Kavanaugh hearings

My take on the Kavanaugh hearings:

They were political from start to finish. The scheduling of the meetings, the process of investigating the issues, the responses of the senators in terms of blaming and self-justification, the incremental approach to investigation, the memory loss regarding the treatment of the Merritt Garland nomination. In the end, 21 intelligent individuals, hearing the same thing, made their decisions completely on party lines.

This is an excellent example of why Americans must educate themselves in how government works and believe that that’s their duty. That their voices count.

Issues of sexual impropriety will continue to come fully to public attention until there is a consensus that this issue will be dealt with in a fair way on a consistent basis.

There will be a vote to approve Kavanaugh, while the sexual issue may never be resolved.

Voters have probably never heard their senators speak as directly as they have in these recent hearings.

News media show themselves packed with correspondents ready to show their stuff. News media show how good they are at quickly getting the “right” interviews with the “right” people even to the point of sheer exhaustion.

Truth, whatever it is, is getting bullied.