Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 3

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Anonymous wrote:Senate GOP weasels agree to new FBI investigation, whatever that means.

I love that now that they have agreed to what the Dems have been asking for all day yesterday, the new line is going to be “whatever RHAT means”....bc now that won’t be mouth either!

Oops typos..won’t be enough either!

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As an early feminist from 1963, I am sad that so many women have been sexually assaulted and have never learned proper defense strategies or reported sexual assaults to police or other government authorities

Have we raised two generations of women who have been sexually assaulted and haven’t done a damn thing about it.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a little scary that those women were able to harass Flake in an elevator. He didn’t sexually assault anyone. Where was security? They should seek therapy and protest through legal channels rather than harassing and cornering an innocent man in an elevator. Excuse me if I don’t think that these bullies were heroes. And BTW, I say this as a sexual assault victim.

They didn’t harass him!!! We still live in a world where we can speak to our elected officials!! Giving your opinion to an elected official is actually a part of the franchise of democracy!

You must be joking. This woman and her minions got up in Flake's face, *screaming* at him. They absolutely harassed him and I can't believe people like that are allowed in the building, much less allowed to approach lawmakers in that way. Plenty of guards were just standing around and no one pulled her away from Flake. What a lunatic. If she wanted to "speak" to her elected officials, she should have done so respectfully. But she didn't even come close.

Did Kavanaugh speak to elected representatives respectfully yesterday? Nope.

If you accused ME of doing what he’s been accused of doing...and then I had to sit down in front of a room full of people who had just finished telling my accuser “I believe you” without hearing me emphatically deny the accusations first, I think “respectful” would be a pretty difficult time for me to strike.

That is funny because many people go to court EVERY DAY to defend themselves - actual court where the stakes are million times higher than he faced here. Not getting his dream job??? Sorry, no. How about people facing the death penalty, life in prison, losing custody of their kids? Any defendant would be thrown out of court for contempt if they did what he did, and as a judge, he knows it.

Don't fall for the faux outrage.

1-it’s not a trial but he IS being accused of a very serious crime so expecting him to not be irritated and be respectful to the nastiness of the senators who are taking the accusation as gospel is ridiculous. Further, the case would never actually make it to trial bc no time/place/witnesses/evidence make it an impossible case for any prosecutor to try! Bc you know...that silly burden of proof thing and all)....but 2)—IF it did go to trial he would be able to be calm to the jury bc jury would not have cheered on the accuser with accolades and affirmations of “I believe YOU!” Prior to defendant being called to the stand to testify.
You are the one who (erroneously) compared this to a trial.
It was not. It was a disgusting, political circus!

A judge can behave like a circus clown at his job interview, got it.
If you think the democratic senators were being nasty to him yesterday, you should rewatch the video.

Don't rewrite what happened.

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you believe there is one thing I take away from this:

I'm scared to live in a world where we will believe something just because someone says it (whether you believe Ford or Bk). There is literally no proof in either direction. No witnesses really saying anything substantial on either side.

But regardless half are believing one side and the other half are believing the other side. With literally no proof. Am I the only one who finds this terrifying?

You've never been in court before, I'm guessing.

Rarely is there direct evidence. Cases are almost always decided on circumstantial evidence. In this instance, the general consensus is that Prof. Ford did not have a motivation to lie, there was some evidence that she mentioned the event well before his nomination, and you got to see her demeanor while testifying. Judge Kavanaugh has a motive to lie, you saw his demeanor at the hearing and on Fox News, and how he answered questions about what he was like in prep. School vs. the picture depicted in his yearbook.

No motive to lie except that LYING WILL DETERMIE THE BALANCE OF THE SCOTUS FOR DECADES. Other than that, no motive.

But why would she do this? This is a woman who has a very protected private life as a college professor, has stayed out of politics and the limelight as much as possible. Now you are saying that she would go out of her way to push herself into the center of national politics, making up details about an incident that never happened to risk being found out and charged with perjury to Congress, to push her family into the national politics, get death threats, have her complete life invaded upon by the media so that her entire family had to move out of their home to evade the press, have her classes invaded with papparazzi trying to ask her questions during a lecture, harrass her students, harass her family have her and her family's personal information including phone numbers, cell numbers, emails, work locations all outed so they could be stalked around the clock, have her email hacked, and so many more indignities just to make a political stand about the balance of the SCOTUS? From a woman who has stayed away from politics for all of her adult life? To make such a strong political stand, to risk so much and to endanger her family, lose her home, her privacy, and her personal security?

If you truly think that what you've posited is at all a conceivable motivation for her to fabricate this testimony and accusation, then you and I are not even in the same realm of conversation. You belong to the tin foil hat contingent who see conspiracy behind everything. I can't think of a single person man or woman who is like Dr. Ford who would ever consider what you suggest.

All these reasons to not come forward -- plus the fact that she submitted it when he wasn't even the nominee yet -- make it pretty obvious to sane people that she fully believes Kavanaugh assaulted her and is reporting it out of civic duty.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a little scary that those women were able to harass Flake in an elevator. He didn’t sexually assault anyone. Where was security? They should seek therapy and protest through legal channels rather than harassing and cornering an innocent man in an elevator. Excuse me if I don’t think that these bullies were heroes. And BTW, I say this as a sexual assault victim.

They didn’t harass him!!! We still live in a world where we can speak to our elected officials!! Giving your opinion to an elected official is actually a part of the franchise of democracy!

You must be joking. This woman and her minions got up in Flake's face, *screaming* at him. They absolutely harassed him and I can't believe people like that are allowed in the building, much less allowed to approach lawmakers in that way. Plenty of guards were just standing around and no one pulled her away from Flake. What a lunatic. If she wanted to "speak" to her elected officials, she should have done so respectfully. But she didn't even come close.

Did Kavanaugh speak to elected representatives respectfully yesterday? Nope.

If you accused ME of doing what he’s been accused of doing...and then I had to sit down in front of a room full of people who had just finished telling my accuser “I believe you” without hearing me emphatically deny the accusations first, I think “respectful” would be a pretty difficult time for me to strike.

That is funny because many people go to court EVERY DAY to defend themselves - actual court where the stakes are million times higher than he faced here. Not getting his dream job??? Sorry, no. How about people facing the death penalty, life in prison, losing custody of their kids? Any defendant would be thrown out of court for contempt if they did what he did, and as a judge, he knows it.

Don't fall for the faux outrage.

1-it’s not a trial but he IS being accused of a very serious crime so expecting him to not be irritated and be respectful to the nastiness of the senators who are taking the accusation as gospel is ridiculous. Further, the case would never actually make it to trial bc no time/place/witnesses/evidence make it an impossible case for any prosecutor to try! Bc you know...that silly burden of proof thing and all)....but 2)—IF it did go to trial he would be able to be calm to the jury bc jury would not have cheered on the accuser with accolades and affirmations of “I believe YOU!” Prior to defendant being called to the stand to testify.
You are the one who (erroneously) compared this to a trial.
It was not. It was a disgusting, political circus!

None of this excuses his tantrum. And he proved himself biased. He is unfit to be on SCOTUS. If a democratic appointment did that, you would be losing your mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Big Brain Brett

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoQ3RYIFEGB/?taken-by=elarapictures

This is what I’ve been waiting for all day!

Just quoting this hilarious thing for people on this page of the thread who might have missed it

SO FUNNY!!!!

When he shuts up Lindsay Graham, I lost it!

I loved the eye roll of the wife over the beer for breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an early feminist from 1963, I am sad that so many women have been sexually assaulted and have never learned proper defense strategies or reported sexual assaults to police or other government authorities

Have we raised two generations of women who have been sexually assaulted and haven’t done a damn thing about it.

As an early feminist from 1963, you should maybe try harder to understand the psychology of an assault victim

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GOP asks White House to order FBI investigation of Kavanaugh

Senate Republicans said Friday that they have asked the White House to order the FBI to investigate Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before a Senate confirmation vote is held.

"The supplemental FBI background investigation would be limited to current credible allegations against the nominee and must be completed no later than one week from today," the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a statement.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said "there's going to be a supplemental FBI background investigation" of Kavanaugh, who faces several allegations of sexual misconduct. Cornyn, the majority whip, spoke after he and several other key Senate Republicans met with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

So this is official. But what does the bolded statement means? What is credible allegations. Allegations are allegations, right? Unless it is investigated how would they know what is credible and what is not? Or may be this GOP speak to say they would only investigate Dr. Ford's claim and ignore the other two?

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Anonymous wrote:Big Brain Brett

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoQ3RYIFEGB/?taken-by=elarapictures

This is what I’ve been waiting for all day!

Just quoting this hilarious thing for people on this page of the thread who might have missed it

SO FUNNY!!!!

When he shuts up Lindsay Graham, I lost it!

I loved the eye roll of the wife over the beer for breakfast.

that was HILARIOUS! She was doing those expressions through the whole thing. I am sure she is a nice person but come on, it is clear she thinks he has a problem with alcohol. Maybe just deep down but it was written all over her face.

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I am shocked that the GOP continue to support this liar.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked that the GOP continue to support this liar.

Just kidding they support Trump who is the biggest liar of them all. Nobody lies better than he does. He's the best.

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Anonymous wrote:Has Kavanaugh taken a polygraph where he was questioned about the alleged incident?

He couldn't pass kindergarten at this point, no way he would pass a polygraph.

If Kavanaugh takes a polygraph then so should Ford. NOT one administered by her lawyer either.

Deal. Kavanaugh will never agree. He’s guilty AF.

The problem with your statement here is her lawyers will never allow it, will claim victim status, etc. In fact, it's the accuser, if she wants to be believed, that should take a proper poly. The fact that her lawyers stated she had, then didn't reveal it had only two questions on it and didn't reveal the administrator, or who paid for it (until forced out in the hearing) is a HUGE red flag. HUGE.

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Amazing picture of "Devil's Triangle". Do we want to be led by these maniacs?

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Anonymous wrote:Amazing picture of "Devil's Triangle". Do we want to be led by these maniacs?

RESPECT MY PRIVILEGE!!

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you believe there is one thing I take away from this:

I'm scared to live in a world where we will believe something just because someone says it (whether you believe Ford or Bk). There is literally no proof in either direction. No witnesses really saying anything substantial on either side.

But regardless half are believing one side and the other half are believing the other side. With literally no proof. Am I the only one who finds this terrifying?

You've never been in court before, I'm guessing.

Rarely is there direct evidence. Cases are almost always decided on circumstantial evidence. In this instance, the general consensus is that Prof. Ford did not have a motivation to lie, there was some evidence that she mentioned the event well before his nomination, and you got to see her demeanor while testifying. Judge Kavanaugh has a motive to lie, you saw his demeanor at the hearing and on Fox News, and how he answered questions about what he was like in prep. School vs. the picture depicted in his yearbook.

No motive to lie except that LYING WILL DETERMIE THE BALANCE OF THE SCOTUS FOR DECADES. Other than that, no motive.

But why would she do this? This is a woman who has a very protected private life as a college professor, has stayed out of politics and the limelight as much as possible. Now you are saying that she would go out of her way to push herself into the center of national politics, making up details about an incident that never happened to risk being found out and charged with perjury to Congress, to push her family into the national politics, get death threats, have her complete life invaded upon by the media so that her entire family had to move out of their home to evade the press, have her classes invaded with papparazzi trying to ask her questions during a lecture, harrass her students, harass her family have her and her family's personal information including phone numbers, cell numbers, emails, work locations all outed so they could be stalked around the clock, have her email hacked, and so many more indignities just to make a political stand about the balance of the SCOTUS? From a woman who has stayed away from politics for all of her adult life? To make such a strong political stand, to risk so much and to endanger her family, lose her home, her privacy, and her personal security?

If you truly think that what you've posited is at all a conceivable motivation for her to fabricate this testimony and accusation, then you and I are not even in the same realm of conversation. You belong to the tin foil hat contingent who see conspiracy behind everything. I can't think of a single person man or woman who is like Dr. Ford who would ever consider what you suggest.

All these reasons to not come forward -- plus the fact that she submitted it when he wasn't even the nominee yet -- make it pretty obvious to sane people that she fully believes Kavanaugh assaulted her and is reporting it out of civic duty.

She seems to be so firmly convinced of this, but can't remember anything else, not even things that happened within a much much closer timeframe.