by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
As I was preparing to hit the hay last night stories were beginning to circulate on the internet alleging that Donald Trump was imposing restrictions on the newly announced FBI probe of the sexual abuse allegations that were mounting against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Those stories had a strong ring of truth if for no other reason than they fit with Trump's long-standing rage toward the FBI and the Mueller investigation. It sort of made sense that Donald John would try to hobble the work of the FBI, even though he, himself, had ordered the latest investigation of Kavanaugh.
NBC and the Wall Street Journal both reported that Trump was limiting which allegations the FBI could investigate, and that reports of Kavanaugh's youthful drinking was completely off limits - even though his immoderate use of alcohol seemed to be at the very core of all of the sexual abuse claims.
But like everything else associated with this rolling sideshow, those reports quickly changed. Sometime later in the evening, while I was sleeping peacefully, Trump issued a tweet saying that the FBI was free to investigate as they pleased and that the NBC story had been wrong. He apparently chose to cast no aspersions on the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper owned by Trump's occasional friend, Rupert Murdock.
The other thing of significance that occurred while I was sleeping was that Saturday Night Live launched its 44th season on NBC. As a veteran at-home viewer of the program, one who was on-hand to see the very first show back in 1974, I have a long standing affinity for SNL and their wonderful take-downs of the American gentry. But now, being 44 years older than I was back then - and requiring more sleep - and no longer willing to pay the cable/satellite monster so that it can pump the home shopping channels into my peaceful abode, if I catch SNL, it is through clips over the internet.
This morning I treated myself to watching the opening skit from last night's season premier of Saturday Night Live. The skit was the show's take on Kavanaugh's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week which immediately followed the testimony of Dr. Ford. Matt Damon was Brett Kavanaugh - boy, howdy, was Matt Damon ever Brett Kavanaugh! Damon was a very angry Kavanaugh who sneered and raged and promised retribution as he navigated the senators' questions, and then punctuated those anger outbursts with tearful spasms about how unfair the whole affair was to him.
Damon was funny, very damed funny, as he wound his way through the visible emotions and obvious flaws of a man whom the Republican Party feels possesses the intellect, character, and emotional stability to be a Supreme Court Justice. The people watching in the live studio audience obviously recognized his shortcomings, as did, I suspect, millions of Americans at home who were glued to their flat screens.
Brett Kavanaugh may yet take a seat on our nation's highest court, but if that happens his tenure will be impacted every day that he serves by America's lingering knowledge of his troubled and toxic youth, and every statement he makes and every decision he supports or rejects will be measured against the enraged individual who appeared before the Senate this week.
Given a preference, I suspect that more Americans would prefer to see Dr. Christine Blasey Ford sitting on the high court making decisions that will impact our county and its citizens for generations than they would Kavanaugh - an angry and repellant individual who takes no responsibility and shows no shame.
Matt Damon would also be preferable to Brett Kavanaugh. He, at least, was acting - while Kavanaugh was his own real deal - a very ugly deal!
America deserves better.
Citizen Journalist
As I was preparing to hit the hay last night stories were beginning to circulate on the internet alleging that Donald Trump was imposing restrictions on the newly announced FBI probe of the sexual abuse allegations that were mounting against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Those stories had a strong ring of truth if for no other reason than they fit with Trump's long-standing rage toward the FBI and the Mueller investigation. It sort of made sense that Donald John would try to hobble the work of the FBI, even though he, himself, had ordered the latest investigation of Kavanaugh.
NBC and the Wall Street Journal both reported that Trump was limiting which allegations the FBI could investigate, and that reports of Kavanaugh's youthful drinking was completely off limits - even though his immoderate use of alcohol seemed to be at the very core of all of the sexual abuse claims.
But like everything else associated with this rolling sideshow, those reports quickly changed. Sometime later in the evening, while I was sleeping peacefully, Trump issued a tweet saying that the FBI was free to investigate as they pleased and that the NBC story had been wrong. He apparently chose to cast no aspersions on the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper owned by Trump's occasional friend, Rupert Murdock.
The other thing of significance that occurred while I was sleeping was that Saturday Night Live launched its 44th season on NBC. As a veteran at-home viewer of the program, one who was on-hand to see the very first show back in 1974, I have a long standing affinity for SNL and their wonderful take-downs of the American gentry. But now, being 44 years older than I was back then - and requiring more sleep - and no longer willing to pay the cable/satellite monster so that it can pump the home shopping channels into my peaceful abode, if I catch SNL, it is through clips over the internet.
This morning I treated myself to watching the opening skit from last night's season premier of Saturday Night Live. The skit was the show's take on Kavanaugh's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week which immediately followed the testimony of Dr. Ford. Matt Damon was Brett Kavanaugh - boy, howdy, was Matt Damon ever Brett Kavanaugh! Damon was a very angry Kavanaugh who sneered and raged and promised retribution as he navigated the senators' questions, and then punctuated those anger outbursts with tearful spasms about how unfair the whole affair was to him.
Damon was funny, very damed funny, as he wound his way through the visible emotions and obvious flaws of a man whom the Republican Party feels possesses the intellect, character, and emotional stability to be a Supreme Court Justice. The people watching in the live studio audience obviously recognized his shortcomings, as did, I suspect, millions of Americans at home who were glued to their flat screens.
Brett Kavanaugh may yet take a seat on our nation's highest court, but if that happens his tenure will be impacted every day that he serves by America's lingering knowledge of his troubled and toxic youth, and every statement he makes and every decision he supports or rejects will be measured against the enraged individual who appeared before the Senate this week.
Given a preference, I suspect that more Americans would prefer to see Dr. Christine Blasey Ford sitting on the high court making decisions that will impact our county and its citizens for generations than they would Kavanaugh - an angry and repellant individual who takes no responsibility and shows no shame.
Matt Damon would also be preferable to Brett Kavanaugh. He, at least, was acting - while Kavanaugh was his own real deal - a very ugly deal!
America deserves better.
1 comment:
If Kavanaugh is confirmed he will be impeached, removed from office, and disbarred. If Kavanaugh is not confirmed he will be impeached, removed from office, and disbarred. Lying under oath is not tolerated from either attorneys nor jurists. Kavanaugh lied through the nominating process for his current position. He specifically lied about not knowing anything about materials stolen from Senate Democrats that were in his possession and use as he worked in the Bush White House. Email has brought that lie to light. Read that judicial ethics complaint at https://dworkinreport.com/2018/09/07/this-is-why-we-just-filed-a-criminal-complaint-against-brett-kavanaugh/.
This one lie is sufficient to impeach, remove, and disbar Kavanaugh. The mountain of lies adduced at this latest hearing are cumulative evidence of his unfitness to be a judge.
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