CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER THE NAME RAY DONOVAN. HE WAS SECRETARY OF LABOR IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION. DONOVAN AND SIX OTHER PEOPLE WERE INDICTED BY A BRONX, NEW YORK GRAND JURY ON CHARGES OF LARCENY AND FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT A SUBWAY LINE EXTENSION THROUGH A SCHEME INVOLVING THE GENOVESE CRIME FAMILY. ALL WERE ACQUITTED, PROMPTING DONOVAN TO UTTER A LINE THAT HAS ENDURED FOR MANY YEARS: “WHERE DO I GO TO GET MY REPUTATION BACK?”
I RECALLED DONOVAN’S LINE WHILE CONSIDERING WHAT THE LEFT IS DOING TO BRETT KAVANAUGH. THE SMEAR ON HIM AND HIS REPUTATION OVER AN ALLEGED ATTACK ON A WOMAN NEARLY FOUR DECADES AGO – A WOMAN WHO AT FIRST WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, THEN WENT PUBLIC WITH NO WITNESSES. NOW SHE MAY NOT ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO TESTIFY BEFPORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THOUGH KAVANAUGH SAID HE WOULD AND DENY THE CHARGES PUBLICLY.
THIS IS MODERN WASHINGTON. DON’T DEBATE ISSUES. INSTEAD, SMEAR AND BEAR FALSE WITNESS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR POLITICAL GOALS. KAVANAUGH AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER. AND AMERICA DESERVES BETTER LEADERS. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DUMP THE BAD AND OUT IN SOME NEW ONES IN NOVEMBER. I’M CAL THOMAS.
