Don's Tuesday Column

          THE WAY I SEE IT   by Don Polson  Red Bluff Daily News   9/25/2018

   Selective memory, charges, outrage

It is highly unlikely that any Republican, Trump-supporting voter has any doubt about who is to be believed: Judge Bret Kavanaugh or his two (as of Monday morning) accusers. His entire life story mitigates against any such conduct as described and widely publicized by first, Ms. Blasey Ford, and now Ms. Ramirez; neither woman can produce a scintilla of evidence or corroborating witness statements. Unlike our once-admired Bill Cosby, whose secret assaults on often drugged women has resulted in criminal punishment, Kavanaugh’s behavior is the opposite of a morally corrupt son of privilege.

At every noxious turn in this slow-rolling circus of orchestrated smears and character assassinations, once you look beyond the media-created narrative and the partisan bomb-throwers, once you dismiss the clear/near fabrications from the accusers, and once you peel back the machinations of those like our despicable and shameful Senator Diane Feinstein—you have what remains: Playbook tactics and strategies used successfully against Robert Bork and unsuccessfully against Clarence Thomas in their fights for Supreme Court seats.

To briefly summarize: Feinstein hid, delayed and obfuscated the written statement by Ford to the point of crass deception until called out by Republican Chairman Grassley to provide it to the committee. Why? Don’t hold your breath for an answer. Since Democrats are in the minority—and their then-leader Harry Reid blew up the filibuster rule used by minorities to wield some power—they have no hope of a voting defeat of Kavanaugh.

They have understandably chosen to use every trick in their book of “resistance” tactics to sully and stall the nomination process to the point of prompting disgust in the parts of the electorate susceptible to their propaganda. It’s drip, drip, drip between the screaming hacks and their outrageous claims—whatever it takes, “the ends justify the means”—to the (hopefully futile) goal of delaying Kavanaugh’s vote. They believe that Republicans will tire in exhaustion and withdraw him from consideration.

Of course, the “scorched earth” strategy was ready, waiting only for a name put forth by President Trump, as we saw when the mob of usual protesters showed up with signs condemning the (fill-in-the-blank) Supreme Court nominee. It could have been any of the 25 or so judges that Trump listed as nominees. Never forget that when then-Senator Ted Kennedy ran to the microphones within minutes of Pres. Reagan’s appointment of Robert Bork, he didn’t need a name to recite his litany-of-horribles to come from Bork’s ascension to the Court. Any name would do.

At the mention of Ted Kennedy’s name, it bears considering actual spousal abuse, sexual assault and similar perfidy by Democrats, which dovetails with the pattern of false accusations past and present. Here are some article titles that paint what I see as the truth of this matter: “Joe Kennedy’s tweet on sexual assault insensitivity is a bit much—he tweets about sexual assaults when politically convenient” (Howie Carr), “Concerned Dems aren’t concerned about past sexual assaults by Dems” (Powerlineblog.com).

“Democrats’ smash and smear agenda reaches new heights” (Michael Goodwin), “The Top Five Shameful Ways Democrats Have Tried to Thwart Kavanaugh’s Confirmation” and “Four Reasons the New Accusations Against Kavanaugh Are Weaker Than Ford’s” (both by Matt Margolis), “Democrats’ total personal war on Brett Kavanaugh should be a Midterm wake-up call for Republicans—There but for fortune could go you or I” (William A. Jacobson), and “The Farce This Time” (Scott Johnson on the incredibly shoddy journalism of the Washington Post’s reporting on the Kavanaugh accusers).

More devastating takes: “Why Christine Blasey Ford’s High School Yearbooks Were Scrubbed—Faculty Approved Racism, Binge Drinking and Promiscuity” (Cultofthe1st.blogspot.com), “The drive to sink Kavanaugh is liberal totalitarianism” (Sohrab Ahmari) and “Christine Blasey Ford’s Accusation Is the Definition of a Non-Credible Sexual Assault Allegation” (John Hawkins). You won’t find any of these articles in the Daily News, AP or other legacy news sources. Motto: no bad news about Democrats.

On false accusations: Salem witch trials, anyone? McMartin (and numerous other) Pre-school child abuse accusers had “recovered memories” at the urging of child psychologists—all made up. The Duke Lacrosse team faced professors, students and an obsessed local prosecutor, who was ultimately disbarred, over fake charges of rape and abuse. A UVA (Virginia) fraternity was nearly destroyed over a Rolling Stone article recounting a gang rape that never, ever happened. The Rolling Stone was fined millions in court.

It’s too bad that the condemnation of abusers—and sympathy for victims—doesn’t extend to fellow Democrats. How else to explain their virtual silence over 1) Sen. Sherrod Brown’s ex-wife’s claim that Brown threw her up against a wall and showed “physical violence and abusive nature.” A judge granted her a restraining order. 2) Sen. Tom Carper admits he gave his ex-wife a black eye: “Did I slap my wife? Yes…" 3) Cory “Spartacus” Booker has admitted groping a friend when he was in high school in the 80s.

4) Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) is credibly accused of assaulting two women, a charge backed up by police records in one case. No one in his party cares enough to question his position as Deputy Chair of the DNC, let alone say those women have a right to be believed.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III’s gangster great-grandfather, a one-time ambassador to Great Britain, prompted a warning from his children to female friends to lock the bedroom doors against his nighttime “wanderings.” Joe’s cousin, Michael Skakel, was convicted of beating a young female neighbor to death with a golf club. Another cousin, William Kennedy Smith, on trial for raping a mother in Palm Beach, beat the charge when a judge withheld sworn depositions from 4 other young women claiming attacks by W.K.Smith.

Finally, 2 names that should shut any Democrat’s mouth: Mary Jo Kopechne, abandoned to die in a watery grave by Ted Kennedy, and…Bill Clinton.