I have a pretty high level of confidence that there's a lot of things that are handed to the FBI and not corroborated, but are not disproven either which don't end up in these hearings. It's hard to prove a negative of course, and it's a case of he said she said. I just think this speaks to Kavanaugh's character his own college roommates said he was capable of some of these accusations. There has to be somebody better to put on the court. This body should be filled with the (theoretically) 9 most moralistic and brightest people in the country. Kavanaugh doesn't seem to be one of America's 9 best.
As am I... but I don't think I should be on the supreme court. We all know people who we think would be good for positions like that. How often was it one of the hard partiers in school?
I think the stupid and immature things we all did as teenagers do have some baring because there were some teenagers who didn't do those same things. Those are the people we should be looking for.
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Called myself one too. And I was (am?) one. Again, I don't think any of us should be on the SC. Give me a John Marshall instead of a Bill Clinton.Not the Supreme Court but I have a hunch that some of our most admired Presidents (both parties) likely partied hard in their teens and early 20s.
...I think Aston just called me a piece of
Yes, he did. His freshman roommate. I can't find the link right now. He said he never witnessed a rape or sexual assault, but that Brett was a mean and sloppy drunk who also drank to excess a lot. He didn't say whether he believed any one particular account, but said that none of it would be out of character.
Not the Supreme Court but I have a hunch that some of our most admired Presidents (both parties) likely partied hard in their teens and early 20s.
...I think Aston just called me a piece of
I'm not saying they needed to be a teatotaler... just that Kavanaugh seems pretty excessive even without the assault allegation.
Learn to be a man, learn to be a woman, learn to be human.
I'm just saying that "learning to be a man" has nothing to do with your ability or aptitude for the supreme court.
It was a joke. Also why I'll never be on the supreme court. I'm empathetic to everyone, but reverent to no one. lol
argument with you. But I don't alter my language for BS. Learning to be a man is the same as learning to be human in this context. It is about learning the hard lessons in life no matter what sex you are. Stop turning this into a gender argument when you know it isn't.Paula Jones accused Clinton of sexual harassment. There's a difference between that and rape. Kathleen Willey essentially accused Clinton of what could be construed as sexual assault/battery when she said he groped her in the hallway. After this was investigated, it turns out she was not being truthful. Several witnesses came forward to testify that Willey asked them to lie on her behalf in her claim against Clinton. Willey's statements were also at odds with the ones she mentioned in her Paula Jones' case testimony.
He didn't necessarily politicize it as much as use Bork's ideology against him. Bork said the executive branch should have more power than a panel of 9 appointed people who the public never voted for. He also said he thought that many of the civil rights cases SCOTUS heard under the Warren and Burger courts were decided incorrectly and that states should have the ability to disenfranchise people (he basically stated he believed states should be able to charge a poll tax if they wanted). In reading up on Bork, he had some pretty weird and extremist views as it pertained to the law. He also had some great quotes that SCOTUS judges should only decide cases from within the Constitution instead of getting wrapped in their own beliefs and deciding from within themselves.
But the GOP Chairman of the Judiciary Committee would have suppressed it like all the e-mails containing racist overtones and strategy on how to get racial profiling to not be unConstitutional.
Garland is 2 years younger. I think we discussed it earlier but Garland was a nerd and didn't run in the same circles according to everything I've read.
I'm not sure Ford's testimony is the most damning for Kavanaugh. I thought the Swetnick(sp?) affidavit yesterday was pretty damning and had a lot of detailed info about these parties that likely could easily be corroborated by others in the know of these parties.
Sounds similar to the Pike's when I was on campus.('87-'93) They even had one or two rape charges enter the court system if I remember correctly.
