Live, From The Republic Of Gilead...Kavanaugh's Confirmation Makes Me Wanna...Ralph!

"Now, I'm not saying 

that this is 

any country for

creepy old men. 

It's not."

"Sexual harassment is wrong, 

and it goes on a lot.

 And the people who do it

 should be punished.

"But this is also no country 

at all without due process."

<Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) explains

why he's sticking with the team,

prior to the 50-48 vote

confirming Brett Kavanaugh

to the Supreme Court?>

“Yes, he will have this 

hanging over him, 

just the way Justice Thomas 

has had it 

hanging over his head 

for 25 years. 

"But I’m confident 

it will not affect him 

as a justice. 

He will not 

become a partisan hack. 

"He is a fair, principled 

and independent judge, 

and that’s exactly 

the kind of justice 

he will be.”

<And if you believe that...

Constitutional law expert

John Malcolm, 

Heritage Foundation,

sunnily outlining

why he thinks 

the furor

over Kavanaugh

is overblown>

"It is particularly worrisome 

that the Supreme Court, 
the institution

 that most Americans see 

as the principal guardian 

of our shared 
constitutional heritage,

 is viewed 

as part of the problem 

through a political lens."

<Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

ponders the big picture

as she helps to confirm

someone whom critics 
fear will become....well,

part of the problem?>

"The Maine senator 

has reduced the choreography 

of legislative head-fakes

 to a sublime art, 

in order to preserve 

her bogus reputation 

as an independent-minded 

centrist. 

"When a contentious issue arises, 

Collins will elaborately explain 

that she hasn’t made up her mind yet. 

She needs to give the issue careful study. 

"And then, wondrously,

 after very careful 

and well-advertised study, 

she almost always votes with 

[Majority Leader]

Mitch McConnell. 

"Funny how her research 
invariably leads to that conclusion."

<Author, commentator, professor

Rubert Kuttner: 

"The Fraudulence 

of Susan Collins,

The Huffington Post,

10/08/18>

"Maybe Collins will be proven right.

"Maybe Kavanaugh will defy 

the experts and 

not join a series 

of 5-4 decisions 

like Citizens United, 

the 2008 case 

that eliminated 

the spending limits 

for electioneering

 by corporations... 

"Maybe no more witnesses

 will corroborate the accounts 

of the three women 

who have come forward so far 

with stories about their mistreatment 

at Kavanaugh’s hands. 

"Maybe he will never again show the angry, intemperate and partisan face he revealed to a national TV audience on Sept. 27...

 calling into question his capacity

to be an impartial and dispassionate judge.

"Maybe none of those things will happen. 

But if they do, Collins’ vote should be remembered for a long time.

<The Portland Press-Herald:

"Our View: With a 'Yes' Vote,

Sen. Collins Ties Her Legacy

To That of Brett Kavanaugh">

<Senator Collins:
See You In 2020>

<Remember In November:
The Reckoner>

<We Believe Christine Blasey Ford>