Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 4

[Anonymous]

The fact finding in this process has been crap from start to finish. You get more and better discovery in a personal injury suit. This is for a life time appointment on the highest court in the land. A lifetime appointment, but somehow it has to be rushed through in 60-90 days? 100,000 pages of records are withheld. The opposition can't take depositions and can't issue subpoenas? You get this weird hearing of just two people with disjointed questioning and no real opportunity for follow up or thorough cross examination. You can't call other supporting witnesses to test claims. You get this half-assed FBI investigation with secret parameters and people with evidence complaining loudly about not being able to submit what they know.

And then, after this Frankenstein monster of a process, the main criticism of one of the reasons for not confirming Kavanaugh is "no evidence." Let me try this case like a civil claim, and I'll get you evidence. I guarantee I'll get this sexual assault claim past the summary judgment stage (assuming we hold the statute of limitations in abeyance.)

The process was designed to limit evidence, that's why you don't have very much of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If a nominee can’t get through confirmation without lapses in emotional regulation so severe they require damage control op-eds, they are unfit.

But it is nice he is expressing his lack of fitness.

Again, judges recuse themselves from cases in which there is a conflict of self interest because everyone knows it is impossible to be dispassionate in those situations. Why is this such a tough concept? Oh yeah. Grasping at anything.

What use is a Justice who has to recuse himself from every case with a remotely political question? He’s already declared Dems the enemy, he’d have to recuse himself from every case with a partisan divide.

Right. So why hasn't RBG left the court after saying she'd move to New Zealand after Trump won? And he didn't declare Dems the enemy, but nice try. He read what they actually said about him. Get your head out of the sand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Statement from Kavanaugh via an editorial in the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge-1538695822?mod=hp_opin_pos1

They don't have the votes if he had to write this. I just picture Don McGahn standing over him saying, "Come on, Bart, you can do it, just one more paragraph. And then BEER!"

+1 - he wouldn't be doing this if they had the votes.

Agree. He's getting desperate again. I hope we don't see that rage again. Timmy will be pissed if Kavanaugh does not get his seat.

Justice Stevens has spoken and I'm sure the others are in agreement with him. I wish Kavanaugh would realize he is not wanted on the Court just as he is unwanted in a law school classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people lie about being victims of sexual assault? Who knows. But some people do. So the question isn't why would someone lie, but are they lying and what does the evidence indicate?

I think you're lying. It doesn't matter why. But I see the evidence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If a nominee can’t get through confirmation without lapses in emotional regulation so severe they require damage control op-eds, they are unfit.

But it is nice he is expressing his lack of fitness.

Again, judges recuse themselves from cases in which there is a conflict of self interest because everyone knows it is impossible to be dispassionate in those situations. Why is this such a tough concept? Oh yeah. Grasping at anything.

What use is a Justice who has to recuse himself from every case with a remotely political question? He’s already declared Dems the enemy, he’d have to recuse himself from every case with a partisan divide.

Right. So why hasn't RBG left the court after saying she'd move to New Zealand after Trump won? And he didn't declare Dems the enemy, but nice try. He read what they actually said about him. Get your head out of the sand.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Statement from Kavanaugh via an editorial in the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge-1538695822?mod=hp_opin_pos1

They don't have the votes if he had to write this. I just picture Don McGahn standing over him saying, "Come on, Bart, you can do it, just one more paragraph. And then BEER!"

+1 - he wouldn't be doing this if they had the votes.

Agree. He's getting desperate again. I hope we don't see that rage again. Timmy will be pissed if Kavanaugh does not get his seat.

Justice Stevens has spoken and I'm sure the others are in agreement with him. I wish Kavanaugh would realize he is not wanted on the Court just as he is unwanted in a law school classroom.

Gonna be tough to be on that court knowing one of the most respected justices ever (and a life-long Republican to boot) thinks you're unfit to wear its robes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Brett Kavanaugh in today's Wall Street Journal. Food for thought.

"I was very emotional last Thursday, crying and sniveling and making weird wrinkled-nose faces like a little bitch-man. I might have been too emotional at times, but that's me, a bitchy little pansy. I know that my tone was douchey, and unfortunately I said a few things that show the type of person I really am. I hope everyone can understand that I really, really want to be on the Supreme Court. It would be so awesome and I totally promise to do all of Trump's bidding and make sure he can operate outside the law. Seriously, whatever you want, I'll do it. Anyway, I testified with five people foremost in my mind: Squi, Judge, TK, Bernie, and Tobin. p.s. I never bagged Renate, cos I was virgin 'til I was 26, but I wanted all the guys to think I did."

You are a very angry man.

So, the left throws mud at him - calls him a sexual assaulter, a gang rapist, an alcoholic, a liar, a wife beater, a wife cheater, an attempted murderer, and one publication insinuated he was a pedophile.
And, you expect him to just sit there and take it? No way in hell. He fought back. He was angry. And, he had every damn right to be.

I remember many here saying, after the Martha McCallum interview, that he was robotic.

His reaction will never be appropriate in your eyes.

[Anonymous]

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Interesting, the "what happens at georgtown prep, stays at georgetown prep" football teammates directly contradict the contents of their friend and teammate Mark Judge, who referred to Quarters and Quarters in his book, and referred to devils triangle as what it is. These guys are all liars.

Do you have the Devil's Triangle quote from Judge's book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brett Kavanaugh in today's Wall Street Journal. Food for thought.

"I was very emotional last Thursday, crying and sniveling and making weird wrinkled-nose faces like a little bitch-man. I might have been too emotional at times, but that's me, a bitchy little pansy. I know that my tone was douchey, and unfortunately I said a few things that show the type of person I really am. I hope everyone can understand that I really, really want to be on the Supreme Court. It would be so awesome and I totally promise to do all of Trump's bidding and make sure he can operate outside the law. Seriously, whatever you want, I'll do it. Anyway, I testified with five people foremost in my mind: Squi, Judge, TK, Bernie, and Tobin. p.s. I never bagged Renate, cos I was virgin 'til I was 26, but I wanted all the guys to think I did."

You are a very angry man.

Kavanaugh certainly is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Statement from Kavanaugh via an editorial in the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge-1538695822?mod=hp_opin_pos1

They don't have the votes if he had to write this. I just picture Don McGahn standing over him saying, "Come on, Bart, you can do it, just one more paragraph. And then BEER!"

+1 - he wouldn't be doing this if they had the votes.

Agree. He's getting desperate again. I hope we don't see that rage again. Timmy will be pissed if Kavanaugh does not get his seat.

Justice Stevens has spoken and I'm sure the others are in agreement with him. I wish Kavanaugh would realize he is not wanted on the Court just as he is unwanted in a law school classroom.

The rage has to go somewhere. If he doesn’t express it publicly, I hate to think of what he’ll do with it.

[Anonymous]

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Just a coincidence that she knew exactly who he was partying with that summer? Only to closed minds.


Omg, what the hell does that prove?

Proves that Kavanaugh and Ford knew each other. Kavanaugh said he didn't know Ford, yet Ford was dating one of his closest friends. That was never brought up in the hearing.

Citation?

For the claim that Kavanaugh said he didn't know Ford I mean.

DP. It’s in the transcript from the hearing. He said he didn’t know her, they didn’t run in the same social circles, maybe he met her at some point but he didn’t remember it.

Okay I found some of the pertinent testimony:

MITCHELL: OK. Do you know Leland Ingham or Leland Keyser?

KAVANAUGH: I — I know of her. And it — it’s possible I, you know, saw — met her in high school at some point at some event. Yes, I know — I know of her and, again, I don’t want to rule out having crossed paths with her in high school.

MITCHELL: Similar to your statements about knowing Dr. Ford?

KAVANAUGH: Correct.


It's worth pointing out Ford said she and Squi weren't really dating, that should wouldn't call it dating.

FORD: He was somebody that, we use the phrase, I went out with — I wouldn’t say date — I went out with for a few months. That was how we termed it at the time. And after that we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at Columbia Country Club, but I didn’t see him often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people lie about being victims of sexual assault? Who knows. But some people do. So the question isn't why would someone lie, but are they lying and what does the evidence indicate?

I think you're lying. It doesn't matter why. But I see the evidence.

Cool story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Statement from Kavanaugh via an editorial in the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge-1538695822?mod=hp_opin_pos1

They don't have the votes if he had to write this. I just picture Don McGahn standing over him saying, "Come on, Bart, you can do it, just one more paragraph. And then BEER!"

+1 - he wouldn't be doing this if they had the votes.

Agree. He's getting desperate again. I hope we don't see that rage again. Timmy will be pissed if Kavanaugh does not get his seat.

Justice Stevens has spoken and I'm sure the others are in agreement with him. I wish Kavanaugh would realize he is not wanted on the Court just as he is unwanted in a law school classroom.

Gonna be tough to be on that court knowing one of the most respected justices ever (and a life-long Republican to boot) thinks you're unfit to wear its robes.

Would that be a first, to have a SCOTUS justice who was declared unfair for the Court by a retired justice during his confirmation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brett Kavanaugh in today's Wall Street Journal. Food for thought.

"I was very emotional last Thursday, crying and sniveling and making weird wrinkled-nose faces like a little bitch-man. I might have been too emotional at times, but that's me, a bitchy little pansy. I know that my tone was douchey, and unfortunately I said a few things that show the type of person I really am. I hope everyone can understand that I really, really want to be on the Supreme Court. It would be so awesome and I totally promise to do all of Trump's bidding and make sure he can operate outside the law. Seriously, whatever you want, I'll do it. Anyway, I testified with five people foremost in my mind: Squi, Judge, TK, Bernie, and Tobin. p.s. I never bagged Renate, cos I was virgin 'til I was 26, but I wanted all the guys to think I did."

You are a very angry man.

So, the left throws mud at him - calls him a sexual assaulter, a gang rapist, an alcoholic, a liar, a wife beater, a wife cheater, an attempted murderer, and one publication insinuated he was a pedophile.
And, you expect him to just sit there and take it? No way in hell. He fought back. He was angry. And, he had every damn right to be.

I remember many here saying, after the Martha McCallum interview, that he was robotic.

+1 The left wouldn't have liked any reaction he provided. They were going to go after him regardless. Regarding this process, Senator Graham spoke for me.

His reaction will never be appropriate in your eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brett Kavanaugh in today's Wall Street Journal. Food for thought.

"I was very emotional last Thursday, crying and sniveling and making weird wrinkled-nose faces like a little bitch-man. I might have been too emotional at times, but that's me, a bitchy little pansy. I know that my tone was douchey, and unfortunately I said a few things that show the type of person I really am. I hope everyone can understand that I really, really want to be on the Supreme Court. It would be so awesome and I totally promise to do all of Trump's bidding and make sure he can operate outside the law. Seriously, whatever you want, I'll do it. Anyway, I testified with five people foremost in my mind: Squi, Judge, TK, Bernie, and Tobin. p.s. I never bagged Renate, cos I was virgin 'til I was 26, but I wanted all the guys to think I did."

more Kavanaugh, from WSJ:

"I told the American people who I want them to think I am and what they should think I believe. I talked about my 28-year career as a Republican-party dirty-tricks operative and lawyer, almost all of which has been in public service, the money's not all that good, but it's less work than big-law, so that's cool. I talked about my 12 years as a biased, sanctimonious judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often called by me the second most important court in the country, and my five years of servicing in the White House for President George W. Bush. I talked about my long record of advancing and promoting myself, including as a judge—a majority of my 48 law clerks have been fairly hot women (I was virgin until I was 26) —and as a longtime coach of girls’ basketball teams. I'm bummed that some of the mean moms around Blessed Sacrament have taken to referring to me as "Coach Rapey" but they'll probably come around if I can swing this Supreme Court thing."