Kavanaugh Soars Over Keystone Kop Democrats

By Ken Blackwell It was worthy of a Saturday Night Live skit but Lorne Michaels probably wouldve turned it down. SNL has leaned heavily left since Donald Trumps election and the shows creator and executive producer wouldve understood the humor in how clueless Senate Democrats came across during Judge Brett Kavanaughs confirmation hearing but he probably wouldnt bring himself to showcase how awful they really looked. Despite the Senate Judiciary Committees being the most politically polarized committee in Congress theres still usually a sense of seriousness during a Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Not this time. Over the four days of hearings two of which Judge Kavanaugh went well into the night answering Senators questions there were well over a hundred interruptions by protesters. And when Democratic Senators did ask questions they did their image no good whatsoever. For his part Kavanaugh was masterful in fielding every question befitting a confident 12-year veteran of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals bench the second most important court in the country. The American people saw a judges judge he will fairly apply the law he will honor the Constitution he wont make up law out of whole cloth or impose any kind of agenda from the bench. Its clear as with Neil Gorsuch President Trump had hit another home run with a man wholl be another great justice. For the Democrats it was just plain ugly. Leading the parade were two committee members whove made it no secret theyre running for president in 2020. For Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) the hearings were their own little Kavanaugh Primary" within the primary contest for the Democratic nomination. They were expected to try and outdo each other in appealing to their partys base but what happened instead was a literal comedy of errors. During his first opportunity to question Kavanaugh Booker tried to ambush the judge with emails from the time he served in the George W. Bush White House as an associate counsel and later as staff secretary. Kavanaugh calmly kept asking Booker if he could please see a copy of the emails to which the Senator was referring so he could accurately answer his question. But they were not provided. Early the next morning Booker pronounced he was releasing documents including the emails to which he had referred the day before in what he believed to be a brazen display of flouting Senate rules for the public good. He said he was releasing confidential documents that were being withheld by the committee so the public could see them and he would accept the consequences. He even proclaimed: This is the closest Ill ever get in my life to an I am Spartacus moment." But it turned out Senate Democrats had gotten clearance to release them several hours prior. Spartacus had lied to us. Not to be outdone Harris tried to ambush Judge Kavanaugh as well. It was late Wednesday night she was one of the last Senators to question Kavanaugh during what had been a long grueling day. She glared at him knowing the cameras were capturing every moment and sprung her gotcha question: Have you discussed Special Counsel Mueller or his investigation with anyone at Kasowitz Benson and Torres the law firm founded by Marc Kasowitz President Trumps personal lawyer. … Be sure about your answer sir." Cue the gotcha music: Bumm-Pumm-PUMMMMMM." Kavanaugh couldnt recall any such conversation but as he told Harris he was happy to have his memory refreshed if she was aware of anything. She played coy. Her staff told reporters throughout the night and into the next day of the hearings that she had it on good information such discussions had taken place. Surely she had him she had damning information about Kavanaugh inappropriately discussing the Mueller investigation with the presidents personal law firm and he was the presidents pick for the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court could well hear arguments in the Mueller investigation. Game over right? Wrong. When she asked him the same question directly the next night he flatly said no." And then … she politely moved on. It was all made up nothing to see here. Fishing expedition comes up empty. Even the Washington Post noted how both 2020 aspirants took headline grabbing but shaky steps to put their opposition to Trump and Kavanaugh on full display for the country." Typically supportive of liberal Democratic leaders this was the Posts way of saying Booker and Harris looked more like Keystone Kops than contenders for the Oval Office. Saturday Night Lives Lorne Michaels might put it another way. When the show first started the comedians were called The Not Ready for Prime Time Players." While Kavanaugh demonstrated he was ready for the Supreme Court these two White House wannabes showed theyre clearly not ready for prime time.
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