Live Stream: Kavanaugh Thread 3: Angry, Tearful, Stonewalling, Self-Pitying
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Brett Kavanaugh’s seething rage & fury throughout his testimony & his blatant disrespect for senators asking questions pursuant to their constitutional duty are wholly unacceptable. He lacks temperament to be judge anywhere.
— NAACP (@NAACP) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh’s getting tweezed out again with Chris Coons. He gets pugnacious with every Democrat. Get ready for fireworks with Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
Fucking hell…
Devil’s Triangle (disambiguation) Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US House of Representatives https://t.co/D3poeTGMuK pic.twitter.com/oB74iOxzBS
— congress-edits (@congressedits) September 27, 2018
A House of Reps IP address edits ‘Devil’s Triangle’ entry on Wikipedia to include Brett Kavanaugh’s claim that it’s a drinking game https://t.co/3GOA49o2oO
— Jane C. Timm (@janestreet) September 27, 2018
I just want to remind everyone that this is Brett Kavanaugh sober. #KanavaughHearings #IBelieveChristine pic.twitter.com/R22Cqogxpc
— Stephanie Sidley (@StephanieSidley) September 27, 2018
It’s honestly amazing that someone this bumbling, inconsistent, combative, and evasive will still get the vast majority of GOP Senators to vote for him.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2018
re: #5 bratwurst
Fucking hell…
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They’re going to find out whose office it was. Stupid shit.
Why the hell do they keep arguing that the FBI doesn’t reach a conclusion!
I have a feeling that Kavanaugh is in some deep shit if he doesn’t get this appointment. Someone paid off his debts. Someone bought him a $92k membership to a private club.
He is on the hook to someone and he is going to lose a lot if he doesn’t get this.
Just sent an email to NBC News and asked if their panel would ever ask about the elephant in the room?
Merrick Garland. Held up a nomination by Mitch McPublican to get their boy.
Goes to Lindsey Graham’s hammy weeping outrage about the Democrats now holding up the proceedings* to get to the election and hopefully get a better candidate.
And I told them, it might even liven up your ratings for News-O-tainment.
I bet this is happening elsewhere too. Anyone hear that comparison made by the media today? I’m hoping there are some yes answers.
*I’m pretty sure even the Republicans know the possibilities are fairly good it will work for the Democrats like it worked for them.
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
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Those traits are fine as long as he votes their way on Roe, Citizens United, and other things that matter to them. Kavanaugh could have Lionel Hutz’s knowledge of the law but if he talked the conservative game on the judiciary, he’d be good. That was Harriett Miers’ mistake. She was unqualified and a bad pick but she would have gotten right wing support if she had given them the talking points they wanted and to her credit, she didn’t.
Of course corrupt Conservatives will vote for him. They’ll accept any maniac that will go along with their agenda of making women second-class citizens.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 27, 2018
re: #8 jaunte
Why the hell do they keep arguing that the FBI doesn’t reach a conclusion!
Right. The FBI recommends charges and denies security clearances all the fucking time.
re: #10 MsJ
I have a feeling that Kavanaugh is in some deep shit if he doesn’t get this appointment. Someone paid off his debts. Someone bought him a $92k membership to a private club.
He is on the hook to someone and he is going to lose a lot if he doesn’t get this.
Yep. Something’s up.
I’m so old I remember when Republicans considered it unthinkable to confirm a Supreme Court justice within a year of an election.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
the GOP senators sure got the talking points down
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
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Probably get all of them, though I hope I am wrong.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) September 27, 2018
re: #8 jaunte
Why the hell do they keep arguing that the FBI doesn’t reach a conclusion!
Its a rightwing talking point; first saw it from a wingnut on FB yesterday.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
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I can remember when Republican senators unashamably talked about holding up anyone HRC nominated too. Mitch, Grassley, Graham, and all these crocodile tears are a load of shit. Maybe you shouldn’t have pulled this stunt with Merrick Garland. We haven’t forgotten and we’re not going to. And you Mitch will go down in history as a scoundrel of the worst kind up there with the men who fought to protect Jim Crow.
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re: #6 goddamnedfrank
It’s honestly amazing that someone this bumbling, inconsistent, combative, and evasive
will still get the vast majority of GOP Senators to vote for him.
…is a federal judge
…may very well become a supreme court justice
Oh, we’ll be lucky to even retain citizen status of any sort, even second-class, by the end of our lives if we can’t turn Washington blue.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) September 27, 2018
re: #24 mmmirele
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All the Republicans lining up to kiss Kavanaugh’s ass just reminds me that they’ll do anything for the cult. When Trump tells ‘em it’s time to murder their neighbors, they’ll do it without hesitation. If he tells ‘em to murder their children, they won’t hesitate. If he tells them it’s time to drink the cyanide, they’ll sing hymns about going home.
re: #2 jaunte
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Brett Kavanaugh’s seething rage & fury throughout his testimony & his blatant disrespect for senators asking questions pursuant to their constitutional duty are wholly unacceptable. He lacks temperament to be judge anywhere.2:37 PM - 27 Sep 2018
Isn’t this the Clarence Thomas playbook? He got away with this and is seated on the SC. Brett may very well succeed too, although in this case he’s not a minority fighting against a panel of people who don’t look like him.
re: #22 HappyWarrior
I can remember when Republican senators unashamably talked about holding up anyone HRC nominated too. Mitch, Grassley, Graham, and all these crocodile tears are a load of shit. Maybe you shouldn’t have pulled this stunt with Merrick Garland. We haven’t forgotten and we’re not going to. And you Mitch will go down in history as a scoundrel of the worst kind up there with the men who fought to protect Jim Crow.
I wish GOP Senators could get this outraged about the Russian hacking of our election and DJT’s collusion with Russia.
I know I repeat myself, but…this is exactly what the right wants.
The basis of their worldview is that their rage has inherent veracity, and that their righteousness emanates from their identity. Because these assumptions cannot be questioned, all skepticism is attack, all attack is existential threat, and that threat justifies any counter, including retaliatory acts that undermine the very principles and morals that (supposedly) are the fixed point of that inherent virtue.
The signifier engulfs and consumes the signified. Symbols matter more than what is symbolized.
An incontinent man demanding respect while giving none, demanding power while refusing to accept questions about his qualification, openly declaring his biases even as he claims to be impartial, is the perfect crystalline representation of how completely empty of substance these folks are.
re: #25 dangerman
…is a federal judge
…may very well become a supreme court justice
Maybe I’m crazy but I still think his existing job is a giant quid quo pro for his work in the 90’s.
He’s acting like someone who has never seen a courtroom drama where the guilty actor acts guilty.
re: #30 Sir John Barron
I wish GOP Senators could get this outraged about the Russian hacking of our election and DJT’s collusion with Russia.
Why would they? Trump benefits them.
re: #8 jaunte
Why the hell do they keep arguing that the FBI doesn’t reach a conclusion!
But they wanted the FBI to prosecute Hillary.
re: #33 jaunte
He’s acting like someone who has never seen a courtroom drama where the guilty actor acts guilty.
Because he never anticipated himself to be on the other side of this.
I’ve seen way too many of these hearings, but I’ve never seen a witness behave like this - with open contempt for every Democrat who questions him. And he answers none of their questions. https://t.co/fM3dPLQZFZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
This fucking guy is unreal. He just interrupted Blumenthal, then yelled “Let me finish, please!”
I’m back. Did I miss anything? I see that we’ve deep-sixed our sex crimes prosecutor in favor of hysterical GOP senators.
re: #38 Charles Johnson
Acts like he’s on the verge of getting a job for life.
Blumenthal just got him good on the baseball game. Noticed that Kavanaugh made a point of bragging that he paid for all the tickets and even that George Brett normally a third baseman played left field that evening.
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All the Republicans lining up to kiss Kavanaugh’s ass just reminds me that they’ll do anything for the cult. When Trump tells ‘em it’s time to murder their neighbors, they’ll do it without hesitation. If he tells ‘em to murder their children, they won’t hesitate. If he tells them it’s time to drink the cyanide, they’ll sing hymns about going home.
All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children.”
― George Orwell, 1984
re: #40 calochortus
I’m back. Did I miss anything? I see that we’ve deep-sixed our sex crimes prosecutor in favor of hysterical GOP senators.
The woman with the ladyparts was only brought on to interrogate Ford.
Great, now we’ll have Crapo explain that the FBI doesn’t come to a conclusion.
Mike Lee reminds me of a sober Joe McCarthy.
I am touched by all the Repug Senators’ sympathy for Dr. Ford. Which doesn’t extend to BELIEVING WHAT SHE SAYS. I suppose they want to pat her on the back and lead her gently away.
As they say on The Good Place, Senators, go fork youselves with a rusty pitchfork.
re: #41 Sir John Barron
Acts like he’s on the verge of getting a job for life.
Well when practically half of the people there not only want to give him the job for life but want to treat him as if his shit don’t stink, I can see why he’s arrogant. It would be nice if he could at least act humble and realize he’s applying for a job that only a select few men and women have had before him.
re: #39 Charles Johnson
This fucking guy is unreal. He just interrupted Blumenthal, then yelled “Let me finish, please!”
I turned on the live stream just for a second and caught him responding to Blumenthal saying “the reason we’re all here” with “the reason we’re all here is because of an allegation that all four witnesses have said didn’t happen.” If I was defending a deposition and my client said something like that, I’d ask for a break, take them outside and tell them that while I’ll be there for the rest of the deposition, they’re fucking fired and need a new attorney.
re: #46 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Mike Lee reminds me of a sober Joe McCarthy.
Him and Ted Cruz are awful.
re: #45 jaunte
Great, now we’ll have Crapo explain that the FBI doesn’t come to a conclusion.
Then why were they all outraged when the FBI didn’t charge HRC?
re: #23 jaunte
He just can’t keep his face calm.
I bet he can be just like this in his working environment too.
You can’t be this hair trigger and not be all the time.
re: #44 Sir John Barron
The woman with the ladyparts was only brought on to interrogate Ford.
She was questioning in lieu of the first couple GOP guys when I left. After that whacked out opening statement it was fairly surreal.
re: #49 KGxvi
I turned on the live stream just for a second and caught him responding to Blumenthal saying “the reason we’re all here” with “the reason we’re all here is because of an allegation that all four witnesses have said didn’t happen.” If I was defending a deposition and my client said something like that, I’d ask for a break, take them outside and tell them that while I’ll be there for the rest of the deposition, they’re fucking fired and need a new attorney.
None of the witnesses were questioned, apparently.
Only a white male would be able to sit in a Hearing, have a full on tantrum and get away with. #KavanaughHearings
— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) September 27, 2018
re: #40 calochortus
I’m back. Did I miss anything? I see that we’ve deep-sixed our sex crimes prosecutor in favor of hysterical GOP senators.
You could say that the GOP just did a back alley abortion on her.
re: #47 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
I am touched by all the Repug Senators’ sympathy for Dr. Ford. Which doesn’t extend to BELIEVING WHAT SHE SAYS. I suppose they want to pat her on the
backhead and lead her gently away.As they say on The Good Place, Senators, go fork youselves with a rusty pitchfork.
Fixed
re: #28 can’t think of a decent username
All the Republicans lining up to kiss Kavanaugh’s ass just reminds me that they’ll do anything for the cult. When Trump tells ‘em it’s time to murder their neighbors, they’ll do it without hesitation. If he tells ‘em to murder their children, they won’t hesitate. If he tells them it’s time to drink the cyanide, they’ll sing hymns about going home.
Can we move the GOP and their backers cyanide drinking up first in your list?
Thanks!
The baseball game story is just vagueness about it was a great time. See I go to baseball games a lot too and I always have specific memories, maybe it was some good natured heckling that I engaged in or maybe an awesome play or some cool people we met at the game, the last game I went to, we sat next to some native Spanish speakers and my SiL’s sister’s husband was able to tell us where they were from. Buncha white people enjoying the O’s with some people from the DR. Kavanaugh is just saying it was a great time, comradery, etc.
re: #8 jaunte
Why the hell do they keep arguing that the FBI doesn’t reach a conclusion!
it works the same way as constantly screech “NO COLLUSION!!11!!”
Y’all know they are calling for cloture vote tomorrow, and the full Senate, Sat.
Dump is calling them to just do it.
re: #57 calochortus
Fixed
Fixed…. again….
I am touched by all the Repug Senators’ sympathy for Dr. Ford. Which doesn’t extend to BELIEVING WHAT SHE SAYS. I suppose they want to pat her on the back head bottom and lead her gently away.
As they say on The Good Place, Senators, go fork youselves with a rusty pitchfork.
I’m seeing a few thousand more votes slip over to the “D” column every time Kavanaugh opens his mouth.
re: #63 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m seeing a few thousand more votes slip over to the “D” column every time Kavanaugh opens his mouth.
He’s helping me make the case for the woman(Jennifer Wexton) running against his friend Barbara Comstock who hasn’t commented on this at all.
re: #62 CongoJack
Fixed…. again….
I am touched by all the Repug Senators’ sympathy for Dr. Ford. Which doesn’t extend to BELIEVING WHAT SHE SAYS. I suppose they want to pat her on the
backheadbottom and lead her gently away.As they say on The Good Place, Senators, go fork youselves with a rusty pitchfork.
And fixed better! I salute you, sir.
Brett Kavanaugh will not apologize for loving beer and being an angry drunk. pic.twitter.com/KYZAsqTVAJ
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 27, 2018
I was gonna go to Mars, but then I got high. Was gonna make the coolest cars, but I got hi-iiiigh. Now I’m getting sued, and I know why
— hungriestfatass (@hungriestfatass) September 27, 2018
This whole act is about keeping Donny from ditching him. I have no doubt that he heard the reports that His Orangeness was pissed about the way Dr. Ford’s hearing was going and made the decision that being as belligerent as possible would win back his The Don’s favor. Just as Mitchell’s orders were to ask questions in as quick and pointed a way as possible so they could shove her aside in time to light their hair afire.
SEN HIRONO: Mr. Chairman, is it your intent to cede all Republican Senators’ time to your prosecutor rather than themselves ceding their time to her?
SEN GRASSLEY: Yes.
(Hirono sussed in advance they’d actually have the prosecutor only question the victim, not the nominee?)— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 27, 2018
re: #68 GlutenFreeJesus
Kavanaugh will be confirmed tomorrow.
Fuck this country if that ever fucking happens.
re: #71 electrotek
Yup.
It’s clear Kavanaugh is a vindictive dick. He’s going to use his seat to get revenge.
re: #40 calochortus
I’m back. Did I miss anything? I see that we’ve deep-sixed our sex crimes prosecutor in favor of hysterical GOP senators.
They didn’t need “the woman’s touch” any more.
Another fine message they send women.
“Yeah, we had to let you speak for us so we wouldn’t look like we always look. But now, outta our way honey, get us some coffee, we got to take this over and get our boy shoved through!”
re: #71 electrotek
The country will be fucked and the odds are it will happen before Monday because the GOP is nothing but a criminal enterprise now.
One thing we do know for certain from this hearing. Brett Kavanaugh really likes his beer. He likes beer. A lot. Do you like beer? What do you like to drink? Beer?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #74 Skip Intro
The country will be fucked and the odds are it will happen before Monday because the GOP is nothing but a criminal enterprise now.
Protests must happen, no ifs and buts about it. We need to galvanize the same way we did after Trump won, and protest en masse.
Prediction: Kav is gonna get confirmed. And the GOP is gonna pay for it in November.
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) September 27, 2018
Very hard to make predictions about this stuff I also think the likelihood of this outcome has increased. 👇 https://t.co/upxgDc9L2R
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 27, 2018
Someone better make sure Mrs. Kavanaugh has a safe place to stay tonight. Brett’s probably going to be angry, drunk, and looking for someone to take his rage out on.
re: #76 electrotek
Since he’ll be on the Court Monday I think it’s going to take more than protests. These people have stolen our country.
Been waiting for this one… https://t.co/fM3dPLQZFZ pic.twitter.com/5XtZ7q75yw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White
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That’s my prediction. I think he gets confirmed but at a cost.
re: #78 can’t think of a decent username
Not our problem.
re: #78 can’t think of a decent username
Someone better make sure Mrs. Kavanaugh has a safe place to stay tonight. Brett’s probably going to be angry, drunk, and looking for someone to take his rage out on.
I’m sure Mitch has a bourbon just waiting for him.
If my best friend was innocent and my testimony could prove it, I would not be in hiding.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 27, 2018
re: #82 Skip Intro
Not our problem.
Well you’re right, she did choose to marry him but his kids didn’t choose him to be their Dad. I do feel worse for Dr. Ford and her family of course.
re: #85 HappyWarrior
Well you’re right, she did choose to marry him but his kids didn’t choose him to be their Dad. I do feel worse for Dr. Ford and her family of course.
Sorry, I’m no longer buying the Melania defense.
If I can dare to look for a TINY silver lining in all of this awfulness, at least we probably don’t have to hear how heroic Ben Sasse is ever again. #KavanaughHearings
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) September 27, 2018
re: #86 Skip Intro
Sorry, I’m no longer buying the Melania defense.
I’m not talking about the wife. I’m talking about the kids.
The good ol’ boys are about to wrap it up. Laughing it up during a hearing on serious sexual assault allegations. pic.twitter.com/OQbgkApLFE
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) September 27, 2018
Shut up about basketball, you jackass. Who cares.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
There will be blowback in the form of jury nullification.
Important thread below:
A thread for Muslim women receiving gross misogynistic abuse online:
So a lot of young Muslim women have been getting targeted by the same types of irate middle-aged Muslim men who are problematic in a number of ways, but most of all seem to revel in their deep hatred of women— Ruqaiya (@ruqaiya_h) September 27, 2018
You think Avenatti is just waiting for Kavanaugh to be voted out of committee before filing a criminal complaint on his client’s charges?
I think even if they do rush him through, this isn’t done.
so, yes, it appears that Ms Mitchell’s services are no longer required
re: #93 electrotek
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As we’ve been saying from the start of Me Too. It transcends religions, borders, ideology, etc. The only thing common is men treating women like shit.
“I apologize for you having to interview for this lifetime job.”
Yes, it’s getting so bad I’m now yelling at all of Twitter.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #88 HappyWarrior
I’m not talking about the wife. I’m talking about the kids.
Why don’t you take care of them.
re: #94 makeitstop
You think Avenatti is just waiting for Kavanaugh to be voted out of committee before filing a criminal complaint on his client’s charges?
I think even if they do rush him through, this isn’t done.
I can see it now — bookies taking odds on which impeachment and removal from office take place first, Trump or Kavanaugh.
re: #94 makeitstop
You think Avenatti is just waiting for Kavanaugh to be voted out of committee before filing a criminal complaint on his client’s charges?
I think even if they do rush him through, this isn’t done.
I’m thinking Montgomery County PD is going to want to talk with accuser number 3 and Dr. Ford. I’m thinking Dr. Ford was fairly lucky and there’s more victims out there that may not even know that Kavanaugh, Judge, and his sick friends took advantage of them.
Ok, this is slightly off topic, but it has to do with a case before the Supreme Court this term. You may remember recently that Orrin Hatch submitted an amicus brief arguing that the Court should overturn the dual sovereignty doctrine. Erwin Chemerinsky has his preview of the Court’s docket out, and I found this interesting:
Most recently, in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle (2016), the court held that the United States and Puerto Rico are not separate sovereigns for purposes of double jeopardy. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a concurring opinion joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, urged the court to reconsider the separate sovereigns doctrine.
re: #99 Skip Intro
Why don’t you take care of them.
All I said was I felt some sympathy for them. I feel worse for Ford and her family throughout all this. Don’t get hostile to me because I feel bad for children finding out that their father’s a bastard before the entire world. Sorry. I do understand what you’re getting at that there’s only so much sympathy that can be placed in this mess.
re: #104 HappyWarrior
All I said was I felt some sympathy for them. I feel worse for Ford and her family throughout all this. Don’t get hostile to me because I feel bad for children finding out that their father’s a bastard before the entire world. Sorry. I do understand what you’re getting at that there’s only so much sympathy that can be placed in this mess.
I’m with you on this. It’s a disastrous situation all around.
Sen. Tillis agrees with Kavanaugh’s argument that an FBI investigation isn’t necessary because the committee is investigating right now. Notably, there are no five minute time limits on questions asked by the FBI.
— Truthout (@truthout) September 27, 2018
re: #105 electrotek
I’m with you on this. It’s a disastrous situation all around.
I mean I do understand Skip’s point that the kids aren’t the victims here but damn I just can’t imagine two weeks ago probably thinking highly of my Dad and then seeing this.. I’m not sure how old his daughters are but I think he met his wife on the Bush campaign team so they’re probably a little younger or close to the same age Dr. Ford was when this happened.
re: #104 HappyWarrior
You’re only 31. You should save some sympathy for yourself, because what these assholes do is going to affect you a hell of a lot longer than it is me. Medicare? Dead. SS? Dead. Health insurance? Are you kidding me?
Time to shift gears Happy. I feel bad saying it, but if the GOP gets away with this then what won’t they get away with?
re: #106 jaunte
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A FBI investigation would be non-partisan. FBI investigators have experience talking to victims of sexual crimes. FBI investigators aren’t motivated by what the voters want. Etc. If Kavanaugh is truly innocent, he should want the FBI investigation.
re: #109 Skip Intro
You’re only 31. You should save some sympathy for yourself, because what these assholes do is going to affect you a hell of a lot longer than it is me. Medicare? Dead. SS? Dead. Health insurance? Are you kidding me?
Time to shift gears Happy. I feel bad saying it, but if the GOP gets away with this then what won’t they get away with?
I hear ya, I really do. I don’t want them to get away with this anymore than you do. I want Kavanaugh rejected if this comes to a vote, I want him off his current job, and I want him disbarred. But I still feel a smidgen of sympathy for the kids but I do understand what you’re saying. Just trying to point out that those girls are going to be the same age as Dr. Ford, Renate, and others will soon. And hopefully some boy won’t do to them what Kavanaugh did to other girls.
Skip though, glad we can talk about this. I put the bleeding heart in bleeding heart liberal sometimes ya know even though I get just as angry as the next guy.
I gather no one has pointed out that the real question isn’t “Was Kavanaugh a drunken jerk in HS and college?” It is “Are you lying about not being a drunken jerk?” The GOP has gone on about this all being so long ago, but that really isn’t what would disqualify him
(along with apparently lacking judicial temperament,) it’s a lack of repentance.
re: #113 Scottish Dragon
Cory Booker being methodical.
One thing’s for sure. The whole Spartacus thing being used to mock him isn’t going to work after this. Only with people who will vote GOP regardless of whatever piece of shit is nominated.
BK keeps saying “the four witnesses that were there say it never happened.” That were There??? I hope Harris brings this up.
And Listening to Cruz is making me gag in my coffee.
re: #114 HappyWarrior
Skip though, glad we can talk about this. I put the bleeding heart in bleeding heart liberal sometimes ya know even though I get just as angry as the next guy.
You have to keep your heart. I’m a survivor, I even emphasize with Kavanaugh. But I believe her and think he should not be on the Court.
re: #114 HappyWarrior
Before Trump, I was with you. But now, seeing the pure evil the GOP does every single day of the year has hardened me. If Kav pulls this off then the lesson to young Kavanaughs out there is “do what ever you like to women. You’ll never be made to pay for it in any way.”
re: #116 electrotek
Oh God, Ted Cruz, are you for real?
Had to turn it off. Cannot watch Cruz after I just ate. Yuck.
re: #124 Patricia Kayden
The Cruz is diet is the best one ever. Loose my appetite every time I see him.
re: #119 retired cynic
BK keeps saying “the four witnesses that were there say it never happened.” That were There??? I hope Harris brings this up.
And Listening to Cruz is making me gag in my coffee.
Okay, he’s being obtuse. Say I have a party at my house. Say Bob has too much too drink and pukes off the balcony. Me and a few other friends were inside when it happened. We claim Bob didn’t puke off the balcony because we didn’t see it. Dr. Ford’s story is they locked her in a room, turned up the music, etc. So of course these other people didn’t “see it”, if her allegation is true, they didn’t want people to see it. It’s a pretty weak defense if you ask me.
From what I saw, it was every single white Republican who had meltdown after meltdown.
I turned it off. The yelling was too much. Protecting an obvious sexual deviant was more than too much.
Vote every single Republican out of office. At every level and in every state.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 27, 2018
re: #125 Skip Intro
The Cruz is diet is the best one ever. Loose my appetite every time I see him.
For me, it’s his voice. Between him and Trump, you couldn’t have asked for two more annoying voices. That’s why it was funny to hear all the complaining about how HRC talked.
There is no deadline for this process, Ted, so your “delay” argument doesn’t fly.
And now, Senator Backpfeifengesicht. pic.twitter.com/cjdEQvOe11
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #128 HappyWarrior
Damn I’m making a lot of typos. Time to try to cool off.
re: #123 Skip Intro
Before Trump, I was with you. But now, seeing the pure evil the GOP does every single day of the year has hardened me. If Kav pulls this off then the lesson to young Kavanaughs out there is “do what ever you like to women. You’ll never be made to pay for it in any way.”
We agree. A message needs to be sent. I hope it starts with a rejection by the Senate, losing his current judgeship, and a criminal investigation. No SoL in MD as you know.
re: #129 jaunte
There is no deadline for this process, Ted, so your “delay” argument doesn’t fly.
That’s fucking rich considering Ted’s very words in 2016 with Garland.
re: #104 HappyWarrior
All I said was I felt some sympathy for them. I feel worse for Ford and her family throughout all this. Don’t get hostile to me because I feel bad for children finding out that their father’s a bastard before the entire world. Sorry. I do understand what you’re getting at that there’s only so much sympathy that can be placed in this mess.
I’m not going to get hostile, but I seriously doubt that’s the message his children will get—more like “poor daddy who had to listen to all the mean Democrats say bad things about him.”
(And if/when they need abortions after dear old dad guts Roe, they’ll just jet off to some country where they’re allowed on one of his benefactor’s private planes.)
re: #132 Skip Intro
Damn I’m making a lot of typos. Time to try to cool off.
I hear ya. Been an angering day all in all. Kavanaugh should have never gotten this far. Far better men and women have had their candidacies derailed for far less. In Merrick Garland’s case, it was simply being appointed by Obama.
Area Republicans can’t fathom investigative journalism.
— Sarah Posner (@sarahposner) September 27, 2018
re: #94 makeitstop
You think Avenatti is just waiting for Kavanaugh to be voted out of committee before filing a criminal complaint on his client’s charges?
I think even if they do rush him through, this isn’t done.
He is going to try to set some kind of a fire to all of this. Avenatti is an arsonist these days,
John Cornyn: Uh, um, Duh!
re: #136 BeachDem
I’m not going to get hostile, but I seriously doubt that’s the message his children will get—more like “poor daddy who had to listen to all the mean Democrats say bad things about him.”
(And if/when they need abortions after dear old dad guts Roe, they’ll just jet off to some country where they’re allowed on one of his benefactor’s private planes.)
You’re probably right but as I said, I’m guilty of the “bleeding heart” in bleeding heart liberal at times. I do unfortunately think your likely scenario is the correct one. And you both are fine. Just a disagreement. Believe me, I feel far more sympathy for Dr. Ford and her family throughout all this. I very much doubt Kavanaugh has gotten any threats especially his wife and kids.
Is it a rule that narcissistic, abusive, GOP sex offenders have mouths that look like cat sphincters?
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) September 27, 2018
re: #115 calochortus
I gather no one has pointed out that the real question isn’t “Was Kavanaugh a drunken jerk in HS and college?” It is “Are you lying about not being a drunken jerk?” The GOP has gone on about this all being so long ago, but that really isn’t what would disqualify him
(along with apparently lacking judicial temperament,) it’s a lack of repentance.
And all of it has totally obscured the extremely shady financial bullshit, his horrible stances in multiple court cases, his lying about many things, the hiding of his records and on and on. He’s not just a lying drunken jerk, he’s a really awful judge.
Kamala seems to be wiping the floor with him.
He does not want an investigation. Flat out.
re: #143 BeachDem
And all of it has totally obscured the extremely shady financial bullshit, his horrible stances in multiple court cases, his lying about many things, the hiding of his records and on and on. He’s not just a lying drunken jerk, he’s a really awful judge.
Exactly.
Ford answered questions quickly and plainly because she’s telling the truth.
Kavanaugh is hemming, hawing, and turning questions around because he’s lying.— Alex Zalben (@azalben) September 27, 2018
re: #145 Scottish Dragon
He does not want an investigation. Flat out.
Has he given a single reason other than the GOP party line as to why?
re: #147 jaunte
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I wonder if his drinking issues are related to his debts or if they’re independent of each other.
re: #148 HappyWarrior
Has he given a single reason other than the GOP party line as to why?
He says the FBI has investigated him six times. He won’t take a polygraph.
re: #149 HappyWarrior
I wonder if his drinking issues are related to his debts or if they’re independent of each other.
Having been a gambler and an alcoholic, I’ll say both.
re: #151 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Having been a gambler and an alcoholic, I’ll say both.
That would be my guess as well.
65 women talking point that was self-debunking because many of those women recanted or refused to go on record after they were contacted by media outlets asking for more details.
But as everyone with a functioning neuron knows, serial killers didn’t kill people, and their neighbors often were left wondering how such a nice guy could do such a thing.
The victims? Yeah, believe them. Kavanaugh can’t be trusted.
Flake is going to vote yes.
He said it again, just look at the statements of those that were there…. There must be a there there.
re: #150 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
He says the FBI has investigated him six times. He won’t take a polygraph.
I guess my thought would be if “I got nothing to hide,”, why not. I mean I wouldn’t be like “SURE INVESTIGATE ME FBI!” but “Okay, if that’s what it takes.”
re: #150 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
He says the FBI has investigated him six times. He won’t take a polygraph.
And yet I believe he has ruled that the results are good enough for rejecting someone for employment.
re: #154 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Flake is going to vote yes.
Hate to say it then but we’re looking at Justice Dickface very likely.
re: #149 HappyWarrior
I wonder if his drinking issues are related to his debts or if they’re independent of each other.
That might be a first if so. Addictions overlap.
Kavanaugh totally refuses to answer Kamala Harris’ question on whether he’d ask the White House to do an investigation. After he waffles and dodges and repeats talking points for several sentences, she says, “I’ll take that as a ‘no’.” https://t.co/fM3dPLQZFZ pic.twitter.com/ikjDaCsWzG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #157 calochortus
And yet I believe he has ruled that the results are good enough for rejecting someone for employment.
Yes.
re: #157 calochortus
And yet I believe he has ruled that the results are good enough for rejecting someone for employment.
Wouldn’t be the first time a conservative has been blatantly double standarded.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
Blumenthal just got him good on the baseball game. Noticed that Kavanaugh made a point of bragging that he paid for all the tickets and even that George Brett normally a third baseman played left field that evening.
poor george brett….if anybody could be rightly rehabilitated in this hearing, maybe it could be him.
re: #164 steve_davis
poor george brett….if anybody could be rightly rehabilitated in this hearing, maybe it could be him.
I was disappointed though not surprised to see he’s a MAGAter :(. Still an awesome ball player and I’ll always think of the Pine Tar game when I think of him.
He’s going to Hell because God doesn’t enjoy filthy deviants lying in his name.
Well, that swearing to God thing didn’t do a thing for me. How about you?
re: #136 BeachDem
I’m not going to get hostile, but I seriously doubt that’s the message his children will get—more like “poor daddy who had to listen to all the mean Democrats say bad things about him.”
(And if/when they need abortions after dear old dad guts Roe, they’ll just jet off to some country where they’re allowed on one of his benefactor’s private planes.)
I still think it will be done in America. Just not above board.
Call it the old fashion D&C. Who is going to know?
And it is about proper connections that will keep it on the down low.
In other words, just like before Roe v. Wade.
re: #172 ObserverArt
I still think it will be done in America. Just not above boards.
Call it the old fashion D&C. Who is going to know?
And it is about proper connections that will keep it on the down low.
In other words, just like before Roe v. Wade.
Well, we were talking about Kavanaugh’s girls and how I feel some sympathy for them through all this. I don’t know what happens to them after this. They could as BD suggests become total RW bots and believe that this was just a conspiracy to get Dad but I try to be glass half full.
They are fucking going with the “Both Sides” bullshit.
re: #141 HappyWarrior
You’re probably right but as I said, I’m guilty of the “bleeding heart” in bleeding heart liberal at times. I do unfortunately think your likely scenario is the correct one. And you both are fine. Just a disagreement. Believe me, I feel far more sympathy for Dr. Ford and her family throughout all this. I very much doubt Kavanaugh has gotten any threats especially his wife and kids.
My heart has bled so much over the years, I probably need a transfusion. But I’m pretty much done with having any sympathy for any of the Republicans and their enablers. I don’t wish ill on his children—actually, I don’t really think about them at all. If that makes me heartless, so be it.
I sat through that whole hearing and held it together but that last exchange just has me so angry I can’t hold back.
Swear on your mother’s life you didn’t do it? OKAY. FUCK YOU LITTLE LADY— Karoli (@Karoli) September 27, 2018
Kennedy’s courtly good ole boy act is just an act.
The GOP has decided that getting Kavanaugh on the the Court is worth losing the Senate.
re: #177 BeachDem
My heart has bled so much over the years, I probably need a transfusion. But I’m pretty much done with having any sympathy for any of the Republicans and their enablers. I don’t wish ill on his children—actually, I don’t really think about them at all. If that makes me heartless, so be it.
You’re fine. And I don’t think it makes you heartless. Heartless was Lindsay Graham to that woman who told him she was raped today.
re: #172 ObserverArt
But poor women will be forced into back alley abortions. And they will be butchered.
And the Republicans will be happy because that will weed out a few more poors.
Tfw you’ve never been held accountable for your actions pic.twitter.com/20qOsUTZa8
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) September 27, 2018
Nina Totenberg is saying it looks like they are going for the SC seat as opposed to the mid-terms. Full speed ahead.
She says she thinks it is such a mistake, as if ANYthing else comes up, anything, that the whole process is just going to be a mess.
Later point on NPR by someone else, BK opted for DT’s process: deny, deny, deny.
re: #184 retired cynic
Nina Totenberg is saying it looks like they are going for the SC seat as opposed to the mid-terms. Full speed ahead.
She says she thinks it is such a mistake, as if ANYthing else comes up, anything, that the whole process is just going to be a mess.
Later point on NPR by someone else, BK opted for DT’s process: deny, deny, deny.
Explains why Trump is sticking with him.
re: #74 Skip Intro
The country will be fucked and the odds are it will happen before Monday because the GOP is nothing but a criminal enterprise now.
it won’t happen. i doubt flake will even vote to let it come out of the committee. murkowski and collins and certain no’s at this point. even collins can read the writing on the wall and know she’d destroy her reelection chances and her legacy if she let this monster on to the court.
re: #187 steve_davis
it won’t happen. i doubt flake will even vote to let it come out of the committee. murkowski and collins and certain no’s at this point. even collins can read the writing on the wall and know she’d destroy her reelection chances and her legacy if she let this monster on to the court.
I really hope that’s right.
re: #187 steve_davis
it won’t happen. i doubt flake will even vote to let it come out of the committee. murkowski and collins and certain no’s at this point. even collins can read the writing on the wall and know she’d destroy her reelection chances and her legacy if she let this monster on to the court.
I’m not betting the farm on that. I hope but I don’t believe.
Now we can all have some pie.
Cherry Pie pic.twitter.com/epTKtwyLqd
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 27, 2018
I, myself, refuse to make any predictions whatsoever. But this thread is a must-read and must-retweet, as much as possible:
What we see as a logical, foregone conclusion, isn’t. Not with this Senate, and not with the current political climate.
Do not let the social media chamber make you think otherwise.[no phone numbers allowed]— Celeste P. (@Celeste_pewter) September 27, 2018
re: #181 plansbandc
But poor women will be forced into back alley abortions. And they will be butchered.
And the Republicans will be happy because that will weed out a few more poors.
Poor people are cheap labor. They don’t want to weed out poor people; They just don’t think of them at all, except as a resource to be exploited.
re: #190 The Vicious Babushka
Now we can all have some pie.
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My absolute favorite!
re: #190 The Vicious Babushka
Now we can all have some pie.
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Thanks. I needed that.
You know what bothers me? Even if we do stop this. What’s to stop Trump and McConnell from trying to get one approved during a recess. I mean it wouldn’t be illegal. That’s actually how John Marshall was approved but man it would be yet another scum move by McConnell who has shown he has zero scruples.
re: #172 ObserverArt
I still think it will be done in America. Just not above boards.
Call it the old fashion D&C. Who is going to know?
And it is about proper connections that will keep it on the down low.
In other words, just like before Roe v. Wade.
I remember the days before Roe—meeting sleazy doctors in the middle of the night with cash in hand; I remember driving a roommate to one of those “not above boards” encounters; and I remember her almost bleeding to death afterwards. Yeah—they weren’t all old fashioned D&Cs—they were back-alley butcher jobs.
I. Do. Not. Want. To. Go. Back.
re: #179 Blind Frog Belly White
The GOP has decided that getting Kavanaugh on the the Court is worth losing the Senate.
Because that gives them farther-reaching power for a generation or more, power that could help them retain or reclaim a majority in both houses of Congress, perhaps even a supermajority with rubberstamped gerrymandering allowed by a RW-controlled SCOTUS.
Fuck, just typing that depresses the fuck out of me.
re: #195 HappyWarrior
You know what bothers me? Even if we do stop this. What’s to stop Trump and McConnell from trying to get one approved during a recess. I mean it wouldn’t be illegal. That’s actually how John Marshall was approved but man it would be yet another scum move by McConnell who has shown he has zero scruples.
Recess appointment would only last till the new Congress in January.
re: #190 The Vicious Babushka
Now we can all have some pie.
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I normally side with Lorne Malvo and say no good ever came out of a cherry pie but that looks like it’s out of the Garden of Eden to use another Malvo line heh.
re: #198 Blind Frog Belly White
Recess appointment would only last till the new Congress in January.
D’oh. You’re correct.
re: #198 Blind Frog Belly White
Recess appointment would only last till the new Congress in January.
I think he means a lame duck session appointment and confirmation.
And that’s something I’ve thought about. We’d be relying on Republicans that lost their seats to vote against. Maybe some of them will, but that’s an all bets are off scenario as far as I’m concerned.
re: #201 KGxvi
I think he means a lame duck session appointment and confirmation.
And that’s something I’ve thought about. We’d be relying on Republicans that lost their seats to vote against. Maybe some of them will, but that’s an all bets are off scenario as far as I’m concerned.
Yes, yes that’s what I mean. That’s how Marshall was confirmed I believe.
re: #181 plansbandc
But poor women will be forced into back alley abortions. And they will be butchered.
And the Republicans will be happy because that will weed out a few more poors.
And because they were sluts who deserved it.
A feature, not a bug, for the Party of God.
re: #202 The Vicious Babushka
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Shit no one accused Neil Gorsuch and Gorsuch went to the same skeezy prep school as Kavanaugh.
I could not possibly care less that Brett Kavanaugh believes in a disembodied supernatural entity, or swears to that disembodied entity about anything.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #203 HappyWarrior
Yes, yes that’s what I mean. That’s how Marshall was confirmed I believe.
Yup, first real constitutional crisis of the republic.
re: #198 Blind Frog Belly White
Recess appointment would only last till the new Congress in January.
No but there is enough time during the lame duck session to ram someone through if they were nominated in early october.
While Ford testifies, Kavanaugh is watching the testimony from a monitor in another room in the Dirksen Senate Building. https://t.co/TrCoewmAoj
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) September 27, 2018
re: #189 MsJ
I’m not betting the farm on that. I hope but I don’t believe.
You can never trust a Republican to do the right thing.
re: #181 plansbandc
But poor women will be forced into back alley abortions. And they will be butchered.
And the Republicans will be happy because that will weed out a few more poors.
Just like prior to Roe v. Wade.
Yes.
And in some ways, I am cynical enough to think some conservatives would be fine with back alley deaths as long it is the right economic and racial makeup.
They kill people all the time with their decisions and allowances.
Guns. Police. Healthcare. Insurance. Food Stamp and other programs. All ways of elimination if you want to take it to the ultimate end.
And they assist their own by keeping them rich, fat, happy and well protected.
I pledge allegiance to the flag…
re: #145 Scottish Dragon
He does not want an investigation. Flat out.
Because he’s a liar. He’s been caught in lies several times.
re: #209 Targetpractice
Ummm, didn’t he say he hadn’t watched?
re: #210 Skip Intro
You can never trust a Republican to do the right thing.
In Ford’s case, that may even extent to her own father. He apparently won’t go on record defending her allegation because he’s afraid of losing a country club membership. That just makes me so sick.
re: #208 danarchy
No but there is enough time during the lame duck session to ram someone through if they were nominated in early october.
Right, but HW specifically said a recess appointment, though I guess that isn’t what he meant.
Lame duck still has problems, though, like the short, short time to do it in. Not that they won’t.
re: #209 Targetpractice
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Another lie then. He told Senator Harris that he didn’t watch Dr. Ford’s testimony. Sheesh, he’s just like Trump. LIAR.
re: #213 calochortus
Judiciary Committee aide told the @WSJ earlier today that Kavanaugh was watching Ford’s testimony pic.twitter.com/6o9iGnNeBi
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) September 27, 2018
So @KamalaHarris might have just caught him on perjury. https://t.co/LiUk8JcBDJ
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) September 27, 2018
re: #184 retired cynic
Nina Totenberg is saying it looks like they are going for the SC seat as opposed to the mid-terms. Full speed ahead.
She says she thinks it is such a mistake, as if ANYthing else comes up, anything, that the whole process is just going to be a mess.
Later point on NPR by someone else, BK opted for DT’s process: deny, deny, deny.
Just heard Hallie Jackson on NBC News: Trump loved it!
Because of what you say plus he attacked Democrats and was powerful and forceful (Loud and Obnoxious).
All Trump all the time.
re: #213 calochortus
Ummm, didn’t he say he hadn’t watched?
The WSJ link’s getting hammered, but the report comes from a committee aide so I’m taking it with a hint of salt. But if the aide was telling the truth, then Kavanaugh lied to the committee members about not watching her testimony.
It really squares with his “Oh, I just told people I scored because I was afraid of being embarrassed.” The man is someone who feels comfortable with lying, who sees nothing wrong with doing so if it gets him what he wants.
At least we can throw out all that naïve rhetoric about Kavanaugh being “impartial” after that display of petulant, unhinged anger toward every Democrat in the room.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #211 ObserverArt
Just like prior to Roe v. Wade.
Yes.
And in some ways, I am cynical enough to think some conservatives would be fine with back alley deaths as long it is the right economic and racial makeup.
They kill people all the time with their decisions and allowances.
Guns. Police. Healthcare. Insurance. Food Stamp and other programs. All ways of elimination if you want to take it to the ultimate end.
And they assist their own by keeping them rich, fat, happy and well protected.
I pledge allegiance to the flag…
In their thinking, those women deserved it for having unapproved sex.
re: #218 ObserverArt
Just heard Hallie Jackson on NBC News: Trump loved it!
Because of what you say plus he attacked Democrats and was powerful and forceful (Loud and Obnoxious).
All Trump all the time.
Trump calls Kavanaugh testimony ‘powerful, honest, and riveting’ and says ‘Senate must vote’ https://t.co/ggwmqcL0Vt
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 27, 2018
He knew his audience and he played to his part to the hilt.
re: #219 Targetpractice
The WSJ link’s getting hammered, but the report comes from a committee aide so I’m taking it with a hint of salt. But if the aide was telling the truth, then Kavanaugh lied to the committee members about not watching her testimony.
It really squares with his “Oh, I just told people I scored because I was afraid of being embarrassed.” The man is someone who feels comfortable with lying, who sees nothing wrong with doing so if it gets him what he wants.
I’m sure the aide will announce that he or she was mistaken soon.
re: #215 Blind Frog Belly White
Right, but HW specifically said a recess appointment, though I guess that isn’t what he meant.
Lame duck still has problems, though, like the short, short time to do it in. Not that they won’t.
Yeah I meant lame duck. Mistakenly thinking LD and recess were the same. Brain fart.
re: #213 calochortus
Ummm, didn’t he say he hadn’t watched?
That’s what I tweeted. She deleted that tweet above.
I’m still wondering what Avenatti’s next move is.
You know he’s not going to just shrug and walk away. Not with a sworn declaration and (he says) backup witnesses.
And he dislikes Trump enough that he might just wait until everybody thinks they’re home free before tossing that grenade.
They’re still going to try to force a final vote and go all out to confirm him, everybody knows that, right?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
re: #217 Single-handed sailor
He was preparing for the hearing? So that screed was intentional?
re: #221 Blind Frog Belly White
In their thinking, those women deserved it for having unapproved sex.
And for being poor, because only the rich are anointed by God and Jesus and protected by their love.
*retches*
re: #206 Charles Johnson
What a supernatural entity may look like. pic.twitter.com/YYUB1P9K88
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 27, 2018
re: #229 KGxvi
He was preparing for the hearing? So that screed was intentional?
Apparently. It was not the opening statement he provided yesterday.
re: #233 MsJ
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Like that would make a difference at this point.
I’m losing hope for this country.
re: #221 Blind Frog Belly White
In their thinking, those women deserved it for having
unapprovedsex.
More like it. Unless it’s THEIR wife, and she ‘accidentally’ gets pregnant. The only approved sex is that in which pregnancy is the goal.
re: #187 steve_davis
it won’t happen. i doubt flake will even vote to let it come out of the committee. murkowski and collins and certain no’s at this point. even collins can read the writing on the wall and know she’d destroy her reelection chances and her legacy if she let this monster on to the court.
I am known as being pretty positive. I would never place my money on Jeff Flake.
And it really does seem they are hellbent for their push through of Kavanaugh. In this case I am not trusting any Republican.
Kavanaugh is a Republican dream machine as far as his thinking and his rulings. This is too much an opportunity to be Republicans All.
Glad I got a screenshot, because that tweet was deleted and replaced with this:
An aide to Kavanaugh said earlier today he was watching Ford’s testimony. Kavanaugh said later today that he planned to do so, but didn’t because “I was preparing mine.” https://t.co/md4FT7ttTi
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) September 27, 2018
Please, residents of the following states, call your Senators and share this little cheat sheet I made with all your friends and family: pic.twitter.com/NADyC0IPZT
— Alissa McLean (@alissakmclean) September 27, 2018
And another important point to keep in mind:
3. DO NOT CALL SENATORS WHO DO NOT REPRESENT YOU.
I’m not going to individually chase people who do this down, but: do. not. tie. up. lines. for. actual. constituents. https://t.co/B1VWm7Y06t— Celeste P. (@Celeste_pewter) September 27, 2018
re: #227 makeitstop
I’m still wondering what Avenatti’s next move is.
You know he’s not going to just shrug and walk away. Not with a sworn declaration and (he says) backup witnesses.
And he dislikes Trump enough that he might just wait until everybody thinks they’re home free before tossing that grenade.
Can I say again how pissed off I am that I accepted an out-of-town project (a mistake of epic proportions in itself) for next month and am having to miss our Dem country fundraising dinner where Michael Avenatti is the keynote. Arrrgggghhh.
Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats’ search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. The Senate must vote!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2018
Here we see why the GOP will now run lemming-like over this political cliff, and try to force a clearly unfit far right nominee’s confirmation to a lifetime spot on the Supreme Court. https://t.co/JUs0dGNMOV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 27, 2018
I have to say that for most issues it wouldn’t matter which Federalist Society hack was placed on the Court: they will all vote to overturn Roe v Wade, the ACA, any voting rights protection, environmental protections, worker protections. It is only when it comes to Presidential power that Brett diverges from the pack and the other GOP judges on the SC may not hold with his views. Trump is going to get additional judges and it will become a 6-3 or 7-2 SCOTUS for our lifetimes. Let’s face it, we have one chance to preserve our country — and that requires a blue wave in both the House and Senate this November. And given how the SC is going to be ruling on voting rights, even that may not be sufficient to save us.
Those Bernie supporters who failed to vote for Hillary are the ones who most infuriate me; they still don’t accept responsibility for the disaster we are facing.
re: #238 Interesting Times
This is the Supreme Court of the United States, their decisions affect each and every one of us regardless of what State we live in. This is a national matter and if you want to call a Senator from another State, you absolutely should.
He acted like a lunatic. America does not want someone who’s that emotional and paranoid on the Supreme Court.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 27, 2018
You know what the saddest thing is? I’m pretty sure that the (very few) men who have assaulted me throughout my life genuinely don’t remember it and would have probably given the same testimony as #Kavanaugh’s.
They wouldn’t be lying - it was simply meaningless for them.— Dana Regev (@Dana_Regev) September 27, 2018
ObserverArt, do you know anyone else in your area who could call? (I know Portman probably has you on the “ignore” list -_- )
Ohio. #ICalledMyReps https://t.co/dd9WR2R0dY
— Celeste P. (@Celeste_pewter) September 27, 2018
re: #196 BeachDem
I remember the days before Roe—meeting sleazy doctors in the middle of the night with cash in hand; I remember driving a roommate to one of those “not above boards” encounters; and I remember her almost bleeding to death afterwards. Yeah—they weren’t all old fashioned D&Cs—they were back-alley butcher jobs.
I. Do. Not. Want. To. Go. Back.
I was talking about how good upstanding women in the community handled the need for an abortion prior to Roe v. Wade.
Never meant to deny back alleys for everyone else.
In other words eliminating abortion does not eliminate abortion. It just changes the options depending on status and affordability.
And look at all the specialty medical service facilities available now where it could be done with the right doctor and right money. That is what I meant by above board.
Back when we were younger prior to Roe v. Wade there was not that kind of availability for medical services. You had hospitals that doctors worked with for the facilities.
Now they can do it privately.
As long as the sign out front doesn’t say “Planned Parenthood” or a similar marker as an “abortion mill” all is good.
re: #244 Scottish Dragon
I suspect many men may not remember or realize they assaulted women in their lives. But I find it hard to believe many would have put on the shitshow that Kavanaugh did today. Especially if they were the sort of person brought up in the right circles and understood how to play the game. This was a whole other level of not right.
Hmmmm….
HIGH DRAMA: Flake, Collins, Murkowski and Manchin - the senators who will determine whether Brett Kavanaugh gets a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court - are privately huddling NOW. @tedbarrettcnn
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 27, 2018
They damn well better not be talking about Manchin being the token bipartisan vote!
There’s a big, ongoing cultural struggle about sex and gender roles and consent lurking in the background of every controversy but usually not argued squarely.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 27, 2018
“Many believe that what Ford describes just isn’t that bad, “boys will be boys,” and bringing it up is bad faith.”
I believe this is true, that they see it that way. I’m not sure why they - especially the women - are okay with it. I don’t know whether it’s that they’ve never experienced it themselves, or can’t see it through the eyes of the woman being assaulted. Empathy failure?
re: #248 Interesting Times
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They damn well better not be talking about Manchin being the token bipartisan vote!
The cynic in me says they’re counting the votes to decide who will be allowed to vote against without changing the outcome.
re: #249 Blind Frog Belly White
Final tweet in Yglesias thread, and a key one.
Anyways … read @kate_manne’s book and @JessicaValenti’s and you’ll see there’s much more going on than “who is telling the truth?”
Kavanaugh is obviously lying, but his defenders will see lying to beat a bad rap in a culture of run-amok political correctness as justified.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 27, 2018
re: #247 KGxvi
I suspect many men may not remember or realize they assaulted women in their lives. But I find it hard to believe many would have put on the shitshow that Kavanaugh did today. Especially if they were the sort of person brought up in the right circles and understood how to play the game. This was a whole other level of not right.
The shitshow smells like guilt. Brent K-naw remembers and only now realizes consequences.
re: #206 Charles Johnson
All I’m saying is, way to many versions of “God gave me special permission to fuck you” out there for the base-rate declaration of faith to be an indicator of anything.
But I think that’s the fucking point. These are people that created an entire cultural grouping in which a symbol is no longer a symbol, it replaces the concept that it symbolizes. They’re moral because they adorn themselves with labels—family, values, pious—titles—father, deacon, party member in good standing—and flair—crosses, flag pins—not because they actually have coherent morals.
A lie isn’t a lie because the liar has the right affiliations. A specific immoral act is impossible because of the general categories the accused possesses.
This is the good-old-boys system, codified. It’s the implicit calculation that underpins aristocracy and autocracy: your position defines your culpability.
re: #250 Skip Intro
The cynic in me says they’re counting the votes to decide who will be allowed to vote against without changing the outcome.
Yes, that’s what I’m afraid of, too. :/
He is still going to be confirmed I think. But a question. Did anyone feel like you changed your mind from anything today?
re: #237 Targetpractice
Glad I got a screenshot, because that tweet was deleted and replaced with this:
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Sure. He was preparing his testimony by watching hers.
Ack. I’ve reached that point of saturation. Time to go bang on some drums to release some of this.
Later lizards. Do not give up on this country.
re: #255 Unshaken Defiance
He is still going to be confirmed I think. But a question. Did anyone feel like you changed your mind from anything today?
We’re the wrong ones to ask, since we thought Blackout Brett was manifestly unfit long before these allegations even surfaced.
re: #238 Interesting Times
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Just saw this on my way out.
You can call Mitch McConnell, He has to take all calls and comments due to being Senate Majority Leader.
Just make sure to look for the right contact: Senate Leader McConnell not Senator McConnell.
re: #249 Blind Frog Belly White
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“Many believe that what Ford describes just isn’t that bad, “boys will be boys,” and bringing it up is bad faith.”
I believe this is true, that they see it that way. I’m not sure why they - especially the women - are okay with it. I don’t know whether it’s that they’ve never experienced it themselves, or can’t see it through the eyes of the woman being assaulted. Empathy failure?
I suspect there’s a few reasons.
Perhaps they’ve had something similar happen to them, and they have rationalized it in order to deal with the psychological trauma.
Perhaps it’s a No True Scotsman blind spot - conservatives respect women, therefore, either what he did was respectful or he didn’t do it. And if it happened, then it’s obviously a misunderstanding and blown out of proportion because, again, conservatives respect women.
Perhaps, as you’ve suggested they’ve never experienced assault of this nature.
Or, perhaps, they are true believers and the ends justify the means, as they so often due with true believers.
Kavanaugh Monitoring Hearing From Elsewhere https://t.co/2dUaopIwpC via @WSJ
— Resisting While Intoxicated (@727_555_1212) September 27, 2018
Was Kavanaugh drunk or on cocaine at the hearing?
re: #255 Unshaken Defiance
He is still going to be confirmed I think. But a question. Did anyone feel like you changed your mind from anything today?
Yes. I’d been inclined to believe Ford before. Now I’m certain. Both her raw honesty, and Kavanaugh’s facile lying convinced me.
re: #249 Blind Frog Belly White
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“Many believe that what Ford describes just isn’t that bad, “boys will be boys,” and bringing it up is bad faith.”
I believe this is true, that they see it that way. I’m not sure why they - especially the women - are okay with it. I don’t know whether it’s that they’ve never experienced it themselves, or can’t see it through the eyes of the woman being assaulted. Empathy failure?
The women have been told all their lives that they don’t matter, they shouldn’t talk about sex, and they are responsible for how a man sees them.
I won’t go into my theories about how men feel about the subject. But I think now is the time for men to fix men.
re: #249 Blind Frog Belly White
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“Many believe that what Ford describes just isn’t that bad, “boys will be boys,” and bringing it up is bad faith.”
I believe this is true, that they see it that way. I’m not sure why they - especially the women - are okay with it. I don’t know whether it’s that they’ve never experienced it themselves, or can’t see it through the eyes of the woman being assaulted. Empathy failure?
They think that by attending these parties the victims got what they deserved; they believe that a woman who is too intoxicated to give consent has actually given consent. They are totally contemptuous of other women for finding themselves in situations where they can be assaulted. They pass on to their children this same set of beliefs: Rape is the woman’s fault if she attends an unsupervised party with young men. Men cannot control themselves; so it’s not their fault if they attack someone who has willingly shown up at a party, especially one where alcohol is being served.
re: #245 Interesting Times
ObserverArt, do you know anyone else in your area who could call? (I know Portman probably has you on the “ignore” list -_- )
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Kasich.
Your District Rep.
Outside of Portman and Brown not many others make sense.
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Hundreds line up for free Arby’s-themed tattoos in Long Beach (ABC 7)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Arby’s wanted to bring together the love of sandwiches and body art, so the fast-food chain offered free tattoos for anyone willing to get inked up — as long as it was Arby’s related.
re: #260 KGxvi
Here’s what’s probably the key quote from the thread:
“Kavanaugh is obviously lying, but his defenders will see lying to beat a bad rap in a culture of run-amok political correctness as justified.”
re: #265 Hecuba’s daughter
They think that by attending these parties the victims got what they deserved; they believe that a woman who is too intoxicated to give consent has actually given consent. They are totally contemptuous of other women for finding themselves in situations where they can be assaulted. They pass on to their children this same set of beliefs: Rape is the woman’s fault if she attends an unsupervised party with young men. Men cannot control themselves; so it’s not their fault if they attack someone who has willingly shown up at a party, especially one where alcohol is being served.
It’s been the explanation for the Adam and Eve story for 2,000 years, or longer. Serpent tempted Eve who tempted Adam who couldn’t control himself and ate of the fruit.
Now: Collins, Murkowski, Flake and Manchin are meeting. Can confirm.
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) September 27, 2018
MANCHIN: we are all undecided.
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) 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
Kavanaugh’s temperament alone shd disqualify him 4 any judgeship.
Anywhere & @ every level.
His outbursts were appalling & terrifying. He’s a partisan wholl be completely unable 2 separate women or democrats from his own hated (on display today)
He is unqualified in every way.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 27, 2018
re: #250 Skip Intro
Oh yeah. The meeting itself is meant to show how concerned they are and how they are really trying to decide whether or not to confirm him. In actuality they’re exchanging high fives and getting ready to unanimously confirm him.
re: #267 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Hundreds line up for free Arby’s-themed tattoos in Long Beach (ABC 7)
I’d love to know how the Arby’s social media/PR department manages to convince management that tolerating the Twitter account Nihilist Arby’s and encouraging corporate tattoos helps the Arby’s image. It’s brilliant! Arby’s is like that one cool uncle, who does all the stuff your parents forbid.
re: #272 MsJ
[Kavanaugh’s temperament alone shd disqualify him 4 any judgeship.
Anywhere & @ every level.]
Including his current job.
re: #274 wheat-dogg
I’d love to know how the Arby’s social media/PR department manages to convince management that tolerating the Twitter account Nihilist Arby’s and encouraging corporate tattoos helps the Arby’s image. It’s brilliant! Arby’s is like that one cool uncle, who does all the stuff your parents forbid.
Unfortunately they are still Arby’s…
You should see the trumpsters crowing on my fake facebook about how Lindsey was awesome and said what needed to be said. Also how much of a liar Ford is, speculation on how much she got paid, ranting about the crowd funding for her, etc. And they LOVE Them some Kavanaugh.
I honestly think it is way past time to for 2 countries.
Undecided about a man who can’t control his emotions? Trump will nominate another right-wing extremist who has less skeletons in their closet. There’s no upside in raising an unstable person to the Supreme Court.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 27, 2018
US Senators shown debating how many alleged sexual crimes are disqualifying for judicial nominees, in undated photo.
Judges in DPRK are strictly prohibited from sexually assaulting. pic.twitter.com/ZgfLTrtbsh— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 27, 2018
Oh, fuck Manchin sideways - he sounds just like Flakey Flake:
More Manchin: “There are some concerns that people have and we’re going to try to close the loop.”
“People have concerns. You have to ask them.”
About the hearing, he said, “both were credible.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 27, 2018
Look at the pie, not at the Twitter. Look at the pie, not at the Twitter.
One way forward: Confirm Kavanaugh now https://t.co/HNRUdyI3KE pic.twitter.com/KUx0L0vRRI
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 27, 2018
That is a way backward. #resist #KavanaughHearing #IBelieveChristine https://t.co/IeGpkvd7xX
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 27, 2018
Same here!
I’ve never wished so hard that Alyssa Milano was a real witch. pic.twitter.com/Oqaw7210eq
— Meredith B. Kile (@em_bee_kay) September 27, 2018
re: #276 danarchy
Unfortunately they are still Arby’s…
It’s all in the marketing, sadly. The food is still meh.
re: #277 plansbandc
You should see the trumpsters crowing on my fake facebook about how Lindsey was awesome and said what needed to be said. Also how much of a liar Ford is, speculation on how much she got paid, ranting about the crowd funding for her, etc. And they LOVE Them some Kavanaugh.
I honestly think it is way past time to for 2 countries.
There is no convenient geographical sorting-out of the crazy and the sane.
Welp—today has totally done me in (and I didn’t even watch) so I’m going to go watch The Good Place, then Mom, then Murphy Brown, then some Tracey Ullman reruns.
Thanks to all for following the human stains that are Republicans.
Oh, and I would try to call my Judiciary committee senator, except that it’s fucking Lindsey Graham, so I’ll save myself the pain (and Tim Scott will vote however they tell him to when it gets to the floor, so…)
re: #284 wrenchwench
There is no convenient geographical sorting-out of the crazy and the sane.
Separate the crazy from the sane, and you lose the most interesting parts of living in NYC or LA or SF.
re: #280 Interesting Times
Oh, fuck Manchin sideways - he sounds just like Flakey Flake:
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Okay, if they’re both fucking credible, then he did it.
Ford specifically remembers it happening.
He doesn’t remember it happening, which is different from remembering it happen differently.
Same for the other guests - they don’t remember it happening, not remember it happening differently.
re: #286 wheat-dogg
Separate the crazy from the sane, and you lose the most interesting parts of living in NYC or LA or SF.
And all the other places I have lived in or visited.
Any poker players out there? He has a LOT of tells. Tugs on this left cuff when he appears to be lying. Notice any more?
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 27, 2018
Shooting a refrigerator full of explosives, what could go wrong. pic.twitter.com/1escbOEi9C
— Darwin Award 🔞 (@AwardsDarwin) September 27, 2018
Jerry Pournelle told about making nitroglycerin as a teen and floating the jar in a pigpond, then firing at it with a .22. He underestimated how far it would throw, and took a long time to clean up. https://t.co/7y7YQcTLKR
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) September 27, 2018
re: #197 TedStriker
Because that gives them farther-reaching power for a generation or more, power that could help them retain or reclaim a majority in both houses of Congress, perhaps even a supermajority with rubberstamped gerrymandering allowed by a RW-controlled SCOTUS.
Fuck, just typing that depresses the fuck out of me.
We fight like mad and control congress and the president when Thomas leaves, and suddenly the court us liberal.
Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats’ search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. The Senate must vote!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2018
This is exactly right — he showed why Trump nominated him.
An ideologically reliable conservative isn’t good enough for Trump (just look at Jeff Sessions), he wants a man who’s his equal in low character and eager to break the rules for partisan gain. https://t.co/OZ1SqF2LA0— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 27, 2018
Trump couldn’t get his fixer that would protect his ass in Sessions, so he’s getting him in Kavanaugh.
The fact Kavanaugh is just as sleazy as Trump is icing on the cake for Trump.
America’s contribution to magical realism is that every graduate of every elite prep school thinks they got where they are solely because of their work ethic.
— Mark Byrne (@markwby) September 27, 2018
Close enough? pic.twitter.com/RAqS8epGFZ
— 🏳️🌈Deep State Shu™🏳️🌈 (@DeepStateShu) September 27, 2018
Keep your sanctimonious, holier than thou, overwrought crocodile tears @LindseyGrahamSC. You carry water for a treasonous felon who surrounds himself with nothing but other felons. You are NO JUDGE of human character. And have relinquished your authority!!!
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) September 27, 2018
The one thing I want to make clear is that if you’re a teenage girl who endured sexual assault, like Dr Ford and so many others did, it was *not your fault*. And you are not alone.
And there are generations of women who will fight for you, even if it takes the rest of our lives.— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 27, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh opens testimony calling situation a “national disgrace” and warned Democrats:
“What goes around comes around” #KavanaughHearings https://t.co/dTccjutWEY— Roll Call (@rollcall) September 27, 2018
This is the nominee for whom most, if not all, of the Republicans in the Senate will be voting.
Not an impartial jurist. A career partisan making angry threats to get revenge on Democrats in his confirmation hearings. https://t.co/K2NfS12Qys— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 28, 2018
re: #301 jaunte
[Brett Kavanaugh opens testimony calling situation a “national disgrace” and warned Democrats: “What goes around comes around” ]
Both things are true. But they don’t mean what Brunt thinks they do.
It’s remarkable (if unsurprising) to see conservatives just openly threatening to make false accusations against Democrats in future. That’s their takeaway: Not “don’t nominate abusers,” but “invent abuse accusations.” Deplorable was far too kind.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) September 27, 2018
“Don’t scream or you’ll make me hit you again.”
Go fuck yourself Rod
boofing drugs
The act of inserting drugs into the anus for a longer trip. Most often occurs at Disco Biscuits shows by spun-out kids on ketamine.https://t.co/aLcijkVqJ2— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 28, 2018
Devils Triangle
A threesome with 1 woman and 2 men. It is important to remember that straight men do not make eye contact while in the act. Doing so will question their sexuality. https://t.co/8tFJlKhUBz— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 28, 2018
The @WSJ reports Kavanaugh watched Ford’s testimony, contradicting his later testimony that he did not.https://t.co/z8ByiE5XXD
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) September 27, 2018
Liar.
re: #305 Dr. Matt
America died a little a more today.
It’s as though the Black Plague was unleashed on the country with Trump’s election.
“Equal Ju$ti¢e Under Law”
Proving that Republicans can do anything and get away with it!
re: #309 Skip Intro
It’s as though the Black Plague was unleashed on the country with Trump’s election.
He’s just the biggest symptom. The Plague has always been with us. Some are just now reading the diagnosis. Taking the proper actions can save the patient.
Dr Ford kept it together.
Judge Kavanaugh came apart like a cheap suit.
Ford, while clearly uncomfortable, was calm, genuine and relatable.
Kavanaugh was emotionally performative, combative, evasive, and fake.
The story of today is that she came off as believable & he didn’t.— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2018
re: #312 goddamnedfrank
The story of the day is that despite all that, the GOP is intent on confirming Kavanaugh despite being a liar, overwrought, emotional, craven, and hyperpartisan who would push the right wing agenda regardless of the facts/circumstance of the cases before him.
Trump heard exactly what he wanted to hear from Kavanaugh today. He heard the misogynstic bigot defending himself regardless of facts, logic, or reality.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2018
re: #313 lawhawk
The story of the day is that despite all that, the GOP is intent on confirming Kavanaugh despite being a liar, overwrought, emotional, craven, and hyperpartisan who would push the right wing agenda regardless of the facts/circumstance of the cases before him.
You forgot “drunk”.
re: #312 goddamnedfrank
[The story of today is that she came off as believable & he didn’t.]
Each became more so as their speaking time grew longer.
re: #209 Targetpractice
He said he didn’t watch it. ?? Someone is lying or badly mistaken, and someone has probably already said this, because I am late to this session!
Fox News fires contributor for calling Kavanaugh accusers ‘lying skanks’
So Fox has a line not to cross? Who knew?
Fox News contributor fired for saying the quiet part a little too loudly.
“Feminists are their own worst enemies, and enemy of women, Also, they want men to NEVER be believed. I’m not succumbing,” he tweeted. “TO HELL with the notion that women must be believed no matter what. Lying skanks is what these 3 women are, and we ALL know more.”
He also said Ford, a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University, has a “BE degree.”
“It’s not a Bachelors of Science, but a BOVINE EXCREMENT degree,” he wrote.
Fox News told the Daily News that Jackson had been fired from his gig as a contributor following the tweets.
“His comments on today’s hearings were reprehensible and do not reflect the values of FOX News,” a network spokesperson told the Daily News in a statement.
nydailynews.com
re: #313 lawhawk
The story of the day is that despite all that, the GOP is intent on confirming Kavanaugh despite being a liar, overwrought, emotional, craven, and hyperpartisan who would push the right wing agenda regardless of the facts/circumstance of the cases before him.
Quite agree: but is it really “despite” or “because”?
The sad part is that it’s probably the latter.
If Kavanaugh was your client and he was a YBM, would you believe that the allegations and evidence against him were enough to deny him a promotion at his job?
— Brent Woodcox (@BrentWoodcox) September 28, 2018
If my client were a YBM, there wouldn’t be a job b/c he’d already be in cuffs en route to jail after getting convicted by Ford’s testimony this morning, and never would have tried the Angry Drunk routine on the stand https://t.co/bXhsIVDrOa
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) September 28, 2018
“Lying skanks is what these 3 women are, and we ALL know more.”
Calling out the stochastic MRAs.
Republicans insist on one of THREE theories for Dr. Ford’s allegations (h/t @JeffreyToobin):
(1) Ford is LYING.
(2) Ford is INSANE.
(3) Sexual assault doesn’t MATTER.
Look at those options and tell me which one is *okay* in America, on these facts and under these circumstances.— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 28, 2018
re: #305 Dr. Matt
America died a little a more today.
Putin’s plan is coming together, though even he may be surprised at the craven self abasement of his Republican accomplices.
re: #324 gocart mozart
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Apparently they all decided yesterday that their position going forward is she’s a poor victim of a DNC conspiracy to use her against an innocent man. That they truly believe something happened to her, but know BK wasn’t responsible and the “real rapist” is out there somewhere, and that it would have been better for everyone if they’d had the opportunity to dismiss her allegations in the privacy of a closed-door session than out in public.
re: #13 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Some Democrats may vote for Kavanaugh as well. Nothing would surprise me.
I know, it’s unfair to lizards. Still…
— Lot Jesus (@JesusHSchvice) September 27, 2018
Three Republican governors are now calling for a delay in the Kavanugh vote: Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, and John Kasich. https://t.co/gHH7uiw0b3
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 27, 2018
re: #327 Patricia Kayden
I think that’s a given. They won’t even need Pence to break a tie.
re: #306 jaunte
Wow. Like Trump, he lies about every dang thing. His credibility is non-existent.
The rage Judge Kavanaugh displayed, apart from its bearing on his judicial temperament, exposed the dark side of a guy who seemed fully capable of getting sloshed, doing exactly what Dr. Ford described, laughing as he did it, and barely remembering the next day what he had done.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 27, 2018
I just went over to the Washington Post and the breaking news is that the GOP is going to confirm Kavanaugh tomorrow. This nightmare is getting worse.
I had to unfollow Michael awhile back because of his love for Meghan McCain and Louis CK. Dude has gigantic blind spots when it comes to awful, manipulative people that he knows and likes.
Helluva good guys don’t actively lie about the law and facts in a case in an attempt to deny a teenage detainee her desperately wanted abortion.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2018
re: #335 goddamnedfrank
I had to unfollow Michael awhile back because of his love for Meghan McCain and Louis CK. Dude has gigantic blind spots when it comes to awful, manipulative people that he knows and likes.
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I’m just lost on seeing how he’s a good person. The people who vouch for his character the loudest are shitty people too.
There was a deep emotional response to Brett Kavanaugh’s stand. He fought with passion, evidence, and compassion. If the GOP abandons him, it will do more than betray its base, it will reward a broken, grotesque process: https://t.co/4jdfntW7SQ
— David French (@DavidAFrench) September 28, 2018
The embrace of Kavanaugh’s rage as exoneration and the dismissal of the clarity and specificity of Ford’s anguish says far more about the author than anything we saw on the Hill today. https://t.co/E2L0s8ordn
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) September 28, 2018
Now that O.J. is finally out of jail, maybe he can help find Christine Ford’s real rapist. Who knows, it might even be the same guy that killed his wife.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 28, 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
That would kind of make it worse, since it suggests that that behavior was just absolutely routine. https://t.co/othT8Uzfvi
— Alexander Burns (@afburns) September 27, 2018
re: #337 jaunte
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As BeachDem said last night, why should we listen to David French whose rules he had for his wife while he was deployed were backwards bs. I’m really tired of NRO acting like they’re anything but hacks for the right wing movement.
re: #340 Patricia Kayden
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That’s what I’ve been thinking about too. I doubt he thought of her at all until she came out by name. She was just another girl for him and Judge.
Well, someone isn’t very happy today. And, it’s not his lawyers
SEC files complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging he made false statements about taking the company private. https://t.co/uGJxDr1ihj pic.twitter.com/CqG35LQngG
— AP Business News (@APBusiness) September 27, 2018
re: #340 Patricia Kayden
SO if I get blind drunk and run over somebody does that mean I get to walk?
A classmate who got “home cooked” (unusually adverse decision b/c judge is close to opposing counsel) spent a night in a cell and got censured by the State Bar for blurting out “this is bullsh+t” after the ruling@emsprater1
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) September 28, 2018
His performance was also an absolutely unhinged shit show, so …
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2018
re: #344 Skip Intro
SO if I get blind drunk and run over somebody does that mean I get to walk?
I can’t tell you how many serial killers I read about who got themselves blacked out drunk. They still didn’t escape responsibility and neither should Kavanaugh. It really is amazing how mantras about personal responsibility go out the window when you’re a child of privilege like this.
re: #346 goddamnedfrank
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Their idea about having her go first absolutely backfired on them.
It’s just this simple to me: I believed her. I didn’t believe him.
She had no reason to lie. He had every reason to lie.
He’s a Trump nominee and Trump hasn’t dumped or trashed him yet. That’s better than any polygraph. They’re both born to lie.
Most of all, for me, his whole BS story about his drinking and his lack of sexual experience well into his college years rang like a cracked gong.
He and I had a lot in common in high school. We were both jocks, we were both at or near the top of the class academically, and we both drank mucho beer (which I guarantee you means plenty of harder stuff than beer too). The only major difference was that I was twenty years ahead of him, quite a generational gap. I might have barely bought at least some bits of his story if he’d been in high school in the very early sixties, as I was. In the eighties? Fuhgeddabout it.
re: #307 Skip Intro
Associate Justice Liar.
No, Associate Justice Rapey McRapeface. Or, if quoted, “McRapeface, J.” per the Harvard Blue Book.
HOW VERY DARE https://t.co/9GNSmCEyHc
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 27, 2018
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Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ...
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ...
Cheechako
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
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Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
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Views: 498 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
Joe Bacon ✅
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
William Lewis
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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