Watch Live: Brett Kavanaugh Tries to Rescue His Supreme Court Seat
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OMG this is soooooo fucking going to be a Hindenburg exlosion
Holy cow. I have the sound muted as I am about to join a meeting and this guy is fucking pissed. Look at the anger. Just what we need on the SCOTUS. This is quite stunning to me.
Kavanaugh is starting his statement in a complete rage, almost yelling. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/4ech9pJddv
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
the Kavanaughs look extremely grim walking into hearing room
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 27, 2018
Text from a friend:
If you want to know what it is like to be bipolar… just flip between Fox News and msnbc every five minutes
It’s called you would demand an FBI investigation into this.
But he knows that it wouldn’t end well for him because Dr. Ford is credible, and the other allegations are consistent with a sex predator.
Kavanaugh has ZERO evidence to back his position.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 27, 2018
This is the real life end of A Few Angry Men.
This would be a good time for GOP senators to walk into the hall and say stupid things to reporters. Just in case this wasn’t a big enough disaster.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) September 27, 2018
When you’re building something for the ages the final touches can be really key. https://t.co/Gxh6E5GxEB
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
It’s difficult to imagine a worse way for Kavanaugh to behave. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/v2zzpjemQw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
Maybe we’re witnessing why Kavanaugh drank so often - to mellow the fuck right out.
/sarc not sarc.
re: #1 Scottish Dragon
Angry white guy gonna be shouty
I heard someone say his only hope was to plead outrage at his handling.
He is making it as blatantly partisan as possible….leaving no room to doubt how he stands
when your best defense is “ask everyone who knows me…” you’ve lost.
Kavanaugh says they’re “trying to BLOW ME UP AND TAKE ME DOWN.” He sounds a lot like a guy who would attack a woman. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/Ws5ZB0sOWn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #19 KGxvi
when your best defense is “ask everyone who knows me…” you’ve lost.
Plus, we just had someone who knows him speak.
This is absolutely the last thing I expected him to try to do.
Maybe when the questions begin he’ll pin Kamala Harris against the wall and try to strangle her.
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re: #16 ObserverArt
I heard someone say his only hope was to plead outrage at his handling.
That was bad advice, then - crocodile tears about what this has “done to his family” would be more effective. The more he rages, the more he makes everything Blasey Ford said all the more believable.
is he going to end this statement by withdrawing?
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 27, 2018
Stephen Miller wrote this. This is from the White House. Wow.
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh’s opening statement is absolutely fucking bonkers
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #9 lawhawk
If you were #BrettKavanagh and you didn’t do what Ford said, how would you handle this? It would be so hard not to be outraged. No evidence, heresay and whatever happens 1/2 of the country will never look at you the same.
glen doesnt realize he makes an important point
this is why a credible accusation is enough to be disqualified for the court
I’m not sure “angry man” is the best way to sell to people that you’re not an angry man. pic.twitter.com/CPm8tEvsVp
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) September 27, 2018
Did he just tell the Democrats “what goes around comes around?”
Because, given that he was on Starr’s team, and wanted to ask the most graphic questions possible, I’d say it did just come around.
re: #19 KGxvi
when your best defense is “ask everyone who knows me…” you’ve lost.
right up there with “Believe me” and “trust me”
re: #31 dangerman
glen doesnt realize he makes an important point
this is why a credible accusation is enough to be disqualified for the court
Exactly. I’m sure there are plenty of other qualified conservative judges who aren’t shitty people towards women. People whose views on the law I would find personally abhorrent but not assholes undeserving of SCOTUS. I’d shiver take Scalia over Blackout Brett.
He seems unhinged #KavanaughConfirmation
— JVee (@jveesays) September 27, 2018
re: #33 KGxvi
Did he just tell the Democrats “what goes around comes around?”
Because, given that he was on Starr’s team, and wanted to ask the most graphic questions possible, I’d say it did just come around.
He’s too partisan for the court and that’s exactly what I tried to tell that voter last weekend.
This bizarre, angry, conspiratorial opening statement has to have been coached by the Trump gang. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/jeAbRuAJXF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
This is a case study in @rtraister’s point about who gets to be angry and who doesn’t.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 27, 2018
I got news for you Brett, Bill Clinton who you went after didn’t have allegations against him of harassing women until well after he was elected governor. Theodore McCarrick and you should know this as a Catholic in the DMV had a lifelong record of praise until allegations were made against him.
YES…He’s trying for the Thomas approach and it doesn’t fit him.
— Matthew Cooper (@mattizcoop) September 27, 2018
Oh good god, dragging his daughter in while “overcome with emotion.”
so i guess this is the “fuck you i’m too important and good to take crap from you fuck you fuck you” defense
God this guy just sounds like a right wing pencil dick.
He worked the kids to get the tears. Old as the hills
“What rings true. What rings false.” That would be, in order, Ford, Kavanaugh.
And now he’s crying and bringing forward his little daughter.
Who is going to buy this?
Brett Kavanaugh is breaking down in tears. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/Xm9jSuGUqK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #50 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
“What rings true. What rings false.” That would be, in order, Ford, Kavanaugh.
And now he’s crying and bringing forward his little daughter.
Who is going to buy this?
r’s looking for cover, any cover
re: #52 calochortus
Exactly. Exactly what the highest court needs. Conspiracy, tears, yelling.
He should smile more.
Kavanaugh’s an unhinged emotional trainwreck. No wonder Trump likes him. When Trump looks at him, he sees a bit of himself in Kavanaugh.
re: #23 Scottish Dragon
This is absolutely the last thing I expected him to try to do.
His handlers and many conservatives told him this is what he had to do.
It comes from the Clarence Thomas hearing and conservative thinking about how Thomas was “lynched” by the process.
This is a tactic.
By the way, is anyone from Fox or Glenn Beck going to bring up the use of onions?
re: #50 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
“What rings true. What rings false.” That would be, in order, Ford, Kavanaugh.
And now he’s crying and bringing forward his little daughter.
Who is going to buy this?
Laura Ingrahm just had an orgasm. I saw her post
re: #55 lawhawk
He should smile more.
Kavanaugh’s an unhinged emotional trainwreck. No wonder Trump likes him. When Trump looks at him, he sees a bit of himself in Kavanaugh.
Trump doesn’t like men crying.
Meanwhile, at the other end of Pennsylvania Ave:
President Trump has delayed his much-anticipated meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until next week to avoid conflict with the Ford/Kavanaugh hearings, the White House says https://t.co/rBCgRreqqT pic.twitter.com/Wqs3CqtT2c
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 27, 2018
Chickkkkkennnnn. https://t.co/FaOsZvH9MM
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 27, 2018
re: #51 Charles Johnson
sweet fancy moses
Do we need someone so… emotional… to hold such an important public office?
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re: #55 lawhawk
He should smile more.
Kavanaugh’s an unhinged emotional trainwreck. No wonder Trump likes him. When Trump looks at him, he sees a bit of himself in Kavanaugh.
Like I said the other day - Trump will stick up for this asshole because he’s Trump’s kind of asshole.
That temperament, though…gotta work on that, Brent.
Freepers are loving this, particularly when they are sitting at home, alone, crying about the injustice being done to him. Seriously.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
the woman, stage right, behind him does not look like she believes anything he’s saying
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Nah, those were manly tears. They’re A-OK
LOL
“I AM AN OPTIMISTIC GUY,” he roars, red-faced and furious. “I ALWAYS TRY TO BE ON THE SUNRISE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.”
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) September 27, 2018
re: #64 KGxvi
the woman, stage right, behind him does not look like she believes anything he’s saying
you mean his wife?
re: #63 calochortus
Freepers are loving this, particularly when they are sitting at home, alone, crying about the injustice being done to him. Seriously.
‘i believe him. to bare himself on national tv. and cry like that
i dont know what happened to ms ford but i believe him’
kavanaugh has my vote
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Brett Kavanaugh: “ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME!”
Christine Blasey Ford knows you.#KavanaughHearings— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 27, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh has people skills damnit! pic.twitter.com/ZSI4oqCcmk
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #68 danarchy
you mean his wife?
Oh gawd, really, that’s his wife?
Because I haven’t seen that much side eye since… I don’t even know when.
re: #71 Kragar
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There’s a line in “Splash”, where Eugene Levy’s character says, “I’m really not a bad guy! If I had friends, you could ask them!”
Wow, that whole family gets a lot of mileage out of old calendars.
re: #39 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔
@Green_Footballs
This bizarre, angry, conspiratorial opening statement has to have been coached by the Trump gang. lgf.bz3:21 PM - Sep 27, 2018
This all Trump. Always need to remember his whole way of doing a deal was to bully, shout and never admit anything.
Kavanaugh is way too over prepared and overacting in my opinion
Saying “she may have been assaulted some time, some place by someone…but not me” over and over is just too much.
Having to unfollow some conservatives I had followed in an effort to not live in a total bubble.
But they’ve lost their heads over this guy and the “process”.
This guy shouldn’t even be allowed to own a pet, never mind being on the Supreme Court
— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) September 27, 2018
I love Twitter some days.
If you couldn’t imagine an angry, drunk Kavanaugh before, you can now.
— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) September 27, 2018
The dam may well be breaking:
Chris Wallace on Fox says 2 of his daughters, in the wake of Kav allegations, have told him about things in high school they hadn’t told him before. “There are teenage girls who don’t tell stories to a lot of people, and then it comes up. I don’t think we can disregard that”
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) September 27, 2018
re: #73 KGxvi
Oh gawd, really, that’s his wife?
Because I haven’t seen that much side eye since… I don’t even know when.
Are you talking about the blonde or the brunette?
Imagine if Dr. Ford had testified all angry like this.
This is a fucking train wreck. If Trump had a modicum of decency he would tell his staff to call Grassley’s people and shut this shit down now because he is pulling the nomination.
re: #84 KGxvi
The dam may well be breaking:
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Now Chris, do you understand why women held back about Trump too?
re: #50 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
“What rings true. What rings false.” That would be, in order, Ford, Kavanaugh.
And now he’s crying and bringing forward his little daughter.
Who is going to buy this?
All those Republicans predisposed to believe him no matter what.
HUD’s CIO sends email saying department’s network is getting overwhelmed by employees watching hearing, says they may block sites showing it pic.twitter.com/Wzp9F7gamp
— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) September 27, 2018
re: #91 KGxvi
Okay, yes, that’s his wife.
Why, he hardly had time to sexually assault anyone!
re: #81 Sir John Barron
Having to unfollow some conservatives I had followed in an effort to not live in a total bubble.
But they’ve lost their heads over this guy and the “process”.
I mean seriously, the stuff that was said about the Clintons for eight years, then eight years of Obama we had to listen to threats of civil war, then the Lock Her Up campaign. The GOP as culture war victims in all of this is just too much.
WH staff source: “Kavanaugh is losing it.”
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) September 27, 2018
I predict a lot of gifs comin’ out of this.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
Gee, I worked a part-time job in high school and full-time in the summer. I had early bird and evening practices during the week for band. We still had plenty of time to get plenty drunk.
Mowed Lawns and sold Kool-Aid on the corner for the Nursing home around the corner……..
JFC……
I, a Ken Starr staffer, am outraged and offended to see an investigation of facts turned into a circus.
— Benjamin Silverstein (@bensilverstein) September 27, 2018
re: #32 Scottish Dragon
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son of a bitch…that is the look of a man who knows the strawberries are somewhere on the fucking ship.
This Mr. Show sketch is way too long
— Karen Kilgariff (@KarenKilgariff) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh’s message - “the Left”; “Borking”; “revenge on behalf of the Clintons”; “goes around comes around” - is that of a man who has already lost his Court seat, preparing for his next career
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 27, 2018
re: #88 Scottish Dragon
This is a fucking train wreck. If Trump had a modicum of decency he would tell his staff to call Grassley’s people and shut this shit down now because he is pulling the nomination.
while that would be a smart move even at this stage
it’s an admission of defeat on national tv, so….
re: #102 Dave In Austin
Mowed Lawns and sold Kool-Aid on the corner for the Nursing home around the corner……..
JFC……
Yeah. On Fox he was an Eagle Scout. In this hearing he’s an emotionally unstable Eagle Scout.
Brett Kavanaugh is breaking down in tears. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/Xm9jSuGUqK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
He should smile more. https://t.co/66uPL4ki64
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 27, 2018
I’m gonna use this opening statement to keep the rabbits out of my garden.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #104 steve_davis
son of a bitch…that is the look of a man who knows the strawberries are somewhere on the fucking ship.
Old Yellowstain!
Kavanaugh says they wouldn’t have partied during the week when he and Judge worked.
Judge’s memoir: “Invariably I would be hungover — or still drunk — when I got to work at seven in the morning, and I spent most of the first hour just trying to hold myself together.”— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) September 27, 2018
re: #107 makeitstop
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Hello FNC. Nice knowing ya Judge Napolitano but your’e too independent minded for us.
Quite specific about not getting blackout drunk on BEER. Me neither, it takes vodka.
re: #117 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
Quite specific about not getting blackout drunk on BEER. Me neither, it takes vodka.
Nearly all my blackouts have had liquor in them. Never exclusively beer.
Confirmed just now: @realDonaldTrump will demand a vote on #JudgeKavanaugh. @POTUS is doing the American people a service. “I have never done this to her or anyone. I am innocent.” #JudgeKavanaugh’s raw emotion is exactly what a slandered man or woman would do. Anyone. Bravo.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 27, 2018
To be clear: @realDonaldTrump is calling senators. Demanding votes. First one will Be Saturday at noon on motion to proceed. No @SenateGOP leaving town this weekend. Make or break moment for many. Cannot allow an uncorroborated allegation to sink a nominee. https://t.co/vanS4iLUW3
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 27, 2018
The possibility hangs over all of this, one I return to over and over, that Blasey Ford’s account is absolutely true and that Kavanaugh has absolutely no memory of it and thinks he has been falsely accused.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 27, 2018
re: #118 jaunte
It was the yearbook editor’s fault.
Yeah that’s a good one. Find another person to throw underneath your giant bus.
re: #55 lawhawk
He should smile more.
Kavanaugh’s an unhinged emotional trainwreck. No wonder Trump likes him. When Trump looks at him, he sees a bit of himself in Kavanaugh.
and enjoy the moment?
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you know, his moment in the spotlight, not that other kind of enjoy it….
County Judgeship in NW Kansas
— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 27, 2018
re: #118 jaunte
The GOP will get the FBI to investigate.
— Gabriel Steel (@Steel94010) September 27, 2018
re: #120 thecommodore
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Okay Hugh, I get that you’re a partisan hack but there have been plenty of guilty people over the years who have been adamantly and emotionally not guilty.
If he keeps drinking that much water, I’m afraid he might piss his pants.
OMG I wuz an innocent virgin with the unicorns
re: #118 jaunte
It was the yearbook editor’s fault.
everybody knew about it at the time cause i complained…
oh, i didnt? hmm. thought i did.
I don’t think Renate is going to accept his apology. Just sayin’.
When I asked, “What’s Kavanaugh’s play here?”, I would not have bet on this. But folks are saying this is for an audience of one, i.e. Trump.
re: #128 Tyrion
If he keeps drinking that much water, I’m afraid he might piss his pants.
Maybe that’s the big finish.
Shorter Brett Kavanaugh: “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”
We do. You’re a liar, a thug, and someone who thought you could go thru life without facing the consequences for being a shitty person because you are a rich Christian white man.#KavanaughHearings pic.twitter.com/mXiqzXcFYk— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 27, 2018
Imagine if Dr. Ford had come out yelling and breaking down in tears.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #113 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Judge who? Oh that guy who didn’t testify.
I guess, hypothetically, this could be worse.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #131 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I don’t think Renate is going to accept his apology. Just sayin’.
She shouldn’t.
Wasn’t it Ed Muskie whose presidential bid was ended abruptly by a few tears?
COME AT ME YOU FILTHY PERSIAN CLINTONS! OMG you people are so fucking pathological.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) September 27, 2018
Why would he be sorry for the Renate reference if it was intended to show innocent friendship?
re: #135 Charles Johnson
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“She’s too emotional” said by the same guys praising Kavanaugh for his “raw emotion.”
re: #139 calochortus
Wasn’t it Ed Muskie whose presidential bid was ended abruptly by a few tears?
Yes and also the Canuck letter.
re: #139 calochortus
Wasn’t it Ed Muskie whose presidential bid was ended abruptly by a few tears?
Yes courtesy of a dirty trick from Stone and Segretti
I’m a good man and by gosh, women like me!
re: #141 jaunte
Why would he be sorry for the Renate reference if it was intended to show innocent friendship?
Exactly. That reference wasn’t intended to be innocent.
Where’s the hook? Shut this shit show down.
re: #64 KGxvi
the woman, stage right, behind him does not look like she believes anything he’s saying
pretty sure that’s his wife.
WAIT. He’s really going with “Renate Alumnius” as an effort to show the girl in question that “she was one of us”??
What a lying dog.— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) September 27, 2018
re: #144 Joe Bacon 🌹
Yes courtesy of a dirty trick from Stone and Segretti
Ken Clawson too if I remember my Watergate cast of characters correctly Joe. The guy who had the wife, the kids, and a dog.
So crying and carrying on are now fine for manly men?
re: #121 Blind Frog Belly White
The possibility hangs over all of this, one I return to over and over, that Blasey Ford’s account is absolutely true and that Kavanaugh has absolutely no memory of it and thinks he has been falsely accused.
no - at least no exactly.
dont remember that night? possibly, not probably
still - somehow all the way back there in time, right then, days after it happened, he would have heard about it
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP THIS PLEASE I DON’T DESERVE THIS I’M SORRY FOR MY SINS MAKE IT STOP PLEASE MAKE THIS STOP I’M SORRY
KAVANAUGH: “I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink to the point of blacking out and I never sexually assaulted anyone.” pic.twitter.com/kefMaexCwR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 27, 2018
The specific political emotion Trump taps into is Self-Pity. Rage too. Arrogance. But Self-Pity is the key. And what Self-Pity does is it makes you angry, and then it makes you weepy. https://t.co/R7ByhNtpXz
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) September 27, 2018
What people forget in all of this is there are at least 2 other accusers, one who has a sworn affidavit.
He needs to have his irate breakdown and exit stage left. This is not going to be over for him.
re: #153 Scottish Dragon
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP THIS PLEASE I DON’T DESERVE THIS I’M SORRY FOR MY SINS MAKE IT STOP PLEASE MAKE THIS STOP I’M SORRY
I was hoping to hear his responses to questions before I need to go out and run some errands. I could have gone and been back before they get to it.
Will This Ever End?
But it’s hard to see how.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
IT’S GETTING LATE
YOU NEED A DATE
DON’T HESITATE
TO CALL RENATE— Rachel Sklar ❄️ (@rachelsklar) September 27, 2018
She’s just one of us.
re: #156 BlueGrl21
What people forget in all of this is there are at least 2 other accusers, one who has a sworn affidavit.
He needs to have his irate breakdown and exit stage left. This is not going to be over for him.
I’m really hoping Montgomery County looks into the gang rape allegations.
This is just embarrassing now. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/lMIzrzAAk4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #158 goddamnedfrank
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He could be drinking straight from a bottle of Jack Daniels?
re: #159 jaunte
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She’s just one of us.
Yeah that’s not “one of the guys”, that’s someone you’re trying to say was an easy fucking lay.
re: #162 KGxvi
He could be drinking straight from a bottle of Jack Daniels?
Way he tells it, it seems he only drank beer which means he was doing Everclear shots off of Mark Judge’s ass.
Is he still crying?
Pull yourself together, Brent.
re: #128 Tyrion
If he keeps drinking that much water, I’m afraid he might piss his pants.
he needs the water to replenish his tears
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell”
Keep pounding that table, Brett. #KavanaughHearings— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 27, 2018
he may never be able to teach again!!11!!
re: #155 jaunte
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Um yeah. That’s it. Self pity, and I’ve heard enough of it.
I think I’ll go do the errands.
BBL
Kavanaugh talking about all his female law clerks, doesn’t mention that he was notorious for requiring them to dress like models to get the job.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #162 KGxvi
He could be drinking straight from a bottle of Jack Daniels?
It’s vodka and it’s why he is taking small sips.
I may never be able to coach again!!11!!
good grief
He could have come in wearing only a used diaper…as a hat. And THEN started this goat rodeo.
— jay (@random__name) September 27, 2018
re: #164 HappyWarrior
Way he tells it, it seems he only drank beer which means he was doing Everclear shots off of Mark Judge’s ass.
Do you know how many boys I watched make total asses of themselves at high school parties over “just beer?”
That’s what is easiest for kids to acquire and they have no tolerance for alcohol at that age.
re: #170 goddamnedfrank
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“Sure I didn’t fuck all of them but I made them dress like how I imagined I would be.” //
What’s striking isn’t the anger to me, it’s that he’s going full and openly pro-Trump movement conservative in his tone and talking points. He’s going to be ruling on hundreds of politically sensitive issues after this.
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 27, 2018
Interesting how women aren’t allowed to be this emotionally unhinged and expect to be taken seriously.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #174 BlueGrl21
Do you know how many boys I watched make total asses of themselves at high school parties over “just beer?”
That’s what is easiest for kids to acquire and they have no tolerance for alcohol at that age.
I know it because I’ve been an irresponsible drinker.
re: #107 makeitstop
What if the White House wrote it for him so THEY would have an excuse to pull him?
Hard to see how Kavanaugh could be fair-minded in any case involving Democratic or liberal plaintiffs after this speech.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) September 27, 2018
Christ, Kavanaugh, Nathan Lane didn’t break down this often in act two of THE NANCE.
— Joe Keenan (@MrJoeKeenan) September 27, 2018
re: #177 goddamnedfrank
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Just look at Trump. Gets to cry about how everyone’s unfair to him and people still actually believe he’s a “manly alpha.”
This is beyond embarrassing. I am equally fascinated and repulsed….but also horrified at watching an accomplished man self destruct on national TV.
They’re still gonna confirm this asshole.
Be prepared.
re: #165 makeitstop
Is he still crying?
Pull yourself together, Brent.
Try this in your job interview and see how it goes. Holy fuck.
I remember when O.J. stood up and cried for the judge, explaining how he just wanted his stuff back and hadn’t intended to ever hurt anyone. She still gave him twenty years.
re: #180 jaunte
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It was a problem before this allegation even came up and it sure as hell is now. HE can’t be impartial. He’s a Republican operative in judge’s clothing.
re: #187 HappyWarrior
It was a problem before this allegation even came up and it sure as hell is now. HE can’t be impartial. He’s a Republican operative in judge’s clothing.
Feature not bug
re: #185 ericblair
Try this in your job interview and see how it goes. Holy fuck.
It’s different when you’re a pampered brat with at least 45 people may be more who already decided they were going to vote for you before the first hearing.
Kavanaugh does not sound like a man who is confident he’ll be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2018
“What goes around comes around,” Kavanaugh says. “I fear for the future.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 27, 2018
Bully.
re: #186 steve_davis
I remember when O.J. stood up and cried for the judge, explaining how he just wanted his stuff back and hadn’t intended to ever hurt anyone. She still gave him twenty years.
Despite what the Judge said about it at the time, I still believe part of that sentence was a “fuck you” for what happened in ‘95.
re: #190 makeitstop
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Got news for you Brett but the allegations Dr. Ford made about you happened when Obama was President when he wasn’t going to consider you even for an invitation to a pick up basketball game let alone SCOTUS. Stop blaming hte Democrats and own up to your past.
re: #184 Eclectic Cyborg
They’re still gonna confirm this asshole.
Be prepared.
I think he’ll have his blowup and then withdraw.
re: #193 jaunte
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Bully.
You already fucking wrote that when you made your bones going after Bill Clinton for doing something much more mild than you’ve done, you fucking pirck.
Pursed lips, not smiling at all. Her demeanor is VERY different here.
re: #193 jaunte
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Bully.
“What goes around comes around” sounds like a threat. This is not the kind of thing a potential Supreme Court justice should be saying.
— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) September 27, 2018
re: #200 makeitstop
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It is if you’re looking for a partisan which is exactly what Kavanaugh is.
The petulant face is not a good look for this situation.
re: #183 Scottish Dragon
This is beyond embarrassing. I am equally fascinated and repulsed….but also horrified at watching an accomplished man self destruct on national TV.
he was accomplished because he was protected
today he has only himself to look to
re: #204 dangerman
he was accomplished because he was protected
today he has only himself to look to
Exactly.
I’ll ask again: Why would a man this indignant, emotional, and certain of his innocence not be demanding an FBI investigation of the accusations against him? Why is he not insisting that his friend Mark Judge testify on his behalf?
— John Heilemann (@jheil) September 27, 2018
Today is Christmas for body language experts
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #180 jaunte
Hard to see how Kavanaugh could be fair-minded in any case involving Democratic or liberal plaintiffs after this speech.
hopefully smart dems on the committee will pick up on this and ask
What’s striking isn’t the anger to me, it’s that he’s going full and openly pro-Trump movement conservative in his tone and talking points. He’s going to be ruling on hundreds of politically sensitive issues after this.
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 27, 2018
oh, yelling at Sen Feinstein is not a good idea, Brent…
re: #204 dangerman
he was accomplished because he was protected
today he has only himself to look to
I know it’s an extreme analogy because I’m talking about a Nazi war criminal but one of the guys who arrested Herman Goering remembered how Goering’s body language transformed drastically after he realized the serious of the charges against him and that he wasn’t going to be treated as an equal by the Allies. That’s Kavanaugh now. He’s had a free ride his entire life. No one giving a damn about him drinking irresponsibly as a teenager or college student, everyone telling him he’s great, and now these women: Ford and the others are saying “No, Brett, we know the real you not the you that you portray yourself to your powerful friends.”
re: #199 Scottish Dragon
Pursed lips, not smiling at all. Her demeanor is VERY different here.
fox interview was it sunday? monday
that was waaaaaay before wednesday
she knows now
re: #202 jaunte
The petulant face is not a good look for this situation.
Have you seen our President lately?
re: #195 Eclectic Cyborg
Despite what the Judge said about it at the time, I still believe part of that sentence was a “fuck you” for what happened in ‘95.
It wasn’t just the sentence — the whole trial was a FU for what happened in 1995. To at least get him some prison time for murdering two people
re: #207 makeitstop
I’ll ask again: Why would a man this indignant, emotional, and certain of his innocence not be demanding an FBI investigation of the accusations against him? Why is he not insisting that his friend Mark Judge testify on his behalf?
— John Heilemann (@jheil) September 27, 2018
I’ll take, “He’s Guilty As Fuck”, Alex…
Yes, the way to convince us that you love women is to yell at one.
— Karoli (@Karoli) September 27, 2018
Somewhere in a beach house in Delaware, Mark Judge is booking himself a three week European vacation, leaving immediately.
Kavanaugh can’t seem to stop weeping. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/3Xd1q6HgO6
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #212 makeitstop
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It’s why he can’t do this job. He was a partisan hack before. He’ll be an even bigger one now.
re: #223 Charles Johnson
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Dat look on Mitchell’s face tho.
She’s seen this shit before.
The cavalry has arrived but in the wrong uniform. pic.twitter.com/wf4090KJyC
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) September 27, 2018
re: #225 Interesting Times
Dat look on Mitchell’s face tho.
She’s seen this shit before.
Every experienced prosecutor has.
re: #226 Single-handed sailor
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Nah, that fits him well which means lol they were making men’s shirts that said “Women for Kavanaugh.” Oh bros don’t ever change.
would you like to say more about it?
No.
that went well…
re: #216 HappyWarrior
I know it’s an extreme analogy because I’m talking about a Nazi war criminal but one of the guys who arrested Herman Goering remembered how Goering’s body language transformed drastically after he realized the serious of the charges against him and that he wasn’t going to be treated as an equal by the Allies. That’s Kavanaugh now. He’s had a free ride his entire life. No one giving a damn about him drinking irresponsibly as a teenager or college student, everyone telling him he’s great, and now these women: Ford and the others are saying “No, Brett, we know the real you not the you that you portray yourself to your powerful friends.”
yup
and he’s got no shield to hide behind
no team to look to defend his right or left
noone in the arena
just him
re: #226 Single-handed sailor
Is that Charlie Kirk?
BEER I DRANK BEER THERE WAS BEER A LOT OF BEER TO MUCH FUCKING BEEEEEER I LOVE BEER MORE BEER WHERES THE FUCKING BEER
for a yes vote noon on Saturday can be multilayered —credibility of #JudgeKavanaugh, processes of Senate, need to protect process— can and should be accompanied by expressions of sympathy even admiration for Dr. Ford. But you have to believe him or her. No middle ground.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 27, 2018
he doesn’t know how many beers are too many.
ok…
he never blacked out…just went to sleep.
ok
Oh shit…he doesn’t know how many beers is too many…the chart knows. This dude has it bad. And he smiled for the first time saying that.
Trumpers are loving this. They are predicting a red wave as a result of this.
Bet Ms. Mitchell is seeing the same thing:
I’ve known abusive men, and this is what those men look like when they are confronted with even a hint of the harm they’ve caused.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) September 27, 2018
They rage, they act indignant, they threaten, they get defensive, they weep, they wield faux-victimhood like a cudgel.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) September 27, 2018
re: #232 HappyWarrior
I don’t think so.
Nah. Kirk’s one of those guys whose features are too small for his face.
re: #225 Interesting Times
Dat look on Mitchell’s face tho.
She’s seen this shit before.
Is she questioning him?
Everyone who’s comfortable with a Supreme Court justice saying he doesn’t put any stock into the FBI’s ability to investigate allegations against him because “they’ll just hand you a couple of 302s,” raise your hand
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) September 27, 2018
re: #234 thecommodore
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I do believe her and not him. The question I have is why do you believe him. Take your Federalist Society Cockring off for a second and ask why is Brett Kavanaugh a “good guy” He has done nothing to establish his credibility at all. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you just want him on SCOTUS because he’s one of your own, a pampered white boy who has gotten everything handed to him in life.
re: #222 Eclectic Cyborg
Somewhere in a beach house in Delaware, Mark Judge is booking himself a three week European vacation, leaving immediately.
Paid for by The Trump Foundation and air flight on Trump personal plane.
re: #240 thecommodore
Trumpers are loving this. They are predicting a red wave as a result of this.
They’re delusional but good.
Screaming at Feinstein.
Kavanaugh answers the question of why he isn’t asking for an FBI investigation with *checks notes* more yelling.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
It’s important to remember that weeping Brett Kavanaugh led an investigation trying to say Vince Foster was murdered by the Clintons even though Foster’s family begged him to stop. #KavanaghHearings
— Sean Kent (@seankent) September 27, 2018
For someone who likes beer as much as he does, he’s for sure had far too many and likely passed out. BTDT.
re: #250 goddamnedfrank
Screaming at Feinstein.
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We’re seeing the guy who can’t hold his liquor right there. How the hell is he going to act in SCOTUS when he has an ideological grudge against an attorney or their cause.
re: #239 ObserverArt
Oh shit…he doesn’t know how many beers is too many…the chart knows. This dude has it bad. And he smiled for the first time saying that.
desperately trying to avoid a perjury trap about beer
re: #231 Eclectic Cyborg
Is that Charlie Kirk?
No.
Clueless sure, but not clueless enough to be Charlie Kirk.
re: #251 jaunte
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If Brett Kavanaugh were a woman, they’d be calling this performance “hysterical.”
— shauna (@goldengateblond) September 27, 2018
Asking about the calendar and the handwriting. I noticed that there were some notes written longhand under things that were printed and it looked completely different.
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
desperately trying to avoid a perjury trap about beer
He’ll need a perjury tap after this. Sorry I’ll see myself out.
re: #250 goddamnedfrank
the idea that it’s an outrage he couldn’t testify the day after the allegations is the epitome of white guy privilege
When did he ask for a break? Was there a secret signal?
YOURE GODDAMNED RIGHT I ORDERED THE CODE RED!!!
re: #262 KGxvi
the idea that it’s an outrage he couldn’t testify the day after the allegations is the epitome of white guy privilege
It sure is. God he’s such a whiny brat. I guess I see why Trump likes him so much aside from his views on presidential power and how they treat women.
“The Swetnick thing is a joke, it’s a farce,” he shouts out and then leans back in his chair, huffing, lips curled, red-faced.
Amazing - amazing! - that nobody seemed to coach him before this performance of his. Madness.#KavanaughHearings— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 27, 2018
re: #241 Interesting Times
Bet Ms. Mitchell is seeing the same thing:
I would love for one of the Dem Senators to point this out to him, specifically one of the male senators.
re: #19 KGxvi
when your best defense is “ask everyone who knows me…” you’ve lost.
Dr. Ford knows you.
regardless of the vote, because that’s all politics
today is a lesson
and i think things are going to be different
there is no going back
many of the victims past arent going to keep silent
i think more future victims will speak - more will report, faster and louder
they are going to make the rest of us see the enormity, the pervasiveness, the evilness of this
and they are not going to let the rest of us ignore it
Whatever else this emotional, rage-bloated, partisan bolus of resentment and privilege is or is not — he is unfit to be a judge.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) September 27, 2018
re: #246 HappyWarrior
I do believe her and not him. The question I have is why do you believe him. Take your Federalist Society Cockring off for a second and ask why is Brett Kavanaugh a “good guy” He has done nothing to establish his credibility at all. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you just want him on SCOTUS because he’s one of your own, a pampered white boy who has gotten everything handed to him in life.
If Dad were still here he’d give you a bear hug for Federalist Society Cockring!
re: #241 Interesting Times
Bet Ms. Mitchell is seeing the same thing:
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They rage, they act indignant, they threaten, they get defensive, they weep, they wield faux-victimhood like a cudgel.3:48 PM - Sep 27, 2018
SHE MADE ME DO IT!!! SHE MADE ME ANGRY AND I HAD TO HIT HER!!!
President Trump is “riveted” and telling people, “This is why I nominated him,” in a positive way, per person close to him. Talking to lots of people inside WH about how he likes how Kavanaugh is fighting back. Admires the defiance.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 27, 2018
Trump loves it, because of course he does. https://t.co/eip2cXTmtc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #266 jaunte
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Might I remind you asshole that she risks going to jail if she lied about you and your sick friends. You’re too childish to be on SCOTUS. In fact, I don’t even know how you made it this far but I guess I do, you’re a pretty unremarkable guy Brett, a child of the well to do who made their own success and gave you everything without oyu having to earn it.
re: #273 Charles Johnson
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Then shockingly he didn’t read the job description of Supreme Court justice either. God and until now I thought the most whiny shit I saw out of a federal judge was Roberts pity song for the South on the VRA or Alito not liking what Obama said during SOTU.
The only way he could have played this and gotten himself and the Republican Old White Man brigade out of it would have been to very calmly say, “I believe Dr. Ford. She was assaulted and it is heartbreaking. I do not doubt her. But it wasn’t me.”
Then establish all of the reasons it could not have been him. Show calm credibility. Give people something to point to and say, “He’s a good man. He’s being respectful of her. There is simply no way a man like that did this.”
Right now, any woman who has ever lived with an emotionally abusive man is thinking, “Well, seen THAT before.”
Any of y’all seen “The Frighteners”?
Brett Kavanaugh = Milton Dammers.
This has already been two semester’s worth of gender-studies seminars.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 27, 2018
re: #278 BlueGrl21
The only way he could have played this and gotten himself and the Republican Old White Man brigade out of it would have been to very calmly say, “I believe Dr. Ford. She was assaulted and it is heartbreaking. I do not doubt her. But it wasn’t me.”
Then establish all of the reasons it could not have been him. Show calm credibility. Give people something to point to and say, “He’s a good man. He’s being respectful of her. There is simply no way a man like that did this.”
Right now, any woman who has ever lived with an emotionally abusive man is thinking, “Well, seen THAT before.”
That exactly it. We have all seen abusers and this is exactly what they do.
Word I hear from friends on Hill is that @SenMajLdr and WH plan to forge ahead with a committee vote on Kavanaugh tomorrow and floor vote at noon on Saturday.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 27, 2018
- the dems derailed his nomination
- no, during his testimony, he melted down without any help from anybody. it was on tv
re: #282 Charles Johnson
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Of course, they do. Because the Majority Leader is a craven asshole who is probably guilty of similiar shit to Kavanaugh. We know the President is.
Has he done the Tammy Faye with the mascara running down the cheeks yet?
People who know they’re innocent just aren’t this performative about their anger. This is guilt putting on a show.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #282 Charles Johnson
This is why I said this asshole will be confirmed. These people do. not. care.
re: #286 goddamnedfrank
As usual, your new twitter nic is awesome.
In other news…
BREAKING: Elon Musk, Tesla charged with fraud by SEC https://t.co/XlXZOknP8B
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 27, 2018
BREAKING: Elon Musk, Tesla charged with fraud by SEC https://t.co/XlXZOknP8B
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 27, 2018
I believe Brett Kavanaugh’s rage and grief and sense of injury at being denied something he wants is 100% real. But I also believe he’s lying.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) September 27, 2018
re: #291 jaunte
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I believe it too. Which is exactly why I don’t want this asshole on our Supreme Court.
Folks, we are all getting a taste of the aggression that emerged when Kavanaugh got drunk, and it ain’t pretty. His demeanor is not rebutting the allegations—if anything, it is validating them. pic.twitter.com/rgkVc0qTDq
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) September 27, 2018
Can you imagine a woman raging and blubbering in an interview and still be considered for any job on earth?
— Mat Johnson (@mat_johnson) September 27, 2018
We now go live to a totally different asshole.
BREAKING: Elon Musk, Tesla charged with fraud by SEC https://t.co/XlXZOknP8B
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 27, 2018
Since I have refused to watch (or listen to) this circus, has Kavanaugh said anything yet about this being a high-tech lynching?
Kavanaugh knows that if he loses Trump, it’s over. The rest of the GOP will follow Trump over any cliff. So he was either coached (or decided on his own) to act like he knew Trump wants him to act - with anger, conspiracy theories, sloppy self-pity. Kavanaugh is doing Trump.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
I missed this before, but I was just looking at Kavanaugh’s calendar, and I noticed that he’s hanging out on July 1, among a few other people, with “PJ” and “Judge.”
Pretty amazing coincidence that Ford, before she saw the calendars, said PJ and Mark Judge were there. pic.twitter.com/8lXwiROHiO— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 27, 2018
re: #301 Interesting Times
No, just Feinstein.
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But the yam is RIVETED!!
President Trump is “riveted” and telling people, “This is why I nominated him,” in a positive way, per person close to him. Talking to lots of people inside WH about how he likes how Kavanaugh is fighting back. Admires the defiance.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 27, 2018
re: #303 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
No, just Feinstein.
Oh he’ll really lose it when Kamala does.
How can someone who believes an entire political party is conspiring to destroy him serve as a judge on the DC Circuit — the most politically important circuit court — let alone the Supreme Court?
— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) September 27, 2018
re: #273 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔
@Green_Footballs
Trump loves it, because of course he does.
And the NBC panel is getting wobbly and pretty much saying how emotional and heart breaking his testimony is. They are buying it. Of course Megyn Kelly buys it the most. Gutherie is buying the emotion about how this is tearing this man’s life apart.
Andrea Mitchell is about the only one offering any useful points. Lester Holt is just acting as a moderator and keeping his own thoughts pretty much out of the discussion.
Sad to think it, but this may come out the same way it was two weeks ago. A tie needing one or two Senators to go either way.
They are still going to try hard to push him through.
The only hope is politician’s phones lighting up and burning the Republicans.
And women. Women are the key here.
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re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
I may never be able to coach again!!11!!
good grief
I’m sure Dennis Hastert had that same thought at one point.
re: #298 Hecuba’s daughter
Since I have refused to watch (or listen to) this circus, has Kavanaugh said anything yet about this being a high-tech lynching?
an oldie but a goodie
arguing with Sen Leahy is not a good look, Brent
re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth
arguing with Sen Leahy is not a good look, Brent
They’re all good questions, Bront!
re: #308 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
That’s what I’m looking forward to.
Yes me too. Not only because I like her for POTUS but because she’s around his age. The same as one of the women he’s assaulted.
And now he goes from emotional wreck to the real Brett Kavanaugh: a combative asshole.
Leahy brought that right out of him.
i was gonna add augh to my list of ‘make america kittens again’
im hoping i wont have to
What a dick.
“Senator, let me explain high school.”
Pat Leahy currently partially redeeming the reputation of old white men.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #318 jaunte
What a dick.
“Senator, let me explain high school.”
Becuse I’m the only one that’s ever gone.
So Mr “What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep” is having a meltdown because it didn’t stay at Georgetown Prep? Or is this a carefully choreographed act to get Trump’s support and, even if the appointment fails, to get a red wave in November of Trumpsters who will be infuriated by Kavanaugh being called to account for his behavior 35 years ago?
It’s genuinely shocking how badly Kavanaugh is handling himself. It’s like a caricature of a guilty person throwing a tantrum over getting caught. Kind of surreal.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) September 27, 2018
Mitchell asking about that July 1 calendar entry
re: #326 jaunte
So, Bill Cosby, just to stay with the headlines.
re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg
This is why I said this asshole will be confirmed. These people do. not. care.
Yeah, he’s said nothing to make him a bad choice, as far as the GOP is concerned. They want someone who hates women; Kavanaugh hates women. They want someone who’ll ignore the law and vote the way the party tells him to; he’s admitted he’ll do that.
They don’t give a fuck if he’s a drunk with rage issues, as long as he promises to vote to ban abortion, voting rights, black people, taxes, and whatever else gets up Trump’s bonnet.
Kavanaugh is getting combative and stonewalling every Democrat’s questions. He clearly feels they’re all persecuting him. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/Na273TwlMO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
And Mazie Hirono:
If Leahy got Kavanaugh this angry imagine what Harris is gonna do
— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) September 27, 2018
I have never seen anyone behave this rudely when called to testify before the Senate. Ever.
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) September 27, 2018
An entitled little shit from day one.
Damn. Step one in trying to convince us that you have the self-control not to sexually assault others would be to appear at a Senate hearing without seeming a hair’s breath from choking the shit out of any people who aren’t doing or saying what you wish they would.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) September 27, 2018
re: #301 Interesting Times
Has Kamala Harris questioned him yet?
No, she will be one of the last to do so.
re: #333 Interesting Times
And Mazie Hirono:
If Leahy got Kavanaugh this angry imagine what Harris is gonna do
i know i probably shouldnt
and i still wanna
and i’ll take shit for it if i must
in light of the “what goes around comes around” it’s such a grapefruit pitch:
kamala’s gonna be a …….
(dont hate me)
Hammer time!
Durbin telling him he should turn around and tell McGhan (sp?) to stop the proceedings until an FBI investigation is done.
re: #336 ObserverArt
No, she will be one of the last to do so.
She gets coffee. Because coffee is for closers.
re: #340 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Durbin telling him he should turn around and tell McGhan (sp?) to stop the proceedings until an FBI investigation is done.
Oopoh that will leave a mark.
omg…this is like an old Frank Capra movie or something
wow
I suspect this is what the Senate looked like in 1860 before Lincoln’s election.
I’m innocent.
I’m innocent.
I’m innocent.
I’m innocent.
I’m innocent.
sure thing
Kavanaugh: I will do whatever the committee wants to do.
Durbin: I want to know what you want to do!”
Kavanaugh actually correct on that. The FBI wouldn’t actually reach a conclusion.
Damn this guy is an absolute asshole who should nowhere near a Court
re: #354 bigredwookie
Damn this guy is an absolute asshole who should nowhere near a Court
Durbin knew that 12 years ago.
Wow! He’s a petulant jackass.
He. Will. Not. Say. Yes.
A Senate committee investigation is not the same thing as an FBI investigation.
Kavanaugh will not call for an FBI investigation. Grassley now lecturing Durbin that Durbin could ask for an FBI investigation.
Graham up now.
re: #348 Belafon
I suspect this is what the Senate looked like in 1860 before Lincoln’s election.
Just with less cane beatings of opponents.
My husband and my 16 year-old son are watching it in the other room.
I keep hearing them yell, “Just shut up! Why not let the FBI investigate! Why should anyone believe you? Jerk!”
That’s what matters, men on this blog. Men who get it and stand up with us.
I need to go home now, but I’ll leave you all with this thought:
~62 million Americans will totally approve of this because it’s exactly how they’d behave (or would like to - hence their voting for Cheeto Benito’s angry, whiny self-pitying narcissism and trollery).
All you need to ask yourselves is if what we’ve seen today is enough to rouse enough non-voters out of their apathy.
stamping his feet now and shrill…Lindsey is so shrill!
he should smile more
Graham now having a meltdown.
re: #332 Charles Johnson
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Kavanaugh is getting combative and stonewalling every Democrat’s questions. He clearly feels they’re all persecuting him. lgf.bz3:35 PM - Sep 27, 2018
Kavanaugh is pioneering the GOP approach to responding to Dems. If they question you, just stonewall it and you will not suffer any consequences as long as the GOP remains in power — and thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression abetted by SC decisions, that will be the foreseeable future unless we have a true blue wave that sweeps the GOP out in 2018.
re: #364 BlueGrl21
My husband and my 16 year-old son are watching it in the other room.
I keep hearing them yell, “Just shut up! Why not let the FBI investigate! Why should anyone believe you? Jerk!”
That’s what matters, men on this blog. Men who get it and stand up with us.
You (women) were there for us at our most vulnerable. Dr. Ford could be my mother, coworker, friend, aunt, cousin etc.
Kavanaugh refuses over and over to say he supports an FBI investigation, finally just sits and stares with contempt at Dick Durbin for several uncomfortable seconds. Jesus. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx pic.twitter.com/YRmg2FVEI7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
Burn up the phones for every Senator, like we did for the ACA. I called my Republican Senator yesterday, and will do so again. I was disappointed that I didn’t have to be put on hold to leave a message. ([no phone numbers allowed]). Call the White House as well-at least you can annoy them.
Hey Lindsey, about “fair process”?
Merrick Garland
Lindsey is going through a job interview. We can see that.
re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey Lindsey, about “fair process”?
Merrick Garland
It’s a job interview ffs.
Why is Lindsey asking questions? Is Ms. Mitchell not going to continue her questioning?
:D
Look at Miss Lindsey Graham trying to be all tough! What?Does Putin have a picture of Lindsay fucking a donkey? #KanavaughHearings
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 27, 2018
re: #365 Interesting Times
I need to go home now, but I’ll leave you all with this thought:
~62 million Americans will totally approve of this because it’s exactly how they’d behave (or would like to - hence their voting for Cheeto Benito’s angry, whiny self-pitying narcissism and trollery).
All you need to ask yourselves is if what we’ve seen today is enough to rouse enough non-voters out of their apathy.
The non-voters are not watching. So no, it won’t affect them.
Oh, Graham. You are such a dick.
re: #379 Hecuba’s daughter
The non-voters are not watching. So no, it won’t affect them.
They may not be watching but Brett Kavanaugh’s angry scowl is coming to a tv near you.
Well, we knew Graham was going to vote for Kavanaugh already.
Hello there, tiny water sausage. Are you enjoying floating around in your little tray? pic.twitter.com/fyajFoCPRu
— In Otter News (@Otter_News) September 27, 2018
re: #377 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why is Lindsey asking questions? Is Ms. Mitchell not going to continue her questioning?
I saw a story this morning that Graham, Cornyn and someone else (Rick Perry moment, I can’t remember the third one) reserved the right to ask their own questions.
re: #383 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Well, we knew Graham was going to vote for Kavanaugh already.
We knew that this summer.
Shut up, Lindsey.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #379 Hecuba’s daughter
The non-voters are not watching. So no, it won’t affect them.
They’re not watching now, but they’ll see the news tonight, they’ll see the video clips online… and most will have Dr Ford composed and Judge Kavanaugh ranting like a mad man.
Why don’t one of these DEM Senators just start their questioning by turning to Lindsay and say “Merrick Garland”. Geez!
Brett Kavanaugh. Functional when drunk.
And damn is he smarmy.
Objection, Your Honour! The witness is badgering the questioner!
re: #369 Hecuba’s daughter
Kavanaugh is pioneering the GOP approach to responding to Dems. If they question you, just stonewall it and you will not suffer any consequences as long as the GOP remains in power — and thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression abetted by SC decisions, that will be the foreseeable future unless we have a true blue wave that sweeps the GOP out in 2018.
Wonder how all of this is going over with Flake, Collins, Murkowski.
At a minimum I can’t imagine any red state Dems voting for this guy.
Dems give up too easily. People already thinking its in the bag. Take action and call your Senators and the White House, no matter which side of the aisle.
re: #392 Sir John Barron
Wonder how all of this is going over with Flake, Collins, Murkowski.
At a minimum I can’t imagine any red state Dems voting for this guy.
Heidi in ND is running against a guy who said even if he did it, it shouldn’t matter. She should be able to go on offense tonight.
the hell is up with asking a senator what he likes to drink?
Asked by Whitehouse if “Ralph Club” was a reference to vomiting from alcohol, Kavanaugh doesn’t answer directly but says he’s known for his weak stomach with both alcohol and food. He adds: “I like beer…what do you like to drink? Senator, what do you like to drink?”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2018
re: #365 Interesting Times
I need to go home now, but I’ll leave you all with this thought:
~62 million Americans will totally approve of this because it’s exactly how they’d behave (or would like to - hence their voting for Cheeto Benito’s angry, whiny self-pitying narcissism and trollery).
All you need to ask yourselves is if what we’ve seen today is enough to rouse enough non-voters out of their apathy.
while you are generally right in this case - and mostly wrt to men
remember a lot of those 62M are women
sure some of them are fine with this
im hoping there’s a lot who arent
re: #396 makeitstop
the hell is up with asking a senator what he likes to drink?
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He’s lost it.
LOL, Cornyn comparing this to the McCarthy hearings.
re: #396 makeitstop
the hell is up with asking a senator what he likes to drink?
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Just like a bro, needs to know what kind of booze to stock for the other kids at the party?
re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL, Cornyn comparing this to the McCarthy hearings.
A WITCH-HUNT HOAX WHAT ABOUT HER EMAILS?
re: #396 makeitstop
the hell is up with asking a senator what he likes to drink?
White privilege, man, privilege.
Cornyn is comparing this hearing to the McCarthy hearings. Freaking unreal how overboard these Republicans will go. https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #374 Camp Waconda
Lindsey is going through a job interview. We can see that.
I was thinking it was more of a pay-off.
re: #405 Charles Johnson
Again, at least Kav is getting a hearing and likely a vote.
re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL, Cornyn comparing this to the McCarthy hearings.
Someone on the Democratic side needs to end their questions with “at long last sir, have you no decency?”
re: #405 Charles Johnson
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Ironically, perhaps someone should be asking Kavanaugh if he’s had previous contacts with the Russians, and whether he believes conspiring with a foreign enemy should be grounds for impeachment.
re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL, Cornyn comparing this to the McCarthy hearings.
That your party did and you still have people contend they were right?
Oh, we understand the gravity of the charges.
re: #416 HappyWarrior
That your party did and you still have people contend they were right?
They have similar beliefs about slavery.
Slavery wasn’t that bad, but taxes are just like slavery, and that awful.
re: #416 HappyWarrior
That your party did and you still have people contend they were right?
He means that the opposition to McCarthy was the real McCarthism.
Not sure if /.
re: #419 Sir John Barron
He means that the opposition to McCarthy was the real McCarthism.
Not sure if /.
If you ask his number one fan, Ann Coulter, yes.
I simply do not understand why an innocent man would not welcome an FBI investigation. This is insane.
re: #421 BlueGrl21
I simply do not understand how an innocent man would not welcome an FBI investigation. This is insane.
Because he ain’t but we knew that.
Oddly enough, all the old white Republican men are now fine with asking questions and grandstanding themselves. No more “female assistant.” https://t.co/hllq9CDnMx
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL, Cornyn comparing this to the McCarthy hearings.
I wonder which “McCarthy hearings” Sen. Cornyn is referring to? The ones where Tailgunner Joe browbeat and red-baited witnesses? Or the ones where McCarthy got exposed on TV for the dishonest sleaze he was…?
I think Cornyn is trying to invoke the former image: but I think the latter is more likely to be the takeaway for a lot of folks.
Not sure if this matters much in the grand scheme of things, but isn’t Prof. Ford a Republican too?
re: #421 BlueGrl21
I simply do not understand how an innocent man would not welcome an FBI investigation. This is insane.
I’m going to disagree with that one. I’ve never been arrested or charged with anything, but that doesn’t mean that I would want the FBI to come sniffing around if I were falsely accused.
HAHAHAHAHA!
every woman in this pic tho pic.twitter.com/6Y2SvY4YlU
— Gustavo Luis (@verygooster) September 27, 2018
It’s like the last supper but for feminism. https://t.co/jDZqArzmSZ
— ana marie cox (@anamariecox) September 27, 2018
re: #409 KGxvi
Hope you don’t mind me stealing this…
Someone over on the Democratic side really needs to end their questioning with “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?’” #KavanaughHearings
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) September 27, 2018
re: #427 electrotek
Not sure if this matters much in the grand scheme of things, but isn’t Prof. Ford a Republican too?
No. Which was one of the first things that was used to discredit her. Apparently a donation to Bernie means she’s a leftist activist but come to think of it, Kav claimed that this was revenge for Clinton. Funny that.
re: #428 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m going to disagree with that one. I’ve never been arrested or charged with anything, but that doesn’t mean that I would want the FBI to come sniffing around if I were falsely accused.
But if we were under scrutiny by a partisan body?
today electoral-vote.com has moved indiana
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barely democrat
eta: senate, that is
Grassley quoting Biden again.
Shouty Grassley victimized by nobody listening to him.
Kavanaugh is really testy about his drinking. Big red flag. Asking Senator if she has ever blacked out.
re: #433 dangerman
today electoral-vote.com has moved indiana
from barely republican to
barely democrat
Blue wave comes to Penceland. :)
re: #436 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Kavanaugh is really testy about his drinking. Big red flag. Asking Senator if she has ever blacked out.
He should be in AA.
re: #431 HappyWarrior
No. Which was one of the first things that was used to discredit her. Apparently a donation to Bernie means she’s a leftist activist but come to think of it, Kav claimed that this was revenge for Clinton. Funny that.
Oh wow. I mean, Republicans wouldn’t hesitate to turn against their own for dissenting, because apostasy and all.
You think any female nominee would EVER survive answering a male senator’s question by demanding twice to know if they ever drank so much they blacked out? Hell no.
— Sarah O’Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) September 27, 2018
Look at Miss Lindsey Graham trying to be all tough! What?Does Putin have a picture of Lindsay fucking a donkey? #KanavaughHearings
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 27, 2018
Judging by the magnitude of the sellout that is Lindsey Graham, a young unwilling male donkey would be my guess. https://t.co/1FZxD9T5UX
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) September 27, 2018
re: #436 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Kavanaugh is really testy about his drinking. Big red flag. Asking Senator if she has ever blacked out.
Thought he was a choir boy who never drank?
re: #225 Interesting Times
Dat look on Mitchell’s face tho.
She’s seen this shit before.
Almost every trial of a sexual predator, I’d guess.
re: #421 BlueGrl21
I simply do not understand why an innocent man would not welcome an FBI investigation. This is insane.
Because he is sacred his friends will not say the “right thing” to the FBI.
No matter what dance everyone is doing politically, they are a bit more forceful than a lawyer taking a sworn statement. They have more punch than the local police.
Grassley’s back to the wall so he calls another break
re: #439 electrotek
Oh wow. I mean, Republicans wouldn’t hesitate to turn against their own for dissenting, because apostasy and all.
Yeah I know, look at Mueller. Bomafide Republican unlike Trump but one who actually is America first in his actions not words.
re: #438 HappyWarrior
He should be in AA.
Nah, doesn’t work unless you’re willing to do the work. He’s unrepentant.
re: #434 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Grassley quoting Biden again.
Grassley’s favorite former Senator and former VP, I guess.
re: #431 HappyWarrior
No. Which was one of the first things that was used to discredit her. Apparently a donation to Bernie means she’s a leftist activist but come to think of it, Kav claimed that this was revenge for Clinton. Funny that.
Good reminder that Kavanaugh in his opening rant showed just how partisan and paranoid he is. He will be completely unable to judge any case fairly.
re: #447 KGxvi
Nah, doesn’t work unless you’re willing to do the work. He’s unrepentant.
Okay detox the fuck then.
re: #449 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Good reminder that Kavanaugh in his opening rant showed just how partisan and paranoid he is. He will be completely unable to judge any case fairly.
I honestly thought that was a legitimate question before the allegation.
re: #428 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m going to disagree with that one. I’ve never been arrested or charged with anything, but that doesn’t mean that I would want the FBI to come sniffing around if I were falsely accused.
I can understand your cavils, and agree in principle, but if you or I were being nominated for a vitally important -lifetime- government appointment, like the Supreme Court, I think that the relative “falsity” of accusations ought to be investigated, and thoroughly, by a reputable agency. (which might leave the FBI out, in any case).
Yup.
That tantrum from Graham was solely because Kavanaugh’s exchange with Durbin was so damning.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 27, 2018
re: #443 William Lewis
Almost every trial of a sexual predator, I’d guess.
What I would find most excellent would for Mitchell to come out of this hearing and immediately tell reporters that she believes Dr. Ford and that Kavanaugh displayed behavior consistent with every abuser she has ever prosecuted.
In politics republicans often say woman are too emotional to handle important political jobs. pic.twitter.com/yr0TyQDvIl
— Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) September 27, 2018
re: #433 dangerman
today electoral-vote.com has moved indiana
from barely republican to
barely democrateta: senate, that is
Nate Silver gives Donnelly about a 76% likelihood of re-election.
Bottom line: I spent my career at a large university, and lived near it. I have no trouble believing the “Animal House” description of BK’s prep school and college career. Indeed, I would want to know how he could move in those circles and NOT do those things. It would get him ostracized or worse, and his old friends would no longer be his friends.
So let him explain how he managed it.
re: #455 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
What I would find most excellent would for Mitchell to come out of this hearing and immediately tell reporters that she believes Dr. Ford and that Kavanaugh displayed behavior consistent with every abuser she has ever prosecuted.
She could be thinking that….but she’s too much of a partisan to say that.
He’s such a fucking liar (and who would ask someone in their yearbook whether he’d farted yet?)
Asked a bit earlier what he meant by “boofed” in his yearbook, where he said “Judge — Have You Boofed Yet?”, Kavanaugh said, “Flatulence.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2018
Based on extensive interviews by me and @katekelly with Kavanaugh’s former Georgetown Prep classmates, what he just said about the meanings of “boofed” and “Devil’s Triangle” is not true.
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) September 27, 2018
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh just demanded that SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR tell whether she’s ever blacked out from drinking. What an unbelievable bully.
— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh’s ridiculous, aggressive performance of indignation is a huge tell.
re: #447 KGxvi
Nah, doesn’t work unless you’re willing to do the work. He’s unrepentant.
Dry drunk, maybe?
re: #453 Jay C
I can understand your cavils, and agree in principle, but if you or I were being nominated for a vitally important -lifetime- government appointment, like the Supreme Court, I think that the relative “falsity” of accusations ought to be investigated, and thoroughly, by a reputable agency. (which might leave the FBI out, in any case).
It’s all about context. If you’ve reached the level where you’re going before the US Senate for a confirmation hearing, then you should be fine with the FBI conducting an investigation into allegations against you (assuming they are not true). But private citizen me, who has very little to do with the government day to day? I want the FBI no where near my shit.
re: #459 gwangung
She could be thinking that….but she’s too much of a partisan to say that.
I’m hoping she finds this whole thing disgusting and that she has a conscience.
re: #460 BeachDem
He’s such a fucking liar (and who would ask someone in their yearbook whether he’d farted yet?)
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Here is Kavanaugh joking with friends, at age 36, about how he exploded in rage at them at a party but he doesn’t remember. pic.twitter.com/VLa0t2ySkl
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) September 27, 2018
Because he was being backed into claiming he’s never gotten drunk to the point of not remembering, and one of the emails already provided to the committee has him dead to rights on that being a lie: https://t.co/Mc256nGgwQ
— Digitalist - GOP Delenda Est (@SomeDigitalist) September 27, 2018
Took a little peek at the sewer known as “right wing Twitter,” and yep, they’re absolutely loving Kavanaugh’s performance, tears of self-pity and all.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #457 Big Beautiful Door
Nate Silver gives Donnelly about a 76% likelihood of re-election.
not a lot of polling there yet
donnelly’s got a 45 44 lead
This is what always happens. A woman comes in, bares her soul, shows herself true.
And then the men shout and wave their hands around and puff up and claim they NEVER DID THAT THING.
And they believe the man. IS IT ANY WONDER WOMEN DON’T SAY THINGS?— Karoli (@Karoli) September 27, 2018
KG can back me on this as our resident lawyer but beyond a reasonable doubt applies to defenses too.
re: #450 HappyWarrior
Okay detox the fuck then.
Or just let him wallow in a gutter with a bottle in his hand.
It makes sense that Trump would be pleased with Kavanaugh’s unhinged lunatic screaming performance today. But it seems they all forgot that the real audience is Senators Collins, Murkowski and Flake.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
“But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.”
Brett Kavanaugh is an American hero.
He has confronted the satanic nature of the Left with the heart of a lion.
May God bless him.— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 27, 2018
re: #462 makeitstop
Dry drunk, maybe?
Not knowing Kavanaugh, I have no idea whether he’s an alcoholic. And I am not going to engage in speculation as to whether he still drinks or not, or even how much of his attitude is tied to his drinking. From everything I’ve seen, he comes off as an asshole who should not be a member of the Supreme Court. He also probably needs some counseling, based on the public statements he’s made today. That’s something he needs to come to grips with in his own life. Ultimately, this isn’t about him, it’s about the Court, and he’s shown himself to not be worthy of the Court.
re: #472 BeachDem
Or just let him wallow in a gutter with a bottle in his hand.
I don’t want him hurting anyone. Alcoholism is a very personal thing to me.
re: #474 Charles Johnson
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You’re a moron Candice but yeah American hero. No one said anything about his words. His actions otoh. But I get it Team Conservative Uber Alles.
re: #471 HappyWarrior
KG can back me on this as our resident lawyer but beyond a reasonable doubt applies to defenses too.
Not sure what you mean (I’m not watching, just following here and via twitter/texts). But generally reasonable doubt is the standard of proof for the prosecution in criminal trials. The defense usually doesn’t need to reach that standard, they typically just have to poke holes in the prosecution’s case - it may apply, in certain circumstances when dealing with affirmative defenses, but I don’t do criminal law so I’m not sure.
This is Chris Collingwood from Fountains of Wayne. Look Park is his new band.
A few quick shots from the flask.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #474 Charles Johnson
So he’s calling Dr. Ford’s accusations “careless words”? I don’t get it. He’s not above being questioned for possible inappropriate conduct. Such a snowflake.
re: #478 KGxvi
Not sure what you mean (I’m not watching, just following here and via twitter/texts). But generally reasonable doubt is the standard of proof for the prosecution in criminal trials. The defense usually doesn’t need to reach that standard, they typically just have to poke holes in the prosecution’s case - it may apply, in certain circumstances when dealing with affirmative defenses, but I don’t do criminal law so I’m not sure.
I mean crazy alternative theories like the doppelgängers.
re: #479 Charles Johnson
This is Chris Collingwood from Fountains of Wayne. Look Park is his new band.
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Heh I was listening to FoW the other day.
re: #481 HappyWarrior
I mean crazy alternative theories like the doppelgängers.
Yeah, those typically don’t require reasonable doubt. They’re usually used to create reasonable doubt. Not unlike “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” and the other alternative theories raised by Simpson’s defense team (including planted evidence).
re: #483 Sir John Barron
barf
She’s going to be old one day and wonder why the hell she threw her lot in with Kavanaugh, Charlie Kirk, & Ben Shapiro.
re: #485 KGxvi
Yeah, those typically don’t require reasonable doubt. They’re usually used to create reasonable doubt. Not unlike “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” and the other alternative theories raised by Simpson’s defense team (including planted evidence).
Right my bad.
For a sitting judge to act ignorant of the importance of interviewing possible corroborating or exculpatory witnesses shows that he is not about the truth but rather getting to a predetermined result despite the truth. THIS IS DISQUALIFYING FOR A SUPREME COURT NOMINEE!
— zou2 (@zou2) September 27, 2018
re: #270 makeitstop
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You’ve gotten involved with a cult, so now you just don’t make any sense to people who are engaged with reality. There’s nothing satanic about the good people you irrationally hate.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 27, 2018
re: #461 jaunte
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Kavanaugh’s ridiculous, aggressive performance of indignation is a huge tell.
She should have refused to answer and told him that she has not been nominated for SCOTUS like he has been.
And then *I* would apologize.
— ana marie cox (@anamariecox) September 27, 2018
re: #490 Patricia Kayden
“We ask the questions, judge” is the way to handle it.
Pizzagate totally legit guys but a guy known to drink being aggressive sexually? Never! God people like Candice should just go on wiyhbthr lobotomy already.
I’m just here to remind y’all that when a cop killed Brian Hundley, a jury found that the cop lied. Brett Kavanaugh threw out the verdict.
He didn’t cry.— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) September 27, 2018
re: #492 jaunte
Ana is amazing. I’ve become such a huge fan of her since she started With Friends Like These.
Kavanaugh starts with an apology to Amy Klobucher for the alcohol question to her
re: #497 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kavanaugh starts with an apology to Amy Klobucher for the alcohol question to her
Damage control.
Kavanaugh starts by apologizing to Amy Klobuchar. Somebody told him to dial it down.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
weak points for Ford: none
weak points for Kavanaugh: full partisan, doesn’t want FBI investigation, throwing Qs back at Democrats, deploying sympathy for Judge’s health problems as shield, mocking relevance of high school yearbook entries related to allegations from that time— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 27, 2018
Democrats didn’t sit on Dr. Ford’s allegations. They respected her request for confidentiality. Shut up Hatch.
re: #502 jaunte
His clerks love him.
Or else.
His clerks don’t love him, they love the job, and what it means for their future careers.
“Robert Bork” - Drink!
Robert Bork didn’t belong on the court. Stop acting like that partisan hack getting rejected was a travesty when your party didn’t even give Merrick Garland a chance to speak, you fuck bucket.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #507 electrotek
Worse than Clarence Thomas…damn right it is
Yep. Thomas didn’t deserve scotus either.
re: #428 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m going to disagree with that one. I’ve never been arrested or charged with anything, but that doesn’t mean that I would want the FBI to come sniffing around if I were falsely accused.
You also are not running for a high office and asking to have the FBI check out an accuser.
Notice that the Republicans have now abandoned Mitchell and are now roaring in defense of Kavanaugh.
Pretty telling that only Ford got the full prosecutor treatment.— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #512 Dave In Austin
Yeah, I had to turn off Hatch. Blood pressure spiked.
…later….
ok, we had the damn hearing
we ready to confirm the guy?
You know, occasionally I talk on here about having an abusive, emotionally incontinent dad.
That Kavanaugh mix of self-pity, deflection, and rage is exactly what my father was like when challenged about one of his many, many shady choices and behaviors.
I swear, deadly serious, that everything in the last two years is just the justifications and tactics of domestic abuse, applied on a national scale.
Turned on the hearing now that I am out of my meeting to see Hatch lose his shit. Damn.
re: #514 goddamnedfrank
Notice that the Republicans have now abandoned Mitchell and are now roaring in defense of Kavanaugh.
Pretty telling that only Ford got the full prosecutor treatment.
not lost on anybody with an engaged brain
re: #517 The Ghost of a Flea
You know, occasionally I talk on here about having an abusive, emotionally incontinent dad.
That Kavanaugh mix of self-pity, deflection, and rage is exactly what my father was like when challenged about one of his many, many shady choices and behaviors.
I swear, deadly serious, that everything in the last two years is just the justifications and tactics of domestic abuse, applied on a national scale.
Sorry man.
Rod Dreher is celebrating that Kavanaugh came through!
re: #503 makeitstop
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The guy who produced his calendar as evidence is mocking the relevance of his yearbook entries?
re: #521 Scottish Dragon
Rod Dreher is celebrating that Kavanaugh came through!
Well for him, he did. Too bad for Rod, not everyone thinks like Rod.
re: #514 goddamnedfrank
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Pretty telling that Republicans couldn’t control their rage enough to question Dr. Ford themselves. They knew what it would have looked like for them to be shouting accusations at Dr. Ford on camera.
re: #497 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kavanaugh starts with an apology to Amy Klobucher for the alcohol question to her
“But I’m really a great guy, everyone says so, you Clinton-loving, Obama-worshipping, Satanist.”
re: #521 Scottish Dragon
Rod Dreher is celebrating that Kavanaugh came through!
Maybe it’ll get Rod excited enough to come out of his self-imposed Benedict option.
Grassley entering the letter from the 65 women.
Most of those women have already withdrawn their support.
Guess no one told Grassley.
re: #523 HappyWarrior
Well for him, he did. Too bad for Rod, not everyone thinks like Rod.
Unfortunately for the country, there are a lot of folks who do.
RW media is no doubt going to be lit up all night in a frothing orgy of self-congratulatory gloating.
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