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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wish to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson for the HRC Benghazi Award for . . . .
. . . . calm and perseverance in the face of gales of red hot air.
FalloutShelter
(11,830 posts)IcyPeas
(21,839 posts)how does one prepare for this? what does she eat for breakfast? I'm sure she's been preparing for this but how does one keep their cool with all this being thrown at them. I couldn't do it. I would storm out or start screaming back at them, or crying.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)Cory Booker said it best, "dignity and grace"
I truly don't know how some of these women and men handle these nomination hearings. The grandstanding, lies, manipulation, outright campaigning is shameful and disgusting.
I respect Judge Jackson even more. She is just unbelievable.
underpants
(182,595 posts)The way she answered Hayley the other day was just dripping in STFU
Her pause before answering Cruzs racist books bit was a classic.
Joinfortmill
(14,383 posts)gademocrat7
(10,643 posts)She is a brilliant woman who is head and shoulders above the raving racist rethugs.
greblach
(257 posts)I don't know if she drinks beer, but she will deserve it after this!
momta
(4,078 posts)I wish I were half as smart as her, but I'm grateful that she is infinitely smarter than Cruz, Hawley, Blackburn, Graham, et al...PUT TOGETHER!