Yesterday I put up a short clip of Clarence Thomas excoriating the Senate Democrats at his 1991 hearing. I want to highlight it now: Thomas speaks with great eloquence, but it’s his affect that is especially arresting. You can feel … Continue reading →
The answer might seem obvious, but I think it’s more complicated than most people might think. Let’s leave out accusers who are telling the truth. I’m interested in the ones who are not. They can have multiple motives, too. This … Continue reading →
Just now I read that Brett Kavanaugh had issued a statement about the new accusations and the fact that he plans to fight them. I wanted to look at his exact words, so I Googled “Brett Kavanaugh statement” and then … Continue reading →
The news is coming from all angles today. There’s a report that Rod Rosenstein is on the way out: Axios has reported that “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of … Continue reading →
This evening I wrote a post about the second Kavanaugh accuser. I want to add a few more thoughts, but I decided to use a separate post. Not only was it inevitable that the left would find someone else to … Continue reading →
Everyone has been expecting this. And there may be a third and a fourth, but they will be revealed one by one, in single file, with timing exquisitely calibrated in order to drag the entire thing out. There will be … Continue reading →
Here’s the latest: NEW: Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers say she accepts the Judiciary Committee’s invitation to testify next week, requests further negotiations over details of hearing: pic.twitter.com/FomW2BssGr — Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 22, 2018 Note the same old passive-aggressive snark … Continue reading →
[Scroll down to see UPDATES below] Excerpt from Ford’s lawyer’s letter in response to Grassley’s deadline of 10 PM this evening [and this is not The Onion]: …The imposition of aggressive and artificial deadlines regarding the date and conditions of … Continue reading →
This writer says Feinstein got exactly what she wanted out of the Ford accusation against Kavanaugh: propaganda points for the 2018 election. I tend to be pessimistic as a rule in politics. But I wonder. I don’t see it quite … Continue reading →
For the “believe the women; Kavanaugh is guilty as the day is long” crowd on the left, there remain the inconvenient accusers. These accusers are female, too, like Kavanaugh’s. In nearly all instances, their stories of sexual wrongdoing on the … Continue reading →
If Kavanaugh and Ford is the second act, Thomas and Hill was the first. Please don’t quibble with me. I know that Bork preceded that. But I’m talking about sexual allegations mounted against a SCOTUS nominee after the initial hearings, … Continue reading →
Ford’s position conforms quite nicely with the Democratic strategy of “we need to postpone the vote on Kavanaugh till something happens—like maybe a new Senate is elected that is Democratic, or enough Republican senators bow to the pressure and refuse … Continue reading →