Senator
Mitch McConnell's eleven he-men on the Senate Judiciary Committee talk
tough, sound tough, and act tough. After toying with Christine
Blasey Ford, she has accepted their terms: a deal to testify on her
allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted
her at a party when they were in high school. She was fifteen,
he seventeen.
Of course
they plan to shame her, but they don't want women voters to see them do
that! So proving just how tough they really are, they hired a woman to
ask the hard questions: not just any woman but a prosecutor from
Maricopa County.
That is the county that re-electedJoe Arpaio several times. Arpaio, you may recall, is the notorious Sheriff recently pardoned by President Trump.
So
here is how things stand: Every Senator will be given five minutes to
ask questions. The eleven “”Chickens” will not ask questions but will
hide behind the skirt of a woman who has been given all of the
fifty-five minutes that were granted to the Republicans. The
ten Democrats who oppose the nomination will each have five minutes to
ask their questions and listen to the testimony.
The majority vote
for a lifetime job of Justice of the Supreme Court for Brett
Kavanaugh will then be passed along to the entire Senate some time next
week. (At least that is the script they have written).
That
may sound fair on Fox News: an experienced prosecutor with an
uninterrupted hour gets to ask Ms, Ford questions, challenge, and then
ask questions again and again for an additional fifty-five minutes. Ten
opposing Senators each get to ask whatever for five minutes.
It
proves that the “Chickens” have no respect for their colleagues, for
their interviewee’s donors, for their base, or for the American
electorate!
Al
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