Cory Booker's release of "confidential" information on Kavanaugh was political theater
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It was carefully staged, as was his challenge to throw him out of the Senate.
However, having said that, I want more of this please! Well done political theater still demonstrates where we stand, indicates to our voters that you have the ability to at least fake courage (and possibly exhibit genuine courage when it matters), creates a media narrative that independents and conservatives understand also, generates headlines and is a strong signal that Democrats can and will stand up to Republicans, especially where Republicans are so obviously in the wrong.
Even an empty gesture (and Booker's action was not empty) is at least a gesture, and our side can use as much of that as possible.
Give us someone to root for, not just a cast of villains to root against.
More morale-boosting political theater please.
(For the record, I know that Booker has physical courage also, having jumped into a burning building recently. I'd love for him to take less corporate money, but that courage may come in time as well)
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Why are you saying that it's the responsibility of Democratic legislators?
What "people" are you referring to when you say, "But I understand people are just fine with these folks walking around free, insinuating themselves back into politics."
You remember Democrats were in the majority of both houses of Congress and held the White House in 2009 and 2010, no? That means the majority party in Congress (either house) could have conducted investigations, the White House could have instructed the Department of Justice to look into one or two matters, right? Instead, nothing happened, because the Obama administration decided it was more important to look forward to the future than backwards to the past.
But you've captured the attitude perfectly when it's brought up: Whaddya gonna do? Can't be helped. No sense doing anything about it then or now. What's the worst that could happen? Foolish to think it could be otherwise.
Which is the job of the criminal justice system, which one learns in Government class in high school.
Strawman much? I guess if you have no actual rebuttal, misrepresenting what I said is what you have left.
Clearly you think that if anyone finds a problem with your logic on a single issue, then you can accuse them of disagreeing with you on everything, including the fact that there are people out there walking around that should be in jail, the sun comes up in the east, etc.
But hey, if it helps you rationalize your unfounded anger at the Democratic party, knock yourself out.
Tell Booker the Democratic Underground posters are proud of him!
Better yet, make a sign.
I was on board with what was going on. It felt great to see Democrats standing up and fighting back. I also enjoyed watching Grassley and his entourage in shock and then scrambling to find a way to shut everything down. What they came up with was immediately disproved by the Democrats on the committee. I have never been more proud of "our side" than I have been this past week. Shove what most of the talking heads are saying. They are in shock and trying to regain their balance after watching the Democrats standing up and openly fighting!
Damning an effective, charismatic DEMOCRATIC Senator with faint praise.
Got it.
It underscores the fact that the Republicans did a sneaky document dump in the wee hours before the start of the hearing, cynically depriving the public, the press, and the Democrats of a chance to review the (still incomplete) record on Kavanaugh in advance of the vetting process.
It still lifted my spirits and Sen. Booker’s profile. It still took guts.
