Post-Circus Thoughts

So, yesterday.  That was something, wasn’t it?

Hannah and Ashley covered yesterday’s events SO WELL – and I know they’re exhausted and drained, because Daisy and I weren’t even writing the posts and we were exhausted and drained.  This whole past week has been an absolute circus.

So imagine, for a moment, what it’s been like for Brett Kavanaugh.

Today, I’m seeing all kinds of stories about how the votes are there.  The committee will vote today, tomorrow there’ll be a motion to proceed on the Senate floor, Monday there’ll be a cloture vote, and Tuesday the official full Senate vote will happen.  By most accounts, Kavanaugh has enough votes to be confirmed next week.

I don’t wanna be Captain Bringdown or anything, but you guys – just think about what’s happened over the past week.  The drama isn’t over.  Creepy Porn Lawyer is still out there. Liberals are full-on DESPERATE right now.  There will be more acts in this circus, and I don’t know how that will change any upcoming vote.  But votes could change. I won’t celebrate until the votes are in, and there are enough of them, and it’s official.  The folks gloating on Twitter haven’t learned much over the last 10 days or so.  NOTHING is over until it’s over.

And let’s assume Kavanaugh is confirmed.  It still won’t be over.  He’ll be hounded and harassed for who knows how long.  Not that I’m suggesting he shouldn’t be confirmed.  He absolutely should.  I’m just saying that out loud because I’m so sad about how disgusting the Left has become.

I feel sorry for Christine Ford in some ways.  She obviously believes beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kavanaugh attempted to assault her.  She’s a fragile, weak, shattered woman who has been used and abused by the Democrats.  She’s obviously got serious family issues – parents she couldn’t confide in even as she was seeking lawyers last month, and she’s got FRIEND issues.  She threw her close friend Leland under the bus TWICE.  The first time was when she abandoned Leland at a party she was convinced she was assaulted at in 1982, and then yesterday she claimed Leland didn’t corroborate her story because she was suffering from “medical issues.” WTF. If that’s the kind of friend Christine Ford is, then she’s got character issues we haven’t even begun to scratch the surface on.

I believe Christine believes her story. And I also believe she needs to lose the Kardashian vocal fry because it was unbearable to listen to.

Kavanaugh’s opening statement was masterful. I sobbed all the way through it.  I worried during his questioning that he was so angry that it bordered on belligerence, but I didn’t blame him for it a bit.  His anger is more than justified.

Lindsey Graham completely out-Spartacused Cory Booker, and it was his finest moment, probably ever. He articulated every single point that needed to be articulated, and I was quite literally jumping up and down in my family room as I watched him.  It was magnificent.  I didn’t even need to go to zumba after that.

Diane Feinstein is the High Priestess of Haggery and I hope that she’s enjoying being accused of leaking Ford’s story.  Let her feel what it’s like to be accused of something she insists she didn’t do. The fact that she invited Alyssa Milano as a guest to that spectacle says everything you need to know about her legitimacy.

Rachel Mitchell is obviously a fine prosecutor, and she had an impossible job yesterday. And because it was impossible, I think she did as good of a job as she could have, but I’m glad that ultimately the GOP Senators took back their time.

The Democrats looked ridiculous yesterday – grandstanding, exchanging thumbs-up gestures with Ford prior to and after her testimony, and then berating Kavanaugh about his fart jokes in his high school yearbook.  What a perfect demonstration that was for how low the Left has descended. They’re despicable in every sense.

It’s going to be a bumpy ride for these next 5-6 days.  I hope every Senator, no matter what party, has a chance to read Kim Strassel’s latest in the WSJ, where she wrote:

The stakes go beyond Judge Kavanaugh. A “no” vote now equals public approval of every underhanded tactic deployed by the left in recent weeks. It’s a green light to send coat hangers and rape threats to Sen. Susan Collins and her staff. It is a sanction to the mob that drove Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife out of a restaurant. It is an endorsement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who kept the charge secret for weeks until she could use it to ambush the nominee with last-minute, unverified claims. It’s approval of the release of confidential committee material (hello, Spartacus), the overthrow of regular Senate order, and Twitter rule. It’s authorization for a now thoroughly unprofessional press corps to continue crafting stories that rest on anonymous accusers and that twist innuendo into gang rapes. A vote against Brett Kavanaugh is a vote for Michael Avenatti. No senator can hide from this reality. There is no muddy middle.

The stakes go even further, to the core of this country’s principles. To vote against Judge Kavanaugh now is to overthrow due process.

Senators – do the right thing.