“Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh decided that to have any chance to reach the court, he would have to shed the pretense he was a fair-minded, calm, judicious thinker. He came out in the afternoon filled with venom, screaming at the committee,” as Jennifer Rubin writes in the Washington Post. “His life was being ruined, he claimed. This was a Clinton-like smear. His anger was both frightening and unexpected — if you thought he was that intellectual whom conservatives have swooned over. He yelled, and he cried. If you thought he was sincere, one could also appreciate how partisan and emotional he had become.
“The shouting didn’t end with his opening statement. He barked at the ranking Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Then the Republicans got into the screaming act, pushing their outside lawyer Rachel Mitchell aside in favor of histrionics from Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Tex.). If President Trump loved the nasty, male grievance game, the rest of us had reason to wonder if anyone of this temperament — Cornyn, Graham or Kavanaugh — should be in a position of power. If they were women, they would be called ‘hysterical.’
“Kavanaugh, as of this writing, made a couple major errors. First, he refused to call for an FBI investigation (even when Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois invited him to ask it of White House counsel Donald McGahn). When Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) questioned about his friend Mark Judge, Kavanaugh slipped and said ‘you’d have to ask [Judge],’ who of course the Republicans refuse to summon as a witness. The refusal to get the facts is both a telling admission of concern about what they would find and a violation the judicial goal of truth-seeking. It’s a political calculation, exactly what you don’t want to see from a judge.
“The worst moment was his confrontation with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) who questioned him about blackout drinking. She explained that she understood alcohol abuse because her father was an alcoholic. Have you ever blacked out? she asked. He sneered in response, ‘Have you?’ It was a moment of singular cruelty and disrespect. One saw a flash in the exchange with Klobuchar the same sense of entitlement, cruelty and lack of simple decency that Christine Blasey Ford allegedly experienced way back when, the memory seared in her brain of two obnoxious teens laughing at her ordeal.
“After the break, no doubt advised by a White House minder, he apologized. But the damage was done. The spontaneous reaction was the real one.”
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That was a jaw dropping moment alright.
However, even after his performance today, the vote will likely go forward and Brett Kavanaugh may very well end up with an appointment, for life, on our Supreme Court.
Sadly, I agree with Judith
This is tonight’s news: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault allegations
The snotty way he treated Ms Klobucher is a bigly red flag as to how he treats women. No way is he fair and balanced.
Well Trump went ahead and approved/ordered an FBI investigation into the charges brought against Kavanaugh; GOOD! First up should be Kavanaugh’s buddy Mark Judge, and he better not lie to the FBI, that is a big time crime.
The thing is if Kavanaugh goes down in flames, and this close to the election they may not have enough time to get one approved, and if Dems take control of the Senate, the Evangelicals are going to be pissed big time. GOOD!