You Can’t Vote “Yes.”

I watched, or listened to, most of the hearings today. Of course, those of you who know me, know I lean progressive. So I was biased against Kavanaugh from the start.  I’ll admit that. And while I could give you a million reasons why I thought he was disgusting, I won’t. Because I have to admit, my take on him is biased. And some of you would disagree, of course.

The republicans kept blasting the democrats for playing politics. Maybe Feinstein sat on the letter. While she explained it, just for the sake of argument, let’s say they were completely partisan and biased. Even if they were, that’s not the point. Vote them out, or schedule hearings to expose their crookedness. But the hearing today is not about them, it's about the Supreme Court.

And the real point is simple: Will Brett Kavanaugh be a fair and unbiased judge on the Supreme Court? There are three reasons why, if I were a senator, I could not vote “yes.” And I believe these are factual, not my impressions.

1) In his opening remarks, and throughout the hearing, he continually blasted “the left.” Over and over. If he really feels that way, how unbiased will he be the next time a case comes before him where a progressive idea is challenging a conservative one? And if you’re a republican reading this, imagine how you would feel if a SC justice continually blasted “the right.” You would say it’s unfair, and it would be. And so is this.

2) He may or may not have committed the sexual assault. I believe he did, but of course I can’t prove it. But he clearly lied. Many times. Maybe you don't care if we was a cad in high school. But then he should at least admit to that. Just for fun, google “Devils’ Triangle” or “boof.” They don’t mean what he said they mean. His explanation of the FFFFFFFourth of July was simply not believable. And the Renate Alumnius? Do you believe his explanation? I don’t.

3) But it doesn’t matter what I believe. If there WERE an FBI investigation, it wouldn’t have to come down to a “he said/she said.” They could ask his classmates what those terms meant. They could find out what was the significance of the July 1 meeting about “skis.” They could grill Mark Judge to see what he knew. Yet 9 times he refused to encourage the FBI to investigate. If they did, I wonder what they would find. Now, it may be that the FBI would turn up nothing, and he was completely truthful. If that were the case, the vote would be completely different. But until that investigation takes place, and until we find out if he is lying, my vote would have to be “no.”

Because maybe you don’t care about what he did in high school. But if he’s lying, he’s lying NOW. And the Supreme Court is no place for a proven liar.