Kavanaugh

I couldn't force myself to watch all of the spectacle of the various Kavanaugh hearings. From my point of view there was little up-side to any of the proceedings. Watching various senators posture and preen turns my stomach regardless of which side of the aisle the senator sits. So I don't know how much of what is available as information online was revealed in the testimony. For example, did Kavanaugh explain why it was all right for him to admit to underage drinking (the drinking age in Maryland was raised from 18 to 21 when Kavanaugh was still 17 so he could not have been legal at any point in high school)? Did anyone ask him what was meant by, "What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep?" We all understand what that means when it is a reference to Las Vegas but does it mean the same for pubescent boys in suburban DC?

Anyway, long after Kavanaugh was a teenager, when he was a mid-30 something lawyer in Bush's White House, he helped organize a summer sailing trip with men friends through a concatenated series of emails. After numerous tasteless jokes of sexual innuendo involving multiple topics the trip happened and the final email, after the sailing was over, was "...a note from Kavanaugh himself: “Reminders to everyone to be very, very vigilant [with regard to] confidentiality on all issues and all fronts, including with spouses.”

Perhaps Republicans can be persuaded that the bacchanal wasn't one and that Kavanaugh and company discussed state secrets, but that is not what that email says to me. How about you?