught in a single lie, but we know
that Kavanaugh has told at least one: that remark he make about Donald Trump's
having consulted with more people from more backgrounds than any other
president before choosing him as a candidate for the Supreme Court is a
complete fabrication. Kavanaugh's name came from a list submitted by right-wing
organizations, among them, the Federalist Society.
I do not think Kavanaugh should be appointed to the Supreme
Court, no matter what the FBI may or may not learn about his past. His rich
boy, prep school, presumption that he is deserving of the appointment, and his
whining over how his family has been destroyed over this, makes me sick.
I know that people who are accused of crimes are presumed
innocent until proved guilty, but he is not on trial for a crime here. These
supreme court hearings are a job interview, and he does not have a right to a
position on the Supreme Court. I believe he has totally disqualified himself,
based on his petulant grousing alone. Then there is his ranting about this
being the work of the Clintons and some kind of left-wing conspiracy? No way. It
looks like poor little rich boy Brett didn’t get the memo about the work of
judges taking place in a realm outside of politics. Or maybe he got the memo
and read it on a day when he had too many beers, and just blacked that out of
his mind.
Time to hit the old Eject button.This is not the behavior of
someone we want on the Supreme Court for the next several decades.
If you still fell sorry for Kavanaugh, I would not worry. He
will be fine. He can resume his position as a judge in whatever federal court
he now serves. Its time for Trump to move down to the next conservative
candidate on the list.
But, why is Trump so reluctant to give up on appointing Kavanaugh?
Maybe it is because Kavanaugh is the only candidate on the list who has made
statements to the effect that he feels sitting presidents should not be
indicted for crimes committed while in office. Funny thing how Kavanaugh won't
comment on so many other things – they are are "hypotheticals" in his
vernacular – but he has made this one opinion quite clear.
Maybe that is makes him the favorite of another entitled
prep school rich boy, Donald Trump. Just because Trump is absolutely
unqualified to hold the position now occupies does not mean that the country
needs to do it again with another very high office.
