Stormy Daniels
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Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Ford when they were teenagers. It happened. It was a long time ago, but it happened. Kavanaugh now appears to be on the verge of confirmation. Democrats are hugely dismayed, but Democrats are to blame.
Ford was correct to bring her information to Congress. She was correct to come forward publicly. It was correct for her to be heard. But everything Democrats did was a mistake. They were stupid mistakes, they were selfish mistakes, and they were self defeating mistakes.
Feinstein should not have kept Ford's letter in her back pocket until the last minute. Grassley has been right about one thing, that Feinstein could have shared the information even while protecting Ford's confidentiality. When Ford came forward publicly Democrats made the nomination about justice for sexual assault victims, women's rights, and #metoo. That was a fatal mistake. Yes, what happened a when they were teenagers had some value for evaluating his character. But even under the best of circumstances, it cannot be the defining fact that reveals his character today.
Democrats tried to make the confirmation about Ford, and consequently about justice. They succeeded for a moment. But that was a mistake, because this always had to return to Kavanaugh. He was the one being voted on. The consequence of this mistake was that when the focus finally did returne to Kavanaugh, with the issue of justice in the background, the question stopped being whether or not to confirm Kavanaugh. It became whether or not to convict Kavanaugh.
This has become such a contentious issue, with key individuals like Senator Flake being so tormented as they try to decide how to vote. There's been tons of uncertainty, and if Democrats hadn't botched this whole thing so badly that uncertainty would be enough. You don't vote confirm a lifetime appointment because you're deeply conflicted but 51% sure. The logical choice would be to reject a nominee that doesn't entirely wow you, and move forward with another candidate.
But Democrats eliminated that by making strategic mistakes at every step of the way. Democrats turned this into a question of whether or not to convict Kavanaugh. A vote against confirmation became equivalent to a vote to convict. By making that the question, uncertainty necessarily breaks the other direction. Nobody wants to convict when they are only 51% sure.
Once again, Democrats prove that they are the world champions at losing.
Ford was correct to bring her information to Congress. She was correct to come forward publicly. It was correct for her to be heard. But everything Democrats did was a mistake. They were stupid mistakes, they were selfish mistakes, and they were self defeating mistakes.
Feinstein should not have kept Ford's letter in her back pocket until the last minute. Grassley has been right about one thing, that Feinstein could have shared the information even while protecting Ford's confidentiality. When Ford came forward publicly Democrats made the nomination about justice for sexual assault victims, women's rights, and #metoo. That was a fatal mistake. Yes, what happened a when they were teenagers had some value for evaluating his character. But even under the best of circumstances, it cannot be the defining fact that reveals his character today.
Democrats tried to make the confirmation about Ford, and consequently about justice. They succeeded for a moment. But that was a mistake, because this always had to return to Kavanaugh. He was the one being voted on. The consequence of this mistake was that when the focus finally did returne to Kavanaugh, with the issue of justice in the background, the question stopped being whether or not to confirm Kavanaugh. It became whether or not to convict Kavanaugh.
This has become such a contentious issue, with key individuals like Senator Flake being so tormented as they try to decide how to vote. There's been tons of uncertainty, and if Democrats hadn't botched this whole thing so badly that uncertainty would be enough. You don't vote confirm a lifetime appointment because you're deeply conflicted but 51% sure. The logical choice would be to reject a nominee that doesn't entirely wow you, and move forward with another candidate.
But Democrats eliminated that by making strategic mistakes at every step of the way. Democrats turned this into a question of whether or not to convict Kavanaugh. A vote against confirmation became equivalent to a vote to convict. By making that the question, uncertainty necessarily breaks the other direction. Nobody wants to convict when they are only 51% sure.
Once again, Democrats prove that they are the world champions at losing.
