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Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
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Jimmy Kimmel relentlessly mocked him, playing the clip about his high school and college virginity to audience jeers. After rehearsing all the unsubstantiated allegations against him, Kimmel said, “I think there’s a compromise here; hear me out on this. So, Kavanaugh gets confirmed to the Supreme Court, okay. Well, in return we get to cut that pesky penis of his off in front of everyone.”
I was so saddened by this book. The ingrained flaws of our country were never more apparent than when Justice Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. There was absolutely no presumption of innocence as the media and liberal networks impaled this man long before he was even able to utter a public word in his defense. According to the Liberals, he was guilty of anything and everything salacious.
Diane Feinstein obviously held onto Christine Blasey Ford’s letter as her “Trump card,” to whip out at the last second and cause an uproar. And what an uproar she caused!
Cory Booker publicly called Brett Kavanaugh “evil.” How do you make a statement like that without evidence of any wrong-doing? What ever happened to the decency, respect and civility that used to be prominent in our country?
The animus toward Justice Kavanaugh (a sinful conservative from the Left’s perspective) was unrivaled - at least in my lifetime. The “Party of Tolerance” did everything in their power to destroy this man’s sterling reputation. His wife and two young daughters were a by-product of the Liberal’s intentional destruction - simply collateral damage. The ruination of four lives is justified by their “win-at-all-cost” mentality.
The print media never printed a word spoken by those who came forward to advocate for Brett Kavanaugh’s character. And apparently, there were many.
I was riveted to the television when Dr. Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and I found her to be credible at first glance. But upon further contemplation, I found some of her testimony quite conflicting. If she was so traumatized by the incident of which she was accusing Justice Kavanaugh, why could she not recall what house she was in? Or how she got there? Or how she got home? And furthermore (and more importantly yet), why did the witnesses she named - including her best friend Leland Keyser - refuse to corroborate Dr. Ford’s story. Leland Keyser said she was pressured by many people to change her story to align with Dr. Ford’s, but she was quoted as saying she had to remain honest.
As most open-minded individuals, I gave this a great deal of thought for days. Family and friends were all discussing and debating this monumental event. The turning point for me was when I read Christine Blasey Ford’s account of going to marital counseling in 2012 because she and her husband were revisiting a disagreement about adding a second door to their home. Dr. Ford explained that she needed that second door as an escape route from her bedroom because she had been sexually assaulted in her teens and was traumatized by it. She said her husband was opposed and the addition of the second door was not aesthetically pleasing, but it was very important to her, so they ultimately added the door. Interestingly enough, that story too, has some inconsistencies. Dr. Ford spoke about this second escape door to emphasize her neurosis/panic/anxiety as a result of Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged assault, but for me, this story didn’t ring true.
The following points left me doubting everything she claimed...
1) How did Christine Blasey Ford deal with the lack of that second entrance/exit door prior to 2008 when they did extensive renovations on the whole house?
2) After the renovations and the addition of the second door, they moved out of that master bedroom and rented the room out to a marital counselor who utilized it as an office. How did Dr. Ford then cope with the anxiety of being in a different bedroom with only one door?
3) The Fords own a home in Santa Cruz on or near the beach and the home has only one door in the master bedroom. They have renovated the Santa Cruz home also, but in that renovation, they did not add a second escape door in their master bedroom. How does she feel comfortable and safe in that bedroom without a second escape door?
“Justice on Trial” was extremely well researched and well written. It was not an enjoyable book, but it is one of importance.
I was so saddened by this book. The ingrained flaws of our country were never more apparent than when Justice Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. There was absolutely no presumption of innocence as the media and liberal networks impaled this man long before he was even able to utter a public word in his defense. According to the Liberals, he was guilty of anything and everything salacious.
Diane Feinstein obviously held onto Christine Blasey Ford’s letter as her “Trump card,” to whip out at the last second and cause an uproar. And what an uproar she caused!
Cory Booker publicly called Brett Kavanaugh “evil.” How do you make a statement like that without evidence of any wrong-doing? What ever happened to the decency, respect and civility that used to be prominent in our country?
The animus toward Justice Kavanaugh (a sinful conservative from the Left’s perspective) was unrivaled - at least in my lifetime. The “Party of Tolerance” did everything in their power to destroy this man’s sterling reputation. His wife and two young daughters were a by-product of the Liberal’s intentional destruction - simply collateral damage. The ruination of four lives is justified by their “win-at-all-cost” mentality.
The print media never printed a word spoken by those who came forward to advocate for Brett Kavanaugh’s character. And apparently, there were many.
I was riveted to the television when Dr. Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and I found her to be credible at first glance. But upon further contemplation, I found some of her testimony quite conflicting. If she was so traumatized by the incident of which she was accusing Justice Kavanaugh, why could she not recall what house she was in? Or how she got there? Or how she got home? And furthermore (and more importantly yet), why did the witnesses she named - including her best friend Leland Keyser - refuse to corroborate Dr. Ford’s story. Leland Keyser said she was pressured by many people to change her story to align with Dr. Ford’s, but she was quoted as saying she had to remain honest.
As most open-minded individuals, I gave this a great deal of thought for days. Family and friends were all discussing and debating this monumental event. The turning point for me was when I read Christine Blasey Ford’s account of going to marital counseling in 2012 because she and her husband were revisiting a disagreement about adding a second door to their home. Dr. Ford explained that she needed that second door as an escape route from her bedroom because she had been sexually assaulted in her teens and was traumatized by it. She said her husband was opposed and the addition of the second door was not aesthetically pleasing, but it was very important to her, so they ultimately added the door. Interestingly enough, that story too, has some inconsistencies. Dr. Ford spoke about this second escape door to emphasize her neurosis/panic/anxiety as a result of Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged assault, but for me, this story didn’t ring true.
The following points left me doubting everything she claimed...
1) How did Christine Blasey Ford deal with the lack of that second entrance/exit door prior to 2008 when they did extensive renovations on the whole house?
2) After the renovations and the addition of the second door, they moved out of that master bedroom and rented the room out to a marital counselor who utilized it as an office. How did Dr. Ford then cope with the anxiety of being in a different bedroom with only one door?
3) The Fords own a home in Santa Cruz on or near the beach and the home has only one door in the master bedroom. They have renovated the Santa Cruz home also, but in that renovation, they did not add a second escape door in their master bedroom. How does she feel comfortable and safe in that bedroom without a second escape door?
“Justice on Trial” was extremely well researched and well written. It was not an enjoyable book, but it is one of importance.
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