THROUGH THEIR KAVANAUGH KANGAROO COURT, DEMOCRATS HAVE FORFEITED ANY LEGITIMACY TO IMPARTIALLY WEIGH-IN ON WHO SHOULD FILL THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT VACANCY
The Press Has Called The Most Recent Allegations Against The Nominee "A Coordinated Ploy To Sabotage A Conservative Jurist" And "A Disgraceful Episode"
The Associated Press : "The Timing Suggests A Coordinated Ploy To Sabotage A Conservative Jurist They Oppose." "The timing suggests a coordinated ploy to sabotage a conservative jurist they oppose." (Lisa Mascaro, "Inside Democrats' Struggle With The Kavanaugh Accusation," The Associated Press , 9/24/18)
National Review Criticized The New Yorker For Stooping To The Level Of Publishing "A Shoddy Story." "The New Yorker stooped to publish a shoddy story alleging that Kavanaugh exposed himself to a woman while he was at Yale. The alleged incident occurred at a drunken party when both were in their freshman year. What's extraordinary is that the woman making the charge, a fellow Yale student named Deborah Ramirez, admits that she hesitated to come forward because there were such large gaps in her memory." (Editorial, "Fight For Kavanaugh," National Review , 9/24/18)
Townhall Headline: "Kavanaugh's Accuser Named Four Other Attendees At The Alleged Party. All Four Have Now Contradicted Her Story." "Kavanaugh's Accuser Named Four Other Attendees at the Alleged Party. All Four Have Now Contradicted Her Story." (Guy Benson, "Kavanaugh's Accuser Named Four Other Attendees At The Alleged Party. All Four Have Now Contradicted Her Story." Townhall , 9/24/18)
Fox News' Headline: "Kavanaugh Buffeted By More Uncorroborated Charges As Dems Seek To Derail Nomination." (Edmund DeMarche, Samuel Chamberlain and Chad Pergram, "Kavanaugh Buffeted By More Uncorroborated Charges As Dems Seek To Derail Nomination," Fox News , 9/24/18)
National Review : The "Realists" Believed That "The Democrats Were Playing For Time In The Hopes Of Finding Another Accusation Against Kavanaugh" - They "Were Right." "The cynics - or, perhaps more precisely, the realists - believed that the Democrats were playing for time in the hopes of finding another accusation against Brett Kavanaugh. The cynics were right." (Editorial, "Fight For Kavanaugh," National Review , 9/24/18)
- If Judge Kavanaugh's "Career Is Going To Be Ruined And His Reputation Besmirched, It Should Require Clear And Convincing Evidence." "Brett Kavanaugh is an excellent jurist who has earned his sterling reputation over decades of public service. If his career is going to be ruined and his reputation besmirched, it should require clear and convincing evidence." (Editorial, "Fight For Kavanaugh," National Review , 9/24/18)
- So Far The Facts "Lead Only To The Belief That This Is A Disgraceful Episode That Makes Borking Look Above-Board And Responsible By Comparison." "We are willing to follow the facts wherever they lead, but so far, they lead only to the belief that this is a disgraceful episode that makes Borking look above-board and responsible by comparison." (Editorial, "Fight For Kavanaugh," National Review , 9/24/18)
Townhall: "If Democrats Want Impartial Observers To Believe That This Isn't All A Giant Pageant Of Abject Partisan Hackery, They Might Want To Keep Hirono Away From The Cameras Until The Process Is Over." "If Democrats want impartial observers to believe that this isn't all a giant pageant of abject partisan hackery, they might want to keep Hirono away from the cameras until the process is over." (Guy Benson, "Kavanaugh's Accuser Named Four Other Attendees At The Alleged Party. All Four Have Now Contradicted Her Story." Townhall , 9/24/18)
National Review Called The New Yorker's Story "Irresponsible," Adding That The Calls For Kavanaugh To Withdraw Over An Unsubstantiated Allegation Are "Reckless Beyond All Reason." "In and of itself, this makes The New Yorker's story irresponsible, albeit not out of character for Jane Mayer. But when one considers that the forces arrayed against Kavanaugh's nomination have taken to arguing that the mere existence of an unsubstantiated allegation should be sufficient to cause a withdrawal . . . well, it looks reckless beyond all reason." (Charles E. Cooke, "On The New Yorker's Grossly Irresponsible Story," National Review , 9/24/18)
Broadcasters And Journalists Have Also Criticized The New Yorker's Decision To Print The Allegation Because There Is "No One With Firsthand Knowledge To Corroborate It"
New York Times' Sharon LaFraniere Tweeted "NYT Reporters Interviewed Several Dozen People 'And Could Find No One With Firsthand Knowledge' To Corroborate It." "Re second Kavanaugh allegation, NYT reporters interviewed several dozen people 'and could find no one with firsthand knowledge' to corroborate it." (Sharon LaFraniere, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
The New York Times' Peter Baker: "The Times Interviewed Dozens To Corroborate 2nd Allegation Against Kavanaugh And Could Find No One With Firsthand Knowledge." "The Times interviewed dozens to corroborate 2nd allegation against Kavanaugh and could find no one with firsthand knowledge. Ramirez told ex-classmates she couldn't be certain Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself." (Peter Baker, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
CBS' Norah O'Donnell Tweeted A Portion Of An Interview With The New Yorker's Jane Mayer Where She Was Asked If Her Source Saw The Alleged Incident Take Place, To Which She Replied, "No." "Where did the corroborating witness get the information from? -@JDickerson 'He remembers it from-he was in the same dorm .. and he remembers it clearly' -@JaneMayerNYer But did he see it? -@JDickerson 'No. As I've said, he heard it from someone who was there.' -@JaneMayerNYer" (Norah O'Donnell, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
New York Post Columnist Karol Markowicz Insisted That It Was "Nuts" That The New Yorker "Ran With A Story Were The Accuser Still Today, Right Now, Can Not Say The Person She Is Accusing Actually Is The One Who Did What She Is Alleging." "Ronan Farrow, Jane Mayer and the New Yorker ran with a story where the accuser still, today, right now, can not say that the person she is accusing actually is the one who did what she is alleging. IS THAT NUTS." (Karol Markowicz, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
New York Post Columnist John Podhoretz: "The NYT Interviewed 'Several Dozen People' Trying To Substantiate The Ramirez Story And Could Not Do So. Several. Dozen." "The NYT interviewed 'several dozen people' trying to substantiate the Ramirez story and could not do so. Several. Dozen." (John Podhoretz, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
- Podhoretz Said This Is An Allegation, But "Not One With Any Evidence To Support It." "This is the opposite of a 'credible' allegation, in other words. It's an allegation, all right. Just not one with any evidence to support it." (John Podhoretz, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
National Review's Rich Lowry: "It's Not That The NYTimes Didn't Have The Story; It's That The NYTimes Realized There Wasn't A Story." "Jane Mayer mis-stated it on Morning Joe. It's not that the NYTimes didn't have the story; it's that the NYTimes realized that there wasn't a story." (Rich Lowry, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
National Review's Jonah Goldberg Criticized The New Yorker By Saying "Sometimes If You Don't Have The Story, You Don't Publish It." "Sometimes if you don't have the story, you don't publish it." (Jonah Goldberg, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
Salem Radio Host Hugh Hewitt Criticized Broadcasters And Journalists For Living In "Blue Bubbles," Adding That The Smears On Judge Kavanaugh "Are Going To Backfire." "Broadcasters/journalists living inside 'blue bubbles' in the Beltway, NYC, LA, Silicon Valley, are talking to each other and not Americans across the country. The smears on #JudgeKavanaugh are going to backfire. Callers so angry. Good to get incoming instead of just yammering." (Hugh Hewitt, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
Bloomberg's Steven Dennis Said Michael Avenatti "Tweeted Out An Email With Almost The Ugliest Possible Allegations With No Names, Dates, Evidence, Etc." "Avenatti better have some actual evidence. So far he has tweeted out an email with almost the ugliest possible allegations with no names, dates, evidence, etc." (Steven Dennis, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
Fox News' Martha MacCallum Expressed Frustration With How The Allegations Are Being Handled, Saying "Innocent Until Proven Guilty Is How We Do This In America." "'Sickening' was the word I heard most often this weekend to describe what is happening. Innocent until proven guilty is how we do this in America." (Martha MacCallum, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
National Review's Charles Cooke Wrote, "I Am Struggling To Remember Reading A Less Responsible Piece Of 'Journalism' In A Major Outlet." "I am struggling to remember reading a less responsible piece of 'journalism' in a major outlet." (Charles E. Cooke, "On The New Yorker's Grossly Irresponsible Story," National Review , 9/24/18)
Washington Examiner's Byron York Noted That The Allegation "Has It All" Because It Allegedly Happened "35 Years Ago," The "Accuser Was Drunk," It Has "Significant Gaps," "Some Say It Never Happened" And The Accuser "Never Described [The] Incident Until Brett's SCOTUS Nomination." "New Yorker Kavanaugh allegation story has it all: 35 years ago. Accuser was drunk. 'Significant gaps' in her memory, recovered recently with help of lawyer. Memories fuzzy all 'round. Some say never happened. Accuser 'never described incident until Brett's SCOTUS nomination.'" (Byron York, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
- York Sarcastically Said, "You'll Be Stunned To Learn That Sen. Hirono Considers New Yorker Kavanaugh Allegation 'Serious, Credible, And Disturbing.'" "You'll be stunned to learn that Sen. Hirono considers New Yorker Kavanaugh allegation 'serious, credible, and disturbing.'" (Byron York, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
Washington Examiner's Philip Wegmann: "Two Male Students Who Were Allegedly At The Party, The Wife Of Another Male Student, And Three Other Yale Classmates" All Say The Accusation Is Not True. "Two male students who were allegedly at the party, the wife of another male student, and three other Yale classmates all tell Ronan Farrow that there is no way Kavanaugh assaulted Ramirez." (Philip Wegmann, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
Host Of The Larry O'Connor Show Said, "We Are Sick Of Stories That Are Published With The Summation 'If This Is True…'" "Question for @RonanFarrow and @NewYorker: Can you say, definitively, that Brett Kavanaugh did the things your story claims he did? It's a simple question and deserves a yes or no answer. We are sick of stories that are published with the summation 'If this is true...'" (Larry O'Connor, Twitter Feed , 9/23/18)
Washington Free Beacon's Brent Scher Said Senate Democrats Received A Report On The Second Accusation Against Kavanaugh - "So The Whole Time They Were Delaying, It's Pretty Clear What They Were Doing." "Hirono just re-confirmed on MSNBC that Senate Dems got a report on this 'second accusation.' So the whole time they were delaying, it's pretty clear what they were doing." (Brent Sher, Twitter Feed , 9/24/18)
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