On today’s BradCast, I’m your guest host — Angie Coiro, of In Deep with Angie Coiro — while Brad and Desi are on the road.
I’m glad to have JODI JACOBSON on hand, from Rewire.News. Like me — and like you, maybe — she watched the whole Brett Kavanaugh circus today, and shares her impressions with us. She’ll be back again tomorrow.
Speaking of Rewire, this story posted there late today is deeply affecting. Watching Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s life get shredded, five Congresswomen spoke up to publicly identify themselves as victims of sexual assault or domestic violence. Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina said so very simply that this is “just part of her job representing her constituents.”
This hour I present to you the contrasting statements of the accuser and the accused. A tentative but strong, conciliatory and polite woman (asked about taking a break, she replied “Does that work for you? I’m used to being collegial.”), and an angry, bellowing, interruptive, hostile nominee for a lifetime position on the U.S. Supreme Court. As Brian Behar tweeted: “Can you imagine what the reaction would’ve been if Dr. Ford had behaved even half as hysterically as Brett Kavanaugh or Lindsey Graham?”
Speaking of Twitter: you’re welcome to view my analysis of Brett Kavanaugh’s tell-tale face. I tweeted that thread before he took his seat at the hearing; then, every time I glanced at his face, it only confirmed for me his wrath at having his power, privilege, and entitlement questioned in the slightest. I guarantee you: countless women have seen that face in the worst of all possible circumstances, and you never forget it.
Until tomorrow, then…
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“The American Bar Association late Thursday called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay a confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation can be completed into several claims of sexual misconduct.”
(American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote Until FBI Investigates).
He is definitely guilty. Your facial analysis sealed the deal.
And you are also correct, he is so privileged. Only someone privileged would get angry at being accused without corroboration of sexual assault and gang rape and drugging women. A person who is not privileged would have just smiled and been polite about everything.