John Oliver is hilarious and harsh

Kavanaugh

Oliver gets the Republicans, but goes a bridge too far.

He calls Kavanaugh an entitled monster.

He says there were 20 or so others on the Federalist Society's list whom the Society's boss said publicly were all equally rock solid in every way that mattered to them.

Any of them would be just as certain to vote to repeal Roe, and none of them would have Kavanaugh's baggage, O said.

So why not drop him and pick one of them?

It's Trump's way, and the Republican senators' way, to say "Fuck you" to the Democrats and "Fuck you" to Dr. Ford and "Fuck you" to women, says O.

"We believe you. We just don't care."

But it seems there really isn't time to go through the process with somebody else before everybody hits the campaign trail for the election.

And that's really why they will die on this particular hill.

They are figuring this is probably their last chance to get another hard-core conservative onto the court during Trump's (first?) term.

So however much this disgrace harms them in elections they are likely already going to lose, getting rid of Roe will cement them into the hearts of abortion-opponents for whom that trumps everything else forever.

And a sold conservative majority on the court will be a gift to the right that keeps on giving just as long as the Dems are too chicken to impeach Kavanaugh or pack the court - which probably means forever.

Everything progressives have built over more than a century will be at risk.

They figure that's worth it, to their side.

And they are right.