With regards to Mrs. Ford, I think she did the best she could and will still get pummeled by the Far Right for - seriously, going after her fear of flying as a character flaw??? - what she said today.
What really mattered was Kavanaugh's response, which Vox.com summarizes pretty well here. My two key takeaways from him was:
1) When finally confronted with personal failings, Kavanaugh lashed out with unprofessional rage and poor temperament. Exposing himself as the kind of Angry Guy who WOULD lash out at women and others who would question his behavior or try to hold him to account. I posted a Twitter thread starting here about it.
It is the kind of temperament we dare not risk having on the highest court in the land. On that alone, Kavanaugh has disqualified himself.
2) I have to seriously ask, given how quickly he turned into a yelling and almost incoherent tyro, was Kavanaugh drunk at the beginning of this hearing?
I've seen angry drunks in action. I've had someone close to me get five beers into him and pretty much turn into a rage monster yelling at me about a slight still remembered from years before. He was still high-functioning enough to drive home without me.
This is who the Republicans on the Judiciary Hearing are going to vote for tomorrow.
Gods help us.
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Maybe he wasn't drunk but only wished he was? Maybe he's been drinking long and steadily enough to make that rage reaction just a part of his personality now, no outside chemicals needed?
Also, blaming it on the alcohol is lame. U.S. Grant quite famously drank alcohol and still managed to perform well, and we are talking about the highest level of the US government here, so the comparison is fair.
-Doug in Oakland
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