Deplorable

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:

Assume Christine Ford’s accusation against Brett Kavanaugh is true. 35 years ago, as a teenager, he did something stupid. What does that tell us about his present fitness to sit on the Supreme Court?
It shows a disturbing lack of mature judgment.  Duh, teenager.

It shows a troubling tendency toward offensive behavior fueled by alcohol and testosterone.  Duh, male teenager.

It shows a self-centered attitude, insensitive to the effect of his behavior on others around him, particularly people of the opposite sex.  Duh, every teenager.

Even if it’s true that teenaged Brett Kavanaugh went to a party, got drunk, and acted badly with a girl, what does that tell us about his present fitness to rule on the penumbra of rights emanating from the Constitution, the President’s power to enforce border security, or the standard of scrutiny to apply to Second Amendment claims and whether it’s different from First Amendment claims?

In other words, what difference, at this point, does it make?

Joe Doakes

And that’s even if Dr. Ford’s “recovered” recollections weren’t altered by later trauma or even therapy.

16 thoughts on “Deplorable

  1. It could be that if you voted for Trump, you’re pre-committed to the view that even confessed sexual assault should not disqualify a man from high office. If you have a teenage daughter, ask her what she thinks of such “offensive behavior.” It might be eye-opening.

  2. That’s playing a mug’s game, Emery. Candidate A is proposed, sterling credentials. No, he’s not perfect. Okay, then, Candidate B is proposed, sterling credentials. No, he’s not perfect, either. This game can continue indefinitely since there is no such thing as a perfect person so Democrats will never be satisfied with ANY candidate that Republicans propose.

    Democrats know the rule – elections have consequences – they insisted on it during the last administration. Now they’re desperate to run out the clock hoping this election will tip in their favor so they can assert the rule again.

    The facts of the allegation don’t matter for Democrats, just as the nominee’s writings didn’t matter and protestors in the Senate didn’t matter, those were merely the handiest sticks to beat him with. This game is straight-up hard-ball politics, playing every dirty trick in the book to keep a Liberal lock on the Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas and Robert Bork were warm-ups. This is the decisive game, for control of the majority, and Democrats know it.

    Republicans who play along with Democrat dirty tricks – I’m looking at you, Jeff Flake – should be drummed out of the party, their homes picketed, their future employers shamed, their tax returns audited. That’s how Democrats keep people in line. Those are the rules of the political game nowadays. Republicans need to start playing by the rules.

  3. you’re pre-committed to the view that even confessed sexual assault should not disqualify a man from high office – Emery

    Maybe the Senate Republicans can hire George Stephanopoulos and James Carville to smear Christine Ford, I hear they do excellent work.

    Oh heck, why not get Fusion GPS on the case?

  4. It shows that you shouldn’t appoint teenagers to the Supreme Court. I agree.

    Too bad that nominees have to be examined by a pack of elected teenagers in the process.

  5. It would be interesting to know why Trump did not pick the nominees recommended by McConnell (one a woman) who were shoo-ins. Why? Not fully known, but Trump certainly gave priority to concerns about Russia- Mueller probe and impeachment proceedings which weighed on his judgement, his own biases about the courts, and maybe lack of concern for track record with women, and sloppy vetting.

  6. the singular questions that no one yet is asking are:
    Ms Ford, you say this incident occurred at a party with underage drinking, how much did you have to drink?
    Ms Ford, had you been to other parties prior to this incident where you drank? How much?
    Ms Ford, during this period of your life did you have other occasions to drink illegally?
    Ms Ford, during that period in your life did you ever drink to the point where you suffered alcoholic amnesia? How often?

    Remember teenage girls are every bit as capable of engaging in bad behavior as teenage boys. Teenage girls are not all Victorian zombies passively wandering about waiting to be “victimized”.

  7. Dr. Ford: Were you under hypnosis when you imagined….err…. recalled your dalliance with Brett?

    Dr. Ford: Are you under hypnosis now?

  8. More important than what Kavanaugh actually did as a teenager is whether or not he is currently, as a grown man and a judge, lying about it. His current actions are what would make him unfit for the bench.

  9. More important than what Kavanaugh actually did as a teenager is whether or not he is currently, as a grown man and a judge, lying about it.

    “It depends upon what the meaning of the word is… is.”

  10. It could be that if you voted for Trump, you’re pre-committed to the view that even confessed sexual assault should not disqualify a man from high office. If you have a teenage daughter, ask her what she thinks of such “offensive behavior.” It might be eye-opening.

    I guess I missed the parts where either Trump or Kavanaugh confessed to sexual assault.

    But to grab some low hanging fruit:

    “It could be that if you voted for Trumpsupport Hakim X Ellison for AG, you’re pre-committed to the view that even confessed sexual assault repeated and alledgedly video taped domestic assault should not disqualify a man from high office. If you have a teenage daughter, ask her what she thinks of such “offensive behavior.” It might be eye-opening.”

    It most certainly might be.

  11. Lying about it would make him unfit for the job?

    I did not have sex with that woman.

    or

    Wiped? Like with a cloth or something?

  12. I note that any possible consequences of lying are not applied to Little Miss Victim, as a grown woman and a professor. And lefty activist.

  13. Mr. Spartacus-moment and his fellow revolting slaves were all upset that they were not given enough time to review all of the documents requested before voting on Judge Kavanawesome’s nomination. Yet DiFi didn’t release a very important document until the last moment. Pot meet Kettle.

  14. Regarding Emery’s first comment, it strikes me that I didn’t have the option of voting for a candidate who had a chance of winning who did not have a nasty history with regards to sexual assault.

    And my take regarding this whole debacle is that unless someone gets religion and admits something, it’s clearly in the bin of “insufficient evidence to indict.” I don’t need to prove either person is lying; it’s simply that you are extremely unlikely to find more evidence that will make this case clear. And if I’m wrong, I’m happy to have Kavanaugh’s nomination ended, or even have him removed from the court.

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