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The Greater Fool said:
BK's aggressive questioning of the Senators, rather than simply responding to the questions, is a bad choice, I think. It smacks of losing his perspective, albeit in a bad situation.
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No matter how loudly Graham stamps his feet, there is something seriously wrong about the way Kavanaugh is avoiding answering questions.
 
Whoa! K is claiming that Judge's book is a 'fictionalized' account of his days as an alcoholic and that he doesn't know if 'Bart O'Kavanaugh' is meant to be him. That is truly disingenuous. He then goes on the attack and claims Leayh is trying to 'make fun of' Judge. Not a good move.

Man, he is intent on showing everyone what a choir boy he was in high school while claiming that the yearbook was part "farce and exaggeration". Odd. Not from any yearbooks I ever saw and I saw a lot in my years as a teacher. He's desperately trying to excuse away what he wrote.
 
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If you lost your virginity on day 2 of high school, could you truthfully say that you were a virgin in high school?


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I never heard of a drinking game called devil's triangle either.

That being said, I like how people are going to urban Dictionary to explain a term used in a high school yearbook issued in 1982.
 
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If he was a jerk in high school, he would have been better off in my mind to admit it and apologize. Hatch is now repeating what Graham said that it was high school so it didn't matter.

They are also harping on Feinstein taking too long to show anyone the letter despite the fact that was explained.
 
Dang, Mom is asking that I explain. This lady says he tried to rape her in high school! He denies it!

I keep seeing "Georgetown Prep" as "Georgetown Perp."

Renate signed the 65-name letter but was taken aback to hear about the yearbook. She did not take it well.

ETA: Arrrgh! Again dodging questions about drinking.
 
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Great God, as a UK-based relative newcomer to this..... Kavanaugh is acting in a belligerent, evasive, arrogant manner. Regardless of the veracity or otherwise of the claims (and I have to say that my current take is that his evidence just doesn't square up, while hers simply appears consistent - and you have to question her motivation if she's either unsure or lying....), he looks a DEEPLY unimpressive figure to be sitting on the highest damn court in the US. Those hideous appeals to his "hard work", his ickle daughers "praying" for his accuser, and various other exaggerated throat-catches made things all the worse. Hideous.
 
Minoosh said:
Dang, Mom is asking that I explain. This lady says he tried to rape her in high school! He denies it!

I keep seeing "Georgetown Prep" as "Georgetown Perp."

Renate signed the 65-name letter but was taken aback to hear about the yearbook. She did not take it well.
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And what else can "Renate alumnus" mean than "I've graduated (huh huh huh) from Renate", which in turn can imply what else but "I'm one of those who's had Renate"?
 
LondonJohn said:
Great God, as a UK-based relative newcomer to this..... Kavanaugh is acting in a belligerent, evasive, arrogant manner. Regardless of the veracity or otherwise of the claims (and I have to say that my current take is that his evidence just doesn't square up, while hers simply appears consistent - and you have to question her motivation if she's either unsure or lying....), he looks a DEEPLY unimpressive figure to be sitting on the highest damn court in the US. Those hideous appeals to his "hard work", his ickle daughers "praying" for his accuser, and various other exaggerated throat-catches made things all the worse. Hideous.
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Hers seems "consistent"? With what? The four people she identified at the party all deny it, she had exactly zero corroborating evidence so how in pete's sake can you be trying to gaslight into claiming it was consistent??
 
LondonJohn said:
And what else can "Renate alumnus" mean than "I've graduated (huh huh huh) from Renate", which in turn can imply what else but "I'm one of those who's had Renate"?
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There really, really isn't one. Nothing else is remotely plausible.
 
P.J. Denyer said:
Kavanaugh - “This confirmation process has become a disgrace”

Well at least that we can agree on.
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Actually you and Kavanaugh are both wrong I think.

The confirmation hasn't become a disgrace. It was a disgrace right from the start. (Remember the whole issue with the documents that were hidden from the judiciary committee, Grassley banging his gavel during democratic Senator statements, etc.)
 
Kavanaugh absolutely will not answer the question of whether he wants an FBI investigation or not. Why? It's a simple or not question. Why the equivocation?
All he will say is he'll do whatever the SJC wants...and he knows the SJC does not want the FBI to investigate as they've made clear. Slippery.

Oh, my....Graham is having a melt down. He's never seen anything like this? Did he never see the Anita Hill grilling? Manufactured outrage on Graham's part. He's grandstanding.

Hmmm...here we go again with avoiding answering the question about the "ralph club" with a litany of what a choir boy he was.
 
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but in BKs opening statement, claiming this is all part of a Clinton, Democratic, etc. plot pretty much makes ruling on anything involving those he named a conflict of interest.
 
LondonJohn said:
Great God, as a UK-based relative newcomer to this..... Kavanaugh is acting in a belligerent, evasive, arrogant manner. Regardless of the veracity or otherwise of the claims (and I have to say that my current take is that his evidence just doesn't square up, while hers simply appears consistent - and you have to question her motivation if she's either unsure or lying....), he looks a DEEPLY unimpressive figure to be sitting on the highest damn court in the US. Those hideous appeals to his "hard work", his ickle daughers "praying" for his accuser, and various other exaggerated throat-catches made things all the worse. Hideous.
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I agree. He comes across as arrogant, dismissive, and evasive.
 
Again with Blumenthal, he was asked simple, relevant questions and he just gave slippery answers.
 
The Greater Fool said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but in BKs opening statement, claiming this is all part of a Clinton, Democratic, etc. plot pretty much makes ruling on anything involving those he named a conflict of interest.
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Gosh, that's a very good point. If he did make it to the SC, he almost certainly would be called on to make rulings that could be deemed partisan - and might even have to make rulings related to (e.g.) the Clintons themselves. Regardless of their origin of nomination, SC judges are at least notionally (if not in practice...) supposed to be strictly bipartisan. I can't see how Kavanaugh on the SC could ever be seen to be upholding that principle. He'd have to recuse himself over and over.
 
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