Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread

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Anonymous wrote:So I take it the Fox interview didn’t change any of our minds (in either direction)?

I’ve been anti-Brett the whole way but I I’m a little less so after watching.

I look forward to hearing Dr. Ford on Thursday.

The opposite. I believe Professor Ford but very once in a while have some doubts. But seeing Kavanaugh lying his way through an interview, he definitely did all that he was accused of.

Where are you getting that he "lied his way through" the interview? It really doesn't matter what he said - you presume guilt no matter what.

Yes, I can't imagine he's going to be coaching his daughters' teams anymore, that is for sure. I think the longer they stick this out the more chances that he will get impeached too. You can't have this kind of background and be a judge. Maybe something else, but not a judge.

Maybe a Catholic charities lawyer, nothing else.

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Anonymous wrote:What lying, conniving weasel Kavanaugh showed himself to be in the Fox interview.

And if he really was a virgin (but nonetheless a harrasser) until "many years" after college... wow. 27? 28? 29? Hilarious!

He ought to have been questioned about his finances. Such a fluffy interview. He dodged most of the questions, repeating ad nauseum "I want a fair process..." rinse, repeat.

No, he did not come off as truthful. He came off as evasive. He didn't even answer the question as to whether or not he wanted an FBI investigation. His wife dodged that one completely, looking at her husband and he didn't answer the question.

I actually felt sorry for his wife. She seems brainwashed and sad. All her answers were so carefully rehearsed and completely empty.

This didn't help Kavanaugh at all.

I just rewatched the beginning because I only saw the end. He really is odd. I don’t know if he’s compartmentalizing or in a survivor mode (or both) but he didn’t even show any emotion to his wife. Not physical, nor did his face register any.

It was so sad to see that Brett Kavanaugh showed no emotion, no empathy, no connection to his wife at all. She looks like a really sweet lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think no matter what actually happened, we can all agree on one thing: Kavanaugh has been immersed in a misogynistic culture that centers itself on treating women in a disgusting manner. From the gross yearbook comments to the gross frat to gross questions for Clinton to gross emails about women with coworkers to requiring that his clerks look like "models" ... he has been immersed in that milleau. He SHOULD NOT be deciding questions of utmost importance to women.

Yes, seriously this is a good point. And in hindsight, his parents would have been better off to 1) give him a sibling so he could learn some empathy and 2) send him to public school where he may have been able to avoid these trashy-boy antics.

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Anonymous wrote: Tonight‘s interview was the nail in the coffin for me. If you want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he did not harrass/abuse, was virginal, did not drink to blackout excess, was just joking around about the stuff in the yearbook and in his fraternity, go ahead. But to deny knowledge of others doing such things - that’s one lie too many.

His wife said that she’s known him for 18 years and that it’s “hard to believe.” Pretty tepid. Of course this happened many years before they met. She was seven. (The 10 year age difference between them is especially striking when you think about high schools of the early 80s versus the early 90s.)

His “Ask the moms” line and the multiple awkward references to the 65 women who stood up for him at a “moment’s notice” (including Renate) - yikes. He comes off as both having developed this line of defense for years and yet not being able to deliver it at the moment of truth.

But much of this country, and moreso the vast majority of those in power in Republican Washington, are so not woke, who knows... he’ll probably still be confirmed by weeks end.

She appeared nervous and near tears, as would anyone who loves her husband and can't believe the horrible accusations. When she said "hard to believe," I think she meant all the accusations and how he's being treated are hard to believe. Didn't seem tepid to me. She's not an actress or news anchor.

She may have been upset and she may feel terrible and she may be totally on her husbands side, but her lack of television time doesn’t mean she wasn’t leaving room that this might have some truth. This is a woman who had a sitting president attend her wedding who was an oval office gatekeeper for years. She knows what to say even if she’s not great at how to say it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Tonight‘s interview was the nail in the coffin for me. If you want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he did not harrass/abuse, was virginal, did not drink to blackout excess, was just joking around about the stuff in the yearbook and in his fraternity, go ahead. But to deny knowledge of others doing such things - that’s one lie too many.

His wife said that she’s known him for 18 years and that it’s “hard to believe.” Pretty tepid. Of course this happened many years before they met. She was seven. (The 10 year age difference between them is especially striking when you think about high schools of the early 80s versus the early 90s.)

His “Ask the moms” line and the multiple awkward references to the 65 women who stood up for him at a “moment’s notice” (including Renate) - yikes. He comes off as both having developed this line of defense for years and yet not being able to deliver it at the moment of truth.

But much of this country, and moreso the vast majority of those in power in Republican Washington, are so not woke, who knows... he’ll probably still be confirmed by weeks end.

She appeared nervous and near tears, as would anyone who loves her husband and can't believe the horrible accusations. When she said "hard to believe," I think she meant all the accusations and how he's being treated are hard to believe. Didn't seem tepid to me. She's not an actress or news anchor.

Ummmm. No. It was hard for her to believe that 1) she is a good person, mother and wife 2) she did all the right things and 3) now everyone know what a skeevy guy her husband really is. She just cannot believe that this is the payback he gives her for all that she has contributed to their family.

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Predictions - he is done. They will split in 24 m. The nation will remain divided.

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Watched part of the interview. She still loves him (she is leaning towards him) but doesn’t trust him (very little hand holding or touching).

I went to high school in this area. Georgetown prep was the school you didn’t date boys from- they did whatever they want with absolutely no regrets. They boasted about this stuff.

Kinda like the Renate alumni: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/24/politics/new-york-times-kavanaugh-renate-high-school-yearbook/index.html

USA Today is now reporting a third accuser.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/24/brett-kavanaugh-avenatti-third-accuser-emerge-48-hours/1416699002/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Tonight‘s interview was the nail in the coffin for me. If you want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he did not harrass/abuse, was virginal, did not drink to blackout excess, was just joking around about the stuff in the yearbook and in his fraternity, go ahead. But to deny knowledge of others doing such things - that’s one lie too many.

His wife said that she’s known him for 18 years and that it’s “hard to believe.” Pretty tepid. Of course this happened many years before they met. She was seven. (The 10 year age difference between them is especially striking when you think about high schools of the early 80s versus the early 90s.)

His “Ask the moms” line and the multiple awkward references to the 65 women who stood up for him at a “moment’s notice” (including Renate) - yikes. He comes off as both having developed this line of defense for years and yet not being able to deliver it at the moment of truth.

But much of this country, and moreso the vast majority of those in power in Republican Washington, are so not woke, who knows... he’ll probably still be confirmed by weeks end.

She appeared nervous and near tears, as would anyone who loves her husband and can't believe the horrible accusations. When she said "hard to believe," I think she meant all the accusations and how he's being treated are hard to believe. Didn't seem tepid to me. She's not an actress or news anchor.

Ummmm. No. It was hard for her to believe that 1) she is a good person, mother and wife 2) she did all the right things and 3) now everyone know what a skeevy guy her husband really is. She just cannot believe that this is the payback he gives her for all that she has contributed to their family.

yes, that is what I think too. she is going to say whatever now, while there is a chance he will be confirmed. But she did everything right and now look at him? he is no george bush.

[Anonymous]

Anyone else find this Avenatti guy to be a total sleaze?

[Anonymous]

Anyone else find these Trump and Kavanaugh guys to be total sleazes?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else find this Avenatti guy to be a total sleaze?

Sleaze or not he's not to be screwed with and has the goods. Just wait and see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kavanaugh’s roommate from Yale has gone on the record saying that he believes the second accuser.
https://abc7news.com/amp/politics/brett-kavanaughs-yale-roommate-says-he-believes-second-accuser/4330055/

Fair enough that he believes his friend. Still not proof of anything other than that he is a good friend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else find this Avenatti guy to be a total sleaze?

Sleaze or not he's not to be screwed with and has the goods. Just wait and see.

Why isn't the media reporting on Avenatti's tweets? Because he hasn't named a name yet?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. Why does Team Doctor prefer to have the old GOP gang question here. Graham is a brilliant interrogator. Kennedy is unbelievably gifted at reducing witnesses to rubble. Hatch is a wild card.

They think she will get more sympathy if she is questioned by a group that is exclusively old and male than if she is questioned by a single female.

It is definitely about optics. Can't spin it that way if an experienced sex crimes prosecutor does the questioning, especially if that person is a woman. And they will use it as justification for her to no-show.

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Anonymous wrote: Tonight‘s interview was the nail in the coffin for me. If you want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he did not harrass/abuse, was virginal, did not drink to blackout excess, was just joking around about the stuff in the yearbook and in his fraternity, go ahead. But to deny knowledge of others doing such things - that’s one lie too many.

His wife said that she’s known him for 18 years and that it’s “hard to believe.” Pretty tepid. Of course this happened many years before they met. She was seven. (The 10 year age difference between them is especially striking when you think about high schools of the early 80s versus the early 90s.)

His “Ask the moms” line and the multiple awkward references to the 65 women who stood up for him at a “moment’s notice” (including Renate) - yikes. He comes off as both having developed this line of defense for years and yet not being able to deliver it at the moment of truth.

But much of this country, and moreso the vast majority of those in power in Republican Washington, are so not woke, who knows... he’ll probably still be confirmed by weeks end.

She appeared nervous and near tears, as would anyone who loves her husband and can't believe the horrible accusations. When she said "hard to believe," I think she meant all the accusations and how he's being treated are hard to believe. Didn't seem tepid to me. She's not an actress or news anchor.

Ummmm. No. It was hard for her to believe that 1) she is a good person, mother and wife 2) she did all the right things and 3) now everyone know what a skeevy guy her husband really is. She just cannot believe that this is the payback he gives her for all that she has contributed to their family.

yes, that is what I think too. she is going to say whatever now, while there is a chance he will be confirmed. But she did everything right and now look at him? he is no george bush.

She knew he was no George Bush but she hitched her horse to that cart and now it's all falling apart. Even if he is confirmed, he's been exposed as, at the very least, a really scuzzy guy. Forget the rapey high school and college behavior, his membership in T&C, etc. His behavior as a WH attorney, his preference for "model-like" law clerks, the accounts of his boozey, misogynistic behavior during the 90s and the Clinton investigation - all of it is gross and Mrs. Kavanaugh is likely devastated. I feel for her.