Protected Slander

Senators are protected in session from accusations of slander. Big mistake! Spittle-flecked Hawaiian Senator Mazie Hirono shows above why this protection is a travesty. The venue is Wednesday’s Judiciary Committee hearings of Attorney General William Barr on the Mueller Report. See Crazy Mazie make a complete horse’s ass out of herself with impunity.

Cost-Benefit

Christine Ford finished her lacrymonious testimony yesterday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. And she was obviously effective. However one thing, that no one else noticed, did strike me as strange. This disconnect was when Dr. Ford said several times, when asked about why she finally came forward with her accusations, said that she had to weigh the costs against the benefits of this decision.

OK, let's assume that thus was her thinking ... what could be the costs and benefits that she was facing?

Costs: a few weeks of a disruptive life dedicated to negations, legal coaching and testimony, threats from disgruntled foes, possibly some legal and associated costs (unlikely given yesterday's testimony), invasion of her and her family's privacy bubble, possible charges of perjury

Benefits: Possible blockage of Kavanaugh's sitting on the Supreme Court, a significant embarrassment to her hated President Trump, eternal adoration by the Left and its media, a likely seven-figure book deal, a lifetime of speaking deals and likely honorary degrees, a movie deal, numerous prizes and awards, etc.

Why was there any question of what she would do?

Agreed!

Christine Ford's team of lawyers has agreed that she will testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday! The only stipulations remaining are that, when Kavanaugh testifies, he can only be questioned by the committee Democrats and he must be wearing a novelty nose and glasses.

The Upcoming Debates -- Biden

In the upcoming debates, there are ten questions I would like to be asked of Joe Biden:

1) Since you have in the past been accused of leaking state secrets, have you had anything to do with any of the recent serious White House intelligence disclosures?

2) You voted against the George H.W. Bush's invasion of Kuwait to repel Iraq's invasion?  You strongly advocated the splitting of Iraq up into three separate states along the lines of its ethnic minorities.  You voted against George W. Bush's successful surge in Iraq.  In general your foreign policy decisions have often been sub-optimal.  If you were to become President, how can the American people trust your questionable judgement to maintain our hegemony in the world?

3) You have been accused of ... and admitted to plagiarizing part of a law review article in college and a large portion of a speech by Neal Kinnock.  Do you believe that this is the character profile that Americans should expect of their Vice President?

4) You indicated to President Obama that the passage of Obamacare was "a big f...ing deal."  In particular, which portion(s) of this remaking of the American health-care system are you most proud of?  And do you condone the manner in which it was back-doored into law?

5) You chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas … which set the dubious standard for acrimony and partisanship.  Are you proud of the what you accomplished with these hearings?

6) You chaired the Simpson-Bowles Commission whose recommendations for fiscal reform many have considered noteworthy … and which President Obama completely ignored.  Did you ever go to bat with the President to try to get him to implement any or all of this committee’s findings?

7) You champion yourself as coming from working-class roots.  How can you identify yourself as middle class when you live in a 3.5 million dollar mansion in Delaware?

8) At the beginning of his administration, President Obama created a Middle-Class Task Force with you as its chairman.  This task force was purposed with the duty of “raising the living standards of middle-class, working families in America.”  Can you name three accomplishments of this committee?

9) Early on, President Obama also gave you the assignment of overseeing our 800 billion dollar Recovery Act ... better known as stimulus spending. Exactly how involved were you in this oversight since "many of its shovel ready jobs weren’t so shovel ready" … and this program has been generally deemed an utter waste of money?

10) Now that you and Nancy Pelosi have had considerable plastic surgery on the taxpayers's dime, do you believe that Medicaid and Medicare should make available equally lavish reconstructions for all their insurees?