MUST READ! David Brock on Brett Kavanaugh

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Source: Daily Sound & Fury retell of NBC

David Brock on NBC:

“I used to know Brett Kavanaugh pretty well. And, when I think of Brett now, in the midst of his hearings for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, all I can think of is the old “Aesop’s Fables” adage: “A man is known by the company he keeps.” And that’s why I want to tell any senator who cares about our democracy: Vote no. Twenty years ago, when I was a conservative movement stalwart, I got to know Brett Kavanaugh both professionally and personally. Brett actually makes a cameo appearance in my memoir of my time in the GOP, “Blinded By The Right.” I describe him at a party full of zealous young conservatives gathered to watch President Bill Clinton’s 1998 State of the Union address — just weeks after the story of his affair with a White House intern had broken. When the TV camera panned to Hillary Clinton, I saw Brett — at the time a key lieutenant of Ken Starr, the independent counsel investigating various Clinton scandals — mouth the word “bitch.”

But there’s a lot more to know about Kavanaugh than just his Pavlovian response to Hillary’s image. Brett and I were part of a close circle of cold, cynical and ambitious hard-right operatives being groomed by GOP elders for much bigger roles in politics, government and media. And it’s those controversial associations that should give members of the Senate and the American public serious pause.


Detailed analysis of Kavanaugh’s own notes from the Starr Investigation reveals he was cherry-picking random bits of information from the Starr investigation — as well as the multiple previous investigations — attempting vainly to legitimize wild right-wing conspiracies. For years he chased down each one of them without regard to the emotional cost to Foster’s family and friends, or even common decency.

Kavanaugh was not a dispassionate finder of fact but rather an engineer of a political smear campaign. And after decades of that, he expects people to believe he’s changed his stripes.


Read more: https://dailysoundandfury.com/2018-09-29-must-read-david-brock-on-brett/

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Key excerpt -

When, as I came to know, Kavanaugh took on the role of designated leaker to the press of sensitive information from Starr’s operation, we all laughed that Larry had taught him well. (Of course, that sort of political opportunism by a prosecutor is at best unethical, if not illegal.)

[msongs]

1. nice opinion piece and analysis nt

[laserhaas]

2. Here's some more, from -- elsewhere

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[laserhaas]

3. Here's some more, from -- apropos

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[steventh]

5. Thanks for identifying the people near Kavanaugh.

I had been wondering who some of them are.

[Sancho]

7. Can you imagine the looks if the gallery had not been supporters?

If family and friends are horrified and disgusted, then more "investigation" is unnecessary.

[laserhaas]

4. Here's the most - Spot On - apropos

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[dchill]

6. K&R.

[John1956PA]

8. Hats of to NBC for publishing this way back on September 7. A DUer posted it here that same day.

When I read the September 7 DU post at https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211108841 , I immediately acquired a dislike for Kavanaugh. A few weeks later, I was not surprised at the accusations by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

[DonViejo]

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