Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 4

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Anonymous wrote:Relevant to this discussion is this piece. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1485754002 I know we’re on to the next Kavanaugh scandal, but for all those who doubt Dr. Ford, here’s another account with a very similar situation.

I think this is hard for a lot of women to whom this happened, but who support Kavanaugh, because they really haven’t reframed what happened to them, they still take it on as their fault. I think this is hard for a lot of the men who did this stuff and support Kavanaugh because they can’t accept that what they did when they were teens wasn’t fun stuff, it was sexual assault.

I'm a woman who thinks that something happened but that neither Ford nor Kavanaugh may remember it clearly after all this time. I don't think that's fair to say that men struggle with this because they can't accept that it wasn't just fun, it was sexual assault. I think that teenagers do all sorts of things and ideally learn in the process, and I don't think that actions as teenagers need to be atoned for forever as adults. I think Kavanaugh's response now is the important one, not whatever he did or did not do 30-some years ago.

I think it’s imminently fair. Times have shifted. As the article I linked says, we didn’t have the words for this back then and the girls tended to blame themselves for it. What else would men be so angry about, as referenced in the Washington Post article about men’s fear and anger, if they themselves haven’t done these things? My husband hasn’t done this stuff. He has no anger or fear - except anger that once again the victims are being blamed.

Your husband also is not in a he said she said Washington DC circlefest with the media churning false narratives and innuendo to sell web traffic. Keep that in mind.

So far the only PROVEN false narratives have been the story cooked up by Whelan of mistaken identity. But carry on.

Whelan had help. The only person who could have placed Squi there is Kavanaugh. This should be investigated as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't get rid of the blue, sorry. I want to understand his point but I don't.

I also can't get rid of the blue Copying and pasting:

He's saying Kavanaugh helped decide and author a decision on a case that found a 9/11 criminal guilty based on his 'small lie' because that 'small lie' was meant to be exculpatory. IE, he lied to frame his meeting with bin Laden as NBD. In order to show that he had no association with OBL.

If I am reading it write they found that that lie was actually incriminating because of the principle that 'false exculpatory statements are evidence - often strong evidence - of guilt.' So basically a lie like this isn't just neutral, it is evidence that you are guilty.

And that is KAVANAUGH'S legal argument in that case. Which today, when applied to himself, wouldn't be a good result for him. Basically, irony. If not the real kind at least the Alanis Morissette kind.

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He's saying Kavanaugh helped decide and author a decision on a case that found a 9/11 criminal guilty based on his 'small lie' because that 'small lie' was meant to be exculpatory. IE, he lied to frame his meeting with bin Laden as NBD. In order to show that he had no association with OBL.

If I am reading it write they found that that lie was actually incriminating because of the principle that 'false exculpatory statements are evidence - often strong evidence - of guilt.' So basically a lie like this isn't just neutral, it is evidence that you are guilty.

And that is KAVANAUGH'S legal argument in that case. Which today, when applied to himself, wouldn't be a good result for him. Basically, irony. If not the real kind at least the Alanis Morissette kind.


OMG!!!!!!
Thank you for explaining.

I bet that ABA ranking will nosedive now. Judges cannot say that the law they believe in only applies to other people, not to themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:In the meantime McConnell is planning to hide the FBI report from the public. Does anyone here thinks he would hide it if the report is exculpatory to Kavanaugh?

Leading Dems agree with not making it public. Deep breaths before posting, perhaps.

Chuck Schumer does not agree with it - and most of us in public do not agree with it. What are they trying to hide? Why should it not be public? No, McTrurtle deciding on it is not reason enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Relevant to this discussion is this piece. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1485754002 I know we’re on to the next Kavanaugh scandal, but for all those who doubt Dr. Ford, here’s another account with a very similar situation.

I think this is hard for a lot of women to whom this happened, but who support Kavanaugh, because they really haven’t reframed what happened to them, they still take it on as their fault. I think this is hard for a lot of the men who did this stuff and support Kavanaugh because they can’t accept that what they did when they were teens wasn’t fun stuff, it was sexual assault.

I'm a woman who thinks that something happened but that neither Ford nor Kavanaugh may remember it clearly after all this time. I don't think that's fair to say that men struggle with this because they can't accept that it wasn't just fun, it was sexual assault. I think that teenagers do all sorts of things and ideally learn in the process, and I don't think that actions as teenagers need to be atoned for forever as adults. I think Kavanaugh's response now is the important one, not whatever he did or did not do 30-some years ago.

I think it’s imminently fair. Times have shifted. As the article I linked says, we didn’t have the words for this back then and the girls tended to blame themselves for it. What else would men be so angry about, as referenced in the Washington Post article about men’s fear and anger, if they themselves haven’t done these things? My husband hasn’t done this stuff. He has no anger or fear - except anger that once again the victims are being blamed.

Your husband also is not in a he said she said Washington DC circlefest with the media churning false narratives and innuendo to sell web traffic. Keep that in mind.

Nor would he be. The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh. He may not like it but he is responsible for how he acted and is acting, how others are reacting, and how people are viewing it. No one else. Him.

You may be able to have him rammed through to SCOTUS. But, he will ALWAYS have an asterisk next to his name. As he should. And the GOP will always be the party that put 2 men who were credibly accused of harassing and/or assaulting women on SCOTUS. Congrats on that. I can tell you that, as a result, you've cemented my voting preferences forever.

First of all, I do not care how you vote. You do whatever you do.

The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh.

No. You have no way of knowing what is the truth. Just like 320 million other people. Do not act like you do.

You obviously have a problem with men just from what you write. That is not my problem.

Quit gaslighting me. I have ZERO problem with men. Married to a white man. Dated many before him. If you cannot have a conversation without your bullshit accusations, then just sit down and shut it.

NO ONE has any way of knowing the truth. Thus, the reason why a thorough investigation is needed. Moreover, we are now past those allegations in and of themselves. There is quite a lot of information coming out now that credibly suggests that Kav LIED in his testimony. I'm pretty sure you would be the type to get spun up by Slick Willy's lies about Monica, right? The lies, alone, disqualify him. His outburst, alone, disqualifies him.

Don't tell me you don't care how I vote. You wouldn't on here if you didn't. But you are.

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Anonymous wrote:He's saying Kavanaugh helped decide and author a decision on a case that found a 9/11 criminal guilty based on his 'small lie' because that 'small lie' was meant to be exculpatory. IE, he lied to frame his meeting with bin Laden as NBD. In order to show that he had no association with OBL.

If I am reading it write they found that that lie was actually incriminating because of the principle that 'false exculpatory statements are evidence - often strong evidence - of guilt.' So basically a lie like this isn't just neutral, it is evidence that you are guilty.

And that is KAVANAUGH'S legal argument in that case. Which today, when applied to himself, wouldn't be a good result for him. Basically, irony. If not the real kind at least the Alanis Morissette kind.


OMG!!!!!!
Thank you for explaining.

I bet that ABA ranking will nosedive now. Judges cannot say that the law they believe in only applies to other people, not to themselves.

This is really disturbing. holy hell

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Its a theme, folks.

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Anonymous wrote:In times of uncertainty, when the world just seems to have gone off its axis, I often reach out to an old neighbor of mine. He's a wise old guy, almost always clad in dusty overalls, drives a beat-up red pick-up with an old bloodhound (named Veteran) usually lounging in the back. He's the real deal. You lay something out for him, something you're struggling with and, why, he'll think on it a spell and then look up at you with those rheumy old eyes and just knock you over with his simple, earthy wisdom.

Although he doesn't go in for all that big-city politicking (as he calls it), he keeps up with what's going on in the world, at least as it relates to town and his farm. Anyway, I ran into him at the general store the other day and we set to talking and after a bit I asked him what he made of all this Supreme Court hubbub. He thought for a second, cleared his throat (he's a gruff old coot) and said, just as clear as day: "Brett Kavanaugh is a sneering, sniveling, conniving, entitled, lying douchebag with a cheesy blow-wave hair-do and an alcoholic's complexion."

And with that he and Veteran took off down the road. Just wanted to share the perspective.

Thanks for sharing Lefty's take...silly old me, I am going with the professionals that have worked in the U.S. judicial system over the last three decades...

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_kavanaugh_testimony/

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh earned the highest rating of unanimously “well qualified,” members of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday.
“We concluded that his integrity, judicial temperament, and professional competence met the highest standards for appointment to the court,” said Paul T. Moxley of Salt Lake City, the chair of the committee. “Our rating of unanimously well-qualified reflects the consensus of his peers who have knowledge of his professional qualifications.”

Standing Committee members solicited input from almost 500 people who were likely to have knowledge of the nominee’s professional qualifications, including federal and state judges, lawyers and bar representatives.

The Standing Committee reached out to 471 judges, lawyers, and professors for information regarding Judge Kavanaugh’s integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament. The committee received more than 120 responses, and the committee conducted interviews with those respondents who had personal knowledge of Kavanaugh through their professional or personal dealings with him.

Tarpley provided the committee with some of the written observations made about Kavanaugh.

“He has the highest personal morality and the highest ethics,” said one.

“He is what he seems, very decent, humble, and honest,” said another.

The Maryland Law school reading group observed that “Judge Kavanaugh is an excellent writer with a flair for making complicated facts understandable.”

As to Kavanaugh’s demeanor, one respondent observed, “He is easy to get along with and has a good sense of humor.”

Tarpley told the committee: “Can you imagine that, a judge with a good sense of humor?”

Noting the ABA’s more than 400,000 members across the country, Tarpley said: “We are a very diverse group of lawyers, and we agree that Judge Kavanaugh meets our highest standard and rated him unanimously well-qualified to serve as associate justice on the United States Supreme Court.”

(Note: As of course was under reported ABA President Bob Carlson was not authorized to speak for the ABA'a standing committee with his last minute hail mary).

So basically what you are saying is, if you have a done a good job, it doesn't matter if tried to rape someone. Again, let's point to Cosby and Sandusky. They did a good job at their job. And they were freaking monsters!

I am not saying anything. Kavanuaghs peers are saying that he is an EXCEPTIONAL judge and legal scholar. Be honest, the only reason the Dems went to the gutter is because this is the 5th seat on the court. Conservatives could have put up ANYBODY for this seat and liberals would be hacking away desparately to Bork the nominee. Actually I am surprised that we were able to find a 53 year old who is as well liked and well respected across the legal spectrum as Kavanaugh. The next nominee to replace Ginsberg will surely not have his depth and breadth of judicial experience.
The made up stories are all falling apart as the FBI has cross examined. The liberal media is blushing right now. For God's sake CNN's lead story is about the dangers of high school football. It's over.

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Anonymous wrote:Relevant to this discussion is this piece. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1485754002 I know we’re on to the next Kavanaugh scandal, but for all those who doubt Dr. Ford, here’s another account with a very similar situation.

I think this is hard for a lot of women to whom this happened, but who support Kavanaugh, because they really haven’t reframed what happened to them, they still take it on as their fault. I think this is hard for a lot of the men who did this stuff and support Kavanaugh because they can’t accept that what they did when they were teens wasn’t fun stuff, it was sexual assault.

I'm a woman who thinks that something happened but that neither Ford nor Kavanaugh may remember it clearly after all this time. I don't think that's fair to say that men struggle with this because they can't accept that it wasn't just fun, it was sexual assault. I think that teenagers do all sorts of things and ideally learn in the process, and I don't think that actions as teenagers need to be atoned for forever as adults. I think Kavanaugh's response now is the important one, not whatever he did or did not do 30-some years ago.

I think it’s imminently fair. Times have shifted. As the article I linked says, we didn’t have the words for this back then and the girls tended to blame themselves for it. What else would men be so angry about, as referenced in the Washington Post article about men’s fear and anger, if they themselves haven’t done these things? My husband hasn’t done this stuff. He has no anger or fear - except anger that once again the victims are being blamed.

Same. But my DH treats women like human beings, worth of respect, and not vaginas.

Your DH is one FBI investigation away from scaring the bejesus out of you.

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Anonymous wrote:In times of uncertainty, when the world just seems to have gone off its axis, I often reach out to an old neighbor of mine. He's a wise old guy, almost always clad in dusty overalls, drives a beat-up red pick-up with an old bloodhound (named Veteran) usually lounging in the back. He's the real deal. You lay something out for him, something you're struggling with and, why, he'll think on it a spell and then look up at you with those rheumy old eyes and just knock you over with his simple, earthy wisdom.

Although he doesn't go in for all that big-city politicking (as he calls it), he keeps up with what's going on in the world, at least as it relates to town and his farm. Anyway, I ran into him at the general store the other day and we set to talking and after a bit I asked him what he made of all this Supreme Court hubbub. He thought for a second, cleared his throat (he's a gruff old coot) and said, just as clear as day: "Brett Kavanaugh is a sneering, sniveling, conniving, entitled, lying douchebag with a cheesy blow-wave hair-do and an alcoholic's complexion."

And with that he and Veteran took off down the road. Just wanted to share the perspective.

Thanks for sharing Lefty's take...silly old me, I am going with the professionals that have worked in the U.S. judicial system over the last three decades...

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_kavanaugh_testimony/

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh earned the highest rating of unanimously “well qualified,” members of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday.
“We concluded that his integrity, judicial temperament, and professional competence met the highest standards for appointment to the court,” said Paul T. Moxley of Salt Lake City, the chair of the committee. “Our rating of unanimously well-qualified reflects the consensus of his peers who have knowledge of his professional qualifications.”

Standing Committee members solicited input from almost 500 people who were likely to have knowledge of the nominee’s professional qualifications, including federal and state judges, lawyers and bar representatives.

The Standing Committee reached out to 471 judges, lawyers, and professors for information regarding Judge Kavanaugh’s integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament. The committee received more than 120 responses, and the committee conducted interviews with those respondents who had personal knowledge of Kavanaugh through their professional or personal dealings with him.

Tarpley provided the committee with some of the written observations made about Kavanaugh.

“He has the highest personal morality and the highest ethics,” said one.

“He is what he seems, very decent, humble, and honest,” said another.

The Maryland Law school reading group observed that “Judge Kavanaugh is an excellent writer with a flair for making complicated facts understandable.”

As to Kavanaugh’s demeanor, one respondent observed, “He is easy to get along with and has a good sense of humor.”

Tarpley told the committee: “Can you imagine that, a judge with a good sense of humor?”

Noting the ABA’s more than 400,000 members across the country, Tarpley said: “We are a very diverse group of lawyers, and we agree that Judge Kavanaugh meets our highest standard and rated him unanimously well-qualified to serve as associate justice on the United States Supreme Court.”

(Note: As of course was under reported ABA President Bob Carlson was not authorized to speak for the ABA'a standing committee with his last minute hail mary).

So basically what you are saying is, if you have a done a good job, it doesn't matter if tried to rape someone. Again, let's point to Cosby and Sandusky. They did a good job at their job. And they were freaking monsters!

I am not saying anything. Kavanuaghs peers are saying that he is an EXCEPTIONAL judge and legal scholar. Be honest, the only reason the Dems went to the gutter is because this is the 5th seat on the court. Conservatives could have put up ANYBODY for this seat and liberals would be hacking away desparately to Bork the nominee. Actually I am surprised that we were able to find a 53 year old who is as well liked and well respected across the legal spectrum as Kavanaugh. The next nominee to replace Ginsberg will surely not have his depth and breadth of judicial experience.
The made up stories are all falling apart as the FBI has cross examined. The liberal media is blushing right now. For God's sake CNN's lead story is about the dangers of high school football. It's over.

That is because a teenager died as a result of a head injury in a high school football game wearing an extremely sophisticated helmet. CTE and its effects on football players has been an important and well covered news story in the last few years.

I'm sure soon their lead story will be about Fred Trump's taxes.

Check out the Wittes editorial, read the accounts of his friends. He lied about a lot of stuff not related to the assault that we know about, that is the bottom line. Gorsuch got through just fine despite Democrats being basically apoplectic about the dirty game playing to get the appointment.

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Anonymous wrote:Relevant to this discussion is this piece. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1485754002 I know we’re on to the next Kavanaugh scandal, but for all those who doubt Dr. Ford, here’s another account with a very similar situation.

I think this is hard for a lot of women to whom this happened, but who support Kavanaugh, because they really haven’t reframed what happened to them, they still take it on as their fault. I think this is hard for a lot of the men who did this stuff and support Kavanaugh because they can’t accept that what they did when they were teens wasn’t fun stuff, it was sexual assault.

I'm a woman who thinks that something happened but that neither Ford nor Kavanaugh may remember it clearly after all this time. I don't think that's fair to say that men struggle with this because they can't accept that it wasn't just fun, it was sexual assault. I think that teenagers do all sorts of things and ideally learn in the process, and I don't think that actions as teenagers need to be atoned for forever as adults. I think Kavanaugh's response now is the important one, not whatever he did or did not do 30-some years ago.

I think it’s imminently fair. Times have shifted. As the article I linked says, we didn’t have the words for this back then and the girls tended to blame themselves for it. What else would men be so angry about, as referenced in the Washington Post article about men’s fear and anger, if they themselves haven’t done these things? My husband hasn’t done this stuff. He has no anger or fear - except anger that once again the victims are being blamed.

Your husband also is not in a he said she said Washington DC circlefest with the media churning false narratives and innuendo to sell web traffic. Keep that in mind.

Nor would he be. The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh. He may not like it but he is responsible for how he acted and is acting, how others are reacting, and how people are viewing it. No one else. Him.

You may be able to have him rammed through to SCOTUS. But, he will ALWAYS have an asterisk next to his name. As he should. And the GOP will always be the party that put 2 men who were credibly accused of harassing and/or assaulting women on SCOTUS. Congrats on that. I can tell you that, as a result, you've cemented my voting preferences forever.

First of all, I do not care how you vote. You do whatever you do.

The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh.

No. You have no way of knowing what is the truth. Just like 320 million other people. Do not act like you do.

You obviously have a problem with men just from what you write. That is not my problem.

Quit gaslighting me. I have ZERO problem with men. Married to a white man. Dated many before him. If you cannot have a conversation without your bullshit accusations, then just sit down and shut it.

NO ONE has any way of knowing the truth. Thus, the reason why a thorough investigation is needed. Moreover, we are now past those allegations in and of themselves. There is quite a lot of information coming out now that credibly suggests that Kav LIED in his testimony. I'm pretty sure you would be the type to get spun up by Slick Willy's lies about Monica, right? The lies, alone, disqualify him. His outburst, alone, disqualifies him.

Don't tell me you don't care how I vote. You wouldn't on here if you didn't. But you are.

Your MIL must be scared to death of you.

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Anonymous wrote:Relevant to this discussion is this piece. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1485754002 I know we’re on to the next Kavanaugh scandal, but for all those who doubt Dr. Ford, here’s another account with a very similar situation.

I think this is hard for a lot of women to whom this happened, but who support Kavanaugh, because they really haven’t reframed what happened to them, they still take it on as their fault. I think this is hard for a lot of the men who did this stuff and support Kavanaugh because they can’t accept that what they did when they were teens wasn’t fun stuff, it was sexual assault.

I'm a woman who thinks that something happened but that neither Ford nor Kavanaugh may remember it clearly after all this time. I don't think that's fair to say that men struggle with this because they can't accept that it wasn't just fun, it was sexual assault. I think that teenagers do all sorts of things and ideally learn in the process, and I don't think that actions as teenagers need to be atoned for forever as adults. I think Kavanaugh's response now is the important one, not whatever he did or did not do 30-some years ago.

I think it’s imminently fair. Times have shifted. As the article I linked says, we didn’t have the words for this back then and the girls tended to blame themselves for it. What else would men be so angry about, as referenced in the Washington Post article about men’s fear and anger, if they themselves haven’t done these things? My husband hasn’t done this stuff. He has no anger or fear - except anger that once again the victims are being blamed.

Your husband also is not in a he said she said Washington DC circlefest with the media churning false narratives and innuendo to sell web traffic. Keep that in mind.

Nor would he be. The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh. He may not like it but he is responsible for how he acted and is acting, how others are reacting, and how people are viewing it. No one else. Him.

You may be able to have him rammed through to SCOTUS. But, he will ALWAYS have an asterisk next to his name. As he should. And the GOP will always be the party that put 2 men who were credibly accused of harassing and/or assaulting women on SCOTUS. Congrats on that. I can tell you that, as a result, you've cemented my voting preferences forever.

First of all, I do not care how you vote. You do whatever you do.

The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh.

No. You have no way of knowing what is the truth. Just like 320 million other people. Do not act like you do.

You obviously have a problem with men just from what you write. That is not my problem.

Quit gaslighting me. I have ZERO problem with men. Married to a white man. Dated many before him. If you cannot have a conversation without your bullshit accusations, then just sit down and shut it.

NO ONE has any way of knowing the truth. Thus, the reason why a thorough investigation is needed. Moreover, we are now past those allegations in and of themselves. There is quite a lot of information coming out now that credibly suggests that Kav LIED in his testimony. I'm pretty sure you would be the type to get spun up by Slick Willy's lies about Monica, right? The lies, alone, disqualify him. His outburst, alone, disqualifies him.

Don't tell me you don't care how I vote. You wouldn't on here if you didn't. But you are.

At least you capitulate nicely.

- NO ONE has any way of knowing the truth.

- The only person responsible for this he said-she said, the only person responsible for the arguments about his credibility, temperment, etc., is Brett Kavanaugh.

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The FBI investigations seems to be a Sham. They have not interviewed Ford, because WH has instructed them not to. The reason might be that WH does not want Kavanaugh interviewed.

In addition Ramirez's attorney has issued a statement that FBI has not reache dout to the witnesses. WSJ put out an article today saying the FBI investigation would wrap up today or early tomorrow.

There is a big cover-up going on. Call your senators, Flake, Collins, Murkowski, Corker, Sasse, Manchin and HeitKamp now. This is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Why can't they just pick a different justice? I know that everyone is pointing the Gamble vs. US, but there must be a another justice at this point, right?

What if it's not just that BK is the only one they are looking at in pushing through because of his issues, but also because no one else wants to be placed under DT? What if they went through the list, and everyone said "No thanks."

And for the record: DT is really anti-alcohol. It destroyed his older brother.... so why would he keep pushing BK, knowing now that the guy had (and potentially has) a drinking problem?

Just a thought.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't they just pick a different justice? I know that everyone is pointing the Gamble vs. US, but there must be a another justice at this point, right?

What if it's not just that BK is the only one they are looking at in pushing through because of his issues, but also because no one else wants to be placed under DT? What if they went through the list, and everyone said "No thanks."

And for the record: DT is really anti-alcohol. It destroyed his older brother.... so why would he keep pushing BK, knowing now that the guy had (and potentially has) a drinking problem?

Just a thought.

As the actions of 98% of the elected and appointed GOP officials demonstrates, there’s no low that some won’t go to in order to advance an agenda. Dominionists, for one. The oft pushed Amy Coney Barrett is a handmaiden in the People of Praise. She’d happily take the spot (although Col8ns and Murkowski would be hard nos).