The Kavanaugh confirmation process is an engaging drama. The drama contains far too much comedy for it to ennoble the main character or the principal players (Kavanaugh, Trump, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and soon the entire Senate). Nevertheless, there are lessons to be learned here.
One thing seems certain to emerge from the FBI investigation. Kavanaugh's oft-repeated, rosy description of himself and his teenage years will not stand up to scrutiny.
When people talk about themselves, typically they tend to lie. Hence, the people who talk about themselves the most are generally the biggest liars. Combine that with the gullibility of most people, and you have the makings of a con artist... or a professional politician.
The worst of that bunch... the con artists and politicians... understand that when they praise themselves to the sky and then trash their opponents, many will blindly believe both assertions. If they do that often enough in the simplest of terms, then their false narrative will achieve a significant measure of popular acceptance. And so we get a Donald Trump... and now a Brett Kavanaugh.
One thing seems certain to emerge from the FBI investigation. Kavanaugh's oft-repeated, rosy description of himself and his teenage years will not stand up to scrutiny.
When people talk about themselves, typically they tend to lie. Hence, the people who talk about themselves the most are generally the biggest liars. Combine that with the gullibility of most people, and you have the makings of a con artist... or a professional politician.
The worst of that bunch... the con artists and politicians... understand that when they praise themselves to the sky and then trash their opponents, many will blindly believe both assertions. If they do that often enough in the simplest of terms, then their false narrative will achieve a significant measure of popular acceptance. And so we get a Donald Trump... and now a Brett Kavanaugh.
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