Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 3

[Anonymous]

Her testimony is not evidence. She can not even put herself in the room.

[Anonymous]

One thing to keep in mind: Trump was out of town last week, til the hearing was halfway done, and totally busy with world leaders at the UN. He's in town most of this week. Buckle up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been wondering about something. It seems like quite a leap to be calling what Ford alleges as attempted RAPE. It sounds more like attempted groping. Who's to say what his intention was? Can we know what was in his mind? She remained fully clothed, as did he. Many drunk teenage boys have been guilty of groping a girl. To characterize that as attempted rape is a stretch.

I have not heard it characterized as attempted rape, only sexual assault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/opinion/james-comey-fbi-kavanaugh-investigation.html

James Comey on the FBI investigation.

James Comey is one to talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been wondering about something. It seems like quite a leap to be calling what Ford alleges as attempted RAPE. It sounds more like attempted groping. Who's to say what his intention was? Can we know what was in his mind? She remained fully clothed, as did he. Many drunk teenage boys have been guilty of groping a girl. To characterize that as attempted rape is a stretch.

According to testimony, there was groping, there were attempts at clothing removal, she was being pinned on the bed and her mouth was covered in a violent manner.

She was pinned down with the full weight of his body, she said. When he forcibly covered her mouth she thought that she would suffocate and die. That’s not ‘groping’, any way that you might define it.

[Anonymous]

Interesting:

BREAKING: A classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale has sent a tip into the Senate Judiciary Committee identifying a fraternity brother known for exposing himself as the likely boy who exposed himself to Debbie Ramirez

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the locals who grew up here believe her. I don’t want to trash her online but if the FBI investigators go fully into her high school years it will be interesting.

Also interesting that neither her parents nor siblings support her

I've been kind of surprised that there haven't been a bunch of people who went to high school and college with her piping up to defend her. Seems there would be a ton of people from her teenage years and early 20s who'd have something to say about her character like there has been (in both good and bad terms) with Kavanaugh.

She has had a lot of friends and classmates come forward to defend her.

Remember, though, Kavanaugh is prominent socially and will soon be a Supreme Court justice. It's hard to go agains that. Ford's lawyer had to resign from his firm before he took her on as a client, because they didn't want to possibly get on the wrong side of a Supreme Court justice.

Friends (plural) and acquaintances from her teens and early 20s? I’ve only read about later friends from CA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting:

BREAKING: A classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale has sent a tip into the Senate Judiciary Committee identifying a fraternity brother known for exposing himself as the likely boy who exposed himself to Debbie Ramirez

Why didn't he speak up before the hearing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats will fight ANY conservative.

It's not the Democrats who've stopped the Kavanaugh vote - it's moderate Republicans. The few who are left who seem to be taking seriously their Constitutional duty of advice and consent. That's why the WH has so tightly limited the FBI investigation - they're trying to walk the fine line between not actually finding anything bad and giving Collins and Murkowski enough cover to vote for him.

The problem is, as people get over the shock of the hearing and actually think about it and watch clips from it, they're realizing that Kavanaugh's behavior - the lying, avoiding of questions, obsession with beer - is not what we want in a Supreme Court justice. Will those few undecided Senators be brave and vote against him? Or will they toe the party line? That's what this week is about.

Speak for yourself. The people I know feel exactly the opposite way. We feel his anger and emotions were fully warranted, given the accusations against him. I don't hold that against him at all. I would have been very shocked had he remained calm and pleasant, given the obvious assumption of guilt many of the Democrats have toward him. I know if I were accused of something I didn't do, I'd be hard-pressed not to throttle those asking the questions.

Obviously, you'd be a terrible witness. If I were your lawyer, I'd never put you on the stand. You'd look like a violent liar with something to hide.

Dems need to see that Republicans feel like he is being hunted like a small sad squirrel. To some it may appear that he is being given a shot at one of the most powerful seats in the country. Fox News viewers and many Republicans feel though that he is literally Joan of Arc. He stands in for all of them, the poor men who must lie cheat and steal just to survive. Any bad behavior is not only given a pass, it is justified. I think many saw that interview and felt that he was lying but that it doesn't matter, because now that's what men like him have to do in this threatening environment to save themselves from being torn apart.

Incidentally, that's why so many poor people voted for Trump despite their own interests. He speaks to their sense of victimization and fighting back. They like that he will do whatever it takes to win, because they feel they need protection and someone who can take back the country from an alien and threatening culture.

Until liberals really grasp how visceral and deep this fear is, they'll need figure out how to manage the situation. At least Republicans understand the nerve they touched with MeToo and the immigrant children. They won't step back on other stuff, but I don't think they want to ignite that fear in the democrat base. They know all too well how powerful it is. Unfortunately I think they may be a bit late.

I assume that you're trolling. If not, look up Kavanaugh's approval numbers.

Did you even watch the hearing? That whole performance was a brilliant piece of political theater, aimed to appease their base. They wanted to see a fearful, angry Kavanaugh backed by Graham et al against the vast democrat conspiracy network of evil and lies. Trump is a genius at reality TV. He has always had his finger on the emotional pulse of the base. Dems who are going after him for not being calm and collected don't get it. He acted like that precisely to pull in the base. They believe they are a hunted, persecuted people who must fight with their guns and everything they have to take this country back.

Heck, you don't have to watch the hearing. Watch Fox News for five minutes. It's all right there, in your face. These people feel like animals backed into a corner and they are fighting with all they have. They want Trump because he talks aggressively and is willing to fight dirty. Trump said Kavanaugh was amazing at the hearing because he knows the people want to see a fight. Now, it had to be carefully calibrated, because fighting against the victim would create other issues. And that's why Grassley said "let's be nice to her" at the hearing. The whole thing was extremely calculated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This just makes Yale law school look skeevy. For one there’s no class rank and no grades - and then the alleged top students get recommended for top clerkships and jobs based ‘ on their loyalty’ to this couple who is in charge?? Sounds like a big back slapping, dress like a model or else disaster.

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/09/no-accident-brett-kavanaughs-female-law-clerks-looked-like-models-yale-professor-told-students/

No class rankings:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Law_School

[Anonymous]

A high school friend of Kavanaughs is talking to the FBI and confirms being a black-out drunk at the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting:

BREAKING: A classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale has sent a tip into the Senate Judiciary Committee identifying a fraternity brother known for exposing himself as the likely boy who exposed himself to Debbie Ramirez

Why didn't he speak up before the hearing?

Let’s all rejoice that we don’t have to look at or think of ‘dic pics’ then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A high school friend of Kavanaughs is talking to the FBI and confirms being a black-out drunk at the time.

Link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A high school friend of Kavanaughs is talking to the FBI and confirms being a black-out drunk at the time.

No one can confirm another's state of mind. They can only confirm that he was drunk, which Kavanaugh already stated.

[Anonymous]

All I got from the hearing as a sound it's is that he "likes beer"...is that who we want on the Supreme Court? How dry odd to even bring that up? What's next? I like butt?