Steve Hilton: Kavanaugh hearing shows divisive Democrats must be defeated before they destroy America By Steve Hilton | Fox News Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email Millions of Americans have been deeply and emotionally engaged by Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing and the astonishing spectacle that unfolded in the Senate Judiciary Committee. It is absolutely right to say that we are in a vital cultural moment. Ending sexual misconduct and the abuse, exploitation and harassment of women by men is long overdue. For as long as I can remember I have done what I can to uphold the principle of gender equality – not just in my own life and behavior, but where I’ve had the chance to be an advocate or shape policy too. But we are also in a vital political moment. Just as we're moving in the right direction on gender equality, we're moving in the wrong direction when it comes to politics. And sadly, one party is overwhelmingly to blame. We discovered that Thursday at the reopened Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Kavanaugh. I came away from watching the hearing convinced that both Christine Blasey Ford – who accused Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when they were high school – and Kavanaugh are two good people caught up in an ugly war. Kavanaugh said repeatedly that he has never sexually assaulted anyone. Before Thursday, I just disagreed with the Democrats. Now I'm frightened of them. They strike me as truly cruel. Calculating. Crazed with their own self-righteousness. It was a small detail that gave the game away: the revelation that Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., did not disclose the sexual assault allegations to Republicans, the FBI and Kavanaugh himself for weeks after she was contacted by Ford. And on top of this, Feinstein recommended anti-Trump resistance lawyer Deborah Katz to Ford, who went on to hire Katz and her law partner. Had Feinstein informed the Judiciary Committee back in July, when Ford contacted her, of Ford’s allegations, the public hearing of those allegations could have been avoided. The committee could have investigated the allegations privately and confidentially, as Ford requested, and there could have been a thorough FBI investigation. This could have prevented the unimaginable pain and pressure on Ford, Kavanaugh and their families involved by airing the allegations that have dominated the news But Feinstein chose not to do any of those things. And that tells us what her true intentions were. Now we know. By holding a public hearing on Ford’s allegations in which she testified, Feinstein and her follow Democrats on the committee were preparing Ford for use as a political weapon. And as a result, when I watched that hearing Thursday something changed for me. I woke up to the truth about today's Democratic Party establishment. The Democrats remind us of the snarling authoritarianism we have seen abroad all too often. It is an authoritarianism I know well, from my family’s roots in once-Communist Hungary. For the Democrats, this whole episode is not actually about women's rights. If that was the case, Democrats would be equally outraged about the alleged conduct of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who is also deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and is now running for attorney general in his home state. Ellison’s former girlfriend has accused him of emotional and physical abuse. He has denied the allegations. Nor are Democrats motivated by “social justice,” the “arc of history” or overturning the “patriarchy.” This is all about overturning the 2016 election. The Democrats fear that if they let President Trump fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, their power is lost for a generation or more. So as they have now shown us, Democrats will pay any price to keep their power. Ford can be thrown to the wolves. Kavanaugh can be destroyed – after all, he's just a white male Republican. Trust in the Senate and the Supreme Court can be casually undermined – as long as the Democrats win. Worst of all, the fabric of our society can just be ripped to pieces, as long as Democrats hold on to the biggest piece. This has changed my personal view of Democrats profoundly. I try to be reasonable, positive and open-minded. I hate partisanship. I want to help build a populist movement beyond party, one that's pro-worker, pro-family, pro-community, pro-America. If you read my new book, “Positive Populism,” you will see that it is a long way from being a partisan tract. But I have lost patience with the establishment Democrats. Their mania for identity politics is recklessly dividing this country: black against white, young against old, gay against straight, urban against rural. And yes, men against women. The Democrats strike me as truly cruel. Calculating. Crazed with their own self-righteousness. Before Thursday, I just disagreed with the Democrats. Now I'm frightened of them. Frightened because the mask was ripped off. Underneath all that pompous, sanctimonious, self-righteous preening about "social justice" and the "right side of history," they disdain actual justice. Democrats have overnight abandoned one of the foundational principles of a civilized society: the concept that everyone accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty. In fact the Democrats remind us of the snarling authoritarianism we have seen abroad all too often. It is an authoritarianism I know well, from my family’s roots in once-Communist Hungary. It is a frightening future if these Democrats and their approach are allowed to prevail. A future, to borrow from George Orwell, of a boot stamping on America's face – forever. These divisive, dangerous Democrats must be defeated before they destroy America.
I kinda agree with you. We would have a tainted judge, but they could have confirmed him by now. At this stage, he looks weak. Did you hear him, how he was talking about liking beer. So weak and pathetic. If he makes it to SCOTUS, we will be far worse where we are now.
Because there is motive to attack Kavanaugh, on top of getting rich, this woman will most likely derail his nomination...... Nothing happens over the course of 36 years, and then a left wing operative comes foreword on the eve of the nomination, with no proof, where everyone who was supposedly involved denies it. Frankly, if you are a rational human being you have to admit that this looks and smells like horseshit, and there is zero evidence to substantiate the claims. This sounds about as credible as the Seth Rich conspiracies..... Only a partisan hack would buy into this kind of nonsense with zero evidence.
Please feel free to point to all the "cons" who have said she is a crisis actress who deserves death threats.
So you think she's lying? And she, what, prepared years in advance for the the Big Event by going to therapy and so on, anticipating Kavanaugh's eventual nomination following a Trump victory? Seriously, do you even read your own posts?
I have no clue whether or not shes lying or she doesnt remember it correctly, thats the whole point...... I dont think Kavanaugh or the other 4 people who were supposed to have been there have lied..... Do you? Youre literally trying to put someones head in the guillotine over an incident NO ONE seems to remember, from 36 years ago. If thats the standard shit is going to get ugly real quick.
She may not be lying. We are just waiting for her to "recover" more memories to make her case and to "suppress" the ones that don't work, such as all the people who were supposed to have been at the party but have no memory of it. Maybe she will recover something good over the weekend. Now there are articles saying that if the new investigation and it finds that Mark Judge was working at safeway it corroborates her story because she said she saw him at the safeway sometime or days later. WTF. If he was working at Safeway, yeh, she might have seen him there anytime and have a memory of that. Like, so frigging what? How does that corroborate anything? And yes, judge denies being at the party and he was a friend of Kavanaugh's. Okay, except her best friend says she has no recollection of being there either, even though Ford says she was. Maybe she saw the best friend down at Safeway too. Whatever. Maybe I was there too along with Elvis.
I think she's forthcoming and that they are somewhat less so. What irks me are all the condescending Republican senators who "believe" that she was assaulted but by someone else. So she's stupid? It's one thing to be an eye witness to something that happened across the street or in a fleeting moment in poor lighting. It's another when she knew who the guy was and he was on top of her. What those senators are doing is worse than saying they don't believe her. They're implying she's either a dolt or pathological.