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| Victor Davis Hanson: Fallout from the Kavanaugh Hearings: A Permanent Cloud? |
| 2018-10-03 |
| [National Review] Conventional wisdom suggests that, if confirmed, Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh forever will be "smeared" and stained by past frenzied unfounded allegations of sexual assault. Yet the opposite just as well may be true. As a Supreme Court justice, Kavanaugh would have withstood every imaginable smear and slander and yet stayed defiant in defending his character and past, proof of both his determination and principles. His near-solitary rebuttal to his Senate accusers may suggest that Kavanaugh could prove to be among the most fearless justices on the Court. Indeed, the only lasting effect, if any, of the serial smears lodged against him might be that in the future, as in the case of Justice Thomas, Kavanaugh would be essentially immune from progressive media attacks. What he went through likely has inoculated him from the Georgetown-party-circuit syndrome of conservative Supreme Court judges’ eventually becoming more liberal by the insidious socialization within the larger D.C. progressive media, political, and cultural landscape. Incidentally, contrary to popular opinion, Clarence Thomas hardly remains under a permanent cloud after his ordeal. What stopped further Robert Borking for a while was the resistance and pushback of Clarence Thomas. Far from being ruined by unproven charges, he resisted the mob, got confirmed, and thereby established a precedent that innuendo, ipso facto, would not derail a nominee. For three decades, Thomas has not been regarded as suspect by most Americans but is seen as inspirational for his courage in facing down character assassination. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 The most successful lie ever was the Democrats convincing blacks about the great switch. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-10-03 11:24 |
| #5 My family and all of my uncles aunts and cousins were yellow dog Democrats. When I figured out that all of the sheriffs, mayors and governors standing on the steps of schools denying education to blacks, turning fire hoses on them, and unleashing police dogs, I gave pause to being a yellow dog. When I found out that the KKK worked hand in glove with southern Democrats to bomb churches, kill freedom riders, and filibuster the Civil Rights Act, I decided enough was enough. You can go back into the days of the Reconstruction after the Civil War and see how Democrats voted unanimously against any legislation giving rights to the freed slaves. How on early can they twist that. AND oh by the way, all of those welfare rules were designed to keep people dependent. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-10-03 10:37 |
| #4 When Amy Coney Barrett is nominated to fill the late RBG's seat, they have already shot their wad and she should be rammed through |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-03 07:59 |
| #3 A Permanent Cloud? The Constitution has been moved to the fiction section of the library by the Progressives and you have concerns about a 'cloud'? What are the priests going to divine today from their examination of entrails? |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-10-03 07:50 |
| #2 Christine is a puppet. It is the democratic Party that should be remembered. They are the ones who seek to smear a good man who bravely did not back down or waver. It is the democratic that have no principles and advocate Progressive morals and ethics. Remember , and keep remembering. Democrats are trash. Democrats stand for garbage. If you are a Vet, it is the Democrats who spit on you. Remember them. Remember what Progressive means. It means un -American. |
| Posted by: Jumbo Threresing3407 2018-10-03 04:46 |
| #1 Regardless, I still want to see Christine Blasey Ford as target of every legal harassment possible. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-10-03 02:42 |