Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Thread

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

3 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

Possible 1-week delay to allow FBI investigation

Perhaps the rape victim in the elevator got to Flake.  Props to her if so.

[cabowabo 4,514]

Grassley is a smooth motherfucker.

[GSU&UT 1,798]

5 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

Just a couple responses from the tweet you posted. There are links to the case too

 

“They found that he lied, but the jury nonetheless found defendants not liable for assault and battery and excessive force. Hundley’s estate challenged this ruling and Kavanaugh agreed with them. I’m certainly no Kavanaugh fan but I think this tweet is misleading.”

 

“Kavanaugh and two other judges asked for a new trial due to inconsistencies with the jury's findings. This was a civil case.”

How scary was it for you in midtown when black people started marching in 2016?

[hobbes2702 13,073]

29 minutes ago, Aphelion said:

I think forthright testimony should be a requirement for forthright questioning.  If people were to ask me about high school yearbook entries, the meaning of slang, and whether I drank too much at some college parties to imply that it is plausible I'm a rapist, then I would be as evasive as possible.  Now I understand the argument that one should answer honestly no matter what, but I personally wouldn't feel it my duty to give direct answers to such dishonest, slanderous questioning.  Very few people even asked about the alleged incident.  The truth is at the bottom of a bottomless pit in this case and this is merely a politics game for all involved.  

So you think it’s ok to commit perjury if you don’t like the questions?

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

Flake is asking for a delay for 1 week

[Fudge Nuggets 19,224]

1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Perhaps the rape victim in the elevator got to Flake.  Props to her if so.

Hahahaha... good one.

[Lurch 5,931]

[EuroHorn 3,268]

1 minute ago, GSU&UT said:

How scary was it for you in midtown when black people started marching in 2016?

So I post a response to show your post is misleading.  And you return with a personal attack. Sad. 

 

Oh, and midtown is great .  Love it!

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by EuroHorn

[Patrick Bateman 3,931]

 

[texas08 1,599]

Kavanaugh, prepare thy anus.

[happyfunball 481]

Flake looks shook. 

[Nivek 16,986]

45 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Obviously, but it's absolutely pathetic that it worked. 

 

Anything works with their base.  Seriously, he could shit his pants and rub it on his face and say Democrats have no decency and are discriminating against his right to control his own body and the right would fall in line.   They probably would shit their own pants in support.  

[LonghornJudas 1,102]

Flake will be voting to allow the nomination to go to the floor, but with the understanding that an FBI investigation takes place, limited to a week.

[David Dennison 18,946]

There it is.

They don't have the votes yet.

 

[Huckleberry 33,096]

Just now, LonghornJudas said:

Flake will be voting to allow the nomination to go to the floor, but with the understanding that an FBI investigation takes place, limited to a week.

lulz, he still doesn't actually do anything. He's hilarious. I am voting yes BUT WITH RESERVATIONS

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

JFC just pull Kavanaugh.

There’s no good reason to put the country and Kavanaugh through this shit.

This is all on Trump for the record.

[Js1 85,573]

Just now, David Dennison said:

There it is.

They don't have the votes yet.

 

Psh.

I can easily see Mitch being like "yup thanks for voting aye and advancing him out" and still scheduling a vote for Monday and Flake doing his usual thing and bending over to vote yes.

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

Just now, Llano Estacado said:

Sorry ambassador, I’ve had different life experiences than you.

I’ve had many job interviews, never had one where I was appointed to the position and only assumed the role after being confirmed or rejected by the US Senate.

That's a distinction without a relevant difference.   Sure, the context is different.   But what meaningful difference is there between this process and a job applicant going before a hiring panel?   He's up for a job, and a group of people will decide in their complete discretion whether to give it to him or not.  He's gone before them to answer their questions to their satisfaction to inform that decision.    It's clearly a job interview. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,224]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

lulz, he still doesn't actually do anything. He's hilarious. I am voting yes BUT WITH RESERVATIONS

I fucking hate that guy.

[GSU&UT 1,798]

1 minute ago, EuroHorn said:

So I post a response to show your post is misleading.  And you return with a personal attack. Sad. 

 

Oh, and midtown is great .  Love it!

 

I asked you before and you never answered. I figured while I had your attention I'm wondering if you were clutching your pearls while the angry blacks marched that police brutality and the justice system disproportionately affects them and other people of color.

[Stringer 1,439]

14 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

I am back from my bullshit ban. Kim Strassel from the WSJ has been so fucking awesome and on point during this entire farce

“Contrary to Democrats’ claims, due process is not constrained to courts of law; it is central to employee discipline, professional standards of conduct, even evictions of tenants. It is owed to any individual in a civilized body politic. Under due process, the accuser has the burden of proof. Ms. Ford has not met the evidentiary standard even of a civil proceeding, the preponderance of evidence—yet this case is more significant than any that has been dealt with in a court of law for ages. How the Senate votes now will reverberate to all levels of society. A “no” vote on Judge Kavanaugh is an authorization to renew calls for a Justice Clarence Thomas to step down. It is an authorization to derail the life of any white-collar manager or blue-collar crew boss who is ever subject to a single uncorroborated allegation.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kavanaugh-stakes-1538088433?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/Mgs9jCnhN5

 

If you can’t tell the difference between a lifetime appointment to the highest court and a middle manager at some manufacturing company, I’m not really sure what to tell you.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

Flake is shook 

[Patrick Bateman 3,931]

5 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Grassley is a smooth motherfucker.

Smooth as broken glass..... 

Edited September 28, 2018 by Patrick Bateman

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,523]

Does the Senate have the ability to ask the FBI to do this, or do they need to convince Trump?   Then again if McConnell tells Trump he doesn't have the 50 votes today, does Trump have a choice.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Jeff Flake is an absolute disgrace to the Republican Party. After the strength, courage and conviction that Judge Kavanaugh and Sen. Graham showed yesterday and to have this sniveling pussy back down because some unhinged zealot yelled at him in the elevator.  Thankfully, weak ass posers like him are leaving the Republican Party and being replaced with street fighters. Go fuck yourself Flake

[deech 2,291]

Mark Judge just went on a week long hiatus to a place without internet or phones.

[David Dennison 18,946]

Just now, Js1 said:

Psh.

I can easily see Mitch being like "yup thanks for voting aye and advancing him out" and still scheduling a vote for Monday and Flake doing his usual thing and bending over to vote yes.

Sure, he can do that.

But the vote might fail, and he's not going to do that. John McCain burned him last summer.

[DanRydell 799]

35 minutes ago, landman said:

She had zero people back up her story.  He has multiple people saying it didn't happen, including a close friend of hers.

And based on this he's guilty?  Hope I never end up on a jury with some of you.

No one is suggesting he go to prison.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,224]

Just now, Js1 said:

Psh.

I can easily see Mitch being like "yup thanks for voting aye and advancing him out" and still scheduling a vote for Monday and Flake doing his usual thing and bending over to vote yes.

I think you’re right.  Flake asks for a delay... doesn’t mean there’s going to be a delay.

[EuroHorn 3,268]

Just now, GSU&UT said:

I asked you before and you never answered. I figured while I had your attention I'm wondering if you were clutching your pearls while the angry blacks marched that police brutality and the justice system disproportionately affects them and other people of color.

Nope. Love it here. Wouldn’t move to the burbs. Thanks for asking though 

[Michael Knight 12,995]

Flake did it, the yelling worked

Just now, Iconoclast Texan said:

Jeff Flake is an absolute disgrace to the Republican Party. After the strength, courage and conviction that Judge Kavanaugh and Sen. Graham showed yesterday and to have this sniveling pussy back down because some unhinged zealot yelled at him in the elevator.  Thankfully, weak ass posers like him are leaving the Republican Party and being replaced with street fighters. Go fuck yourself Flake

Jesus Christ dude

[LonghornJudas 1,102]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

lulz, he still doesn't actually do anything. He's hilarious. I am voting yes BUT WITH RESERVATIONS

Totally. I'm not surprised by this at all. Especially since, as Graham noted, it's still up to Turtlehead and Schumer.

[Js1 85,573]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I think you’re right.  Flake asks for a delay... doesn’t mean there’s going to be a delay.

The only thing would be Collins or Murkowski agreeing with it as well.  2 votes sinks it on the floor.  Flake alone does not, Pence just breaks the tie.

They're idiots if they let Mitch give them an assurance. Collins is still waiting for all the assurances to come to the floor that Mitch promised her for the tax scam vote.

Edited September 28, 2018 by Js1

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Psh.

I can easily see Mitch being like "yup thanks for voting aye and advancing him out" and still scheduling a vote for Monday and Flake doing his usual thing and bending over to vote yes.

Yep. 

[Celery Man 20,996]

Will there be a sculpture made of his furrowed brow

[Stros 153]

Feinstein should have revealed Ford against Ford's wishes?

Lol Feinstein doesn’t give a shit about what Ford wants.

[GSU&UT 1,798]

Wait, he's still voting to have this sent to the floor assuming Mitch is actually going to honor his request to delay the vote? McConnell will call his bluff.

[RPM 26,353]

Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

I think you’re right.  Flake asks for a delay... doesn’t mean there’s going to be a delay.

Or an investigation. He tricked Feinstein.

[Anastasis 23,485]

Flakes a no on the floor without an FBI investigation. 

[Hank Kingsley 21,054]

1 minute ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Jeff Flake is an absolute disgrace to the Republican Party. After the strength, courage and conviction that Judge Kavanaugh and Sen. Graham showed yesterday and to have this sniveling pussy back down because some unhinged zealot yelled at him in the elevator.  Thankfully, weak ass posers like him are leaving the Republican Party and being replaced with street fighters. Go fuck yourself Flake

[David Dennison 18,946]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I think you’re right.  Flake asks for a delay... doesn’t mean there’s going to be a delay.

It does if he doesn't vote to move it forward. Others may follow. There are procedural votes that have to take place before a floor vote.

[Mack Tripper 696]

Flake is saying he will only vote yes to move to floor right now. If there's not a FBI investigation he's going to vote no. 

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

1 minute ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Jeff Flake is an absolute disgrace to the Republican Party. After the strength, courage and conviction that Judge Kavanaugh and Sen. Graham showed yesterday and to have this sniveling pussy back down because some unhinged zealot yelled at him in the elevator.  Thankfully, weak ass posers like him are leaving the Republican Party and being replaced with street fighters. Go fuck yourself Flake

Humanism is a weakness in repubs eyes. Power or nothing. It is not sustainable and shows a weakness in your moral framework. 

Congrats on showing yourself to be a parasite to society. 

[bad_teammate 13,224]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

Flakes a no on the floor without an FBI investigation. 

lol you

[Anastasis 23,485]

McConnell not going to give a fuck if he has the votes wo flake. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

2 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Jeff Flake is an absolute disgrace to the Republican Party. After the strength, courage and conviction that Judge Kavanaugh and Sen. Graham showed yesterday and to have this sniveling pussy back down because some unhinged zealot yelled at him in the elevator.  Thankfully, weak ass posers like him are leaving the Republican Party and being replaced with street fighters. Go fuck yourself Flake

Wait, this isn’t satire?   Seriously, you could make a living writing this shit.

FUCK YES, this is the good shit.

/Hank Scorpio 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,224]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Sure, he can do that.

But the vote might fail, and he's not going to do that. John McCain burned him last summer.

John McCain’s not walking through that door.  Flake is a spineless pussy.

[David Dennison 18,946]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

McConnell not going to give a fuck if he has the votes wo flake. 

I'm pretty sure he just bought another week. That's reasonable. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

McConnell not going to give a fuck if he has the votes wo flake. 

McConnell just black balled Flake from K street.

[LonghornJudas 1,102]

I assume we're past the point where Jeff Flake's username checks out?