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Kavanaughs Tell: Revenge on Behalf of the Clintons, Plural
https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/30/kavanaughs-tell-revenge-on-behalf-of-the-clintons-plural/
Theres a part of Brett Kavanaughs bombastic statement Thursday that has stuck with me, because it reveals the foundational logic of his statement indeed, his entire candidacy for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.
After complaining about how the nomination has destroyed his family, he accuses a shady, largely fictional, mirror image of the Right Wing Noise Machine of seeking revenge.
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That guy thinks the scrutiny of his own sexual past is just revenge on behalf of the Clintons, plural. Not just Hillary for as he explicitly mentions President Trump and the 2016 election. But also Bill Clinton, the man whom Kavanaugh demanded describe details of his use of sex toys and enjoyment of blowjobs under oath, and perhaps even Chelsea, the young girl who had to watch her parents be humiliated before the entire nation.
In spite of Kavanaughs suggestion that this imagined campaign would have consequences for decades, his admission that it might be revenge means it must be revenge for something. For something done to the Clintons. Hillary. And Bill.
For a guy who is unashamed about using stolen emails, the notion that he considers this revenge for Hillary is troubling enough. If this is revenge, it is revenge for Hillary being wronged during the 2016 election, and a big part of that wrong was using stolen emails. And Kavanaugh is no more embarrassed about using stolen emails than the guy who appointed him.
Kavanaugh suggests, in the same breath, that Hillary was wronged, but that denying him a seat on the Supreme Court, even for behavior that resembles that wrong, would be an outrage, even if his nomination was due entirely to the fact that she was wronged.
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Turbineguy
(37,356 posts)Probably not on purpose. They just can't govern.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)SharonAnn
(13,777 posts)Raven123
(4,855 posts)Everyone has to make a choice. He made his. Those steeped in politics cant help thinking in those terms. You are correct about the tell. I didnt see the entire hearing, but those comments were stunning for their naked partisan nature. There is NO way he can operate differently.