Tag: Judge Brett Kavanugh

What is a Con Job?

President Donald Trump denounced Democratic efforts to block Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation as a cynical “con job” on Tuesday. Too bad he does not know the meaning of the words con job.

Here are some of the definitions of those words

-free dictionary: an act or instance of duping, swindling, or persuading by deception.

-Merriam-Webster: Con: something (such as a ruse) used deceptively to gain another’s confidence, also : a confidence game : swindle

-Wikipedia: A confidence trick (synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust.

There is no con here.  No one is being swindled. There is an effort to convince a majority of senators that Brett Kavanugh should not be seated on the Supreme Court based on his behavior in high school and college.

Brett Kavanugh nomination to the Supreme Court

Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations of attempted rape by Judge Brett Kavanugh have created a dilemma for the GOP that could easily change the November make up of both houses of Congress. The Republicans want Kavanugh seated on the court before October 1 when the next Supreme Court session begins.

The Democrats know that when all is said Judge Brett Kavanugh will be seated on the Supreme Court since they are in the minority. My guess is that the Democrats hope that is done before the November election because then they will be campaigning that Republicans are not interested in protecting women who have been sexually harassed or have been the victim of a rape. If that campaign issue is well promoted than Democrats could easily win some additional seats in the House of Representatives and maybe win another seat in the Senate.