Did you watch or listen to the Supreme Court hearings? For some members of the Judiciary Committee members such as Cruz, Hawley and Cotton, it was an opportunity to fund raise from the base for potential presidential bids. It was culture wars from the aforementioned, and the old white guy (like me) raging,( used to be sometimes reasonable and sometimes not,) Senator Graham. It was a love fest from Democrats…”we all love you in Vermont!”
Judge Jackson performed very well under extreme fire from the culture warriors who add to the base by blaming every social ill on the nominee. Way too soft on crime! Soft on child pornographers! Way soft on illegal drugs and by God, a trustee at the Georgetown Day School that has a CRT curriculum! The judge says, “I’ve never used CRT in my role as a judge”.
Cruz the senator says, “It appears you can change your sex designation within an hour’s time” Cruz tries to be funny. Sometimes we see this on the floor of the MT House. Try to make light of a serious subject, There are a few nervous laughs. But the presenter thinks he’s hit a home run. Back to the comedy club in a strip mall in Amarillo, Texas….it’s not funny.! What can the nominee say about transgender athletes or accelerated sex assignments.
It surely would be better to extract the extraneous politics from the nomination process. Cut out the 10′ of “the world as i’d like to see it” according to the senators. Cut down the time for questioning. Cut down the time allocated for the run for greater office.
If a candidate is highly qualified and has been properly vetted, vote her in and get back to inflation, preventing a third world war and oh yes, climate change.