The Dems right now.
Wise words from a sorely missed man.(Even though his brother is the wiser and saner of the two)
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Mike Lee sums up my mood adequately.
Eh, I don’t like the attacks on her. As, I’ve said, it’s possible this thing happened. What bothers me is that it seems Kavanaugh must disprove his guilt with nothing (lack of date, location, etc.). Criminal court or job interview, that’s absurd. There’s stalling a nominee by refusing to vote or whatever else, Then, there’s this.mess. Still, she shouldn’t be targeted, methinks.
Just my thoughts.
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Nobody is safe from this Nike meme.
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I’m way behind on the memes I guess.
When they say “This is going on your permanent record”, they ain’t shittin!.
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Thought experiment. You own a business and are looking to hire someone. You’re seriously considering a candidate who is eminently qualified, but is by no means the only eminently qualified candidate out there. (Truth be told, you have your pick of many, many such individuals, all of whom want very much to work for you.) Late in the vetting process, you learn of an allegation that the candidate may have committed a serious sexual assault in high school. My question: What would be your decision criteria re whether to go with this guy vs cutting bait and picking someone else? In other words, what level of ‘possible this thing happened’ (to use your term) would lead you to keep looking?
They just don’t compare. This is for a high profile position like few others in a highly politicized atmosphere. We are talking about ideologies that tell one side or the other that the other side wants to put them in chains or own their bodies. In other words, enemies that must be defeated no matter what. And yes, both sides. Cory Booker called Kavanaugh evil.
“I’m here to call on folks to understand that in a moral moment, there is no neutral. In a moral moment, there is no bystanders,” he said. “You are either complicit in the evil, you are either contributing to the wrong, or you are fighting against it.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/398681-booker-those-who-dont-oppose-kavanaugh-are-complicit-in-the-evil
Note the date is clearly before the accusations broke.
And then Kavanaugh has to hear this same man refer to Ford’s testimony as “her truth.”
Gosh, I wonder why Kavanaugh was angry at times. He is being questioned by a least a few people who immediately decided he was guilty. And, a few who could care less if he is guilty of this because he was already evil enough. This is just an opportunity.
This could be the beginning of a new level of ugly. You just need to attach yourself to an allegation that doesn’t need to be proven so long as it can’t be disproved (because it’s vague/short on details to examine–dates, locations, witnesses, physical evidence) and you sink your political opponents. Think on that.
You can’t even hold the accuser accountable because where do you even start to prove they’ve lied or somehow confused an event/person in the past? They apparently don’t need witnesses, physical evidence, a date, a location, or anything at all but their word.
I would hire that person, btw.
Eye, there is nothing. Not one witness that she herself named has backed her story.
Are you prepared to have him impeached? We’eve already hired him, after all. Even if he doesn’t get the USSC seat, he is a judge. His teaching offers withdrawn? Let go as a coach? Etc. Are you ready to take all that away from him for uncorroborated allegations?
Harvard Law School Dean Won’t Say If Brett Kavanaugh Still Has A Job
Ok, maybe you don’t like his politics. Maybe you think it sucks that Trump got to fill this seat. But holy smokes what an absolutely impossible position to be put in, no? He can’t even try to reconstruct an alibi for that night to show he wasn’t at that location then. What night? What location? He sees witnesses, including Ford’s own close friend, deny any recollection of this party/ Yet, still, has to watch as people cheer the idea he might not even be able to teach at Harvard Law again, much less sit on any court.
What standard would any of you want the public to adopt with respect to accusations leveled at your brothers, fathers, husbands, boyfriends, and sons?
Not even her close friend.
Edit: We’re buds! Remember that! Lol.
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Mike Judge, isays he’s willing and ready to meet with any law enforcement agency. Still denying it.
So you’ll get that. I’m guessing he says “Nope, didn’t happen”
And I’m guessing the FBI reports, “He’s says it didn’t happen…”
Heh. Geeze. Of course.
People with a heart, and people who are close to a sex assault victim aren’t laughing at the BS out there making fun of Dr Ford… Because of who and what she represents.
There is a reason EVERYONE at the hearing was very respectful of her even when asking tough questions.
As obvious as rain with a cloudy sky.
That’s awesome! We can learn more about what inspired him to produce King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-Head!
Mark Judge has denied any recollection of the event Ford made uh…remembers. I don’t want to hear from him. I want to hear from witnesses that can testify to having seen Kavanaugh stick his dick in Ford while she was trying to scream despite having her mouth covered by a rag soaked with chloroform.
Or just get this safe, middle-of-the-road, establishment, swamp pick out of here, and get Barrett in there. I hope no one misinterprets my complete non-belief of Ford as being support of Kavanaugh for this position. I hope Trump understands that what is happening now is what happens when you try to compromise with these dickheads.
You hope Trump understands? That’s quite the leap of faith.
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Unfortunately, this hypothetical isn’t apples to apples to Kavanaugh’s situation - the Senate didn’t learn late by happenstance, it learned late in the game through deliberate strategy on the part of Democrats to slow walk the information. That undermines the credibility of the testimony - this should have been item one on the agenda of the hearing. Since it wasn’t, it raises real, fair questions as to whether it’s true.
On that point, I feel genuinely sorry for Ford, who I believe, based on her sincerity, was the victim of some wrongdoing that night - but the cynical exploitation of her story by Senate Democrats makes people fairly skeptical. Her testimony can’t be divorced from the context in which it arose.
And it was done this way by the open secret in the room - Senate Democrats want to push the confirmation process past the mid-terms so that if there is a Blue Wave and Democrats retake the Senate, they will use the GOP’s arguments on Merrick Garland back at them - hey, the people have spoken, and no SCOTUS nominee should be confirmed when there’s a change of power coming in the body that advises and consents (and argument the GOP deserves to have thrown in its face, btw.)
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How does is undermine Ford’s credibility, or ‘raise real/fair questions re whether it’s true’? Remember, she sent the letter July 30th–a long time ago. Whatever you think of the Dem’s actions, they have no impact on the veracity of her claims.
Edit: Her original letter (ie, to her congressional rep) was dated July 6th–before Kavanaugh was even nominated (July 9th). That speaks strongly to sincerity and veracity on her part.
Of course it can. You can believe her story and be outraged at what you perceive was political gamesmanship on the part of the Dems. They are orthogonal issues.
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Rofl. Oh boy. I’ll leave it uncorrected, heh.
Let me add to your sentiments with something I stated much earlier in this thread.
Every pundit the night after the “hearings”… including Conservative ones…kept saying that Ford came off as “credible” and/or plausible…
This is what I feel after carefully thinking about all this.
Ford came off as an injured bird; with a very screwed-up life, Anyone whom has done any level of serious counselling could see that a mile away with their eyes closed.
I think that Kavanaugh was in fact a part of her early pathology. He probably did what she said he did, as a dumb-assed, horny Teen…and forever became part of some deeper seated issues with this woman. (What was her counselling all about anyway, where Kavanaugh came up?)
Do I think he is still qualified for The Court? While the “Left-Wing Conspiracy” stuff made me say “DAMN!!! Why the Hell did he go there…!”…yes…I feel that he is still qualified…but some deep-seated (and troubling) feelings were expressed that trouble me somewhat for someone on the Court. With that said…I still think he is qualified.
Let’s hope Graham put enough Fear of God in enough Senators to make it happen.
(Damn…I hate ALL of this with a passion. We ARE better than this…)
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