One of the theories behind this desperate tactic is the Democrats are trying to give cover to red state Democrats up for re-election this year. A smoke screen a remote, unsubstantiated accusation at least gives them a plausible reason to their voters not to give a "yes" to Kavanaugh. I hope it backfires on them.
Why aren't Democrat nominees subject to nonsense like this? I don't mean the completely dishonest tactics and gamesmanship of Dianne Feinstein, that is just wrong, but I mean having their entire life history torn apart? If the Democrats want to go down this path, let's go there. There is some rationale in not making politics so personal. Democrats are especially good, however, in picking nominees that hold a very tight progressive line and don't waiver from it.
AoSHQ/J.J. Sefton: The Whole Smear
Don Surber: Kavanaugh Did Nothing Wrong
Powerline: Dems below the bottom of the barrel and Committee vote on Kavanaugh to proceed without delay
Legal Insurrection: Will Democrats tactics turn Brett Kavanaugh into an angry partisan they falsely construed him to be?
Instapundit: Stacy McCain: Democrats and the Rape of Justice, Richard Fernandez: The casual tyranny of self-righteousness, Kavanaugh Cock and Bull Stories (aka "lies"), Dems Still Digging, Do Democrats really want their high school years examined like this, Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg is denouncing this partisan review, and Have They No Decency?
Rush Limbaugh: Former Kavanaugh Colleague Calls Show, Reasonable Suspicion and Repressed Memories, The Kavanaugh Accusation Is A Set Up, Will Kavanaugh Accuser Even Show Up At The Hearing?, Flashback to 1991: Rush on Charlie Rose, Rush's gut response to Susan Collins tweet, Democrat Strategist Lies in response to Rush, Christine Blasey Ford, without evidence, accuses Brett Kavanaugh of attempted rape, Female caller worries legitimate rape victims won't be believed. Why doesn't Trump declassify FISA documents, Pushing back against all the lies, Kavanaugh story takes a despicable turn (by the media and Democrats), The Sheer Stupidity of Jerry Brown, Google AlternativesJudge Kavanaugh's sexual assault letter found by #DiFi & the Democrats...😎 pic.twitter.com/C5HqsFx88d— Tim Hammer (@TimHammer11) September 15, 2018
Demos have been pulling this stuff for 100 years, but at least people are wise to it.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats are trying to give cover to red state Democrats up for re-election this year. A smoke screen a remote, unsubstantiated accusation at least gives them a plausible reason to their voters not to give a "yes" to Kavanaugh. I hope it backfires on them.
i think you can count on it.