Thoughts on the whole Brett Kavanaugh/sexual assault gate ?

I'm never quick to judgment on these kinds of allegations, but all I'll say right now is I don't see a significant reason to distrust Christine Blasey Ford pending a thorough investigation. I hope this doesn't turn into another Anita Hill moment, but it feels like that's probably how it'll go.

One sad fact of life, right up there with your bus always coming just when you light a cigarette/crack a beer is that Presidents always get their way with who they want........well not always of course but pretty much always with a majority on his side. Popular POTUS or not.

Either way it's going to be ugly.......

I think he's going to be confirmed but you know there's something off about him... I don't know what it is but when I look at his face, he seems dishonest. That type of look does not belong on court that comes with a lifetime appointment.

Well that's brilliant analysis and reason for him not to be appointed.

So Ronan just dropped another bombOUCH


And if that's not enough, Stormy Daniel's lawyer has another client with info on Brett and his friend Mark... d'oh.

What?

The voting here appears to have shifted with the second allegation and rumors of a third (there were rumors of the second before it came out as well). We used to have three undecided votes and just one guilty vote. I myself just switched from undecided to guilty.

here's the thing, at least IMHO, he should have told the truth: I was young, got wasted and was probably irresponsible. People would have still said something but now he just looks like a liar.

His latest: I was a virgin. Ummm, hello, she said attempted rape.

Nobody is trying to deal with an appointed liar for 35 plus years.

So now his ex Yale roommate released a statement and of course it contradicts Brett's.

Seems clear that he's guilty, but, since he's the only judge to say Trump can't be charged with anything, he'll join the Supreme Court anyway.

watching rapists have a breakdown and cry is some pretty funny shit ngl

absolute human scum, i can't believe how brave his accusers are to have to deal w/ what's being thrown at them

After that hearing, I believe it now more than ever. It’s still not gonna change anything. If one thing is clear, it’s that none of those people wanting to get him confirmed were ever gonna change their minds. They heard Ford’s testimonies, but that doesn’t mean they had to *listen* to any of it. They got uncomfortable for a few minutes, they entertained what they assumed were the misguided fantasies of a young girl, all other credibility be damned (and there was no reason to think she was lying), and now they get what they want right afterwards, because fear of losing support or their jobs will keep those swing votes in check, and none of them would dare make a sacrifice worth a damn.

And funny that Lindsay Graham so often goes after the snowflake Democratic resistance, yet today proved more delicate and fragile than those he criticizes.

What Zeb said is right. What’s indefensibly and knowingly wrong can just be brushed off as opinion at this point, and what should be considered basic human decency (ie. actually LAUNCHING an investigation and taking claims seriously) keeps getting turned into “left v right” politics. And the people supporting him won’t care. It happens everyday with Lord Tangerine Coatrack. I still say any one of his many, many, many blunders should have been considered a step too far, and yet those people - who he lied to, and made promises he couldn’t keep, and continues to undermine at every conceivable step - just keep dunking their heads in the sand, as if plugging their ears and shouting “Lalalalala” is enough to make those problems go away.

So I choose to remain cynical. He’ll get the votes, he’ll get appointed, and he’ll get to help in setting decades old progress back. I’m open to being surprised, but let’s face it; what fucking room is there for surprise anymore?