The wheel turns, the pendulum swings

[Abhidevananda]

The Kavanaugh confirmation process is an engaging drama. The drama
contains far too much comedy for it to ennoble the main character or the
principal players (Kavanaugh, Trump, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and
soon the entire Senate). Nevertheless, there are lessons to be learned here.

One thing seems certain to emerge from the FBI investigation.
Kavanaugh's oft-repeated, rosy description of himself and his teenage
years will not stand up to scrutiny.

When people talk about themselves, typically they tend to lie. Hence,
the people who talk about themselves the most are generally the biggest
liars. Combine that with the gullibility of most people, and you have
the makings of a con artist... or a professional politician.

The worst of that bunch... the con artists and politicians... understand
that when they praise themselves to the sky and then trash their
opponents, many will blindly believe both assertions. If they do that
often enough in the simplest of terms, then their false narrative will
achieve a significant measure of popular acceptance. And so we get a
Donald Trump... and now a Brett Kavanaugh.

--
Abhidevananda Avadhuta