The Republican Kavanaugh Strategy in a Nutshell
by tristero
Here's the Republican strategy in a nutshell re: Kavanaugh
#1 Put Blasey Ford in quarantine - Never talk directly to her, only through a "female assistant." Say she's compelling, pleasing, and attractive. Ignore her charges.
#2 Double down on slamming every Democrat in sight for "partisanship." It works for the deplorable members in Trump's base. What normal people see as out-of-control violent rage, they see as strength.
#3 Create a sham hearing to make sure nothing new comes out – It's in the bag; they can afford a week's delay. And if Kavanaugh goes into freefall, they'll just force through someone else.
#4 If anyone notices it's a sham, just repeat "Hey, you asked for a hearing, we gave you a hearing, you're just playing politics!" This makes optimal use of a media addicted to reporting "both sides" no matter how ridiculously irresponsible one of the "sides" behaves.
#5 Calculate (correctly) that the leading Democrats will either stop talking about how bad Kavanaugh is or if they do, they'll be mostly ignored by the media. As of this writing, there is exactly one article on the main pages of the online media that I regularly check about a Democratic congress-person discussing the hearing (Klobuchar on CNN) .
#6 Calculate (correctly) that the media will give Trump free publicity for his anti-Democratic antics. Hey, it boosts ratings and circulation.
#6 While the country is distracted by this insane circus, continue furiously to advance Trumpism.
The strategy is working beautifully.
