{"id":33845,"date":"2018-09-28T13:46:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33845"},"modified":"2018-09-28T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:46:08","slug":"friday-fears-if-kavanaugh-is-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/28\/friday-fears-if-kavanaugh-is-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fears: If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <strong><em>Twitler<\/em><\/strong> was elected, I feared it would take years to undo the damage he would wrought.<\/p>\n<p>Now less than two years after having been placed <em>(not really \u201celected\u201d by the people)<\/em> in office, I fear it would take at least a decade to undo the damage he has already wrought.<\/p>\n<p>If <strong><em>Kava-NAH<\/em><\/strong> is confirmed, I fear it will take at least a generation to undo the damage the two of them would wrought.<\/p>\n<p>So we would do well to review some of the highlights \u2013 and lowlights \u2013 from yesterday\u2019s historic hearing.<\/p>\n<p>First, I am in utter awe of the unfathomable bravery <strong>Dr. Christine Blasey Ford<\/strong> displayed in her eloquent, compelling and moving testimony.\u00a0 The nation is in debt to her for her boundless courage in facing the despicable republican sociopaths on that committee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-147x150.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Brave-Woman-of-Sexual-Assault.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s doubtless that her testimony will have a greater impact among women than among men.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t agree more with the last sentence in this Tweet urging women to vote: <strong><em>\u201cWe don\u2019t have seats at the table, so we\u2019re clearly on the menu.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To every woman watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KavanaughHearings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KavanaughHearings<\/a>: We are the majority of America\u2019s voting population, yet 11 men sit in judgment of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChristineBlaseyFord?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChristineBlaseyFord<\/a>. We must vote as many women into office as possible in November. We don\u2019t have seats at the table, so we\u2019re clearly on the menu. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r25Tuck4xj\">pic.twitter.com\/r25Tuck4xj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonrwatts\/status\/1045328012298735616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And the anguish expressed in this Tweet posted by <strong>The Volatile Mermaid<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Trump has 19 sexual assault allegations and is traveling south at 60 mph, and Kavanaugh has 3 sexual assault allegations and is traveling west at 35 mph, how many more allegations do they need before people start believing women?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OhNoSheTwitnt\/status\/1044222059587555329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I particularly enjoyed her own first addendum that she immediately added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cKeeping in mind that both men have the <strong><u>white<\/u><\/strong> of way.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moving now to Kava-NAH, I was shocked at the anger and rage he displayed \u2013 especially when compared to the cool demeanor of <strong>Sec. Clinton<\/strong> during her Benghazi hearing \u2026 for over ELEVEN hours \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_v_Hillary-Cool.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As well as his \u201d<em>frat-boy privilege<\/em>\u201d he still clearly holds in his displays of utter contempt he leveled at Democrats, as demonstrated in this brief video exchange with <strong>Sen. Durbin (D-IL) <\/strong>asking Kava-NAH if he&#8217;d support an FBI investigation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorDurbin<\/a> asked Judge Kavanaugh if he would support an FBI investigation to clear his name. He refused to answer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DcmOPNSwbB\">pic.twitter.com\/DcmOPNSwbB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; punisher politics (@CartoonPOTUS45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CartoonPOTUS45\/status\/1045460144136445952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His demeanor during his testimony was anything but what an impartial judge should possess, which raises a couple of questions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Judge-Hates-Gathering-Facts.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And directly related to that is what <strong>Rep. Ted Lieu<\/strong> fears:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Brett Kavanaugh can be this angry on national TV, imagine what he&#39;s like when he gets inebriated.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KavanaughHearings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KavanaughHearings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqszfqb8Fq\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqszfqb8Fq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1045394954749652993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Amgry-TV_Drunk-Locked-Doors.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So to summarize:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Ford-Lie-Detector_Sexual-Predator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Ford-Lie-Detector_Sexual-Predator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Ford-Lie-Detector_Sexual-Predator.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Ford-Lie-Detector_Sexual-Predator-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Kavanaugh_Ford-Lie-Detector_Sexual-Predator-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly for me, the <strong><em>\u201cTake-Home\u201d<\/em><\/strong> from yesterday was \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Angry-Mad-Snarling_Montage_NOT-Believe.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Sexual-Predator_Courthouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Sexual-Predator_Courthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Sexual-Predator_Courthouse.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Sexual-Predator_Courthouse-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SCOTUS_Kavanaugh_Sexual-Predator_Courthouse-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Twitler was elected, I feared it would take years to undo the damage he would wrought. Now less than two years after having been placed (not really \u201celected\u201d by the people) in office, I fear it would take at least a decade to undo the damage he has already wrought. If Kava-NAH is confirmed, <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/28\/friday-fears-if-kavanaugh-is-confirmed\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}