This guy is just unbelievable. Literally. Among all the other unusual and amazing lies pouring forth from the seemingly bottomless cauldron associated with this administration at large, the little divertissement in the form of an interview with Brett Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, on Fox News yesterday is particularly pathetic. So many things catch the eye and ear: his mechanical, repetitive delivery of his message (I've never done anything wrong; I want to be treated fairly), his wife's body language and expressions as she appears to experience an internal war between wanting to be the dutiful wife (hopefully of a Supreme Court justice - that's got to involve a pay raise, right?) and wanting to choke the shit out of this lying asshat.... Incidentally, I was struck by the fact that he wouldn't even have her answer questions that were directed to her specifically.
At the moment, though, I"m stuck on his cry of purity. The interviewer asked "so you were a virgin in high school?" and his reply was that oh yes indeedy, he was, and through college - for "many years after that". That was a whopper even for him. I suppose next we'll discover that, actually, he is still a virgin, maintains a platonic marriage with his wife, and the children were conceived by Divine Intervention. In fact, he is so pure of heart that he has been tapped to pull the sword from the stone and become the Divinely Ordained Holy King of the British Isles.
But why stop there with the story? With further investigation we may find that he has performed may miracles because of his innocence and purity. The blind and sick have been healed, he turns water into wine (which likely made him very popular in school, according to reports of Georgetown Prep's environment), and - in his most striking miracle to date - he has been a justice on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals without being impeached for his lying.
As an additional note, his claim of virginity is just more evidence of the good ol' white boy mentality at work here. Let's say yes, ok, you were a virgin. That doesn't mean you can't commit sexual assault! You do not have to actually put your penis in a vagina to have committed sexual assault or even rape, you idiots. It's just such a typical cliche response from the white male consortium. They'll say ANYTHING to distract from their misogynistic and bigoted bad behavior and try to make themselves the victims in the process.
BREAKING NEWS: now he claims he really didn't drink in high school! He says that all he really did in high school was study, play sports, and "be a good friend". I can't believe he left out all his charity work with orphans, how he dedicated all weekends to Meals on Wheels, and any spare time was spent rescuing lost puppies and petting kittens. I guess he wasn't going to be a big help with the 100 keg club then. Thanks for the help, NOT, Kavanaugh!
Maybe he was just so drunk in school that he doesn't remember drinking.
As this drama slouches on, I can't wait to see what further miracles and holy delights this jerk has in store for us. It's hard to believe that he is still on any tracks at all that would lead to his confirmation. Ultimately it's all just heartbreaking. I know things aren't perfect in this country, but I did think that things were improving, that barriers between people were starting to fall, and that love was starting to get a toehold. If the cadre of bigoted white guys have their way though, they will make sure we're all living in 1950 in no time at all.
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