Kavanaugh

 "Dammit, I'm mad" is a palindrome, and it's where I am.  The Democrats tried to steal my country with dirty tricks, and I feel just like I felt after 9/11.

 

They announced before Trump made his nomination that they were opposed to whoever it would be. Then when Trump filled in the blank with Bret Kavanaugh they had a name to hate. In fact, Kavanaugh is a moderate conservative with a wonderful judicial record. He was probably the best the Democrats could get, not like Judge Amy, for instance. The Democrats delayed as much as possible, wanting more and more documents, and making ridiculous complaints, but that was all to be expected and just part of the game. Even the protestors (many paid by George Soros) were expectable. 

 

But Dianne Feinstein then pulled a rabbit out of her hat. She had been sitting on an 37-year-old allegation of sexual abuse for two and a half months. She didn't ask Kavanaugh about it when she interviewed him. She did, however, fund a lawyer for Dr. Ford, and set up a whole legal case before she dropped the bombshell.

 

I imagine they thought that the Republicans would fold, as they usually do, and withdraw the nomination. But surprise, Kavanaugh categorically denied the allegation, and the Pres. and the 'Pubs held firm. But what really makes me angry is how many people simply swallowed the accusation as a fact, started calling Kavenaugh a sexual predator, maybe he shouldn't coach his kids, he should lose his job, etc. etc. All this on the basis of a very vague "memory" from 36 or -7 years ago. No idea where, no idea when, but definite on who.  

 

I believe something happened to Dr. Ford.  I think she had more than the one beer she admits to and was in a bit of a drunken fog.  (I believed her more before her lawyer tried witness tampering with a "witness" she named.) However, nobody else remembers anything then, and the people she named all contradicted her testimony. She didn't remember "when" or "where" or, more recently, when she turned documents over, but she is clear on "who?" No.  It doesn't fit the rest of his life. 

 

So, the Democrats were willing to throw out "innocent till proven guilty" and any fair treatment because some women have been abused. They were happy to destroy a family and ruin Dr. Ford's life, all for political gain.A couple of other accusations piled on, but they were pretty dubious.  The whole witch hunt became so very ugly. I think the low point for me was a *United States Senator* quizzing Kavanaugh about fart jokes in a high school yearbook. I was appalled, though I do admit Trump is also vulgar. This whole thing was such a low blow to our democracy. I'm glad the Senators held firm, because the kind of country the Democrats want, one similar to the Salem Witch Trials or the USSR, is not the country I want to live in. 

 

My hope is that this means more of a red wave in November.  Punish them. Teach them, at least for a few years, that fairness is still an American value.