It is hard to keep up with the allegations as the Democrats try to block the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. They made a mockery of the hearings, using innuendo and misleading if not false statements in their accusations against him during the questioning. They have tried to stir up fear that he will take away all important rights if he is a Justice. None of this seemed to work; the confirmation seemed to be certain, so what happens? They pull a 36 year old, completely unsubstantiated sexual allegation out of the hat. And, in this MeToo era we must indulge every possible statement by anyone. Soon I suspect others will have sudden “memories” as they jump on the bandwagon to smear the nominee with completely unprovable and unsubstantiated charges and no way for the accused to defend himself since the current view seems to be guilty until proven innocent – an impossibility with a fuzzy 36 year old allegation that essentially amounts to he said – she said with no witnesses to substantiate either side.
This should remind one of the Salem Witch trials, but it is the Desperation of the Democrats that leads the circus here. They lost the election. The president has appointed a conservative judge – one who will follow the Constitution and the law rather than go with and make popular policy of the day. That is, he will do what a Supreme Court Justice is supposed to do – apply and interpret the law, leaving law-making to the legislative branch. The Democrats cannot abide this rule of law, this basic Constitutional principle. They will only tolerate someone who will join them in their jihad against the president.
So, we have a woman come forward with some fuzzy recollection of a teenage party where some teenager that she now identifies as Kavanaugh made some sort of advance towards her. And, what happens? We indulge her. There is so much wrong with this; let me make just a few points:
First, this was a bunch of high school kids at a party in the early 80s. No one should be surprised that there might have been alcohol there and a boy might have tried to kiss a girl. What high school student has not been involved in a situation where things started to go too far? This is just part of growing up and learning one’s limits and values. If it was anything more than that then one would expect there would have been some contemporaneous reporting to someone.
Apparently the accuser first recalled this event during some sort of marital couples therapy in 2012. Now, it would seem that since she, her husband, and the therapist have all now agreed that she mentioned it then, that any therapist-client privilege has been waived. I would certainly like to see records from that therapy, especially the context in which the statement was made and what else she might recall. For example, was this alleged incident used to explain or excuse the problems in her marriage that had brought the couple to therapy? Or as an excuse for some other behavior of hers? What else did she recall about the incident? What else could she recall about that period of her life? Is her personality of the sort that would enjoy the attention from the reporting of such an incident or the power of having the ability to bring down someone important? (These are not “blame the victim” questions, but legitimate questions when one suddenly has a 36 year old recollection that has the potential to destroy someone else’s life.)
Beyond the specific allegation, I have a real problem with looking at someone’s high school record as if that somehow has some bearing on one’s ability 30 years into adulthood. We all know that teenagers do some stupid things. Some even do illegal things. Psychologists tell us their brains are not yet fully formed. For these reasons we have juvenile courts and juvenile sentences, most of which end when the child reaches adulthood. Juvenile records are frequently expunged in order to allow the juvenile a fresh start. And, yet, we are allowing one woman’s foggy recollection to destroy a life.
We have no idea what the accuser’s motive is in bringing this accusation now. What we do know is that it is unsubstantiated and that there is really no way for Kavanaugh to clear his name; even if the allegation does not keep him from the Court, he will always walk with this cloud over his head, this scarlet letter on his chest. He has been denied the due process that any criminal defendant receives; rather, he is tried in the court of public opinion fraught with hysteria churned up by Democrats and the media. He is guilty until proven innocent. This is not the way America should work.
When I was in grade school a classmate gave me a valentine every day for a couple of months, then kissed me twice when we were alone on the steps of our classroom. Today I guess we would call that stalking and sexual assault. Perhaps I should check to see if he is rich or famous or perhaps up for some important nomination. I know his name and actually have told many about it extemporaneously both at the time of the incidents and through the years. Just think, I could suddenly realize the trauma this caused me and come forward to ruin this man’s life while enjoying my 15 minutes of fame, maybe get a book deal, and help the cause so as to be today’s darling of the resistance.
This is really where we are. Anyone who does not speak out is complicit in the practice of doing whatever is necessary to destroy anyone who stands in the way of another’s goals. Complicit in using anything from any moment in one’s life, substantiated or not, to destroy another human being. In the days of Stalin, the Communists were famous for finding the most minor spot on the record of someone as an excuse to send them to the gulag for years. The current behavior of the Democrats would seem to be taking us in that direction.
The Desperate Democrats, still not able to accept the simple fact that their candidate lost the election for President, will do any and everything they can to make sure that their opponent does not succeed. They will not accept the Constitutional and Democratic process of our government. Like little children they want their way and they want it now and the American people be damned. They seem to fully believe that the end justifies the means. Their end is restoration of their power, and they will lie, cheat, use people, and destroy people in order to achieve that end. They have no regard for the Constitution or the rule of Law or Democracy. They just want their way and they want to impose it on everyone else; elections seem to mean nothing to them.
So back to the nomination. Every American citizen and anyone who cares about our Country and its form of government should be appalled by the Democrats' actions regarding the Kavanaugh hearing. They have already revealed their ignorance of the role of a judge in our 3-branch form of government. They have revealed that power for their Party is their primary if only goal. They have revealed that they cannot accept or tolerate views and policies that they do not approve. They have revealed that they are willing to deny to the people someone who will likely be one of the finest justices ever to sit on the Court simply as a way to “resist” a president they do not like. This “resistance,” with their regular disparaging of Trump supporters, reveals that they do not understand how our democracy works or that, if they do, they are willing to destroy it for their own power. Their encouragement of using unprovable and decades old allegations to destroy the reputation of a fine jurist reveals that they care nothing for the American people.
Someone needs to explain to the Democrats that this is not a game the goal of which is their power. This is about our Country and what is best for its people – all of its people, deplorables included. If we let the Democrats get away with their antics, if we let them stop a perfectly valid nomination, then we are empowering further their assault on our democracy and we are well on the way to losing America as we know it.
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