New SCOTUS Judge II: The Wrath of Kavanaugh

[Worm]

I admit I haven't been keeping right on top of this story, but can somebody confirm if this is essentially the situation:

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted (along party lines) to advance Kavanaugh's appointment, but requested a delay in the full Senate vote to allow for an FBI investigation. That investigation has taken place, the report is now being made available.

But it seems, from the coverage I've seen, that the report is being made available only to the members of the committee? They have already voted. Surely the whole Senate needs to see it?

ETA: Now found a couple of reports that say that all Senators will be given access. If there's only one copy, and 100 senators, it's gonna have to be pretty short if they want everyone to read it before the vote.

 

[applecorped]

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1047695343813648385

“Walker’s declaration described attending a large house party with Georgetown Prep boys, where, she wrote, ‘A friend from Prep warned me not to go upstairs, where the bedrooms were, cautioning me that it could be dangerous.’”

Article embedded in tweet.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Is this in response to anything?

 

[applecorped]

The doxxer interned for Dianne Feinstein, who'da thunk it

 

[The Great Zaganza]

The doxxer interned for Dianne Feinstein, who'da thunk it

Do you think that because of this Kavanaugh ought to be confirmed?

 

[Meadmaker]

I read both that one and the Wikipedia entry. Neither one supports your case. From Popehat:

After I said go ahead and use the one from Popehat, I did click on it.

For those of you who don't care to click on it, after talking about grand juries it goes on to describe how it is used colloquially to refer to any instance where one could be prosecuted for perjury, not just grand juries. Of course, I Am The Scum already knew that.

and the prospect that Kavanaugh will be prosecuted for anything he says is downright laughable.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-could-investigate-kavanaugh-if-hes-confirmed-nadler-says
(Democrat who would head house judiciary committee if Dems take control talks about investigating Kavanaugh for perjury)

Oh, wait. That's talking about impeachment, not prosecution, so obviously that is completely off base and utterly irrelevant.

Let's just be real for a moment: You really want to accuse someone of doing something bad, but you can't actually bother to look up the term that is central to the accusation.

I already knew what it meant. You already knew what it meant. No. I couldn't be bothered.

 

[Meadmaker]

Seriously, politicos have been discussing whether it is best to win or lose this battle. The "neutral" voices are for sticking to it on moral principles. (Or amoral principles in the case of the GOP pre-decided support Senators.)

If talking about the effect on upcoming midterms, I think it doesn't matter. The damage, to whichever side, has been done. As I noted a few days and several pages ago, I gave up predicting the American electorate after they elected Trump, but I do know that right wingers have been waving recent poll results a lot. They're pretty sure that the primary effect of recent events will be to sink Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp. (sp?)

So much of the rhetoric and what gets posted is so utterly partisan that it's really hard to chisel through it and see what effect it is having on voters whose minds were not already made up about who to vote for. It's those voters who matter. Everyone else was going to vote Democrat or Republican regardless.

 

[Belz...]

Is this in response to anything?

When is it ever?

 

[Belz...]

Seems like Mr. Sasse could be a roadblock for the vote.

 

[Beelzebuddy]

So much of the rhetoric and what gets posted is so utterly partisan that it's really hard to chisel through it and see what effect it is having on voters whose minds were not already made up about who to vote for. It's those voters who matter. Everyone else was going to vote Democrat or Republican regardless.

Do you follow 538's analyses? They seem much more data-driven than the usual talking heads arguing about something being important.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-kavanaugh-helping-republicans-midterm-chances/

 

[I Am The Scum]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-could-investigate-kavanaugh-if-hes-confirmed-nadler-says
(Democrat who would head house judiciary committee if Dems take control talks about investigating Kavanaugh for perjury)

Oh, wait. That's talking about impeachment, not prosecution, so obviously that is completely off base and utterly irrelevant.

So the plan is not to have Kavanaugh lose his confirmation, but rather an elaborate plot to have him confirmed just so they can later investigate him for lying about drinking (not attempted rape), which they had no idea he would lie about, nor was originally a crime in the first place.

Am I understanding your theory correctly?

 

[The Shrike]

So, every few pages I chime to remind folks of Kavanaugh's lies last week, and that *that's* the reason he should be disqualified for the privilege of serving on our highest court.

No one seems much interested in the lying from the man, only the stuff that's difficult to corroborate from the women.

Okay, carry on not caring that this lying pile of poo is about to be confirmed to the US Supreme Court.




(Note: Democratic staffer doxxing people? Swetnick fabricating her story? Again, if these are true, throw the book at them.)

 

[The Great Zaganza]

At least we finally know what Kvanaugh thought "boofing" was: Anal sex.
Which explains why he said he was still a virgin: God said it doesn't count if you don't do it where the babies come out.

 

[The Big Dog]

sounds like the FBI report is sticking a fork in The Resistance this morning!

 

[BobTheCoward]

So, every few pages I chime to remind folks of Kavanaugh's lies last week, and that *that's* the reason he should be disqualified for the privilege of serving on our highest court.

No one seems much interested in the lying from the man, only the stuff that's difficult to corroborate from the women.

Okay, carry on not caring that this lying pile of poo is about to be confirmed to the US Supreme Court.




(Note: Democratic staffer doxxing people? Swetnick fabricating her story? Again, if these are true, throw the book at them.)

Prove he lied

 

[Belz...]

So, every few pages I chime to remind folks of Kavanaugh's lies last week, and that *that's* the reason he should be disqualified for the privilege of serving on our highest court.

No one seems much interested in the lying from the man, only the stuff that's difficult to corroborate from the women.

Lying is just a means to an end.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Prove he lied

the burden is "to tell the truth": which he objectively didn't do a number of times.
Now you can argue that he wasn't aware of the facts (like drinking age), or forgot (like when he knew about Ramirez), and so it wasn't lying.

But it certainly wasn't "The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" as he swore he would speak.

 

[varwoche]

For what it's worth, Mitchell's questions were theater, too. I just don't think they were theater that were aimed at character assassination, as was the case with the Democrats.

I suggest you watch Klobuchar question Kavanaugh about drinking. And then report back your take on Mitchell's versus Klobuchar's questioning, bearing in mind Kavanaughs cooperation and forthrightness with each, or lack of same.

In the meantime, we're left with your presumptions concerning questioning you admit to not even having seen.

 

[The Big Dog]

After reading the FBI report, The President tweets:

"The harsh and unfair treatment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is having an incredible upward impact on voters. The PEOPLE get it far better than the politicians. Most importantly, this great life cannot be ruined by mean & despicable Democrats and totally uncorroborated allegations!"

God Bless America!