It's All Theater...

        I refused to watch the political theater yesterday, but catching small snippets was impossible to avoid when I came in from whatever I was doing.

        I understand Professor Ford’s testimony was sympathy invoking, without much corroboration to substantiate her allegation of inappropriate behavior some 36-years ago.  The Republican’s deferred their questioning to a woman prosecutor (to avoid the appearance of old white men being mean to a victim), while the Democrat’s spent their time praising her courage for coming forward in such a public setting.  A setting forced on her by the political strategists who are more intent on destroying a Trump nominee than in protecting Ms. Ford.

        Judge Kavanaugh’s opening was filled with anger at the obvious smear campaign the progressive movement is now committed to.  If I understand correctly the Republican plan was to let the prosecutor question him as well, but that didn’t last too long as the Republicans were now about seeking to unload on their colleagues who were attempting to vilify the Judge as unfit and a liar because of some double entre words in his high school yearbook.  I see this morning even James Comey, who views himself as a pillar of moral courage, has come out to accuse the Judge of lying.

        Today the committee will vote and it will move to the full Senate, where it will almost certainly be a straight party-line vote, with maybe one or two defections on either side.

        Those on the left will justify their choices based on the need to listen to the victim of sexual assault.  Implying to all that listening = believing, and the victims will never have a motive other than to seek justice for themselves.  They will vilify the right as uncaring and evil people because they question the motives of the political left who bring forth a person claiming to be victimized at the 11^th hour when all their other strategies have failed to slow down or stop the confirmation hearings.  There are those who suggest we could save a lot of time and money if we just did away with trials and public hearings and just put all the issues on Twitter^© where those with the most followers would render judgment.

        I would like to take this opportunity to thank the late Senator from Massachusetts who set the stage for yesterday’s performance, and who must now be smiling down (or maybe up) on the DNC as a proud father would.