Posted on 09/18/2018 1:30:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Judge Robert Bork used to tell a prescient and darkly humorous story about watching Clarence Thomas’s Senate confirmation hearings - etched in pre-hashtag history as the “Thomas–Hill hearings,” in homage to Anita Hill’s role as the Left’s heroic accuser.
At the time, Thomas was a judge of the same eminent D.C. Circuit federal appeals court on which Bork had served. As he viewed Thomas’s “high-tech lynching” in horror, Bork recalled, a friend of his, the iconic Irving Kristol, approached and asked him what was happening.
“The end of civilization,” the judge sadly quipped.
“Of course it is,” Kristol deadpanned. “But it’ll take a long time. Meanwhile, it’s still possible to live well.”
Now, with Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, we appear to have reached the metaphorical end of civilization that Bork foresaw: when Republicans are disqualified based on unprosecuted, unprovable, and largely unremembered misconduct that allegedly occurred when they were in high school.
If Democrats get away with what they are trying to do to Kavanaugh, the only decent people in politics will be decent progressives; people who reflect the broader range of opinion and civility in the country will not participate in or pay much mind to our politics because it is too savage. The cut-throat operators who do not believe in the Constitution, pluralism, and civility will be running the country, until they inevitably push too far and provoke ugly pushback.
That’s what our politics is supposed to prevent. But you can’t go on forever under circumstances in which only one side of our politics gets the benefit of decorum and the presumption of good faith and rectitude. We can’t continually have judicial nominees - and everyone else - treated under different sets of rules depending on whether they’re Democrats or Republicans.
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“until they inevitably push too far and provoke ugly pushback”
- Mueller’s coup
- Feinstein kneecapping Kavanaugh hearing
Pretty much enough now
“Of course it is,” Kristol deadpanned. “But it’ll take a long time. Meanwhile, it’s still possible to live well.”
Neoconservatism in less than 20 words.
She's just looking for an out!
And no, she doesn't want to "testify" to any FBI agent!
” Young people speaking their minds ( build the wall!) getting so much RESISTANCE from behind, I think it’s time we stop children what’s that sound everybody look what’s Goin Down” ( Trump is trying saving the country!!)
Whether we can have or can't have, that's what we're going to have.
Sounds like stalling to me.
She and her lawyer are disgusting!
Where was that announced? Haven’t seen that reported anywhere yet.
Sounds like stalling to me.
And if they don't come up with evidence that he's guilty, they're engaging in a cover-up.
He didn't say where he got it from; just said: "it has just been announced".
That's all I know; sorry.
Ok, thanks. If Hannity is right, then this is going to get even more interesting pretty quickly.
Don’t forget how the Left relentlessly attacked Sarah Palin, and her family. That was another ugly era of political blood sport by Democrats.
BINGO!!! NO DECENT PERSON will want to go into Government!!!
Democrats are VILE, EVIL, DISGUSTING creatures and they don’t care WHO they DESTROY, as long as it’s a Republican!!
SHUN. DEMOCRATS!!!
Her invitation was a yes or no - not delay this until after the mid-terms. Seems like her answer is no. Then the R’s should vote next week and pass this to the Senate noting that the accuser wouldn’t testify. For that matter, a Committee vote isn’t even required. The Constitution only requires the Senate to advise and consent. The R’s should vote to confirm.
She’s just looking for an out!
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Of course she is. The pressure on her during testimony would be enormous. I bet she never appears before the committee and winds up just submitting a written testimony.
Kavanaugh will stand tall and she will look small.
SPOT ON ! :-)
Thanks for the info. She’s trying to find a way to exit the mess she created without her credibility being totally destroyed.
Civilization died the day the ink dried on Alinsky’s manuscript IMHO.
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