The Supreme Court

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

or maybe he just didn't feel like getting yelled at by random lunatics while cameras were rolling?

One person's random lunatic is another person's patriot.

[McParadigm]

This belongs in the midterms thread, but it is relevant here.

This is one of several polls out today that were taken in the period just before a second woman came forward. Both show a two point widening, and almost all of the change is on the part of married white women, who have long been the only subgroup of women that are reliably conservative. Now, split almost evenly between the two parties.

Meanwhile, the RNCC is cutting funds to a half dozen House races it now believes are lost, and transitioning those funds to other races that it didn’t previously expect to be competitive.

If they picked this interviewer because of her slut shame tactics, they...chose poorly.

See also:

No big deal, just surrendering Trump-won districts in Iowa and Michigan

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And it all goes back to how many people are answering these things based on what they think the other person wants them to say vs. how they really feel.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswith ... 83c0975e47

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[96583UP]

This is your daily reminder that there isn't a shred of proof to back up any of these claims,

sworn testimony from the accuser, Brett's calendar and yearbook which support the claim that he was a blackout party drunk (something he lied to when asked under oath initially) and that he engaged in threesomes ('devil's triangle') constitute more than a 'shred'

No that very much constitutes a "shred", and that's being charitable.

Let's not forget that he was also alive at the time the crime allegedly occurred, so that's some more proof right there.

Although we're apparently not even sure about the when.

Literally all of the persons she claims were there - this number has gone from three to four to five to four - deny her account of the events (her then-friend providing a sworn statement attesting to both not being at this party and having never met Kavanaugh). Her story includes exactly zero falsifiable elements, and the only meaningful detail she can recall (Place? Nope. Date? Nope. How she got to and from the home? Nope.) is that Kavanaugh was the perpetrator. If even one potentially falsifiable element lined up - let alone were offered - it would go a long way in establishing some evidentiary credibility. But...there just isn't any.

Also, the investigation will be dutifully conducted by the same agency that failed six different times to uncover exactly these events.

It's always possible that I've missed - or misrepresented - something factual, which I'm sure someone will kindly point out.

there were also WMDs in Iraq too

[96583UP]

if one could be implicated as an accomplice to a rape, or have raped others in the past by similar method, would one disavow knowledge of the event in order to protect oneself?

to me, this is less at this point about whether 'he did it' (which he did) and (regardless) more about whether he is unfit to be a supreme court justice

he has lied to the senate

he has demonstrated that he is beyond partisan to a level of paranoia

his intellectual capacity is so defective that he actually thought that sharing a calendar loaded with crass references to parties, sex, and alcohol strengthened his defense in the face of character questioning

his dick is incredibly thin

we can do better than this

[B]

Politically I disagree with Kavanaugh on most key issues. Nevertheless, I worry about how a claim that he did something decades ago, as a 17 year old, suddenly pops up for the first time, as he is trying to get a position in The Supreme Court. It seems politically motivated, and therefore rings false in my ears.

I might agree with you if his answers were, "I was a kid who drank a lot and occasionally got into trouble. I don't remember this happening. I certainly don't think I was the type of person who would do this, but if I'm wrong, I'm very sorry for any trauma I've caused this woman, but I am a very different person today."

... and not, "You fuckers are part of a cabal trying to destroy me and ruin my family. Democrats can go to hell, I'm going to eat you all!"

Sure, if he was a Hollywood actor or rock star, or even a regular guy, this would a good answer. However, in this specific case, he would probably be crucified if he answered what you wrote. I’m no Republican, but I can understand why he went on the war path.

I keep thinking how I would act in this situation. The only conclusion I can come to after watching his testimony is that he either did it or he remembers her being around when he was crazy drunk, and thinks he might have done it and blacked out.

There's just no way a man who knows he didn't do it acts like the screaming, crying nutbag that he's acting like.

[BurtReynolds]

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That is such a weird picture, like there's a filter or something going on.

[run2death]

They should all be kissing his ring.

[washing machine]

That is such a weird picture, like there's a filter or something going on.

It’s like a 2018 Rockwell

[BurtReynolds]

Where is Alyssa Milano?

[McParadigm]

My god she’s been ate

[B]

My god she’s been ate

Dirty Brett.

[B]

My god she’s been ate

Dirty Brett.

I take that back. There's no way Kavanaugh ever ate a woman.

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What a wild ride this has been.

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Yeah, this guy is gonna do fine under investigation.

And it's been deleted. Weird.

[96583UP]

just vote no, strat. we can see it in your eyes, you know it is wrong. forget about your lobbying gig you have lined up. be a hero, write a book, and sell out to liberal media circuit. they will honor you like a king. you can do oprah. oprah. oprah knows how to move merchandise. does 'New York Times Best Seller' sound good to you? 'Just Say No'.

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Yeah, this guy is gonna do fine under investigation.

And it's been deleted. Weird.

Huh, check that out.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ja ... e-viral-on

Ah, the ol' "I was hacked! Even though lots of other things were posted by me, those two were hackers."

[wease]

THis is well worth a minute of your time

Fucking brilliant.