DC Tom

Good point. Keep up the good work!

Of course they're non-starters. Democrats don't want further hearings, they just want to delay this as long as possible, and cast as much doubt on the confirmation as possible. And let's not forget, no small reason the Democrats want more time is to line up more disruptions for the hearing.

It re-victimizes the victim. Again: same people who abused Title IX for this purpose, to avoid recognizing the rights of the accused. (And if you point this out to anyone who support that, they'll say the accused shouldn't have rights, because they're criminals.) How could it not be? Think it through...not just a request to not be questioned by anyone who disbelieves her, but by anyone who insists on being objective on the matter. If you merely want to hear her story, she doesn't want you asking about it. "Only those who believe me" is a high bar, and eliminates anyone who hasn't already pre-judged Kavanaugh.

Not sure it's reasonable to ask Kavanaugh to not be present at his own confirmation hearings. What...no one caught that? This is still Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing we're talking about. Democrats are trying to change the actual purpose of the hearings from Senate confirmation hearings to a referendum on sexual assault. Didn't see that part. She only wants Senate Democrats present? At Judiciary Committee hearings on SCOTUS confirmation? That takes some balls...

Doesn't matter if the accusation is true. It only matters that it can be true, because it's illustrative of the systemic misogyny of toxic masculinity in American culture, which Kavanaugh represents. Thus, he can't be confirmed under any circumstances. Really, that's funny. Thinking the truth of an accusation matters to these people. You're talking about people who have explicitly stated that false accusations should be made to highlight the problem of toxic masculinity. Truth doesn't enter in to it. EDIT: you also have to consider that they likely do not want these charges heard. The rampant speculation provides Democrats more benefit than having the accusation aired, and NOT having it heard lets them play the victim card even harder.

Accuser just offered to testify: Thursday, without Kavanaugh present. Republicans should schedule the vote tomorrow for next Friday, then Tuesday accept this offer. Because !@#$ this nonsense.

Yes they do. They just want their irrationalism to reign supreme. I so want to start an invitation-only political "Rational Party." The only platform being: we only care that you act like a rational adult and back up your position with verifiable facts. Problem is, maybe only six people would be eligible for party membership.

But justice victimizes the accusers. It's why the Obama administration grossly abused Title IX to force schools to levy administrative punishment, on a "preponderance of evidence" rather than "reasonable doubt" basis. This is pretty much the same thing - administrative punishment for an accusation of a criminal act, because the justice system "won't believe the victim."

Important to note: his base agrees with his tweet, and considers his apology spineless.

I keep waiting for Democrats to throw the gun and start shouting "But there's consensus!!!!!"

Yep...though it will be more subtle. There'll be a study - probably in the Lancet - where someone does a study of life spans in PR pre- and post-hurricane, where they'll conclude that the average lifespan in PR dropped by a year or two after the storm. Which will then be shouted from the Democratic rooftops as "Trump murdered millions of Puerto Ricans, here's proof!" (Because what is murder, if not shortening someone's natural life span?)

Believe me, I did. I almost mentioned in my post that they could cast Tea Leoni as Hillary...

That is classic victim shaming. And I'm not channeling my inner libtard to write that sarcastically, either. It's the classic "But she deserved it/c'mon, admit it, you led him on/but you dressed like a slut" sort of defense argument that was disallowed in courts decades ago.

Shouldn't this be in the "Mandela Effect" thread?

What a coincidence. I was just thinking this morning that what this world needs is a James Comey miniseries...

I miss the good old days when I could point out, factually and accurately and without the mods getting upset, that someone who posts something this idiotic is a mentally deranged little turd. Instead, I'm required to be nice, and tell you "Good point, keep up the good work!" But I don't actually have to mean it, and it's entirely possible I'm thinking "Geez, what a mentally deranged little turd" while I type it. So...Good point, keep up the good work!

They figured out "let the other team score?" How'd they counter that?

Wouldn't surprise me. I've heard at least two women come forth in the past week and credibly accuse Kavanaugh of killing them and dumping their bodies in the Potomac back in 1985...

I seriously wonder how many death threats Kavanaugh has received. And if the rate has increased since last Thursday.

Because it's not like we can't find the tweets he linked to ourselves...

He's probably a New England fan, too. And here I was setting you up to reply that your "That is impressive" remark was in response to the fact that I've ever gotten laid. To which I would have replied "Yeah...it's in the bracing."

Looking great for Dems. You need to vary your sources more, if you think Democrats don't see this as a win.

Doesn't count, because Moon might be accused of assaulting a classmate at some time in the early '80s...

Not really. It's in the bracing.