Sunday 16 February 2020

Kavanaugh redux

Seeing the conviction of Michale Avenatti, 2020 presidential candidate wannabe of the CNN-tribes, and now convicted felon, reminded me of his part in the Kavanaugh SCOTUS hearings, when he, Avenatti, represented one of the least believable of the accusers against the judge, Julie Swetnick.  (Who shortly after her -- literally incredible -- accusation, recanted).
And that got me thinking again, to that night back in September 2018, watching Blasey Ford testify before the Senate and the whole drama of that time, and rather than write about it myself, being too lazy, I’ll post an article by the wonderful Theodore Dalrymple
A Gladiatorial Soap Opera (Web Archive version)