Slander used to result
in a lawsuit with civil penalties assigned to those who slandered. So, where is
the lawsuit against Christine Ford? Why does the US Senate entertain
allegations with no evidence? Why do the perpetrators of this fraud escape
blame?
Politicians need to be
punished for relying on slandering their opponents with false accusations
rather than conducting their campaigns with debates on the real political
issues.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 JOHN HINDERAKER IN BRETT
KAVANAUGH, DEMOCRATS
WHY THE BRETT KAVANAUGH SMEAR?
One question I have
pondered over the last few weeks is, why are the Democrats so determined to
block Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court?
Realistically, he is the
most moderate nominee they are likely to see from the Trump administration. If
his nomination fails, the president will most likely appoint Amy Barrett, who
is secure against #MeToo allegations and is both more conservative and younger
than Kavanaugh. So what is the point?
To some extent, the
Democrats’ bizarre smear campaign against Kavanaugh is explicable on short-term
political grounds. The Democrats’ crazed base demands that they #Resist, so
resist they will, whether it does any good or not. But I think there is
something deeper and more sinister at work.
Brett Kavanaugh enjoys
one of the most spotless reputations of anyone in American public life. He has
been enthusiastically endorsed by those who have known him all his life–by
girls he knew in high school and college, by judges he has served with, by professors and students
and Harvard and Yale law schools, by judges who have worked with him, by his
judicial clerks–most of whom have been women–by the American Bar Association,
by sitting Supreme Court justices. In short, everyone who has ever known or
dealt with Brett Kavanaugh endorses him.
I think that Judge
Kavanaugh’s pristine reputation is one reason why the Democrats have unleashed
against him a smear campaign unparalleled in American history. This is the
message they are trying to send: If we can do this to the Boy Scout Brett
Kavanaugh, we can do it to anyone. Are you thinking of serving in a Republican
administration? Or accepting an appointment to the federal judiciary from a
Republican president? Think twice, and then think again.
Because our smear
machine will reach back to middle school if necessary. If we can’t find any
dirt on you, we will manufacture some. There is no depth to which we will not
stoop and your honesty, integrity and spotless reputation are no match for our
control over the media and our determination to dredge up ridiculous
allegations against anyone who stands in our way.
Really, the more
ridiculous the better. If we can accuse Brett Kavanaugh, one of the most
respected lawyers and judges in America, of gang rape, we can accuse anyone of
anything! And our insane accusations will dominate the news.
That is the Democratic
Party’s message. And we have learned from the Christine Ford fiasco that accusations don’t require corroborating
evidence. A single wacky, false allegation will negate decades of hard work on behalf
of the American people.
By smearing the ultimate
Boy Scout, the Democrats signal that they are determined to go lower than
anyone has ever gone in American history. They intend to deter normal people
from serving in Republican administrations, or accepting appointments from
Republican presidents, or, ultimately, from identifying themselves with the
Republican Party. Given that strategy, the fact that they are smearing a man of
obviously sterling character on absurdly flimsy grounds is not a bug, it is a
feature. The fact that the Democrats’ smears are so patently false is
ultimately their main point.
The Democrats are
telling us: Republicans, beware–if this can happen to Brett Kavanaugh, it can
happen to anyone. You’d better go quietly and cede power to us.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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