Special Report
No Contest: Kavanaugh vs. the Committtee
Daniel J. Flynn
September 28, 2018, 12:05 am
Christine Blasey Ford helped herself, but not nearly as much as Brett Kavanaugh did himself.
If Brett Kavanaugh wins confirmation to the Supreme Court, he can thank himself.
With nobody willing to say “boo†to Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s accuser appeared credible, nice, and likable in her testimony. She did not filibuster in her answers. Her voice, with its high pitch and uptalk inflections, sounded not like that of a fiftysomething woman but of a teenage girl — helping senators imagine the teenage girl she was 36 years ago. In contrast, she used “sequalae,†“hippocampus,†and other ten-cent words indicative of an intelligent woman (but strangely needed an explanation on “exculpatoryâ€). She firmly maintained that she knew with “100 percent†certainty that the man looking for a seat on the Supreme Court used her as a mattress all those years ago.
She helped her cause. So did the peculiar manner that Republicans chose to question her.
Don’t blame Rachel Mitchell entirely. Blame the eleven men hiding behind her. Whereas Democrats constantly interrupted Kavanaugh and turned the hearings into chaos earlier this month, Republicans on the committee did not utter a peep to Ford on Thursday. This strategy had everything to do with protecting themselves and nothing to do with protecting Kavanaugh, Ford, or the truth. Mitchell’s questioning centered on matters on the periphery. Her body language wisely spoke in a warm tone. But her words focusing on the alleged incident, the only thing that really mattered, came infrequently.
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