Loading...
Title : Wow!
link : Wow!
Wow!
I just couldn't watch. I just couldn't watch Kavanaugh get the committee's approval. I just couldn't watch the talking heads on teevee say that the floor vote was done deal.So I left home and traveled all over town, listening to a goofy book on a non-political subject. Finally, as the sun loped toward the horizon, I called up my favorite news sites and...
WHAT...THE...HELL...!!
If I understand correctly, a gang of four swing votes in the Senate suddenly realized that they had power, and that they could force an FBI investigation. That investigation will take this political hot potato out of the Senate's hands. If the report says "He's dirty," the gang of four (and perhaps others) can offer a thumb's down without angering their base voters. "He's clean" can justify a thumb's up.
We cannot dismiss the possibility that Trump gave the signal that he was amenable to this move.
Why would Trump turn against Kavanaugh? Well, there is the obvious reason: Dr. Blasey Ford clearly told the truth, while Kavanaugh revealed himself to be an unendurable snot. He tried to do it Trump's way -- Attack! Rage! Conspiracy Theory! -- but he came across as an entitled, petulant frat boy. And to be honest, he also seemed drunk, literally drunk, right there in that chamber.
My suspicion: Behind the scenes, someone told Trump that Kavanaugh is guilty as hell, and not just in regards to Blasey Ford. The truth can't be hidden forever. "Mr. President, do you want to go down and history as the man who put a rapist on the Supreme Court?"
Thus:
President Donald Trump on Friday called Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee "compelling" and "credible," adding that he was not sure if Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court would "continue onward.""Really something I haven't seen before." Savor that wording.
Trump also said Ford, who alleges that she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh at a house when they were teenagers, was "certainly a very credible witness."
"I thought her testimony was very compelling and she looks like a very fine woman to me. A very fine woman," he said. "And I thought that Brett’s testimony likewise was, really something that I hadn’t seen before. Incredible. It was an incredible moment in the history of our country."
However, the president seemed less sure about the fate of his nominee, telling reporters, "I don’t know if this is going to continue onward or if we’re going to get a vote."
I'm reminded of an old Hollywood joke: Billy Wilder attended the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth. Wilder hated the film, but he didn't want to hurt DeMille's feelings. So when DeMille asked "How'd you like it?" Wilder answered: "C.B., no one can deny it -- you truly have made THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH."
So, it all comes down to whether the FBI can prove Kavanaugh a liar -- and the most direct way to do that will be to crack Mark Judge. Will Judge lie to the Bureau to protect his old college buddy?
I wouldn't.
There's also the Swetnick matter. Frankly, I think she's on the level, and that her story will soon seem very credible to many Americans who now consider it dubious.
I suspect that Ramirez is also telling the truth, but the insecurity of her memories on some points make hers the most problematic of the three claims
Kavanaugh is despicable. I came to that conclusion well before Blasey Ford's story was publicized. David Brock's behind-the-scenes portrait of the man was a powerful emetic. Kavanaugh's perjuries and hypocrisies were audacious and vile.
Bill Clinton was impeached on a single perjury charge that was far less important than were the lies about drinking that Kavanaugh told yesterday. Yet those fibs were labeled "white lies" on MSNBC. No, they were not. They were direct and damnably impudent falsehoods told under oath, told to Senators, told to the entire country, about important matters germane to Christine Blasey Ford's testimony. The lies about alcohol should suffice to insure that Kavanaugh loses his judgeship. Yet those falsehoods are hardly the most important ones in his ledger.
It is instructive to compare Kavanaugh to Clinton, who "lied like a gentleman" (as they used to say in the Victorian era) when asked about a sexual relationship which had absolutely nothing to do with the Paula Jones suit. Personally, what offended me was not that Clinton sidestepped the full truth, offering the legalistic rationale that fellatio was not "real" sex. What offended me was that fact a judge would permit a man to be grilled about his entire sexual history.
Bill Clinton was far more sinned against than sinning.
History will not say the same about Brett Kavanaugh. There have been some truly awful people on the Supreme Court in the past, but even the worst of them cannot compare to Kavanaugh. He epitomizes every over-privileged prick who ever made me want to grab a pipe wrench and play dentist.
Thus Article Wow!
That's an article Wow! This time, hopefully can give benefits to all of you. well, see you in posting other articles.
You are now reading the article Wow! with the link address https://wordcomes.blogspot.com/2018/09/wow.html
0 Response to "Wow!"
Post a Comment