Kavanaugh: 'I will not be intimidated into withdrawing'

I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy. To point out that right wingers on this board always call out the "evil left" yet if ever anybody on the right commit this kind of threat, only a few would step up to condemn such a thing and the rest would quickly disowned the perpetrator as not belonging to the right. All you have to do is to look at Lousiana75's response to me. As if no righties would make a threat against a child. Virtue signalling at its best.

 

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Sure there are hypocrites in all walks for life but how can you attribute hypocrisy to a whole group of people just based on a few? Republicans don't hold a monopoly on being hypocritical.

 

He might as well stand and fight. If he withdraws, the Dems will just go after the next nominee, too. They'll find someone to say like, "He kicked my dog back in 1972" (or something similar).

 

And neither does Democrats. That is my point.

 

COCAINE MITCH THROWS DOWN

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell just addressed the Kavanaugh nomination on the floor of the Senate. He accurately called out the Democrats’ calculated political hit. He concluded his statement with the announcement that the nomination will come to the floor of the Senate for a vote soon after the hearing announced for this Thursday (left unstated: with or without the recommendation of the Judiciary Committee).

Here is the text of the statement from Senator McConnell:

Let me start with a quote: “I’m going to fight this nomination with everything I’ve got.” That was the Democrat Leader on television mere hours after Judge Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. Others pledged their opposition before he was even named. Before they’d reviewed a lick of evidence. Before they’d heard a minute of testimony. The Democrats had already made up their minds and chosen their tactics: delay, obstruct, and resist. Whatever it took — whatever the truth really was — they were going to do whatever they could to stop this qualified, experienced, and mainstream nominee.

Democrats have signaled for months they’d put on whatever performance the far-left special interests demanded and throw all the mud they could manufacture. Well, it’s not like they didn’t warn us. But even by the far left’s standards, this shameful smear campaign has hit a new low. I’ll get into the specifics in just a moment. But I want to be perfectly clear about what has taken place.

Senate Democrats and their allies are trying to destroy a man’s personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old allegations that are unsubstantiated and uncorroborated. That is where we are. This is what the so-called ‘Resistance’ has become. A smear campaign, pure and simple. Aided and abetted by members of the United States Senate.

Eight weeks ago, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee received a letter from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford with an uncorroborated allegation of misconduct. She had requested the matter be handled discretely and confidentially. The responsible next step would have been alerting the full committee so a confidential, bipartisan investigation could begin. Committee staff would have followed their standard practice for investigating background information. Senators could have questioned Judge Kavanaugh in their meetings, or in closed session, while respecting Dr. Ford’s request for confidentiality.

But Democrats didn’t do any of that. They sat on Dr. Ford’s letter for seven weeks. They kept it secret. They did nothing. They bid their time. And then they threw Professor Ford’s wishes overboard and leaked it to the press. Our colleague from Delaware has himself indicated that either the Ranking Member’s office or the Democrat committee staff likely leaked the document. As I’ve noted, we know the chain of custody of the letter went through the Democrat side of the Judiciary Committee.

So, does this sound like Democrat Senators take their responsibilities seriously and want to get to the truth? Or does it sound like a choreographed smear campaign that ignored Dr. Ford’s request for confidentiality in order to inflict maximum damage at the last minute on Judge Kavanaugh and his family?

This is an allegation of misconduct which all four supposed witnesses either flatly contradict or are unable to back up. In addition to Judge Kavanaugh, the other three supposed witnesses have said they have — quote — ‘no knowledge,’ ‘no recollection,’ and ‘no memory’ of the alleged incident. It’s not just one alleged witness disagreeing with the allegations — it’s literally every person who was supposedly there. One of these supposed witnesses said she does not even know Judge Kavanaugh.

So all the witnesses that Dr. Ford says were present at the party have told the Committee — on the record and under penalty of felony — all confirm that they do not remember any such party, do not know Judge Kavanaugh, or have never seen him do anything remotely like what has been alleged. And this unsubstantiated allegation stands entirely at odds with everything we’ve heard about Judge Kavanaugh’s character from those who have worked with him and socialized with him, dating all the way back to high school.

But Democrats wouldn’t let a few inconvenient things — like a complete lack of evidence, or an accuser’s request for confidentiality — get between them and a good smear. It’s despicable. And the contrast with the completely professional conduct of Chairman Grassley could not be starker.

As soon as Chairman Grassley learned about this allegation, he handled it through proper channels. He immediately began gathering the facts. His office promptly conducted a transcribed interview of Judge Kavanaugh — in which, under penalty of felony, he unequivocally denied the last-minute allegation. And the office received statements from all the other supposed witnesses that either directly contradicted the story or denied knowing anything about it.

What’s more, Chairman Grassley ensured that Dr. Ford could be heard in a forum of her choosing — either here or in California; either in public or in private; either with the staff or with the Members. He has gone above and beyond to accommodate her requests. Thanks to him, we have a fair and open hearing scheduled for Thursday. Dr. Ford will be able to state her allegation under oath, and Judge Kavanaugh will be able to respond.

But the smear campaign didn’t stop there. That was just “Act One.” According to the reporter of this second allegation, the accuser, quote, “came forward because Senate Democrats began looking…” And now they’re calling for even further delays and further obstruction over a second, decades-old allegation that is so thin and unsupported that the New York Times refused to even run a story about it.

This claim is so dubious that the New York Times passed on the story entirely after it looked into it. Here’s why the New York Times declined to publish. It — quote — ‘interviewed several dozen people over the past week in an attempt to corroborate her story and could find no one with firsthand knowledge.’ Not one person ‘with firsthand knowledge’ to support the allegation — but rather multiple, on-the-record denials. Again. The Times also reported that the claimant said she, herself, is uncertain of her claim. That’s the New York Times, whose credo is ‘all the news that’s fit to print.’ And it found this latest last-minute allegation not even fit to print.

But that hasn’t stopped Judiciary Committee Democrats from shoveling it into their smear campaign and demanding for yet further delays. They kept this one secret from Republicans, too, by the way. Evidently, several Democrat offices knew of this allegation for at least a week, but like with Dr. Ford’s claim, they sat on this one, too — so the Committee could not take any proper action. They just wanted it to wind up in the press.

Another orchestrated, last-minute hit on the nominee. And now they’re acting like it’s a legitimate reason to delay things even further. As though they hadn’t already announced themselves as completely opposed to his nomination, anyway. As if they hadn’t already promised the far left they would lead the fight to bring this nomination down — whatever it took, whatever the cost. Let’s put aside the last-minute, unsubstantiated smears. Let’s return to the facts. Let’s have a fair hearing on Thursday.

Here are the facts we do have: Hundreds of men and women who have known Brett Kavanaugh across his life have written or spoken out that he is a man of strong character and tremendous integrity. Numerous witnesses testified before the Judiciary Committee that he is a trusted mentor, a loyal friend, and a lifelong champion of women. More than 75 women gathered last week to share their decades-long knowledge of Judge Kavanaugh as a, quote, ‘responsible guy who treats us with kindness and respect,’ and a ‘true gentleman in all aspects of his life.’

And separately, of course, it remains beyond reasonable dispute that Judge Kavanaugh’s legal brilliance and excellence on the bench make him one of the very most qualified Supreme Court nominees in the history of our country. All these facts are quite clearly on one side. Maybe that’s why the Democrats are so panicked. Maybe that’s why they are so willing to try to bring down this nominee.

In the meantime, a good and honorable man and his family are receiving death threats. They are the subject of smears. And are facing Senate Democrats who say he has no presumption of innocence because they don’t agree with his judicial philosophy. Well, before the week is out, both Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford will testify, under oath, before the Judiciary Committee. Chairman Grassley has made sure the facts will be heard. Judge Kavanaugh and the American people deserve nothing less. And I want to make it perfectly clear—Judge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor. Up or down, on the Senate floor, this fine nominee to the Supreme Court will receive a vote in this Senate in the near future.

 

America's rule of law has been torn down by anyone claiming anything with absolutely ZERO basis of evidence for which to even start a formal investigation, which is why not a SINGLE one of them have filed for it.

And the Republicans, including so-called moderate Republicans are falling for this sham.

 

This have to do with what I've said...how??

 

Nobody on the right said that "she deserved what she got".

The point is that she didn't get anything.

Please try to keep up.

 

We don't even know if she 'got' what she said she got lol. Hell, everyone denies that she did. There's no way this girl is going to testify Thursday. I'll be shocked. If she does testify and basically regurgitates the same thing verbatim, she's going to be laughed out of the committee by the Republicans and the Democrats can stomp their feet all they want.

 

This Kavanaugh smear by the Democrats is one of the most vicious and despicable political operations in our nation's history.

DEMOCRATS DIVE INTO THE MUD
They are worse than pigs, after all, even pigs have some standards.


I think the nation is noticing that Democrats are completely out of their minds.

 

https://theconservativetreehouse.co...torney-casts-doubt-on-appearance/#more-154501

Am I surprised? No, not really. Frankly, the witness does not have the right to dictate events whatsoever. I'd tell her she can either submit the same written statements her supposed witnesses did, or simply not show up on Thursday. We shouldn't follow any further demands of theirs. The negotiation is final.

 

They noticed that during the C.Thomas hearings as well.

 

LOL.

The hate filled radical far right has been smearing Hillary from Day One. To this day they have yet to find any evidence of criminal conduct on her part.

As usual, the radical far right is filled with double standards, hate, and treason. Just read their posts and you will see for yourself.

 

Seriously, they're shooting themselves in the foot. Donald Trump was/is unlikeable by their base and by other left-leaning independents. All they HAD to do was show themselves to be "more mature" than Donald and the Republicans.

But no, they're the football team that turns it over multiple times and can't get over the goal line.

 

This was to point out hypocrisy in the right and therefore people can't be outraged now because you didnt see everyone condemn something before. I guess my main question is who made you the judge on hypocrisy?

 

Keep laughing.

What we are seeing here is the complete destruction of our leadership institutions. Democrats who cannot consistently win elections are burning it down.

The political class bemoans “populism” and the rising hatred of our ruling elites, but who’s doing the most to cause this? The Destroy Kavanaugh efforts will cause the public to recoil even more from our political class, just who do Progs think will be the long-term beneficiary? More people like Trump.

Progs are not going to like living under the new rules they’re putting in place.

 

Forum Republicons still complaining about Kavanaugh hearings even though they refused to give Merrick Garland even one hearing.

 

Who cares about pajama boy Merrick Garland?

 

They've gotten a lot worse.

 

No one, but the left(and only the left) cares about Merrick Garland. There inlies the problem.

 

The same as the rest of the members who called others hypocrites on a daily basis. Funny you point me out but not them.

 

LOL....so you only care when it....suits you. Party before country eh?

 

Garland's character wasn't assassinated, he just wasn't considered for the job by the Senate which IMO does fulfill their advice and consent. Unspoken, he wasn't good enough but they were afraid to put it to a vote in case they lost, looking like extremists for rejecting a moderate.

But on the subject of Garland, Kavanaugh voted with Garland 80% of the time. I'd say that's a pretty good pick from a Trump nominee, given how evil he is right?

 

You could learn something from that post.

"the radical far right"

The radical far right is as nuts as the average lefty, the average Democrat, and the average MSM.