https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/why-the-brett-kavanaugh-smear.php
Why the Brett Kavanaugh Smear?
One question I have pondered over the last few weeks is, why are the Democrats so determined to block Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court? Realistically, he is the most moderate nominee they are likely to see from the Trump administration. If his nomination fails, the president will most likely appoint Amy Barrett, who is secure against #MeToo allegations and is both more conservative and younger than Kavanaugh. So what is the point?
To some extent, the Democrats’ bizarre smear campaign against Kavanaugh is explicable on short-term political grounds. The Democrats’ crazed base demands that they #Resist, so resist they will, whether it does any good or not. But I think there is something deeper and more sinister at work.
Brett Kavanaugh enjoys one of the most spotless reputations of anyone in American public life. He has been enthusiastically endorsed by those who have known him all his life–by girls he knew in high school and college, by judges he has served with, by professors and students and Harvard and Yale law schools, by judges who have worked with him, by his judicial clerks–most of whom have been women–by the American Bar Association, by sitting Supreme Court justices. In short, everyone who has ever known or dealt with Brett Kavanaugh endorses him.
I think that Judge Kavanaugh’s pristine reputation is one reason why the Democrats have unleashed against him a smear campaign unparalleled in American history. This is the message they are trying to send: If we can do this to the Boy Scout Brett Kavanaugh, we can do it to anyone. Are you thinking of serving in a Republican administration? Or accepting an appointment to the federal judiciary from a Republican president? Think twice, and then think again.
Because our smear machine will reach back to middle school if necessary. If we can’t find any dirt on you, we will manufacture some. There is no depth to which we will not stoop, and your honesty, integrity and spotless reputation are no match for our control over the media and our determination to dredge up ridiculous allegations against anyone who stands in our way.
Really, the more ridiculous the better. If we can accuse Brett Kavanaugh, one of the most respected lawyers and judges in America, of gang rape, we can accuse anyone of anything! And our insane accusations will dominate the news.
That is the Democratic Party’s message. And we have learned from the Christine Ford fiasco that accusations don’t require corroborating evidence. A single wacky, false allegation will negate decades of hard work on behalf of the American people.
By smearing the ultimate Boy Scout, the Democrats signal that they are determined to go lower than anyone has ever gone in American history. They intend to deter normal people from serving in Republican administrations, or accepting appointments from Republican presidents, or, ultimately, from identifying themselves with the Republican party. Given that strategy, the fact that they are smearing a man of obviously sterling character on absurdly flimsy grounds is not a bug, it is a feature. The fact that the Democrats’ smears are so patently false is ultimately their main point.
The Democrats are telling us: Republicans, beware–if this can happen to Brett Kavanaugh, it can happen to anyone. You’d better go quietly and cede power to us.
Imho the congressional committee rules need to be revised and strengthened with regard to due process, which needs to include a right to a speedy hearing by any nominee to any position being considered by any committee. Otherwise congress is open to alinsky style attacks (using the system against itself). Criminal allegations should be referred first to the respective jurisdictional authorities before any allegations are considered by congress.
EVERYONE:
Senator Klobuchar (D): “There’s nothing wrong with drinking beer at 6:00 am in the morning for breakfast.”
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https://twitter.com/RealMAGASteve/status/1045905563505360897
Wonderfully thought out and written. I so agree.
The nub of it. I think you're right.
And that, THAT is why this attempt needs to be taken down. This whole charade needs to be pursued with every available legal and civil tool to punish the perpetrators so badly that nobody will every want to try this trick again.
I said perpetratorS because all involved need to be taken down - not just that Edsel lady, but DiFi and the rest of the circle of collusion.
Excellent link. Thank you Mairdie. For anyone who missed the link, https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/why-the-brett-kavanaugh-smear.php
Financed by S0r0s, Stəyer, et al. Here in Orange County, Fla we have a state prosecutor whose campaign was financed by S0r0s... forced her opponent to withdraw. As soon as she took office she declared that there would be no death-penalty prosecutions. Gov. Scott had to override her authority on a cop-killer case.
This is just a tiny shadow of what we are up against. There are shouts that we cannot remove a duly elected official, and I keep messaging that she ran unopposed... I wrote in a name on the ballot, so as far as I know she only needed two votes to get elected... without me perhaps only her own vote to get elected.
That is NOT a popularly elected official!
Mairdie
Love your line...it’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
Don’t look now but your inner techie is showing. Lol
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