We know Brett Kavanaugh was at the White House days before his hearing on the Dr. Christine Blasey Ford matter. He was prepping for senators’ questions like it was a final exam.
And we all saw how he did. How would you grade him?
He was aggressive, arrogant, entitled — but to what? His good name? His unblemished manhood? His uproarious laughter at the expense of Dr. Blasey Ford?
By his answers given under oath, Kavanaugh showed us what a privileged man under fire looks after cram sessions at the Trump White House. Kavanaugh acted like a slightly toned-down Donald Trump.
But there’s no doubt, that the man who wants to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice was aping the White male playbook and following its cardinal rule: When pressured, hide behind your credentials. Use them as a shield.
So for questions about his teenage lifestyle, and his excessive drinking, Kavanaugh went with what has always worked in the past. His accomplishments.
His answer rarely varied from this: He studied hard at Georgetown Prep, a good Jesuit school. He worked his butt off. He was No.1 in his class. He got into Yale. He worked his butt off. He got into Yale Law school, the top law school as he mentioned to one of his questioners, Sen. Mazie Hirono, who noted with some levity that she was a Georgetown Law grad.
