Kathleen Parker lauds the theatrical outburst of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for saying “what every sensible, fair-minded person was surely thinking: The hearings … were driven by a partisan quest for power without regard for the human collateral damage” (“Sen. Lindsey Graham shouts the truth from the rooftops,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. 29).

This fair-minded person would agree about a partisan quest for power. However, some would argue that human collateral damage could result from Brett Kavanaugh’s lifetime appointment as a Supreme Court justice.

That U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein “sat on (Christine Blasey) Ford’s letter” pales in comparison to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s highly partisan decision to sit on a Democratic president’s nomination for almost a year, which clearly set a lasting combative environment.

How can our elected officials pull out of this poisonous partisan divide?

Do they want to? Do we want them to?

Tom Jones

Kailua

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