Letters to the editor: Judge Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh should withdraw. His life won’t be ruined by withdrawing. He’ll bask in martyrdom, a hero to conservatives filled with self-righteous indignation gripping quivers of poisonous arrows. He’ll retain plausible innocence to the D.C. political elite he admires. He’ll remain a federal judge, be paid millions for his book, millions more by the prestigious law firm soon hiring him while taxpayers pay his attorneys, and continue drinking and gambling excessively with his newfound riches.

What do Dr. Ford and Ms. Ramirez receive? Despite great service to our nation, condemnation and persecution. Their integrity and courage entail enormous personal and financial costs. They never asked to be part of his grandiose game, yet their lives are forever altered.

Even if innocent (doubtful), Kavanaugh’s a lifelong, professionally groomed political operative. Tutored for male-privilege power his entire elite life, he’s played politically vindictive games against others for decades. Cheating, he has the house advantage (Senate) by tossing dice unfairly weighted for him. Specifically coached to obfuscate his past legal opinions, he lied repeatedly under oath. He’s selfishly pushing us toward crisis, so, no, I won’t bleed for him. Kavanaugh’s not a qualified Supreme Court nominee; he’s a political hack in disguise.

Brett Kavanaugh

All Idaho women need to closely watch to see if the Senate votes on Kavanaugh without allowing a full investigation of Ford’s claim against him for sexual assault. It’s a significant charge and should be investigated and witnesses called to testify under oath because a Supreme Court justice should not have sexual assault allegations against him without an investigation and testimony by all parties involved before Congress. Ford deserves an investigation and to call witnesses to testify under oath. If this happens and it’s shown that the allegations have no merit, Kavanaugh can be confirmed without a cloud hanging over his appointment. If Kavanaugh is confirmed without investigation, and our Idaho senators vote to confirm him, I urge you to vote them out of office, because they will have shown that they don’t care about victims of sexual assault and that they value politics over a search for truth. The Republican Party has become the misogynistic party of Trump. We don’t want men who ignore victims of sexual assault without an investigation to represent the women of Idaho.

GOP and Kavanaugh

I am a registered Republican and I believe that Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have seriously tainted the reputation and compromised the historical democratic function of the leadership of the Department of Justice, the FBI, the intelligence community and the State Department. Simultaneously, the actions and policies of the president have made that office the laughingstock of the world, and have bewildered and betrayed our world-leading allies. Add to these concerns, a Congress which is so politically partisan that it appears to not function at all.

Now our Republican-controlled Congress is about to confirm a Supreme Court nominee who is obviously irate and now predisposed to agree with pro-Republican and anti-Democratic sensitivities. This isn’t conservative versus liberal, it is an us-against-them mentality. Win at any cost, even if it harms the country. With the pending confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court is about to be infected with the same political divisiveness and dysfunctional decision-making displayed by Congress and the president. God save us from ourselves.