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| Brett Kavanaugh looked and acted like he was drunk at the Senate hearing. |
I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. Brett "I-Love-Beer" Kavanaugh may have had a few too many beers with his lunch while he was waiting to testify at the Senate hearing about Dr. Ford's allegations of his sexual assault on her when she was 15.
I worked as a bartender for a while when I was young. I got to recognize drunks. There are three types of drunks: The teary drunk, the angry drunk, and the happy drunk. The angry drunk showed up at the hearing along with the teary drunk.
To begin with, his face seemed flushed and a bit sweaty. Was that because he was drunk?
Second, he was clearly angry, but way more than just angry. He seemed to be out-of-control angry. He was belligerent and and disrespectful to the Democratic senators. I have never seen anyone act that in a hearing.
And third, he was crying. Crying a lot. Not just wiping away a tear or displaying a slight quavering in his voice as is sometimes seem when men speak in public about something that gets them emotional. He was bawling. And as I observed with teary drunks, he was brimming over with self-pity.
He couldn't hold it together. He was clearly drunk. He kept repeating himself. He could have calmly stated that he liked beer--liking beer is not disqualifying--but he went on and on about how he loved beer. Saying it once was normal; saying it 20 times is drunken behavior.
I'll just add a few final thoughts. If I had been in his position, I would have owned up to my "wild youth" when the subject first came up. I would have said:
"Like a lot of kids, I did stupid things when I was in high school. I sometimes drank too much and I sometimes tried to hard too prove to everyone that I was an "alpha male." The things I wrote in my yearbook were not true; it was only the bravado of a teenage boy showing off for the other boys.
"When I was drunk, I may have done some stupid things. I'm sure I never tried to rape anyone because that is not my character. I don't remember this incident or anything like it. But if I ever made unwanted sexual advances to any girl, I sincerely apologize and ask for her forgiveness.
"However, I am not that person anymore. I still enjoy having an occasional beer with my friends, but I don't drink to excess."Essentially, he should have "thrown himself upon the mercy of the court." I think he would have gotten away with it. Everyone knows lots of kids are wild as teenagers, but abandon that type of behavior when they grow up.
Instead Kavanaugh told ridiculous lies when he denied or tried to explain away everything. That is another reason I think he was drunk. His judgement was impaired. I can't imagine a sober person telling lies as stupid as the ones he told.
He spoke about his reputation being ruined, but he blamed others for this. He ruined his own reputation with his behavior then, and now, and his stupid lies.
