Justice Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing *DISCUSSION AND LIVE COMMENTARY*

[ProudModerate2]

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[GeorgiaModerate]

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I can't imagine that a court would inject itself into internal Senate procedures.  But I suppose stranger things have happened.

[new_patomic]

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Obvious political question is obvious

[Antonio the Sixth]

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This has no chance of going through, right?

[Torie]

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A conservative writer has seven questions about this charge. The main thing to find out is if Swetnick can name other names at this party, so that they can be questioned.

[Beet]

What has Avenatti been wrong about, again? Remind me.

And Swetnick probably made the right hire for the statement she wanted to make. Look at how the media and Judiciary Committee have largely ignored Ramirez's counsel.

My problem isn't that Avenatti's representing her, but that he is the one who broke the story. Almost all credible sexual assault allegations are initially reported by a mainstream news outlet that has experience with due diligence.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

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Obvious political question is obvious

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

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Obvious political question is obvious

[IndustrialJustice]

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lol

[Slander and/or Libel]

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A conservative writer has seven questions about this charge. The main thing to find out is if Swetnick can name other names at this party, so that they can be questioned.

Most of those questions are posed in transparently bad faith.

[ProudModerate2]

trump speaking Live now.
To be continued.

[SteveRogers]

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Well, that obviously won’t work, but you gotta admire the creativity.

[pppolitics]

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Does seem kind of weird to me at least that a woman would keep going to such parties.

I know this is now the de facto line of defense after this morning's affidavit, but it's completely ignorant as to how youth parties work even in the 2010s. Did none of you attend a frat party in college?

No, and if gang rapes are normal at such events and even the women treat it nonchalantly I'm even more glad I didn't.

I'm honestly pretty concerned that if gang rapes were common at the frat parties IndustrialJustice attended, why didn't he report them?

The police wouldn't care. This kind of conduct is probably seen as too accepted, for lack of a better word, to have anything done about it. The police are awful about sexual assault. You'd be amazed what some people don't talk about.

And I think industrial should get a chance to clarify what he said

There's nothing to clarify. They're trolling. Date rape drugs are rampant on college campuses, and they're concentrated in Greek life. You can bust a few members a year or, if the administration is lucky, even ban a frat, but they'll just pop up again like fresh grass (often thanks to old money). I never stepped foot in one of those dungeons again after my first month on campus.

As someone who was actually in a sorority in college, and attended many frat parties on my campus and when visiting other schools, I can guarantee I've never been to a single party or even heard of a single party where gang rapes were happening, or even where date rape drugs were commonly used aside from the one or two scummy people who were kicked out as soon as they were caught. And considering there are several posters on this forum who were involved in Greek life while in college, it's pretty disgusting that you're making the assumption that it's common for frat boys to use date rape drugs or engage in gang rape.

Well, as someone who is going to college right now, I know that some people were expelled for gang rape.

Obviously, the official reason wasn't "gang rape", but everyone knows why they were really expelled.

[Silent Hunter]

trump speaking Live now.
To be continued.

Wow, it must be serious if he's doing that.

[KingSweden]

Sign of seriousness: door was opened to withdrawing Kavanaugh

[new_patomic]

Did he just compare George Washington to someone accused of sexual assault

[ProudModerate2]

trump speaking Live now.
To be continued.

Wow, it must be serious if he's doing that.

WTF is trump saying about Democrats voting against George Washington?
What the hell is that crap!
There is mental sickness here.

[new_patomic]

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[Silent Hunter]

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Now, that's telling.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Oh lord he’s rambling

[Silent Hunter]

The thing about confidence is that it's obvious. Anyone who says they are confident often isn't.

[new_patomic]

I need a drink.

[7,052,770]

George Washington's slave owning, while not illegal at the time nor uncommon for a rich Virginian, would definitely be a disqualifier for a Supreme Court appointment if he were somehow still alive today and unrepentant.

Not sure how that's relevant though. Maybe Trump is trying to lay a trap for people to make that exact point.

[Reaganfan]

Trump's killing it at this press conference.

[7,052,770]

Trump's killing it at this press conference.

No one is surprised that you think that.