Democrats will miss their last smear of Brett Kavanaugh

When the New York Times published a book excerpt this weekend from Brett Kavanaugh's Education: An Inquiry, the left went de facto to reconstitute the battle of confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The article, while focusing on Deborah Ramirez's unsubstantiated claim that Kavanaugh exposed herself to her, added a new charge: "A classmate, Max Stier, saw Mr. Kavanaugh lower the pants when another drunken drunk evening, where his friends pushed his penis into the hands of a student. "

L & # 39; s history guest at least five candidates in the Democratic presidential election to demand the dismissal of Kavanaugh, whose Sense. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.

Since the beginning of history, the media and left-wing politicians have been drawn into a congratulatory party for their own congratulation following the postponement of the Kavanaugh controversy. But, for many reasons, the left is likely to lose the day New York Times published the hit on Kavanaugh.

First, the article omits several facts relevant to the new charge against Kavanaugh. While the duo identified another Yale student, Max Stier, as a witness to Kavanaugh's alleged misconduct, he failed to mention that Stier had already criticized Kavanaugh when he had been part of the team. Kenneth Starr's independent attorney team and that he had represented Bill Clinton during the indictment proceedings.

The additional claims of Stier are even more overwhelming. details included in the book, but (originally) excluded from the Times article. "The book reports that the student refused to be interviewed and friends say that she does not remember the incident." After the conservative media revealed the omission, the New York Times added this information in a note from the editor.

By omitting these facts at the beginning and then having to correct the file, the Times lost a lot of his credibility, especially on the Kavanaugh controversy. the Times I just reminded the country of how fragile his report is as the country prepares for the 2020 elections.

Kavanaugh's success also reminded Republicans of what the left had done to the man and his family during the confirmation hearings. This outrage drove the Conservatives to the polls in the 2018 midterm elections, pushing Republicans to make progress in the Senate.

The results of the Senate established this vote against Kavanaugh was a losing proposition, with many Democratic senators in the red state voting against Kavanaugh's confirmation having lost their re-election. Losers included Indiana's Sens Joe Donnelly, North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp, ​​Florida's Bill Nelson and Claire McCaskill of Missouri. Expanding the Republican base while we are only one year away from the 2020 presidential election does not seem to be the most brilliant strategy.

New attacks by the left on Kavanaugh arouse right wing anger and likely increase turnout next November, but they also appease internal conservatives quarrel. The schism on the Republican side between the people of MAGA and Never Trump seemed almost absolute, except when it was Kavanaugh. A united Republican party can not be defeated.

Kavanaugh's ongoing flogging is also likely to force the hand of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham. Since replacing Senator Chuck Grassley as Chair, he has done nothing in response to the bogus claims made to the committee against Kavanaugh. the New York Times The centerpiece may well be the impetus Graham needs to take action.

Finally, the new attacks on Kavanaugh will probably prepare him for the upcoming legal battles. If the Liberals had left things as they were, Kavanaugh could have tried to redeem himself in the eyes of the Liberals. Kavanaugh's presentation on hiring a female staff of lawyers sensed the sign of virtue and suggested that he might feel the need to prove himself. How better to prove to the Liberals that you are not a misogynist than to defend Roe v. Wade? However, Kavanaugh probably realizes now that he will always be the villain in their eyes. He could just as well stick to his principles rather than letting himself go to the left for an unachievable acceptance.

The more the press differs in the history of the Kavanaugh, the more the Democratic Party suffers significant damage, but also more serious for the wife and the girls of justice. So, in the interest of the Kavanaugh family, we hope here that the media will realize their political miscalculation imminently.

Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) is a contributor to the Washington ExaminerThe confidential blog of Beltway. She worked for nearly 25 years as a permanent jurist with a federal appeals judge. She has been a full-time faculty member and adjunct professor at the College of Commerce of the University of Notre Dame.