President Donald J. Trump's Supreme Court Associate Justice Kavanaugh

[whatdrought]

24 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

 

"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.

 

I am corrected. What you said makes sense!

[billsfan1959]

9 minutes ago, bdutton said:

How !@#$ing stupid do you have to be to be COACHED ON LIVE NATIONAL TV TO RAISE YOUR HAD FOR THE OATH???!!!

 

 

Jesus farking Christ have you no independent brain function to activate your right hand???

 

She is woman with some serious psychological issues who is being exploited to destroy a man's career...

[IDBillzFan]

Twitter says GWB is whipping the final votes for Trump.

 

Yeah. That's right, you nutbag leftists. You've managed to do the one thing no one else has been able to do.

 

Unite the right.

 

Well done. 

 

Meanwhile, just to cover bases...

 

[Doc]

39 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

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. 

 

While I suppose anything is possible, I can't see this being ruled a felony and thus exempt from the statute of limitations, with not only no evidence on the accuser's side, but witnesses she mentions denying her claims and the alleged attacker also being a minor.  I'd need to see a precedent. 

26 minutes ago, bdutton said:

How !@#$ing stupid do you have to be to be COACHED ON LIVE NATIONAL TV TO RAISE YOUR HAD FOR THE OATH???!!!

 

 

Jesus farking Christ have you no independent brain function to activate your right hand???

 

She's a Dem so doing anything involving the right...

[IDBillzFan]

TOWNHALL: GOP has the votes.

 

Totally thought Kavanaugh was toast today. Happy to apparently be wrong.

[Kevbeau]

6 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Joe, I love you, I do. But is there a chance you bring it out in them? Recall our early posting history  

Ehhh..,my circles are different than joes and I get the same thing.

[DC Tom]

30 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

 

I am corrected. What you said makes sense!

 

Dammit.  I wanted to show the math. 

8 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

While I suppose anything is possible, I can't see this being ruled a felony and thus exempt from the statute of limitations, with not only no evidence on the accuser's side, but witnesses she mentions denying her claims and the alleged attacker also being a minor.  I'd need to see a precedent. 

 

 

It may not be charged a felony.  But it can certainly be investigated as one.

 

And I strongly suspect a blue state would do everything possible to make this charge a felony against a Republican court nominee.

15 minutes ago, LABillzFan said:

Twitter says GWB is whipping the final votes for Trump.

 

Yeah. That's right, you nutbag leftists. You've managed to do the one thing no one else has been able to do.

 

Unite the right.

 

Well done. 

 

Meanwhile, just to cover bases...

 

 

That is a beautiful "!@#$ off" letter.

[reddogblitz]

3 hours ago, Tiberius said:

 

 

 

And others have have picked up on that calendar, and it was the Republican invited guest that found this!! Wow!! 

 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaughs-calendar-for-july-1-1982-go-to-timmys-for-skis-with-judge.html

 

i remember him saying this, that it had to be a weekend. And some they had jobs they couldn't stay out late and as a retired beer drinker thinking back on many parties i went to on week nights and had no problem getting up for real work (NOT mowing lawns). You can do that when you're going and bullet proof. 

 

too bad one of the Dems didn't notice that 7/1 entry. Probably too busy thinking of FIB Investigations instead of paying attention.

[LSHMEAB]

The best case scenario for D's in the midterms is for Kavanaugh to be confirmed under these circumstances. They weren't going to win the senate. As awful as Kavanaugh may be, there's 50 just like him waiting in the wings.

 

People don't vote to reward the wonderful things your party has done. The right will be greatly demotivated. 

 

The fact that Roe V Wade is actually in jeopardy will galvanize the huge swash of left leaning non-voters to get off their a*s.  

 

Well played.

[Doc]

3 minutes ago, LABillzFan said:

TOWNHALL: GOP has the votes.

 

Totally thought Kavanaugh was toast today. Happy to apparently be wrong.

 

I knew that her lack of credibility (lying about why she couldn't make it Monday, changing her story, anti-Trump activities that had been scrubbed from social media and even her witnesses denying her claims) to go along with the complete lack of any evidence would win the day.  For me the only thing was whether they would !@#$ it up, and that lawyer did her best to do just that.

[DC Tom]

1 minute ago, LSHMEAB said:

The best case scenario for D's in the midterms is for Kavanaugh to be confirmed under these circumstances. They weren't going to win the senate. As awful as Kavanaugh may be, there's 50 just like him waiting in the wings.

 

People don't vote to reward the wonderful things your party has done. The right will be greatly demotivated. 

 

The fact that Roe V Wade is actually in jeopardy will galvanize the huge swash of left leaning non-voters to get off their a*s.  

 

Well played.

 

I'm not sure...one effect of this shitshow is that the right is really pissed of at Democrats' manipulation, and while anger doesn't last forever, it can last the six weeks until elections.  

 

This'll be another turnout-driven election, and I would be surprised if we didn't see shockingly high turnout for mid-term elections for both parties.

[Doc]

It's also possible that men realize that an unsupported claim of sexual assault could ruin their careers and lives and get them to the polls.  I guess we'll see in 6 weeks time.

[reddogblitz]

3 hours ago, Tiberius said:

 

 

 

And others have have picked up on that calendar, and it was the Republican invited guest that found this!! Wow!! 

 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaughs-calendar-for-july-1-1982-go-to-timmys-for-skis-with-judge.html

 

i remember him saying this, that it had to be a weekend. They had jobs so they couldn't stay out late and as a retired beer drinker thinking back on many parties i went to on week nights and had no problem getting up for real work (NOT mowing lawns). You can do that when you're going and bullet proof. 

 

too bad one of the Dems didn't notice that 7/1 entry. Probably too busy thinking of FIB Investigations instead of paying attention.

[3rdnlng]

10 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

 

i remember him saying this, that it had to be a weekend. And some they had jobs they couldn't stay out late and as a retired beer drinker thinking back on many parties i went to on week nights and had no problem getting up for real work (NOT mowing lawns). You can do that when you're going and bullet proof. 

 

too bad one of the Dems didn't notice that 7/1 entry. Probably too busy thinking of FIB Investigations instead of paying attention.

Retired beer drinker, hah. Looks like you moved to something stronger.

[DC Tom]

12 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

 

i remember him saying this, that it had to be a weekend. And some they had jobs they couldn't stay out late and as a retired beer drinker thinking back on many parties i went to on week nights and had no problem getting up for real work (NOT mowing lawns). You can do that when you're going and bullet proof. 

 

too bad one of the Dems didn't notice that 7/1 entry. Probably too busy thinking of FIB Investigations instead of paying attention.

 

Interesting...did Ford finally decide it was 1982 and not 1983?

[LSHMEAB]

1 minute ago, DC Tom said:

 

I'm not sure...one effect of this shitshow is that the right is really pissed of at Democrats' manipulation, and while anger doesn't last forever, it can last the six weeks until elections.  

 

This'll be another turnout-driven election, and I would be surprised if we didn't see shockingly high turnout for mid-term elections for both parties.

You may be right.

 

I tend to think a controversial loss is more galvanizing politically than a victory, but both sides will definitely be motivated. Should be interesting.

[DC Tom]

Just now, LSHMEAB said:

You may be right.

 

I tend to think a controversial loss is more galvanizing politically than a victory, but both sides will definitely be motivated. Should be interesting.

 

 This wasn't a "victory" for anybody.  Everyone came away pissed-off and oppressed.

[whatdrought]

6 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

 

Interesting...did Ford finally decide it was 1982 and not 1983?

 

Exactly the point.

 

He doesn’t have to prove that he wasn’t assaulting someone on any day of any year. She has to prove that he was. 

[DC Tom]

1 hour ago, DC Tom said:

 

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.  

 

Holy ****.  I actually tweeted something substantially similar to the above, and changed someone's mind.

 

This really is the !@#$ing apocalypse.  

[Rob's House]

I think this is one of those situations where all the lefties who are going to get fired up and motivated are the hardcore types that were already going to vote and vote Democrat.

 

I'm seeing a lot of moderate liberals who see this for the shameless exploitation of a sensitive issue it is and are put off by it.