...On Thursday however, Kavanaugh made his partisan inclinations clear. “This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election,” Kavanaugh testified, blaming “fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the Clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups.” He added a threat for good measure, warning his critics that “what goes around comes around.” ...

By Kavanaugh’s own standard, he is incapable of sitting on the Court. While justices are in practice often partisan actors, hewing closely to one party’s preferred outcome in big cases, they understand their own role as impartial jurists interpreting the law and the Constitution. Kavanaugh’s characterization of the charges against him as a left-wing revenge plot shows that the illusion is not one he even cares to maintain. There is no case that might come before the Court involving partisan interests in which Kavanaugh could be impartial. Kavanaugh himself told us so.

...Chronic hypocrisy is now a mainstay of modern politics. How embarrassing.

There is one thing though. It is no longer possible to use the simile “Sober as a Judge”.

Mercedes said September deliveries slumped 8 percent.
More complex emissions procedures took effect in Europe that month, triggering production bottlenecks that contributed to the decline.
Audi was even harder hit, with its worldwide deliveries tumbling 22 percent.

White House to propose weaker auto emissions rules, overriding California