Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Have It Both Ways (anger at being lied about is soooo partisan)

Pollutico ^ | October 06, 2018 | ROBERT POST

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Brett Kavanaugh and I differ on most fundamental questions of constitutional law. Nevertheless, as a former dean of the institution where he received his law degree, I have withheld comment on the merits of his appointment. I am proud of the rich diversity of views that Yale Law School has produced.

Over the past decade, Kavanaugh has been a casual acquaintance. He seemed a gentle, quiet, reserved man, always solicitous of the dignity of his position as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It was therefore with something approaching unbelief that I heard his speech after Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony.

With calculation and skill, Kavanaugh stoked the fires of partisan rage and male entitlement. He had apparently concluded that the only way he could rally Republican support only by painting himself as the victim of a political hit job. He therefore offered a witches’ brew of vicious unfounded charges, alleging that Democratic members of the Senate Judicial Committee were pursuing a vendetta on behalf of the Clintons. If we expect judges to reach conclusions based solely on reliable evidence, Kavanaugh’s savage and bitter attack demonstrated exactly the opposite sensibility.

I was shell-shocked. This was not the Brett Kavanaugh I thought I knew. Having come so close to confirmation, Kavanaugh apparently cared more about his promotion than about preserving the dignity of the Supreme Court to which he aspired to join. Even if he sought to defend his honor as a husband and father, his unbalanced rantings about political persecution were so utterly inconsistent with the dispassionate temperament we expect from judges that one had to conclude that he had chosen ambition over professionalism.

[2banana]

Democrats are delusional...

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“With calculation and skill, Kavanaugh stoked the fires of partisan rage and male entitlement”

[dirtboy]

Yeah, like I care what an idiot who writes this says:

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/10/25/16526442/first-amendment-college-campuses-milo-spencer-protests

[mason-dixon]

That Old Yale Gang of Mine(NOT!)

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

What a steaming pile. Leftards spew countless loads of vile b.s. at Judge Kavanaugh, and then want to complain that his self-defense statement was too “partisan”.... it is this #FakeNews law school professor and former Yale Law School dean who is defending the most brazenly partisan confirmation onslaught we have ever seen.

[JimRed]

I am proud of the rich diversity of views that Yale Law School has produced.

Only the Constitution matters; "views" are immaterial.

[Lent]

“I was shell-shocked.

No you weren’t. You’re a partisan shill, who, if accused with attempted rape would scream like a banshee if accused in like manner.

[Shadow44]

What is Kavanaugh’s problem? Why is he so mad about being slandered for the entire world to see, have his family and livelihood threatened, and harassed with facing trumped up charges from an event that never happened almost 40 years ago? /s

[I want the USA back]

This man is dangerously insane and needs to be in a place where he can not hurt himself.

[Bookshelf]

At what age does one cease to be a snowflake? In the three hundred year history of Yale, has there ever been a professor so craven?

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Elections have consequences. get over it, we won.

[samtheman]

partisan rage and male entitlement
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democrap/media spin referring to righteous and legitimate anger at being the target of an organize Lie & Smear campaign.

[Bulldaddy]

Exactly.

[kingu]

I've come to the conclusion that Democrats are no longer able to do anything to hide their constant projection as to what they'd do. Their self feeding delusions of what their ‘enemies’ will do by simply putting out there what THEY’d do if they held power is an automatic campaign ad for the opposition.

[jeffc]

I sure am glad Mr. Post is a former Dean.

His characterization of Judge Kavanaugh as stoking rage and entitlement need to be directed at Ford and ChiDiFi...

[Stepan12]

Bullies so hate it when their victims fight back effectively.

[Newtoidaho]

I’ve heard Robert Post likes to gang rape animals and young children, ever since the 1970s. Go ahead Robert, prove me wrong.

[TXSearcher]

Let's do a political hit job on you, buddy, and see how well you react.

Idiot.........

[grey_whiskers]

Hey Robert, did you notice how Larry Summers, President of Harvard, not just the Dean of the Law School (and once the youngest person ever to receive a PhD from Harvard), got *railroaded out* for suggesting men have better innate math skills than women?

Have you been the subject of a false rape allegation and had your career on the line?

If not, then kindly STFU.

[eyeamok]

Boy, you talk about an Industry that needs Mandatory Drug and Alcohol screening tests, this guy has hit the pipe one too many times