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Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 5
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Anonymous
+1 I can’t believe that people don’t understand this. |
Anonymous
Look at all the money that was showered upon Hillary’s campaign. Look at the polls that declared her the next president, even that November. Donald Trump is the president of the United States. Brett Kavanaugh is the newest SC justice. That’s just how it is. NO means NO. No, your candidate didn’t win the presidency. No, your witch hunt didn’t work. See how no means no? |
Anonymous
Russia. |
Anonymous
It’s $2.333 million now. I’m happy to provide updates. |
Anonymous
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So the 700,000 residents of DC get absolutely no say in the SCOTUS seat while the (fewer than) 600,000 residents of Wyoming get two votes.
Time to get DC statehood, folks. This is something we need to do. Imagine if DC residents actually got a say in how this country is run, instead of having senators from thousands of miles away having a say in how our city is run. |
Anonymous
NP here. Doesn’t mean we are going to just lay down and take your minority tyranny. Because that’s what it is. Your senate that represents 44% of the population and your president that lost the popular vote. Yes, I understand those are the rules of the game, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going try our hardest to resist you. |
Anonymous
I don't say this to be mean. I say it as an observation. She has no children. You don't need to have children to be empathetic to those who have daughters and granddaughters but you do need to have empathy. She has never struck me as someone with a lot of empathy. Her family are Republicans in Maine who inherited and ran a thriving lumber business in Caribou Maine. She grew up privileged for that area of Maine. She was in Nelly Olsen's position from Little House on the Prairie. She has had a pretty charmed life in many ways and this is what you see in her behavior. She relates to these privileged old men. She grew up around old Republican men and is quite comfortable with the status quo. She is a woman who was accepted by the boys and the woman who see a problem with the way the boys club runs are, in her eyes, the problem. Jeff Sessions is her good friend. A man who supported putting children in cages and ripping them from their parents arms. This is who she chooses to to be friends with. He lied under oath more than once about Russia and she was okay with that. Why should we be surprised that she's okay that Brett at the very least lied when he portrayed himself as a perfect, chaste, choir boy. You are known by the company you keep. Susan supports men who implement mean, inhumane policies which speaks volumes. No one should be surprised by her vote. She loves guys like Brett. She does not seem to be very empathetic to anyone who didn't grow up in the privileged political circles she did. To borrow the phrase from Melania's jacket she "really doesn't care, do you?" In her speech today she said "On average, an estimated 211,000 rapes and sexual assaults go unreported every year." Then she went on to criticize Dr. Ford for not haviong corroborating evidence for a sexual assault she was afraid to report. She is pathetic. I only wish that I could meet her and say these things to her directly. I used to work on the Hill and members tend to surround themselves with staff that fawn all over them and do not challenge them to see things another way. Susan Collins went along with Mitch McConnell on Merrick Garland. Every Republican who went along with that helped ruin the Supreme Court. It would have been more honest to have hearings and vote him down. If she, Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin or any "swing vote" had taken a stand and said I will refuse to vote yes on any future nominees if you do not hold hearings and give Merrick Garland a chance at an up or down vote, we would not be here today. Garland might not be on the S Ct. but I don't think things would be as broken as they are today. These Senators will be remembered for breaking our government. I am an attorney. I have seen far too much injustice in our legal system. In court rooms across the country white collar men like Judge Kavanaugh are excused for unethical, biased, or inapproriate behavior. Women, working class people, and racial and religious minorities do not tend to fair as well. I always, however, held out hope that the S. Ct. was there as the back stop ensuring a fair hearing and a thoughtful decision. I don't feel that way any more. The Bullies and cheaters from your high school are running the country and I am not even sure at this point if we can be assured of the integrity of the vote. We have not protected and cherished our Constitution. Enough of us have not shown up to fight for it over the years and so we have been gerry mandered to the terrible situation we are in today. Today Susan Collins gave the benefit of the doubt to Brett Kavanaugh instead of to the United States Supreme Court and the belief that all Americans should have that should they find themselves before the highest court in our land that havinga D next to their name will not be held against them. |
Anonymous
Do you know what really burns my ass--their senate that represents 44% of the population and makes us pay taxes to support them. A large part of that population live in taker states. They suck money out of the treasury while railing about welfare and socialism. They are the ones taking welfare and bailouts. |
Anonymous
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Kavanaugh witness tampering
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna917136 “Hellllllooooo. Don’t F****** TELL PEOPLE BRETT GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME!!! I TOLD YOU AT THE TIME THAT WAS IN CONFIDENCE!!!” |
Anonymous
And this is likely why we are headed to a Civil War. Seriously. |
Anonymous
He was a Kennedy clerk and knew most of them. They’ll be cordial and collegial except for Ginsburg who misplayed her hand and should have left in Obama’s second term. Now she is stuck |
Anonymous
Oh, we get what she was trying to say, but it was just another way she embarrassed herself. By not taking these allegations seriously, she is sending a message that women shouldn't bother coming forward in the future because they won't be taken seriously either. Nice words don't make up for that. |
Anonymous
unsurprised. he is garbage |
Anonymous
Your terminology is misused. It is not a criminal trial with witnesses. |
Anonymous
McConnell would have held that seat too. |