Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The White House engineered a report in which Kavanaugh did not lie to the FBI and Ford could not corroborate.

Swing senators lwill fall in line because they know that they will be at risk in their states if they don’t.

Both sides whip up their bases and. Metoo gets a historic milestone. And brett gets his job.

Those unhappy with a Justice K can hope for another year of the woman, recusals, and maybe a term shortened due to reputational misery.

Except. Collins would love her seat if she voted yes. Murkowski might as well. Flake isn’t up for re-election. They aren’t at risk.

[Anonymous]

Holy heck Batman. First Flake, then Ben (I think about leaving the R party every day) Sasse.

Speech after MConnell called for cloture.

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ben-sasse-on-brett-kavanaugh-trump-should-nominate-someone-else-2018-10

Sounds like a no to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy heck Batman. First Flake, then Ben (I think about leaving the R party every day) Sasse.

Speech after MConnell called for cloture.

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ben-sasse-on-brett-kavanaugh-trump-should-nominate-someone-else-2018-10

Sounds like a no to me.

wow!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy heck Batman. First Flake, then Ben (I think about leaving the R party every day) Sasse.

Speech after MConnell called for cloture.

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ben-sasse-on-brett-kavanaugh-trump-should-nominate-someone-else-2018-10

Sounds like a no to me.

wow!

No one is fooled by that FBI report. That and trump mocking ford will backfire. Wait until they get the final petition from the law professors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy heck Batman. First Flake, then Ben (I think about leaving the R party every day) Sasse.

Speech after MConnell called for cloture.

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ben-sasse-on-brett-kavanaugh-trump-should-nominate-someone-else-2018-10

Sounds like a no to me.

wow!

Big deal. He postured a little about MeToo and Trump. He is probably not going to vote no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy heck Batman. First Flake, then Ben (I think about leaving the R party every day) Sasse.

Speech after MConnell called for cloture.

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ben-sasse-on-brett-kavanaugh-trump-should-nominate-someone-else-2018-10

Sounds like a no to me.

wow!

Don’t pop the champagne yet. He also said that the vote was a vote for a vacant Supreme Court seat and that it was not a “proxy for the validation of sexual assault claims.”

[Anonymous]

Ford should submit to a real polygraph done by a professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ford should submit to a real polygraph done by a professional.

Why?

[Anonymous]

It sounds like Ben Sasse (R) knew back in June that there were sexual problems with Kavanaugh. It supports what Durbin was tweeting earlier. Bart is toast https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/409821-sasse-i-encouraged-trump-to-pick-someone-instead-of-kavanaugh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire thing has become a trip into a rabbit hole -- but from last week here's part of the NYT about Brett Kavanaugh pursuing a rabbit hole himself:

Mr. Kavanaugh noted in various memos that he personally believed that Mr. Foster had indeed committed suicide — “my thoughts, not the Office’s position,” he clarified at one point. But he did not file away the harebrained theories; instead, he apparently felt obligated to address the conspiracy-mongers’ already disproved fantasies. And for nearly three years at a cost of $2 million he aggressively followed up. He investigated the Swiss bank account connection, down to examining Mr. Foster’s American Express bills for flights to Switzerland. He meticulously examined the White House carpets, old and new. (By now, Mr. Foster had been dead four years.) He sent investigators in search of follicle specimens from Mr. Foster’s bereft, blond, teenage daughter. (“We have Foster’s hair,” one agent working for Mr. Kavanaugh reported in triumph.)

Mr. Kavanaugh apparently took a special interest in Hillary Clinton’s bruited affair with Mr. Foster, a popular rumor in the fever swamps of the right. As he reported, his investigators “asked numerous people about it,” before he decided to ask Mrs. Clinton herself.

Of course, Mr. Kavanaugh proved nothing new, as there was nothing new to prove except in conspiratorial illusion. But there was nothing funny about his Inspector Clouseau performance. For months, his inquiries callously harassed a grieving family and Mr. Foster’s friends. His office spread malicious sexual innuendo about Hillary Clinton, whom he seems to have regarded as prey. By reopening a closed investigation, he irresponsibly gave the Foster conspiracy freaks credibility to continue smearing the Clintons and poison public debate for another three years, all at the taxpayers’ expense.

Wow. This nutter should not get a seat on the SCOTUS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ford should submit to a real polygraph done by a professional.

Sounds great. Kavanaugh and Mark Judge should take polygraphs too. On live TV. Let’s get to the bottom of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still worried about manchin and collins.

Flake and murkowski, hopefully will vote no.

Collins is a no. She made her career being a pro-choice R. She won’t be the deciding vote to put him on the Court. Also, her base is females—Dems and Rs, and her state hates him. She waffles, but she does what her state wants when it really matters, like the ACA. Murkowski is a yes— the native groups in her state got her elected. Flake wants his John McCain thumbs down moment on the way out the door. So, Manchin or Heitcamp May cross over because the vote is not needed. Heitcamp is probably in more trouble with her electorate.

Kavaughs decisions about Native right is awful. As a result, both the AK Gov and Lt Gov have come out against him. She will be a no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ford should submit to a real polygraph done by a professional.

She is happy to. Kavanaugh should too.

I mean, that was what the public understanding of an FBI investigation and not this White House sham, was supposed to be.

[Anonymous]

FBI interviewed only six people. Hid from / ignored several witnesses.

What a sham. Just when I think the GOP couldn't sink any lower.

Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FBI interviewed only six people. Hid from / ignored several witnesses.

What a sham. Just when I think the GOP couldn't sink any lower.

Disgusting.

This must be what it feels like to live in countries where corrupt parties and leaders take over the government.

Hopefully our system of checks and balances prevails

Also Leahy's Twitter thread that others linked to quite plainly lays out another big set of lies

https://mobile.twitter.com/SenatorLeahy/status/1047610549100580869