Another missive to my senators
by Tom Sullivan
Sent out by e-fax this morning:
Now you are really in a fix. The only way for you to save face in this Brett Kavanaugh debacle is to force him to withdraw so you do not have to vote on his nomination yea or nay.Even appealing to their self-interest won't help, of course. The prions have already driven them into madness.
The FBI inquiry should resolve whether additional evidence exists to support allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh for behavior in his teens and college years. But even exonerating evidence is irrelevant. Kavanaugh himself provided all the evidence necessary to determine he is unfit to sit on the Supreme Court.
Beside his partisan fury, Kavanaugh told a litany of lies large and small – under oath – that are an insult to your intelligence and mine. It would take willful blindness to ignore them. A sitting federal appeals court judge publicly and forcefully built a case against himself sitting on the Supreme Court or continuing in the job he holds. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford didn't do that. Democrats didn't do that. Brett Kavanaugh did that.
Your angry colleagues made process arguments about timing. What is at stake is the integrity of the court, not process. This is about his fitness.
In front of the world, Kavanaugh all but juggled ball bearings in his hand while babbling about strawberries.
No doubt, a naval officer like the fictional Capt. Queeg receives awards and recommendations, too, before winning high position. But under stress and under oath, both Queeg and Kavanaugh revealed themselves as unfit to serve.
Save yourself if you won’t act to save your country. Pressure Kavanaugh to withdraw.
