A simple, hypothetical question regarding Ford and Kavanaugh

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  1. Natty Bumpo

    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    It is common for victims to recall the trauma itself vividly, but not details such as exact time and place.



    That fake tale spread by right wing media entertainers was exposed long ago. The truth, that some do not like, is that Brett Kavanaugh (aka "Bart O'Kavanaugh")'s mother ruled in favor of Blasey's parents.
     
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    Belligerence when accosted is a good thing. What makes you think only Democrats should be allowed to be outraged? His answers weren't evasive, he said more than once that if the committee wanted another investigation go ahead.. He didn't say he wouldn't be impartial in fact he pointed to his record and a number of people practicing before him that showed that he had always behaved impartially according to the facts of the case and the constitution which is all you can ask.
     
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    Embraced what conspiracy theory? The committee behaved in a partisan fashion so his response to that was necessarily partisan. What threats of retaliation?
     
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    "Reap the whirlwind".

    His response should have remained politically impartial; instead, he lambasted democrats for a hit job and blamed the "left" and "HRC" for this mess.

    If any of this held any water, Gorsuch would have been met with similar accusations.
     
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    Another great "what if." What if Hillary won the Presidency last election and she was appointing Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? What are the chances Democrat Christine Ford would be bringing up her accusations against him?

    I say 100% she would not.
     
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    Perhaps, but lying under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee to get a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court is not a "good thing".

    Brett Kavanough (aka "Bart O'Kavanaugh") may have faired better had he not gone with the Trumpy "Deny! Deny! Deny!" strategy, and told the truth concerning his excessive drinking in prep school and college.

     
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    Does not constitute proof.
     
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    It is not a criminal trial. It is an assessment of suitability to serve on the Supreme Court.

    From a purely political, Democratic, perspective, the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh (aka "Bart O'Kavanaugh") and his replacement with the more conservative Amy Coney Barrett is an electoral liability.
     
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    Should someone be denied employment on the basis of being the victim of false accusations?
     
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    No.

    That does not apply in the case of Brett Kavanaugh (aka "Bart O'Kavanaugh".)

    Republicans and Democrats alike were impressed by Dr Ford's credibility, and have so stated.
     
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    Clearly, if Brett Kavanaugh (aka "Bart O'Kavanaugh") not lied under oath concerning his excessive drinking over thirty years ago, he may have succeeded in casting doubt upon Dr Ford's testimony concerning his sexually assaulting her.
     
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    Is there a particular, relevant reason for the continual referring to Brett Kavanaugh as "Bart O'Kavanaugh" on the part of yourself? Is it supposed to mean something important?
     
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    Classmate Mark Judge used the "Bart O'Kavanaugh" alias in the memoir "Wasted" about the degenerate behavior as Georgetown Preparatory School.
     
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    So in your opinion, drinking in your teens and college days should exclude you from public office. Did you vote for this guy.
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...pretty_much_tried_whatever_was_out_there.html
     
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    That may be your standard. I cannot speak for you.

    It is the 53-year-old Brett O'Kavanaugh (aka "Bart O'Kavanaugh") lying under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee that renders him unsuitable for the USSC.

    Charles Ludington is among his Yale classmates who have come forth to acknowlede that Kavanaugh was an ugly drunk, noting that "if he lied about his past actions on national television, and more especially while speaking under oath in front of the United States Senate, I believe those lies should have consequences."
     
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    !st reap the whirlwind was Graham not Kavanaugh, and in any case they were talking about what this BS was going to be the selection process in the future.

    2nd Democrats did do a hit job and he also complained about how the dems abused Dr,. Ford as well. That isn't a conspiracy theory it is a fact.

    3rd and finally Gorsuch replace a conservative Scalia. They simply didn't care about that because it didn't change the balance of the court. Had the two men appeared n reverse order, they would have held all this ammo for Gorsuch. Why do you think they were yelling so much about Kennedy retiring? They knew who was on Trump's short list and none of them are liked by the left.
     
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    Cool story. How many documents do you have that show proof of your assertions?
     
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    How many do you want? And how man do you have that prove yours.
     
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    I cant prove a negative. I'm waiting for you to give me documents that provce this was a Democrat conspiracy.
     
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    Meaning it is speculation, but not actual evidence.
     
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    Some say he did others say he didn't. Who do you believe? Blumenthal claims to have fought in Vietnam, Hillary Clinton claims snipers fired on her, Bill claimed he never had sex with that woman. There is no doubt those people lied. I saw no outrage from you on them. Why the different standard? Ellison is accused of abusing his girlfriend. Why don't you want to find out if it is true. Cory Booker admits he sexually assaulted a woman. Where is your moral outrage?
     
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    Yea..."what if" it was a space alien....

    Jesus you people are nuts
     
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    1. There is no question that Feinstein sat on this for 2 months. Why would she do that? There is only one answer. She knew, having read it that it wasn't going to do crap If they'd have done the investigation last summer when it first hit the desk it would have been over and done and Kavanaugh would have been seated for this session of SCOTUS.
    2. Please don't give me that crap about her caring about Ford's privacy. Ford's privacy would have always been in the eyes of the Democratic minority entirely secondary to preventing Kavanaugh from being seated before the midterms. This whole thing is entirely predicated on the possibility that the Democrats might win the Senate in the midterms. If you think this entire thing isn't politically motivated you're kidding yourself. In fact if the Republicans retain the senate for the midterms - far and away the greater likelihood - the Democratic stall game will almost certainly collapse there after.
     
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    Baloney they are just trying to be nice
     

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