Kavanaugh's alibi buddy: "we were drunk all the time"

By PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 9:30am |

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-mark-judge-high-school-drunk-allegation-alcohol/

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In 1992 we were told it was the year of the woman. Anita Hill testified. Clarence Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court. Here we are with allegations in 2018. Kavanaugh will be appointed to the court.

https://timeline.com/the-year-of-the-woman-wasnt-that-great-9b33c573545b

by rmrd0000 on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 11:44am

Breaking: "California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault."

by barefooted on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 1:54pm

lots of DC journos from competitors tweeting this story right now, like Haberman, Jake Tapper, Phil Rucker, Yashar Ali, Daniel Dale...clearly they all think it is a big thing

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 2:06pm

Weird and will probably be successful, a supposed Democrat and Yale law professor with an Arab name vouching for Kavanaugh and for originalism, and saying if he doesn't get in "our party" will only get worse, sigh:

From final day of testimony: "Distinguished Democrats: Don’t be mad; be smart, and be careful what you wish for. Our party controls neither the White House nor the Senate. If you torpedo Kavanaugh, you’ll likely end up with someone worse..." https://t.co/85ZLkfHJ45
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 16, 2018

Can definitely see Susan Collins falling for it.

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 10:58pm

FWIW:

NEWS: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) tells me in an intv he that doesn’t think the Judiciary Cmte should move ahead with its Thursday vote on Kavanaugh until they hear more from Christine Blasey Ford. “For me, we can’t vote until we hear more.”
— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) September 16, 2018

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 11:03pm

Sen. Corker too:

Corker: Kavanaugh accuser should be heard out before panel votes

@ TheHill.com- 09/16/18 09:03 PM EDT

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/17/2018 - 12:36am

Freeman is being sarcastic here

This will go well. https://t.co/0FlvtIG5Xb
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) September 16, 2018

He's a never Trumper "old school conservative," here's some other recent tweets for an idea:

I bet no one at your dumbass rallies has “newfound wealth”. https://t.co/mtmuRSYoOQ
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) September 16, 2018

You’re not getting a wall. https://t.co/PPF5P4XlNJ
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) September 16, 2018

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 11:08pm

The GOP's least-worst outcome, politically, is probably if Kavanaugh withdraws in advance of the hearing—and it sounds like that's what McConnell would really prefer if he had the choice. https://t.co/aSdiPeYop6
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 18, 2018

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 12:11am

Let the culture warring begin...all have until the weekend to assemble arms....consciousness raising, smackdowns, dinner table arguments, shocking reveals to friends and family, etc....

599 alumnae from Christine Blasey Ford’s high school sign letter saying they support her

“Ford’s experience is all too consistent with stories we heard.”

@ Vox.com Sep 18, 2018, 5:55pm EDT

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 7:25pm

and we rabble may not understand the depth of the sub-culture warring going on. Two Politico reporters try to 'splain the old timey social tribe to us from whence the two combatants come:

Power elite of suburban Washington split over Kavanaugh allegations

Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and accuser Christine Blasey Ford both come from well-known families in the D.C. suburbs.

By BEN SCHRECKINGER and DANIEL LIPPMAN @ 09/17/2018 08:44 PM EDT

Christine Blasey Ford threw a Supreme Court confirmation into turmoil with her decision to step forward with sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh — but she also broke the delicate social code of the affluent Maryland suburbs where they both grew up.

Their families have traveled for decades in the same prep school and country-club circles, populated by Washington power players — including plenty of lawyers, lobbyists and government officials whose shared goal is to avoid public embarrassment.

Now both Ford and Kavanaugh are set to testify publicly before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 24 [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 7:45pm

more here with some sarcasm

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 2:22am

Looks like some commoners have somehow infiltrated the Yale Daily News and are digging through the archives:

A photograph that appeared in @yaledailynews on Jan. 18, 1985, shows Brett Kavanaugh’s fraternity brothers waving a flag woven from women’s underwear as part of a procession of DKE initiates marching across Yale’s campus, via @Hailey_Fuchs @BrittonDaly https://t.co/zOp7JbgMmn pic.twitter.com/oyaKHHXfhy
— Yale Daily News (@yaledailynews) September 20, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 11:01pm

More on Yale Daily News:

In today's Yale Daily News: what Brett Kavanaugh was up to back in his school days, when he belonged to a secret society known as "tit and clit". Motto: No means yes. Yes means anal. pic.twitter.com/ft4JXIGaJY
— joyce maynard (@joycemaynard) September 20, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 12:40am

Whoever started this wasn't thinking clearly. Women are better with lists, hands down. Lists about what the other sex has done wrong? whoo-buddy. Let the gladiator fight begin.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 4:59am

Heads, Democrats win. Tails, Republicans lose. https://t.co/DTtUJwtdQP
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 19, 2018

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 1:33am

Holding Al Franken accountable has left Democrats in a stronger political position. Failing to do so for Bob Menendez has left them in a weaker one. https://t.co/yHEKwoHv6u
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 18, 2018

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 1:35am

Sure, Matt - because a comedian fake-groping another comedienne 2 inches above her kevlar vest for a road snap is so beyond the pale our church-going instincts are just driven mad with wordlessness.

Actually I can't think of much that belittled & trivialized #MeToo as badly as that incident, including the poor offended girl dry-humping Robin Williams. I look at Alyssa Milano's teaser (literally) for the grossly sexist Insatiable and wonder why we think the other party that ran a woman whose least debatable qualification was "3rd runnerup for Miss Alaska" for VP & whose favorite musician is Dolly Parton at Branson would even seriously care. But Yglesias is a long-term hack, and so it continues.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 5:37am

I hope that Dr. Ford will reconsider and testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. It is my understanding that the Committee has offered to hold either a public or a private session, whichever would make her more comfortable.
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) September 19, 2018

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 1:42pm

The plan to hold the hearing Monday—with an invitation for Christine Blasey Ford to testify—and move forward is not about placating Democratic critics. It's about keeping 51 GOP senators in the wheelbarrow; Collins appears to be on board. https://t.co/ovJ4XAD8EW
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 19, 2018

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 2:10pm

Cool protest! Too bad Grassley and Hatch are so old and out of touch that they probably won't get the reference, even if it was splained to them by a staffer (which Whitlock is for Hatch.) Atwood's spookiness would be lost without the framing of the costume which most younger folks know:

We also received a visit. pic.twitter.com/HuyOsf1NDv
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) September 20, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 9:06pm

Can the FBI simply investigate the Kavanaugh allegations? An explainer from me and @MikeRiosNews —> https://t.co/E5BD2jcB9x
— William Brangham (@WmBrangham) September 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 9:57pm

they got a fancy red bus, comes with 7 men and 6 women (unless some are trans):

The carpool has arrived pic.twitter.com/n1VwcKqGAS
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) September 20, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 12:45am

this man knows a thing or two about theater, was the "butcher of Broadway" for 13 years, where his reviews ruled, after that he did a 17-year stint as a NYTimes op-ed columnist on connections between mass media and American politics:

The optics of Grassley, Hatch & co sitting like potted plants while delegating their dirty work to a female surrogate will be devastating. Then Harris & Klobuchar come to bat. https://t.co/mc6PEgyRff
— Frank Rich (@frankrichny) September 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 1:29am

Hee, note the hashtag, glad I didn't waste much time reading about the related GOP B-team shenigans. I noted a tweet by Ezra Klein, sounded like they spent the whole day working on the story, and stuff like a couple of NYTimes reporters retweeted than deleted, too much time spent on bullshit. Pffffft:

Garrett is about to be a wealthy man. #BetterCallSaul https://t.co/934O1Wdkma
— Frank Rich (@frankrichny) September 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 1:56am

Despite what is implied by many stories I have seen on the net about Ford not being willing to testify without some kind of long delay for a lengthy investigation, Ford is still in the process of negotiating to testify NEXT WEEK. Having only ruled out Monday. Yes, she's insisting on an investigation, but that is part of the negotiations. They are obviously talking about an investigation that would take a day or two, and that may just be a bargaining chip, and the description being used is "full investigation" with no further detail.

See this report @ NYTimes or Axios' rewrite of the same.

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 1:26am

Just knew Trump was going to blow sooner or later. I actually think whoever kept him under control on this for a few days did an incredible job, I was truly amazed that whoever it was convinced him to keep his two cents out of it until now:

Trump questions credibility of Kavanaugh accuser, lashes out at Democrats

By John Wagner, Seung Min Kim & Sean Sullivan @ WashingtonPost.com, September 21 at 3:13 PM

President Trump on Friday pointedly questioned the credibility of the woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers, contending that she or her parents would have reported the attack to law enforcement at the time if it were as bad as she has said.

Trump’s tweet marked a sharp break from the days after the accusation first surfaced, during which he refrained from attacking Christine Blasey Ford, a professor in California, and said she deserved to be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents,” Trump said in the tweet, which was his first to mention his Supreme Court nominee’s accuser by name [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 3:39pm

Camera pans to Grassley jabbing yet more pins into the Trump doll he keeps in the pencil drawer.

by moat on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 5:53pm

you so funny

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 7:07pm

NEW: Faculty at Brett Kavanaugh’s alma mater Yale Law School are demanding screeching halt to his confirmation https://t.co/wS7EbS7yZ1 pic.twitter.com/xCZvE3pGrn
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) September 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 5:07pm

Kavanaugh's alibi buddy: "we were drunk all the time"

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