Since Brett Kavanaugh’s emotionally charged testimony last week, the SCOTUS nominee has come under fire from lefties concerned that he might not have the temperament to serve on on our nation’s highest court. Because apparently you’re not allowed to show anger when you’re defending yourself from baseless allegations of gang rape.
Well anyway, last night, Brit Hume proposed a pretty radical suggestion concerning Brett Kavanaugh’s so-called “judicial temperament”:
I have an idea: to determine what kind of judicial temperament Judge Kavanaugh has, how about examining his record as a judge. Any complaints there about his behavior in court? In his decisions?
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 1, 2018
You mean … look at Kavanaugh’s actual record? That’s just crazy talk.
That's so crazy, it just might work. https://t.co/M8lbEoEUHJ
— justturnright (@justturnright) October 1, 2018
What’s say we give it a whirl?
Wait…common sense? Novel!!
— laura (@IlliniFNP) October 1, 2018
Terrific idea!!!!!
Why didn't anyone think of that before????
But then the Dems think they have a better idea, smear a man with unjustified accusations & demand he's guilty until proven innocent…
Just backwards to our Constitution & our beliefs & way of life…
— The Bear (@TheOregonBear) October 1, 2018
And speaking of backwards …
I agree with every word that @EliotACohen writes here. Spot on. As usual. https://t.co/tB2bXASnD9
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 30, 2018
“No one watching those proceedings could imagine that a Democrat standing before this judge’s bench in the future would get a fair hearing. This was not the conservative temperament on display. It was, rather, personalized grievance politics.” https://t.co/aNLCYQ6Bmr
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 1, 2018
So Boot agrees with this, then:
Perhaps the collapse of modern conservatism came out most clearly in Kavanaugh’s own testimony—its self-pity, its hysteria, its conjuring up of conspiracies, its vindictiveness. He and his family had no doubt suffered agonies. But if we expect steely resolve from a police officer confronting a knife-wielding assailant, or disciplined courage from a firefighter rushing into a burning house, we should expect stoic self-control and calm from a conservative judge, even if his heart is being eaten out. No one watching those proceedings could imagine that a Democrat standing before this judge’s bench in the future would get a fair hearing. This was not the conservative temperament on display. It was, rather, personalized grievance politics.
OK, Max. Brit Hume will play ball:
This raises a simple question: Is there anything in Judge Kavanaugh’s behavior toward Democrats in court that supports this proposition? Is reacting with outrage to the most extreme attacks on his character a fair reflection of judicial temperament? Please. https://t.co/rkkpxabakI
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 1, 2018
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