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| KAVANAUGH: Future high court justice? |
With Republicans in Congress controlling the
process for confirmation and President Donald Trump having nominated Kavanaugh
as part of a plan to reinforce his own image as being in control of federal
government, it seems like a futile gesture to expect anything to happen to stop
Kavanaugh from getting the post.
SO FOR THOSE people who are desperately hoping
all the tales we’ve been hearing about what a drunken oaf Kavanaugh was as a young
man (and one whose behavior toward women is despicable), I’d say, “Get a clue!”
Even with some Republican partisans on Friday
indicating they’d like to see the FBI do a cursory investigation (which is all
you’d get with a one-week delay), I suspect all they want is the appearance
that they contemplated objectors.
In the end, they’ll vote to confirm Kavanaugh
because they like the idea of a Supreme Court stacked in their favor – one that
would gladly strike down all the ideas (abortion, gay rights, etc.) they find
so morally reprehensible.
And all of those people wishing for something
to happen to halt Kavanaugh, they’ll gain stories to tell of the tacky and
irresponsible behavior by Congress that rivals the recklessness by which
Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the high court back in 1991 – despite the
tales of his own sexually-harassing behavior.
ALL OF THESE thoughts popped into my head Thursday
night when I heard someone who watched that day’s confirmation hearings claim
it didn’t matter what the U.S. Senate did – Kavanaugh was damaged goods.
He’d never be able to serve as a credible
justice on the high court. He might as well drop out to show some sense of
dignity.
To which I retort “Hah!”
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| TRUMP: Wants Kavanaugh 'win' badly |
I’m sure the thoughts going through the minds
of all the Kavanaugh backers is that Thomas got confirmed despite the trash
talk about himself, and he now has nearly three full decades of service as a
Supreme Court justice.
THEY’LL THINK THIS is something Kavanaugh can
overcome, and they’re likely to use the happenings of this week as further
evidence of how “out of touch” non-ideologue people truly are. Athough I see it
as evidence of how out-of-touch with reality ideologues are if they can find
anything acceptable with such conduct.
This really is going to become a hardline
partisan vote. Even if Republican legislators have concerns about Kavanaugh’s
character, they’ll see the opportunity to strengthen their hand for partisan
political control.
All that speculation about women being disrespected?
They probably agree with Trump, who earlier this week said he’s inclined to
believe Kavanaugh because he thinks women tend to exaggerate this kind of
stuff.
My own concerns got reinforced when I learned
of Joe Donnelly. He’s the senator from Indiana who, as a Democrat, managed to
win a seat held long-time by Republicans.
WHICH HAS REPUBLICAN operatives convinced that
defeating him is a priority. They want to “take back” what they think he stole
from them (although anybody who is serious realizes the Republican who Donnelly
defeated in 2012 lost because of his own political ineptitude and disrespect for the
female persuasion).
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| DONNELLY: Sticking by his party, not his state |
Yet even with Donnelly receiving intense
pressure to “go with the flow” and support Kavanaugh, he is saying he’s a “no”
vote. Perhaps he realizes that backing Brett won’t gain him any partisan
support – while costing him self-respect.
When it finally occurs, this is going to be a purely partisan vote. Republicans will prevail – they have the greater numbers
politically. Which means this will become yet another bit of evidence as to why
this Age of Trump we now live in is a reprehensible one.
And anybody who seriously thinks the Kavanaugh
confirmation vote can be deferred until after Election Day to be decided by a
Democratic-leaning Congress? That’s pure political fantasy, no matter how much many of us would desire it!
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