The End of the World: A Political Thread. A New Hope coming soon!
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He seems pretty guilty but even if he isn't he has also made it clear that he is a political operative and not a judge
Bold tactics now by Kavanaugh, but I guess if you filibuster every question and don't give an answer, you can't be accused of lying.
So while I previously referred to McConnell as the Pope, I'm torn. I mean, it's clear that the Republicans are covering up investigating a sexual assault - which isn't to say that Kavanaugh did it, but that they are actively and deliberately refusing to even investigate it. I'm not sure if that makes them more like the Catholic Church, Penn State, or Michigan State, or some other case I'm forgetting. The fact that when they found out about the second set of allegations, before they became public, they pushed to have the vote and hearing ASAP is damning.
The funny thing is, I think Kavanaugh at least believes he's telling the truth. My best guess is that he really is a heavy drinker, as many people who knew him attested to in the New Yorker story. We also know that the second allegation, which was in that story, wasn't a case of the victim going to the press, but instead the press getting hold of an email between people who knew Kavanaugh at Yale wondering if that would come out. And I think the committee knows that the more people called to testify, the worse things get for their man -- hell, Kavanaugh is following the same Trumpian path of protesting innocence but refusing to answer a question directly and not wanting to have any independent investigation.
They also stopped having the prosecutor ask questions and went back to the Яepublican senators doing the fluffery instead. He didn't seem to hold up well to prosecution, which makes me wonder if Harris might be able to get something out of him, if at least she can stop him from answering a yes/no question by spending three minutes talking about his academics, sports, or "yeah, I like beer."
The funny thing is, I think Kavanaugh at least believes he's telling the truth. My best guess is that he really is a heavy drinker, as many people who knew him attested to in the New Yorker story. We also know that the second allegation, which was in that story, wasn't a case of the victim going to the press, but instead the press getting hold of an email between people who knew Kavanaugh at Yale wondering if that would come out. And I think the committee knows that the more people called to testify, the worse things get for their man -- hell, Kavanaugh is following the same Trumpian path of protesting innocence but refusing to answer a question directly and not wanting to have any independent investigation.
They also stopped having the prosecutor ask questions and went back to the Яepublican senators doing the fluffery instead. He didn't seem to hold up well to prosecution, which makes me wonder if Harris might be able to get something out of him, if at least she can stop him from answering a yes/no question by spending three minutes talking about his academics, sports, or "yeah, I like beer."
Certainly looks that way. Somehow the GOP finds a way to hit a new low.
This is why you throw the "both sides" BS out the window and vote
What the f***? He claim the Ralph club was because he couldn’t stomach spicy food? Are you f***ing kidding me? The calling out the girl in the yearbook was a sign of admiration? f*** everyone who votes for them. I don’t care what happens to you or your family. It’s all your fault. Make their lives uncomfortable. Make their lives unbearable. f*** it. It’s time to take the gloves off.
They should do a full investigation, its possible he was a serial rapist in his youth. There are two other accusers who put there names out there and they aren't even getting a hearing.
He flat out lied under oath. He lied. If he lies about puking at the beach, he sure as hell is lying about attempting to rape someone. He‘s a liar. He lied under oath. This is not someone who should be a judge at any level.
Do you really take a leap to he is lying about being a rapist from the fact that he was lying about puking at the beach.
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I think I would be ok if that was the logic. If its ultimately he said/she said but that isn't what is happening. Republicans have just decided she is a liar and there is literally nothing that could have happened today that would have changed that.
They know the longer this goes the more the public will turn on him. The truth doesn't matter to them. Filling the seat does.
Absolutely. One wants to have an investigation and the other is doing whatever they can to not have one. He lied countless times in the hearing. Outright lies. He outright lied in his first hearing.
It started as he said/she said. She answered questions, passed a polygraph, and welcomes an investigation. He evaded questions, hasn't taken a polygraph and is apparently only interested in an investigation by the Committee, who steadfastly refuses to subpoena witnesses or actually hold people like Trump Jr. accountable when they commit perjury. She was questioned by a prosecutor trying to find holes in her story, and was consistent and believable. He was questioned by a prosecutor and was evasive and as soon as the prosecutor established that July 1, 1982 had an entry on the calendar which did fit the list of people the accuser cited in her letter, we stopped hearing from the prosecutor and instead the Republican sentators remaining went on their attack.
Incidentally, full props to Grassley for misrepresenting Biden's FBI quote over and over. Biden said that about Senators who were claiming that the FBI report exonerated Clarence Thomas - which, of course, it didn't. But it's just more examples that the GOP knows that any investigations they don't control entirely may find out things they don't want coming out - hell, even this s***show revealed the probable date thanks to the Republican appointed inquisitor, who forgot who she was working for and acted like she was actually being a sex crimes prosecutor.
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