I'm a naive follower of the Democratic Party responding to
Maggie Alitz's letter accusing the Democrats of slandering Brett Kavanaugh.
They didn't slander Neil Gorsuch, so there must be something different about
Kavanaugh. We don't know if he's truthful about sexual abuse. He paints himself
as a drinker, but never to excess. "In denying the possibility that he
ever blacked out from drinking, and in downplaying the degree and frequency of
his drinking, Brett has not told the truth." That's Chad Ludington who was
present when Kavanaugh began a brawl that ended with Chris Dudley's arrest. He
was aggressive when drinking as a youth and still seems belligerent today as
evidenced by his attitude toward questioning by Senator Klobuchar. Further
evidence of his lack of judicial temperament is his blaming questioning of him
on "revenge on behalf of the Clintons." Advice and consent by Congress isn't slander
or conspiracy. Questioning his honesty and disposition is allowed.
Yes Ms. Alitz, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and
responsible for the emancipation of slaves. But Donald Trump is the sad
culmination of the devolution of the party that began with the Southern
Strategy put forth by Richard Nixon. That was a plan to win over southern
Democrats who were angry about Lyndon Johnson's actions to advance civil
rights. Lincoln would not have approved. You've left the Democratic Party and
joined the Republicans, for whatever reason. Great! So did Strom Thurmond (in
1964 over civil rights) and Donald Trump. It was not a Democrat who found
"fine people" among the neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white supremacists and
other assorted racists in Charlottesville. It was Mr. Trump.
They can't keep claiming the mantle of Lincoln when they've become the party of Confederate-flag fetishists. Parties evolve.
ReplyDeleteOr devolve in their case. I hope we've at least hit rock bottom or are near it.
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