The Kavanaugh Syndrome

Former Supreme Court Justice appointee Bret Kavanaugh being sworn in during confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 2017. Photo courtesy vox.com

Lie, obfuscate, evade, infuse, negate, position in the cause of country.

January 15, 2025

For the country to see, Tuesday’s (Jan. 14, 2025) Senate Committee hearing demonstrated multiple flaws in our public discourse. For with every response and verbal parry one learned not so much about the qualifications of the nominee, but alot more about how much power the Senate as a forum and the legislative branch as a constitutional body have given over to president elect T****.

Secretary of Defense appointee Pete Hegseth before the Senate Armed Service Committee, January, 14 2025. Photo by Angelina Katsanis, courtesy AP/ the 19th news.

The Kavanaugh syndrome: lie, obfuscate, evade, infuse, negate, position in the cause of ‘country,’ as composed and constructed by the President elect, one’s ‘anointer.’ If approved and installed, one can redirect the call-out of one’s hypocrisy and lies as a disingenuous political maneuver.

It’s ‘the President’ speaking.

For Pete Hegseth, the best qualifier for his presence before the committee is that he is the President-elect’s choice.

The same could be said for Miss Piggy.

Wait: Not even Miss Piggy would suffer a hearing. She is a female impersonator of a “warrior’s warrior.” Such is where candidate Hegseth’s love of…