Topic: Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh - page 10. (Read 13396 times)

So... after all this whining about delays it turns out that the objection to the FBI investigation was totally pointless. Republicans could have done it immediately when the allegation surfaced and it likely would have been completed by now. But hey now look we're heroes because we're doing the thing that makes sense.

https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1045779267827699712

I've also been feeling that way on an intuitive level. I don't like the Republicans, but I can't stand the Democrats. A decade ago they used to at least pay lip service to a few good things like opposition to war and some individual freedoms. I actually became a libertarian from the left. But now they're very pro-war and maybe as bad on free speech etc. as the Republicans due to their focus on identity politics. However, I have to keep reminding myself that the Republicans will do plenty of harm if they gain a lot of power, and in fact it may be an improvement if the Democrats get the House (but not the Senate) in the upcoming election because it'll make it harder for anything at all to get done. Even though it'll be absolute hell to have to listen to a Democratic Speaker for 2+ years...

If the Democrats gain both the House and the Senate in the upcoming election, then I'm calling it right now: Trump will get so amazingly frustrated that he will do something massively stupid/illegal and end up getting impeached (via the support of many Republicans). I'm not sure whether this would be good from a libertarian perspective.

Kavanaugh is better than anyone who a Democrat would nominate, so that's one good thing, though it's still disappointing. I don't even really trust him on the 2^nd amendment -- probably he would support all sorts of incremental regulations. Though maybe his experience with his nomination will make him more radical, which might be interesting.

I'm a Libertarian, thus my love for decentralization and cryptos, I am with you on Kavanaugh BUT after watching the brutal and vile process the Dems put this man through, I'm going to ditch voting for Libertarians this election cycle and vote Republican.  Sick and tired of the drama, the media and their siding with Democrats is so freaking obvious and it makes me puke.  Perhaps the day will come when Republicans will agree to meet Libertarians in the middle on many issues (not all), many of us Libertarians will start supporting the Republican party.

BOOM, FBI investigation incoming!

This is fantastic news for Kavanaugh and Republicans they can now prove the Dem plot and his 100% innocence with a non partisan investigation!  This will ensure Kavanaugh will get the votes once hes cleared LOL!

Finally the right thing is happening, to try to find out some actual facts!

Senate committee advances Judge Kavanaugh to full chamber for final confirmation vote
https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-vote-20180928-story,amp.html

It counts, just not in a positive way.

A certified pussy-grabber's opinion that Kav is not a pussy-grabber doesn't count?

I think an endorsement of a self-proclaimed pussy grabber is the last thing Kavanaugh needs right now

Again - good with the base doesn't mean good in Senate. Committee votes in half hour, although that doesn't mean much. Full Senate apparently still has 4 undecided.

Trump: Kavanaugh accusations are a con job!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDybBmtUKk

It all falls apart: Kavanaugh accusers recant and are exposed for history of lies and...







Read more at https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-09-26-it-all-falls-apart-kavanaugh-accusers-recant-and-are-exposed-for-history-of-lies-and-psycho-behavior.html.

Has anyone made the meme of that dude holding up the “Buy BTCitcoin” sign
photoshopped in behind Brett Kavanaugh giving testimony yet?

Family values SMH

There is a bit of danger though. 54% is quite low, callous as it may sound. Might give some of those undecided Republican senators a pause. And the poll was done before yesterday's hearing, in which Kavanaugh (1) pandered to the base, but also (2) sounded... unsteady I think is the word.

48% of White Evangelicals Would Support Kavanaugh Even If He Assaulted Dr. Ford
http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/27/48-of-white-evangelicals-would-support-kavanaugh-even-if-he-assaulted-dr-ford/


Sad... quite sad

Sure, but Ford totally got used.

Ford wasn't central to Feinstein's gaming of pulling out the letter at the last minute.

She wanted to stay unnamed, and the Dems leaked her story.

She got totally used.

I agree, though there has been many instances of sexual harassment which are true most of them are just character assasination and though I don’t know what really happened, I think the woman could have spoken out about this a long time ago than wait for this time to come out.

Wow what a statement. Here is the video its worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQF9e4y1LQM

Kavanaugh's opening statement seems to have been designed to please Trump - maybe he was worried that Trump could pull the nomination if he looks weak. Could also play well with the Republican base. The trouble is that neither Trump nor the base will vote in the confirmation so he missed the boat by a mile with that speech. Something less tone-deaf would have been more appropriate for convincing the handful of Republican senators who might still be undecided.

The defense strategy now seems to be "mistaken identity".

Trump has tweeted regarding Kavanaugh:




Hopefully, the Senate will vote Kavanaugh in over the weekend/next week, and make the Supreme Court great again!

I don't but it's just because there are a lot of different kinds of people in this world.

I don't consider that a good or bad thing about him, just saying.


This is a case of someone being asked to disprove an allegation with few facts. I'm not sure that's possible.

You already have the four people who were supposedly at the party saying it didn't happen, nothing like that ever happened. You've got two men (not named by Ford) saying they might well be the ones that she reported assaulted her.

I'm inclined toward believing Ford, the six others, and Kavanaugh. All of their testimony together makes perfect sense if just Ford remembers wrongly about who was in that room. Given the extent that she reports being drunk, it's possible. Mistaken identity does happen, look at the numbers of convicts who have been cleared by DNA.

More like hes having a temper tantrum LOLOL

This part was neat!

Sen Leahy:  Are you the Bart O'Kavanaugh in the book (ref to Mark Judges book Wasted)
Kavanaugh:  I don't know you would have ask him! (ref to Mark Judge)
Sen Leahy: Well I agree with you there and that's why I wished the chairman had him here under oath.

His own defense gives more credibility to the fact they need Judge and many other witnesses...

Kavanaugh is a liar period.  No reasonable innocent person with direct access to the POTUS and the FBI at the snap of a finger would not call for an immediate FULL FBI investigation.

You right wing nut jobs want to talk about not being reasonable to come out after 36 years how about not demanding your name be fucking cleared by the premiere investigative agency in the country...

You know if the FBI investigated the claims and found them completely false the republicans could smash the dems with the whole conspiracy theory and parade it around for the mid terms.

But since Kavanaugh did it and Trump can't manipulate the FBI the republicans know they are fucked and only have the bully tactic left to use.

Say bye to Kavanaugh folks!  I don't even think Flake is gonna let it hit the floor haha!