DC Tom

Before I click on it, I'm guessing "Ex-White House ethics chief" is Obama's ethics chief, and he's playing amateur psychologist and not ethicist? EDIT: yep. Gee, how'd I ever guess.

Yep. Only distinction the statute makes on the age of the defendant is whether or not the defendant is 4 or more years older than the victim. Probably took a helicopter...

"Credible" means "capable of being true." It does NOT mean "true." Two opposing statements can easily be capable of being true even if only one of them can be true. Usually, this is because of the principle known as "not enough information." You want me to mathematically prove it? I hope not - it's an easy proof, but a stone cold B word to type on a keyboard.

Honestly...it depends on the DA. A third degree felony sexual assault includes "suffocate...in the course of the crime" and a "aided and abetted by another," both of which can be borne out by the accusation (he put his hand over her mouth; someone else was there.) It's a stretch...but in a blue state like MD (Republican governor aside), I'd expect it a stretch they'd make in this case. And there's no "fourth degree" felony sexual assult...the next lowest is misdemeanor.

Democrats will be absent en masse, to try to prevent a quorum. Note that the Constitution says a quorum is 51 Senators. Note that we've learned the last two weeks that the Democrats give exactly no ***** about Constitutional requirements. So they'll try anyway. They won't block the vote, and they know that. They'll absent themselves so they can go back to Democratic voters and campaign on "The Republicans stole your participation in government by voting without a quorum!" And note that this will work, because we've learned the last two weeks that the Democratic voters give exactly no ***** about Constitutional requirements either.

The FBI does not corroborate or disprove criminal violations of state law. It does not investigate criminal complaints in a background investigation. That is NOT THE SCOPE of a background investigation. A background investigation is not a criminal investigation. If, in a background investigation, the FBI discovers I have six missing hookers buried in my backyard, they will NOT investigate that. They will refer it to the appropriate jurisdiction in a big goddamn hurry for criminal investigation, but they will not perform the investigation, because a background investigation is not a criminal investigation. Investigating this accusation was not in the scope of the FBI's background check, and was not in the FBI's jurisdiction. Period. What SHOULD have happened was that a criminal complaint was filed in the state of MD, who has jurisdiction (and no statute of limitations on felony charges). Once that investigation was opened, it would have been in NCIC within 48 hours, then into Kavanaugh's BI package when the FBI ran the NCIC check. Then it's 1) in front of the Senate committee sooner, 2) a matter of official record, and 3) not an accusation, but a criminal investigation. Imagine the difference between "confirming a nominee who's accused of rape" and "confirming a nominee who's under criminal investigation for a felony." That is how badly !@#$ed-up this was: Democrats consciously ignored all rules of criminal justice and procedure, to attempt a trial by mob rule, for a strictly political result. They flagrantly violated Senate rules, violated victims' rights, violated HIPAA, violated all fundamental Constitutional principles of due process, and tainted a criminal case beyond repair, to stop a judicial nomination. And you fell for it. All of it. You're a complete idiot. You think this is the end of it? This shitshow's just getting started. In a couple of years, you'll look back fondly on today, remembering "It wasn't so bad back then..." Yes they can. They can't both be true.

You don't actually read anything, do you? I was accused of - nearly arrested for - rape. It was a demonstrable case of mistaken identity, as I was 400 miles away at the time. It does happen. Seriously? Did you only just hear about this nomination?

Bet it won't be anything factual, like "We have a criminal justice system based on liberal principles that the Democrats completely threw out and turned the Senate into a clown show."

I can make a hat...or a brooch...or a pterodactyl...

"Oppression Olympics"

He's a marketing genius. He knows he'll be more impactful if he holds back and tweet-storms them all at once after the vote. Plus...Napoleon's old dictum: never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Cleaning out my grandmother's stuff last month, we found her third grade report card. Didn't find a calendar of everything she did, though.

Most college towns, this plats very well for Democrats. It's still an urban vs. rural civil war, regardless of how the voting sorts out.

2024.

My name is Tom, and I'm their uncle. When the oldest was born, my brother called me and said "Build a cabin."

He should provide them a calendar with his daily alcohol consumption.

Same here. I expect part of that is DC bias, but it seems common elsewhere, too.

Everyone abused a rape victim.

I don't see my nieces or nephew. Ever. I haven't told my family it's because all they have to do is say, just once, "Uncle Tom touched me," and I'm well and truly !@#$ed for life.

NOT IN BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS. I deal with the subject every day - hell, I participated in another one today. They do not adjudicate the information they find. They collect and forward. If you want a criminal investigation, on the other hand...then it's not the FBI's jurisdiction.

But call her the victim. Argue this on their level, and make the focus on "Why aren't you filing criminal charges against Kavanaugh?"

I have been accosted on the streets, on public transportation, in public places. I've been denied services in public establishments. I'm routinely told my views are invalid and ignorant. Because I'm a white male.

It's not going to stop, either. I'd vote against confirmation at this point, just to spare him the further torture.

He's not qualified because we we tried to destroy him and failed? What the !@#$ kind of reasoning is that?

You would say that about a serial rapist. You Republicans are the scum of the earth. #WarOnWomen. (Guarantee you'll see that editorial by Monday.)