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| 5 Takeaways From The Circus Democrats Made Of Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS Hearing |
| 2018-09-06 |
| [The Federalist] After a summer of anticipation and agitation, the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began yesterday. As has been typical for the last several decades, this Supreme Court hearing was even more rancorous than the last. Here’s what we learned from the first day’s events. 1. Protesters Are Clueless Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley called the meeting to order in the morning, but had hardly begun when loyal members of the Trump resistance showed that, as usual, they have no idea of how to behave in public. Reenacting the customs of social media in real life, they screamed, yelled, and stomped their feet even before Grassley and the other senators had a chance to say anything to which they might object. Their quickness to act gave the game away: these protestors did not object to the content of the hearings, but to the hearings themselves. It is unclear what they hoped to accomplish, but that is not unheard of among protesters, right or left. Since the 2016 election, opponents of the president and his agenda have excelled at making loud noises and wearing silly costumes, yet once the cosplay elements are stripped away, the concrete steps they demand are maddeningly unclear. Their agitprop, while no doubt gratifying to themselves, will never convert an opponent and might only repel an undecided observer. Perhaps it is just a sign of the times. For all of the complaints about President Trump’s lack of decorum, the average denizen of the far left has always been less decorous than his counterpart on the right. Should we now expect the loutish manners of social media to bleed into all areas of civic life? Things may well get worse in this regard before they get better. In any case, about two dozen protesters made enough sound and fury to get themselves removed and arrested. The atmosphere got so heated that Kavanaugh’s children had to be escorted out of the room. Four additional 'takeaways' follow: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Think 'Overton Window' - each seemingly extreme action shifts the boundary of acceptable action in that direction. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-09-06 13:38 |
| #5 Protesters Are Clueless I'd say they were paid. They all had similar statements. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-09-06 13:11 |
| #4 I think it's just racism - they object to Kavanaugh because he's Irish. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-06 11:48 |
| #3 IMO, these Donk-arranged stunts will backfire on them. These stunts are so 1960s radical left. They have become trite, hackneyed, and worn-thin. They do little to change minds and end up just being annoying. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-09-06 11:33 |
| #2 "His fellow Democrat Dick Durbin, somewhat ungraciously, then praised the protestors Thereby proving Satan can allude to scripture. |
| Posted by: Uneager Omeregum4162 2018-09-06 08:35 |
| #1 Spare the rod and spoil the child. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-06 02:52 |