A really damning piece on CNN tonight. Cuomo interviewed Debbie Ramirez' roommate. She said she knew Brett Kavanaugh and drank with him often at Yale. The interview had nothing to do with Ramirez' charges. It was all about how she thought it impossible that he never blacked out, and that in general his statements about being a goody two shoes (she didn't use that term) were a lot of BS. He drank a lot. Had to have blacked out. She objected to him trying to paint this phony picture that everyone who knew him at the time knew wasn't true. Then when Cuomo mentioned that another friend (who went on to play in the NBA, but whose name I forget) had vouched for Kavanaugh, she told a story about how when one of her friends snuck off with a guy at a party, and went to her room for some private recreation, Kavanaugh and his friend decided to throw open the door to embarrass them. The other guy was the one who actually entered the room, but Kavanaugh egged him on, and laughed at the young couple who were intruded upon.
I must admit, I still don't know what I want to happen. I really hate the idea of digging up dirt from high school to use against politicians or political appointees. I also think the evidence against him on the serious charges is insufficient to establish the truth of those charges, so he ought to get the benefit of the doubt. On the other hand, he didn't strike me as genuine, and on the subject of drinking just struck me as a liar. I don't trust him, even if I don't believe he's a rapist or would-be rapist. Regardless of what he might have done in high school, I think he was lying today. To be fair, he was lying about things that don't matter, like whether or not he blacked out, but it just gives me a really low opinion of him personally, and makes me question whether he can judge impartially, as he so piously claims he can.
