Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 3

[Anonymous]

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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.

All of the BEST liars!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.gofundme.com/dr-christine-blasey-ford-hurt-me

Hmmmm. Gross. Do you find making fun of victims of sexual assault funny?

I tend to dismiss examples of "internalized misogyny" but this seems like a pretty clear-cut case of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart

There were several noticeable differences between the Senate testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford.

The most obvious was the tone each took. Ford was polite and quiet in recounting her accusation against Kavanaugh; he was angry and loud in his denials of the allegations against him.

Beyond the style of their testimonies, there was a striking difference in the content of their words. Both Ford and Kavanaugh fielded questions from senators and the prosecutor hired by Republicans, Rachel Mitchell.

But only Ford made an effort to answer every single question.

Kavanaugh actively dodged questions. He often repeated the same non-answer over and over. Other times, he insisted on answering a question with “context” — which inevitably was a long story about his childhood — but never actually answered the question.

We went through the transcript of the hearing and noted every single time a question was asked of Ford and Kavanaugh. (We didn’t include the times a questioner didn’t ask an explicit question.) Then we noted every instance in which answered the question or said they didn’t know the answer — and we also noted every time they either refused to answer or gave an answer that didn’t address the question. Here are the results:

I love internet. So this article documents the actual transcript in a format you can visually tell the kind of testimony CBF and BK provided. Someone would "love beer" a lot tonight!

Listen, I think he represented himself poorly yesterday just as much as anyone else. But I feel this isn’t a fair comparison. She was not questioned about HER drinking, high school yearbook, or anything else other than directly relevant to her accusation. He was openly mocked and ridiculed with questions that frankly would be an embarrassment to anyone. They also bullied him into dragging people like Renate through the mud. I have a high level security clearance and have gone through many background investigations - I too would be frightened and deflect if someone were demeaning my entire character based on silly sayings in my yearbook and the fact that I liked to drink when I was younger.

[Anonymous]

This just tweeted:

.@SenWhitehouse lays out how Judge Kavanaugh’s own calendars may be powerful corroborating evidence that the assault happened, that it happened that day and that it happened in that place.


So what they plan to so is have Ford suddenly remember the date based on what Kavanaugh wrote in his calendar. She will now be sure of the date, the house and who was there because it's on the calendar. This is why they wanted the extension.

[Anonymous]

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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.

That’s not at all the impression I got. She seemed exhausted, as did he. Their lives have been ruined. But it’s nice that ruining someone’s life has provided so much entertainment for you.

[Anonymous]

WSJ: White House 'Shellshocked' by Developments; 'There's No Plan B'

A person close to the White House described those working on the confirmation process as "shellshocked" by Friday's events.

"As of last night, everyone was in a good mood," the person said, saying the view was that Dr. Ford's testimony was "good" but Judge Kavanaugh's was "great." As of 10 p.m. Thursday, the person said, "everything was locked and loaded."

Then, shortly before midnight on Thursday, the American Bar Association issued a letter urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination only after a "thorough" FBI investigation. After that, the person said, "It kind of fell apart."

The White House isn't expected to talk to any other candidates for the Supreme Court nomination next week while the FBI investigation is under way, the person said.

"There's no Plan B here," the person said. Any backup plan, the person said, would not be "viable" given the timing of the midterm elections in early November.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Do you have any doubts to the authenticity of the claims made by multiple women towards Bill Clinton of harassment and even rape? Couldn't you ask the same question, why would they lie? Why risk scrutiny, disbelief and threats from the public? I have yet to meet a female Democrat who took Clinton's accusers seriously. This obviously shows that they are open to the possibility that political motivations could motivate women to lie. Serious question, but if you see it so unlikely that Christine Ford would risk making a false allegation, do you give the same benefit of the doubt towards Clinton's accusers?

Yes. I believe that Bill Clinton was a slimeball who had no respect for women. I believe those woman and I believe that Clinton should have been convicted after his impeachment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart

There were several noticeable differences between the Senate testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford.

The most obvious was the tone each took. Ford was polite and quiet in recounting her accusation against Kavanaugh; he was angry and loud in his denials of the allegations against him.

Beyond the style of their testimonies, there was a striking difference in the content of their words. Both Ford and Kavanaugh fielded questions from senators and the prosecutor hired by Republicans, Rachel Mitchell.

But only Ford made an effort to answer every single question.

Kavanaugh actively dodged questions. He often repeated the same non-answer over and over. Other times, he insisted on answering a question with “context” — which inevitably was a long story about his childhood — but never actually answered the question.

We went through the transcript of the hearing and noted every single time a question was asked of Ford and Kavanaugh. (We didn’t include the times a questioner didn’t ask an explicit question.) Then we noted every instance in which answered the question or said they didn’t know the answer — and we also noted every time they either refused to answer or gave an answer that didn’t address the question. Here are the results:

I love internet. So this article documents the actual transcript in a format you can visually tell the kind of testimony CBF and BK provided. Someone would "love beer" a lot tonight!

Listen, I think he represented himself poorly yesterday just as much as anyone else. But I feel this isn’t a fair comparison. She was not questioned about HER drinking, high school yearbook, or anything else other than directly relevant to her accusation. He was openly mocked and ridiculed with questions that frankly would be an embarrassment to anyone. They also bullied him into dragging people like Renate through the mud. I have a high level security clearance and have gone through many background investigations - I too would be frightened and deflect if someone were demeaning my entire character based on silly sayings in my yearbook and the fact that I liked to drink when I was younger.

EXACTLY. The yearbook questions were beyond the pale. Truly a new low. I would be mortified if anyone read my high school yearbook out loud as it has zero relevance to my adult life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Apologies if this has been raised already - 43 pages of chat on this is too much to wade through today...

Does anyone else think that its possible Brett Kavanaugh simply cannot remember the incident because it had zero impact on his life at the time and because obviously, he was very drunk when it happened?

I used to believe this until I saw him yesterday. Yesterday he looked like someone enraged because at some level he was ashamed and was lashing out.

He was enraged - and rightfully so. Apparently this country has devolved into guilty until proven innocent. I’d be enraged also, as would anyone falsely accused.

I think he was enraged because he is indigent and feels entitled as his 45-minute memoir reading yesterday revealed. He feels a seat on the Supreme Court is his birthright and the idea that he will be told "no" it beyond understanding. Plus, I think he was advised that belligerent indignation worked for Clarence Thomas and it might work for him too.

I know you meant indignant

[Anonymous]

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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.

That’s not at all the impression I got. She seemed exhausted, as did he. Their lives have been ruined. But it’s nice that ruining someone’s life has provided so much entertainment for you.

Brett harmed his wife. No one else. Get a grip, Helen Lovejoy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apologies if this has been raised already - 43 pages of chat on this is too much to wade through today...

Does anyone else think that its possible Brett Kavanaugh simply cannot remember the incident because it had zero impact on his life at the time and because obviously, he was very drunk when it happened?

I used to believe this until I saw him yesterday. Yesterday he looked like someone enraged because at some level he was ashamed and was lashing out.

He was enraged - and rightfully so. Apparently this country has devolved into guilty until proven innocent. I’d be enraged also, as would anyone falsely accused.

After yesterday, everybody can see he was falsely accused. Looking forward to Justice Kavanaugh taking his rightful place as a Supreme Court justice. For life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

That’s not at all the impression I got. She seemed exhausted, as did he. Their lives have been ruined. But it’s nice that ruining someone’s life has provided so much entertainment for you.

The father of the Parkland shooting victim, the one your dear Brett didn't want to shake hands with, told him that no, his life was not ruined. A life ruined is having your child shot dead.

Don't you dare say that Kavanaugh's life is ruined.

Dr. Ford's life isn't ruined either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart

There were several noticeable differences between the Senate testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford.

The most obvious was the tone each took. Ford was polite and quiet in recounting her accusation against Kavanaugh; he was angry and loud in his denials of the allegations against him.

Beyond the style of their testimonies, there was a striking difference in the content of their words. Both Ford and Kavanaugh fielded questions from senators and the prosecutor hired by Republicans, Rachel Mitchell.

But only Ford made an effort to answer every single question.

Kavanaugh actively dodged questions. He often repeated the same non-answer over and over. Other times, he insisted on answering a question with “context” — which inevitably was a long story about his childhood — but never actually answered the question.

We went through the transcript of the hearing and noted every single time a question was asked of Ford and Kavanaugh. (We didn’t include the times a questioner didn’t ask an explicit question.) Then we noted every instance in which answered the question or said they didn’t know the answer — and we also noted every time they either refused to answer or gave an answer that didn’t address the question. Here are the results:

I love internet. So this article documents the actual transcript in a format you can visually tell the kind of testimony CBF and BK provided. Someone would "love beer" a lot tonight!

Listen, I think he represented himself poorly yesterday just as much as anyone else. But I feel this isn’t a fair comparison. She was not questioned about HER drinking, high school yearbook, or anything else other than directly relevant to her accusation. He was openly mocked and ridiculed with questions that frankly would be an embarrassment to anyone. They also bullied him into dragging people like Renate through the mud. I have a high level security clearance and have gone through many background investigations - I too would be frightened and deflect if someone were demeaning my entire character based on silly sayings in my yearbook and the fact that I liked to drink when I was younger.

Then you should never have received that security clearance in the first place. You aren't trustworthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apologies if this has been raised already - 43 pages of chat on this is too much to wade through today...

Does anyone else think that its possible Brett Kavanaugh simply cannot remember the incident because it had zero impact on his life at the time and because obviously, he was very drunk when it happened?

I used to believe this until I saw him yesterday. Yesterday he looked like someone enraged because at some level he was ashamed and was lashing out.

He was enraged - and rightfully so. Apparently this country has devolved into guilty until proven innocent. I’d be enraged also, as would anyone falsely accused.

After yesterday, everybody can see he was falsely accused. Looking forward to Justice Kavanaugh taking his rightful place as a Supreme Court justice. For life.

Oh, you think if he gets on the court this goes away? LOL. Ask yourself why this didn't happen to Gorsuch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: WSJ: White House 'Shellshocked' by Developments; 'There's No Plan B'

"There's no Plan B here," the person said. Any backup plan, the person said, would not be "viable" given the timing of the midterm elections in early November.