Grace's condensed take on this debacle:
1) this is just an attempt by the communists to stack the SCOTUS with leftists.
2) Kavanaugh, being a constitutional textualist instead of a "living constitution" interpretationalist (who "read" the constitution by the light of whatever the current emotionally charged fad is, effectively changing the entire Constitution to conform to current dictates of the Party in charge), is seen as a threat by the opponents of freedom, so they are energetically trying to block the nomination by any means necessary, to borrow a page from the Malcolm X playbook.
3) When one reports an actual crime, one does it to the police, NOT the press or one's congress-critter.
4) One does not wait 36 years to seek redress of grievances if they actually occurred.
5) The crime alleged is a local crime, not a federal crime, and should be investigated by local authorities in the jurisdiction in which it is alleged to have occurred. The FBI has already done it's due diligence in the matter, to the extent of it's jurisdiction.
6) In American jurisprudence, the burden of proof is upon the accuser, not the accused. I.e. "presumed innocent until proven guilty". Kavanaugh does not have to prove his innocence, instead Ford has to prove his guilt, a point spectacularly absent in the matter.
7) In the modern day, FBI "investigations" are conducted by the expedient of digging up legally actionable "dirt" on the witnesses with which to coerce them into changing their story to conform to what the Party wants it to be.
Of course, Grace is a good bit more vocal, animated, and colorful in her assessments, but that is what they boil down to in calmer waters.
1) this is just an attempt by the communists to stack the SCOTUS with leftists.
2) Kavanaugh, being a constitutional textualist instead of a "living constitution" interpretationalist (who "read" the constitution by the light of whatever the current emotionally charged fad is, effectively changing the entire Constitution to conform to current dictates of the Party in charge), is seen as a threat by the opponents of freedom, so they are energetically trying to block the nomination by any means necessary, to borrow a page from the Malcolm X playbook.
3) When one reports an actual crime, one does it to the police, NOT the press or one's congress-critter.
4) One does not wait 36 years to seek redress of grievances if they actually occurred.
5) The crime alleged is a local crime, not a federal crime, and should be investigated by local authorities in the jurisdiction in which it is alleged to have occurred. The FBI has already done it's due diligence in the matter, to the extent of it's jurisdiction.
6) In American jurisprudence, the burden of proof is upon the accuser, not the accused. I.e. "presumed innocent until proven guilty". Kavanaugh does not have to prove his innocence, instead Ford has to prove his guilt, a point spectacularly absent in the matter.
7) In the modern day, FBI "investigations" are conducted by the expedient of digging up legally actionable "dirt" on the witnesses with which to coerce them into changing their story to conform to what the Party wants it to be.
Of course, Grace is a good bit more vocal, animated, and colorful in her assessments, but that is what they boil down to in calmer waters.
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’