Today's MOZEN: Pontius Pilot 2018

Words and photo by F LoBuono

In the end, it turned out to be a brilliant move. Once again, the Republicans have demonstrated their mastery over the woeful Democrats by outmaneuvering them in their quest to place Brett Kavanaugh on the bench of the US Supreme Court.

After a contentious HE SAID-SHE SAID hearing organized by the Senate to address allegations of sexual misconduct by Judge Kavanaugh brought by a college professor, Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford, something had to be done to quiet the outrage it caused. The details of the accusation have been discussed ad nauseum to this point, so I will spare you a repeat of the details. What is important to know is what came out of those hearings: a commitment to delay the confirmation vote on Mr. Kavanaugh until the FBI could launch a thorough, but limited in scope, investigation of the alleged incident - all to be completed in a week or less.

In the beginning, the plan was met with guarded optimism by members of both political parties. After all, a little investigating is better than none - right? And, according to the GOP, they were all for being fair, right? A few of them even went so far as to suggest they might change their votes to negative should the investigation turn up any impropriety on the part of the judge. They would come off smelling like roses! Of course, the Democrats felt that, perhaps, THEY had pulled off a fast one - they had the judge just where they wanted him. The FBI was bounded to rake up some muck.

And, you bought it?

As it turns out, it was the the GOP's twisted plan right from the very beginning: PRETEND that you care and organize a sham of an investigation, seriously limited in scope by the White House itself, and when it finds nothing, simply throw your hands in the air and say, I TOLD YOU SO. Then, they will follow their feckless leader in lock step.

Now, folks, I'm all for due process. I've gone on record as saying so. No one person's word should be held as more truthful than another's. But, there must be a PROCESS. This so-called investigation was nothing short of lip service. Hell, in addition to dozens of valid witnesses, the FBI didn't even interview THE PRINCIPALS IN THE CASE!

THIS is thorough?

And, I'm not blaming the FBI. They were just pawns in the bigger game, too.

No, it was all part of the plan from the very beginning. They pandered to the Democrats and STILL won. Because they didn't truly look for corroboration, none was found. So, just like Pontius Pilot, the GOP, too, can wash their hand of the dirty deed. Shame on them.