According to NBC
News Senate Republicans don’t yet have the votes to confirm Supreme
Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And they shouldn’t. This whole thing is a
no-brainer. And Kavanaugh is a sleazy scumbag who disrespects women.
If just one person was making the accusation their might be some doubt
as to whether or not Christine Blasey Ford is telling the truth or not. By now
some people have stepped forward to collaborate her story of being sexual
assaulted during their high school years. On top of that a
second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, has charged that Kavanaugh exposed
himself to her and shoved his penis in her face while they played a
drinking game in a dorm room along with other classmates at Yale University.
The first argument Kavanaugh and his supporters raised is that it was only high
school, many years ago. Now he is accused of bad behavior in his college years,
as a full adult.
This is not a trial to determine guilt or innocence. Kavanaugh is
trying to be the next US Supreme Court Judge. The question is “does he qualify
for that job?” That is a sensitive job and it affects a lot of people.
The Republicans have an agenda to put someone on the bench who can
overturn Roe v. Wade
and after that, make all abortions completely illegal. That goal is important
enough that they are doing anything they can to ram Kavanaugh through the
process before the next round of elections. If they can’t get him on the bench
before the elections they may lose some control of the Senate and that would make
it impossible to get someone as conservative as Kavanaugh on the court.
Leading the pack of die-hard Kavanaugh supporters is Republican Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell. From NBC News:
“McConnell has launched an aggressive public pressure campaign,
supporting Kavanaugh at nearly every turn, declaring a “smear campaign” against
him and saying the Senate will “plow right through” the confirmation process.”
President Donald Trump has the same attitude and that is not surprising
since he was exposed during his own election campaign as bragging that he can
grope women without permission because he is such a rich celebrity. We already
know that Trump is a sexist pig. Now other Republicans are willing to take the
chance that they will be perceived that way. And these are people who face
elections at some point in time. The sexist pig perception may turn a lot of
female voters away from voting for them.
Some Republicans may not vote for Kavanaugh. Susan Collins of Maine,
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jeff Flake of Arizona have been the most public
Republicans signaling indecision. Two of these are women. McConnell, Trump and Kavanaugh
appear to be a throw-back to the perception of “good ol’ boys” who feel that
boys will be boys. But women especially don’t like that attitude. And Flake may
actually have a conscience. He may actually care about doing the right thing
and what is fair for this country.
It is bad enough that the Republicans have found such a far-to-the-right-wing
prick for such an important job. There is nothing illegal about putting such a
right-wing person on the Supreme Court. But sexual assault is not legal. And
swinging a man’s penis in the face of a woman against her will is certainly not
the kind of behavior that we can or should tolerate from a Supreme Court
Justice.
Besides being a right-wing prick, Kavanaugh is a sexist pig and he does
not belong on the Supreme Court. This charade needs to end and Kavanaugh needs
to go.
Deborah Ramirez and Christine Blasey Ford both accuse Brett Kavanaug of sleazy behavior.
Picture of Ford by Fundraiser
for Ford Family by Team Chri.
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