Kavanaugh/Ford Hearing: Democrat Twofer — Destroying #MeToo whilst Shredding Due Process

After watching the entire Committee on the Judiciary’s Kavanaugh/Ford hearing I came to the conclusion that there were four losers:

  1. The reputation of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her family has been forever tarnished.
  2. The reputation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his family has been forever tarnished.
  3. The #MeToo movement and women in general have been discredited.
  4. The ideal of due process, innocent until proven guilty, is at risk if Judge Kavanaugh is not voted out of the Judiciary Committee and confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote.

Democrats won a twofer. They sold out the #MeToo movement while at the same time shredding due process under the law. Republicans won a twofer. They exposed the Democrat’s strategy to destroy the lives of two people in the name of political gamesmanship.

The Battle of the Year Books

 in a column titled “Thank You, Senate Democrats” wrote:

But once again, the Democrats stole defeat from the jaws of victory as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse broke one of the sacred rules of public interrogation, he asked questions of his witness to which he did not previously know the answer.  Whitehouse thought he would be cute and display a huge blowup of Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook page, and thinking that the cryptic entries dealt with sexual activity sought to pursue them.

What does “Renate alumnius” mean?

No, it did not mean that Kavanaugh had claimed to have sexual relations with Renata.  (Here’s where Kavanaugh could have said, “No, Senator, I have no control over what your perverted brain may be thinking, but this reference is not to sexual activity,” but he didn’t.)

What does “Ralph” in “Beach Week Ralph Club” mean, and doesn’t that mean that you were a problem drinker?

Senator, it means vomiting, and no, I was not a problem drinker.

And then Whitehouse tried to cross the bridge too far.

And what about the word “boofed”?

Senator, it means flatulence.  We were 16.  We thought it was funny.

Everyone laughed.  And all of a sudden, the absurdity of a Senator dissecting the senior page of a judicial nominee became painfully clear.  And the Democrats’ efforts at discrediting the nominee came to an end.

What was not brought up by Republican members of the Judiciary Committee, and rightly so, were entries from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s yearbook. In the Vox article “Christine Ford’s high school yearbooks reportedly reference drinking and sex. That’s irrelevant” Anna North wrote:

But the content of the yearbooks, at least as reported by RealClearInvestigations, has no bearing on whether Ford’s allegations are true. Among the reported revelations in the books are the following:

  • “a photo of an underage Ford attending at least one party, alongside a caption boasting of girls passing out from binge drinking”
  • references to “sexually promiscuous behavior” by girls at Holton-Arms, including with boys at Georgetown Prep
  • “beer bottles and beer cans and scenes of boys and girls drinking at parties”
  • “a photo of Ford and other girls at a Halloween party alongside a caption boasting of ‘pass[ing] out’ after playing ‘Quarters’ and other binge-drinking games”
  • “the young Holton coeds dressed as Playboy bunnies and posing seductively atop desks, school-uniform skirts hiked up”

While Democrats on the Judiciary Committee wanted to make the case that a single page in ONE high school year book from Brett Kavanaugh was relevant, Republicans showed great judgement by not bringing Dr. Ford’s high school year books up. While Judge Kavanaugh attended a Catholic prep-school it appears, using yearbooks from her time at Holton-Arms, that Dr. Ford’s prep-school was promoting binge drinking, passing out and promiscuity.

Win Kavanaugh and Republicans.

Demands for an FBI Investigation

The Democrats repeatedly requested that an FBI investigation be initiated into the allegations made by Dr. Ford and two other women. Judge Kavanaugh denied under oath all three allegations. As multiple members of the Judiciary pointed out an FBI investigation is not definitive. Multiple times Senators Grassley, Mike Lee and Sasse pointed out that the FBI does not reach conclusions when investigating sexual misconduct. It was also pointed out that under Maryland law their is no statute of limitations on sexual assault. Therefore each of the three accusers can, and should, go to the appropriate local law enforcement agency to have their claims investigated.

In the September 25, 2018 Real Clear Politics article titled “Biden in 1991: FBI “Do Not Reach Conclusions” When Investigating Sexual Misconduct” Ian Schwartz noted:

NTK NETWORK: Senate Democrats have been calling for the FBI to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, but video unearthed by NTK Network shows one of their own, then-Sen. Joe Biden, pushing back on the notion that an FBI investigation would reach any kind of conclusion. The remarks were made during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991.

Biden at the hearing:

“I said from the beginning, this is about whether or not sexual harassment occurred,” Biden said. “And lastly, Judge, with me, from the beginning and at this moment, until the end, the presumption is with you. Now we are going to hear more witnesses. They are going to come in and corroborate your position and hers. And we will find out whether they are telling the truth or not, as best as we are capable of doing, just like you as a judge are when you look them in the eye and make a judgment.”

“Judge, this is less directed at you than it is to my pontificating colleagues, Democrat and Republican alike, so, Judge, I have not made my judgment, based upon this proceeding, because we have not heard all the evidence,” Biden continued.

“The last thing I will point out, the next person who refers to an FBI report as being worth anything, obviously doesn’t understand anything. FBI explicitly does not, in this or any other case, reach a conclusion, period. Period,” Biden said. “The reason why we cannot rely on the FBI report [is] you would not like it if we did because it is inconclusive. They say, ‘He said, she said, and they said. Period.”

“So when people wave an FBI report before you, understand they do not, they do not reach conclusions,” Biden said.

Here is the video:

It is the role of the Judiciary Committee in a bipartisan effort to investigate allegations and draw conclusions based upon their findings.

Win Kavanaugh and Republicans.

Breaking the Trust of Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh

It was repeatedly stated by Dr. Ford that her letter to her Congresswoman which was provided to the ranking Minority member of the Judiciary Committee Senator Diane Feinstein, was to be kept confidential. It was stated by Senator Lindsey Graham that the letter was withheld from the committee until the 11th hour. Watch:

Win Kavanaugh and Republicans.

Bottom Line

After the full hearing on Thursday, September 28, 2018 before the Judiciary Committee the following things are clear:

  1. Dr. Ford believes that she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh.
  2. Brett Kavanaugh and three of the witness to the alleged assault of Dr. Ford, under threat of perjury, have stated that Judge Kavanaugh was not at the party that Dr. Ford attended.
  3. No further investigation is needed on the incident given the testimony of Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh. It is she said and they said.
  4.  Efforts to move away from the facts outline by Judge Kavanaugh’s opening statement and the opening statement and testimony of Dr. Ford are sufficient for members of the Judiciary Committee to fulfill its role of advice and consent under the U.S. Constitution.
  5. Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford are being used as part of a search and destroy operation crafted by the Democratic Party leadership and its key funders/supporters.

A vote on Judge Kavanaugh by the Judiciary Committee is appropriate and necessary to move the nomination to the floor of the U.S. Senate. A vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate is appropriate to move the the confirmation process forward.

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EDITORS NOTE: The featured image is by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash.

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