David Brock: I knew Brett Kavanaugh . . . Don't let him sit on the Supreme Court
The whole article is worth reading, but here are a couple of paragraphs.
http://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/i-knew-brett-kavanaugh-during-his-years-republican-operative-don-ncna907391
"Brett and I were part of a close circle of cold, cynical and ambitious hard-right operatives being groomed by GOP elders for much bigger roles in politics, government and media. And it’s those controversial associations that should give members of the Senate and the American public serious pause.
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"In a rough division of labor, Kavanaugh played the role of lawyer — one of the sharp young minds recruited by the Federalist Society to infiltrate the federal judiciary with true believers. Through that network, Kavanaugh was mentored by D.C. Appeals Court Judge Laurence Silberman, known among his colleagues for planting leaks in the press for partisan advantage.
"When, as I came to know, Kavanaugh took on the role of designated leaker to the press of sensitive information from Starr's operation, we all laughed that Larry had taught him well. (Of course, that sort of political opportunism by a prosecutor is at best unethical, if not illegal.)"
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Brock was another GOP party hack in those days. The frat boys all hung out together and swapped stories about their dirty tricks. The only reason Brock is talking about it now is that he quit the Republican party, and came to his senses more or less.
Edit to add quote from OP:
Like millions of Americans this week, I tuned into Kavanaugh's hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee with great interest. In his opening statement and subsequent testimony, Kavanaugh presented himself as a "neutral and impartial arbiter" of the law. Judges, he said, were not players but akin to umpires — objectively calling balls and strikes. Again and again, he stressed his "independence" from partisan political influences.
But I don't need to see any documents to tell you who Kavanaugh is — because I've known him for years. And I'll leave it to all the lawyers to parse Kavanaugh's views on everything from privacy rights to gun rights. But I can promise you that any pretense of simply being a fair arbiter of the constitutionality of any policy regardless of politics is simply a pretense. He made up his mind nearly a generation ago — and, if he's confirmed, he'll have nearly two generations to impose it upon the rest of us.
It's well written but I wasn't entirely convinced that Brock had come over to the good guys.
He could have been playing a long con to infiltrate the Dems for all I knew. But it's been maybe 10 years and his sincerity is more believable now. I'm thinking it's that Brock saw the evil turn of the Republican Party before the rest of us did. He just decided he had to get out or else he'd have to go full Tea-Party.
